Glory

I didn't know before what this movie was about, and assumed a typical WW II or vietnam war movie likely. I was pretty mistaken. This movie is good and shcking, but I feel very, very tough to take often. For me it was often in the first half, when the absolute racist language was used regularly. Overall, the focus of the movie was for the very most part not the fighting, but racial inequality, and in general having a huge priority on social issues and interaction. And obviously, when watching this, and getting all the hope up for incoming changes - Yet, still a century later, we haven't archived to eliminate racism. Rating: 9/10

Glory is an extremely powerful film that will tug at your heartstrings no matter what, this film is about the first all-black volunteer company army and what I really think makes this film great is they do not shy away from the fact that the prejudice did not only come from the Confederates but also from the Union army as well. All of the actors are amazing in this film and Denzel Washington (Pvt. Trip) is great but I think two underrated performances comes from Jihmi Kennedy (Pvt. Jupiter Sharts) and Andre Braugher (Cpl. Thomas Searles) who at points had me in tears with how sad their situations in and out of the army was. Also, have to give credit to both Matthew Broderick (Col. Robert Gould Shaw) and Cary Elwes (Maj. Cabot Forbes) who gives super strong performances and once again make you emotional at points. All I can say is give this film a watch as it is an extremely powerful film but I promise it will make you emotional because this is based on a real-life event and that just makes it hit even harder.