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It was also filmed when the last remaining civil war veterans were still alive. It romanticized a period that was still fresh, with many whose parents and grandparents fought in that great conflict.

To rip it for all its faults now, besides being stupid, misses the point off the civil war's impact on who we are as Americans. And its romantic portrayal of how we Americans felt about ourselves during the period of its filming.

For example, take any major modern movie and compare it to our current culture. Try to take a viewpoint from 60 years in the future, and see what it says about us.

Try to take a viewpoint from 60 years in the future, and see what it says about us.

Riddick, vid-games 'movies' and such? I don't think it says anything about real people. It only suggests a number of things about the Hollywood elite, and that in the early 21st century they all simultaneously developed PEST syndrome, along with a tin ear.

I even used to go to Tom Hanks movies. I can't do that, now, knowing what a liberal fool this guy is in real life. That was the one reason I refused to see Eastwood's River movie, because the stars were so personally loathesome. I even used to watch Law and Order. But after I heard of the 'broken neck' guy's hissy fit that his candidate lost the election, I'm not even sure about that. Even if some accuse me of having the tin ear, it's not as if any of it were great art.

For example, take any major modern movie and compare it to our current culture

OMG, no! It's all too painful! How I would HATE for my great grandchildren to judge this era from its movies.