Book Series

[Millhouse]

(07-02-2015, 02:54 PM)michaelsean Wrote: And one was made into a really good TV movie and one into an awful cinematic release.

I read an historical fiction book about Gettysburg.  It was fiction in that the main characters were fictional, but it just used them to tell the story of Gettysburg, so I think it was actually an excellent portrayal of the events.  Any way after reading it I went to the Amazon comments section as I always do, and was surprised at the hatred toward "Killer Angels". Especially the portrayal of Chamberlain as some uber-heroic savior of the battle.  

Both were cinematic releases. I saw Gettysburg in the theater twice when it opened in 93 & was awesome on the big screen. It was packed each time with a few guys decked out in civil war gear. However it was a limited release as only 2 or 3 theaters in Cincy had it because of it's 4 hour length. 

 The second one was terrible. I cant even watch it to be honest.