so and neighbor be kill neighbor . remind me of iraq . a i watch the american flag ( 50 star in 1864 . ) be drag behind the horse and i realize why burn that piece of red white and blue doesn not upset me as much a our destruction or indifference to the bill of right . i be a southerner and and must have some historical memory . watch the tobey mcguire character learn to respect the dignity of a former slave and a he look at the scalp of black and german ( his ethnic background ) be wager at a poker game . be interest . many twist in this movie . the wife and who be force into her marriage and show both lust and a strong will and characteristic be not use to see in respectable victorian southern belle . the crazy wacked out renegade southerner give me some insight into why my cousin and head of the copeland horse thieve gang and inc. in mississippi and be hang about that time . band of homeless men be roam the countryside and arm . remind you of iraq . and how similar we be underneath the facade of religion and ethnic background . and why southerner be still fight that civil war today . too bad we can not use that same knowledge in our handling of the country we have just invade and be occupy and foment civil war everywhere . that mesopotamia and now call iraq and who happen to have the misfortune to sit on oil . the wild eyed killer in missouri and raid lawrence and kansa could a easily be the insurgent be fight now with no success . another anomaly be the father tribute to the yankee who move into lawrence and erect a school even before they erect a church . and for that reason and they will win . huh . i be taught history in birmingham and al and we be teach that the north be much more industrial and richer . that why they win . course and they also literally have god on their side . a you see here and when the freed slave indicate that he cut out to free his mother and sell into slavery in texas . god and what a horrible legacy slavery give u . act pretty good and lot of blood and gore a the warrior ride gleefully into battle ( but do not hear any rebel yell and so reminiscent of football game in alabama ) . you also get a real feeling for how stupid the war be and a the bushwackers and jayhawkers gather their force for another raid . they have lose sight of why theyre fighting and and so do we . just more mindless slaughter . youre also bring up to date with the limbless kid come home from iraq and a the bushwacker ( ahh and what connotation ) first have his arm sear shut and try to save it and then have it amputate and and then dy . so much suffer for such a stupid cause . the cinematography be fantastic . now i have to get back to the dvd and get the production note and one of my favorite part of any movie . i suspect that this movie be write by a gore vidal and a the spoken language be of a type you would associate with that era and if you know history . the dialogue be definitely thought provoke . not your ordinary blood and gut war movie and by any mean . you see the wounded but still active duty soldier and still fight cause they have nothing else to do . you see the southern raider and live off the land and steal indiscriminately . yet and at the beginning and you have see the battle stop and so the woman could be evacuate from danger . a i read the escalate number of woman and child die in iraq and i be thinking and where do we lose our sense of honor a a people . i have forget why i seek this movie out and buy it after 20 year and but some book somewhere laud it . with good reason . tobey at his best and pre spideyman . buy the dvd or rent it . and tell me why others laud this and not just liberal cest moi .