The two scenes that get me.
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still_brooke1 — 13 years ago(July 04, 2012 02:45 PM)
This was one of my all time favorite movies growing upstill love this movie. I forgot how tore up Denzel's back was for this movie. For it to be 1989, they did a good job on the makeup for this scene. That scene made me cringe.
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jpc578 — 12 years ago(May 17, 2013 08:06 AM)
I agree with the "Give 'em hell, 54th". That is a great scene.
I would say that the most powerful scene(s) was when Robert Shaw was reading the proclamation by the Confederate Congress about black men in arms being returned to slavery, black men in a Union uniform being summarily executed and white officers commanding black soldiers also being executed. Shaw said that anyone who wanted out would be given a full discharge and the next morning Shaw asks how many are left to find that everybody or almost everybody is has remained.
Another scene that gets me is when the 54th first arrives in the South and they are marching down a road and there are a family of slaves on a plantation. Morgan Freeman's character sees the smiles on young children and tells them that they weren't dreaming. That they were runaway slaves who came back as "fightin' men".
The scene where Denzel Washington was whipped was also powerful. Particularly how when Washington removed his shirt revealing his scarred back. Even the hard nosed racist Irish drill sergeant seemed to be moved by that. -
badwithsports — 12 years ago(May 19, 2013 04:19 PM)
All of these scenes mentioned are great. One of my favorites is when they finally get their uniforms and Shaw gives Sharts his first, after him asking all through boot camp "When they gonna give us the blue suit"? The look on his face was awesome. Great acting by everyone in this movie.
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whitestripes76 — 12 years ago(June 21, 2013 12:09 PM)
SO many scenes in this movie got me.
The whipping scene
Morgans slapping of denzel
Andre braugher breaking down in front of robert because he is having a difficult time
"if you men wont accept this pay, then none of us will"
The whole gospel scene before the battle, each speech broke my heart
"give em hell 54"
Robert Dying
Denzel Grabbing the flag yelling "COMEON!!!!!!"
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noirgirl — 12 years ago(June 27, 2013 10:29 PM)
My faves:
"Give 'em hell, 54th!", and my tears start pouring.
The campfire singing scene. Lovely.
Morgan sending the child to the rear.
The entire "nasty little cuss" scene.
"We were a sight to see".
When Sharts testifies.
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angelosdaughter — 11 years ago(February 14, 2015 11:17 PM)
There are so many powerful scenes in this movie
*The whipping scene of course, and imagining what was going through the actors' minds while it was being filmed. It must have been very difficult.
*The scene where the soldiers were marching through a village and little boys run after them, finally seeing heroes who look like them marching to war.
*The group of white soldiers who had derided them saluting them as they march to a fight many of them will not survive.
*The scene of Trip snatching up the flag after Shaw fell
*The final scene of the burial of all of those mothers' sons being thrown unceremoniously into a common grave, black and white, brothers in arms, and at last in death, without shoes.
In fact, I am teary-eyed much of the time watching this film.
I could be a morning person if morning happened at noon.