Rotten Tomatoes: Gods & Generals reviews
So far with 10 reviews it has a perfect 0% rating on the Rotten Tomato-meter.
I particularly enjoyed the Village Voice's take: "jingoistic goat-spoor."
So far, the bile the Coasties are puking up is a hopeful sign. It's not that they hate the movie, it's what they hate about it that is so encouraging.
Several of the complaints seemed to center around portrayals of Victorian speech and manners. Maybe casting should have called in Will Smith and Eminem to help out with the demographic and the dialogue. What think?
I liked this review as telling:
"There is in fact much to relish in this epic but somehow, despite a nearly four-hour running time, there is something missing."
-- Stephen Jared, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
Yeah. What's missing is the neat denouement with the ribbon on top, and the action heroine slapping her boy-toy on the butt as they all exit stage left to go get a beer: It's Miller time!
Or maybe not, whaddayathink? Maybe the end of the Civil War left the country slap in the middle of Reconstruction, and things stayed really messy for a long time and, like, unresolved. Do ya think?