i really want to like this film and i do not think i be terribly disappointed . be an american history teacher and i felt an obligation and almost and to see this film and as far a the history go and it wasn not bad . sure there be a few mistake here and there ( especially with the timeline the movie only appear to last a few month or perhaps a year not over six year of actual fighting ) and but the overall spirit of the film and the battle sequence be excellent . unfortunately and the movie also include a pretty meaningless subplot involve a difficult to believe romance between a poor patriot and a rich loyalist . for the most part and it really serve to distract from the overall plot and just seem tack on like a plot device instead of a real honest to goodness romance . in fact and a much of the romance boil down to the dumb cliché of love at fist sight and it be kind of annoy the more i think about it . however and in spite of this romance and the film be truly interesting and inspiring plus and in so many way it seem a if the much later film and the patriot and be copy from this griffith film . both film follow the exploit of an evil leader fight for the british and use horrible and evil tactic against the civilian and both have the secret intention of use this a a springboard to start their own nation in the america . the only major difference be that this film be set in the north and the patriot be in the carolina . it sure would have be nice if mel gibson and the rest have acknowledge their debt to d. w. griffith for the story idea . it just doesn not seem all that likely that the two story be create independently of each other . ps despite me like this film and some other of griffith film and he do deserve to once again burn in hell for his have white actor portray all the black servant in the film . this be a sick and bigoted thing that griffith do in so many of his film especially in birth of a nation . i get ta assume base on this and the way he portray black that he be a ok with slavery and be quite the apologist for this quaint institution ( do not get mad at me this be mean a sarcasm ) .