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Why isn't this movie more popular?

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    spookyrat1 — 11 years ago(February 27, 2015 05:03 AM)

    in my opinion the best, civil war movie ever made.
    I certainly prefer this to The Birth of a Nation or Gone With the Wind.

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      satansfist — 10 years ago(October 01, 2015 04:03 AM)

      Better than Gettysburg? You bozo.

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        theunopeneddoor-697-442391 — 10 years ago(March 11, 2016 10:50 AM)

        Gettysburg isn't that good.
        There is no such thing as a hipster.

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          rxstac — 10 years ago(May 13, 2015 09:50 AM)

          This Texas history teacher loves this movie and shows it to my students. Your comment was ignorant and unnecessary.

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            WhenGreyjoysCry — 11 years ago(May 05, 2014 07:56 PM)

            As others mentioned, wasn't marketed well. I never watched it until one of my U.S. history professors showed it to us in class. I would say it is one of my favorite movies of all time.
            There are no ordinary moments. There is always something going on. Peaceful Warrior

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              Mike_Smith76 — 11 years ago(August 17, 2014 10:26 AM)

              I think the subject matter is too heavy for some people. They want escapist entertainment that doesn't require any thought, nor the possibility of becoming emotionally attached to a character or plot. Others avoid movies like this because it might force them to take stock of themselves and their personal beliefs/morals. Others don't enjoy watching the horrors of war. Finally, some just don't like good movies. 😄

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                LDHRELL2003 — 11 years ago(December 05, 2014 11:20 PM)

                ^^^This

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                  degree7 — 11 years ago(January 30, 2015 11:20 PM)

                  It was ignored by the Academy for the major awards because it had a majority black cast.
                  ~ I've been very lonely in my isolated tower of indecipherable speech.

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                    roman_39 — 11 years ago(February 08, 2015 12:47 PM)

                    Yet Denzel Washington won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
                    We applied Rule .303. We caught them and we shot them under Rule .303!

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                      degree7 — 11 years ago(February 08, 2015 08:11 PM)

                      Facts facts are useless things.
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                        Steppy412 — 10 years ago(May 23, 2015 10:29 PM)

                        @Degree7
                        It was ignored by the Academy for the major awards because it had a majority black cast.
                        It was nominated for 5 awards and won three (Denzel Washington). It was nominated for several other awards,Denzel Washington also won a Golden Globe. And it won a grammy too.
                        But you should definitely ignore the facts and continue on with your racist rants. It makes you sound so smart!

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                          degree7 — 10 years ago(May 23, 2015 10:34 PM)

                          I'm not being racist. You're being racist by ignoring how the Academy ignored this movie because they're racist.
                          ~ That's much too vulgar a display of power, Karras.

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                            Steppy412 — 10 years ago(May 24, 2015 03:55 PM)

                            @Degree7
                            So let me get this straightyour claim is that they ignored it by nominating it for awards and by giving it awards.
                            Is that correct?

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                              degree7 — 10 years ago(May 24, 2015 03:57 PM)

                              Yep. They were pity nominations.

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                                amikelhenry — 11 years ago(February 21, 2015 05:26 PM)

                                I like this movie..i do have a complaint about the soundtrack..which is OK..but to me overdone to the extreme setting up melodrama to the point of overuse..anyway..

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                                  sarahb2 — 11 years ago(February 21, 2015 06:11 PM)

                                  The soundtrack was composed by James Horner, and is actually one of my favorites of all time.
                                  But if you listen closely to it, and then listen to his theme to 'Avatar', you will find that the Avatar theme is almost a note-for-note copy of his secondary theme for "Glory". I can't even watch 'Avatar' without being bugged by the similarity.

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                                    tbonesays — 11 years ago(February 21, 2015 10:03 PM)

                                    I heard the music in another room and thought Braveheart was on tv. He uses the same 3 bells when the army is about to attack.

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                                      AirForceHog — 10 years ago(January 13, 2016 02:19 AM)

                                      The music the movie are fantastic. By far my favorite movie of all time.

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                                        Let_it_Be-1 — 11 years ago(February 22, 2015 08:10 PM)

                                        I fell in love with this movie the first time I saw it and was sad it did not get the recognition it deserved at the Oscars.
                                        "That Barney Rubble, what an actor!!" -Night Shift

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                                          AfroGeek — 10 years ago(July 01, 2015 12:56 PM)

                                          I just rewatched as it's been playing a lot recently; no doubt because of the Confederate flag kerfuffle. This was always among my top favorite films, but it's been so long since I've seen it it dropped out. It's back
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