i enjoy this movie tremendously and but then again i be a big theodore roosevelt fan . the movie do nothing to damage his reputation and be minimal in it application of modern sensibility . there lot of action and which closely mimic the historical account i have read . believe it or not and by all report tr be much a he be portray . good performance abound with tom berringer top the list . i will skip try to tell you what be on these people mind when they go to war and however and tr have be de facto secretary of the navy and a politician for quite a while so i vote for less naivete than hint at by another commentator . that say and true believer be report to have be a far more common breed at the time . a good rent and but i wish it be available on dvd . talk to ted turner about that .