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MoutardedShroom

It's kind of an American Robin Hood, with racism (of course). It's a good movie, but I found it had a couple problems with the pacing of the story.

SPOILER The flashforwards to the 20th century didn't make it for me (their story could be compelling, but they are too short and too apart). SPOILER

7 years 7 months ago

popfactor

Pretty grim, as expected. Overall though, more engaging than I thought a 2.5 hour civil war movie would be.

7 years 8 months ago

DisneyStitch

From watching the trailers I'd pretty much hatched some idea of how the plot would go and was hoping it wouldn't fall into that pit of tropes and clichés but unfortunately it did. Civil War movies are not an unexplored territory and so in order to make for compelling viewing most will opt to not shy away from the source material of slavery but this one doesn't pack enough punch to leave a lasting impression. I was not expecting the modern flash-forwards and the first one was rather jarring. It sets the tone that it's going to jump around a bit but then nearly abandons the concept completely. Ultimately the choice to tell a parallel modern story doesn't add anything. Well acted by McConaughey but leaves so much material on the table.

6 months 1 week ago

Earring72

Earnest historical war drama start outs very grim and gripping but loses momentum halfway and shifts in tone. Very well made and acted but considering the material should be bettter with a lot of unresolved story points

5 years 7 months ago