no gunships

True, I don't know why he did that. But otherwise the riot sequence was pretty spot-on...tamer even, in some respects. But I don't want to elaborate any further, since there's probably a lot of folks here who haven't seen it yet, and are planning to.

But, you know, even in striving for historical authenticity they always take some cinematic liberties for dramatic effect. Like in Gettysburg, where, during Pickett's Charge they had them climbing over the wooden fence and getting blown away like sitting ducks...looked great on film. But, actually, they had hatchet men who chopped the fence away so they could charge right through it. And historical accuracy was never more stressed than in the making of Gettysburg, but still they stretched it a bit. The 20th Maine, with Col. Chamberlain and his brother, were never relocated to the Union center before Pickett and Pettigrew's charge, either.

Saw the trailer for Gods and Generals last night, BTW...looks good. And Duvall's Lee sounds intriguing.