The Burning of Atlanta

I've seen better acting from the local civil war reenactment group. The opening scenes was a pitiful display of the directors interpretative of what's written in the synopsis and does little if anything to realise it but to annoy the viewer with the same lame scenes on repeat coupled with a dreadful score. 6.1!? I don't think so

Well as title suggests-did just that.

I'm not sure if it was a very low budget reenactor made film or a film using reenactors, but it was.....offensive word

The opening reenactor battle was typically bad seen it before in person reenactors wandering around, no direction, firing off lots of rounds and no-one dies; oh and can clearly see the confederate army was very well fed judging by the number of podgy/porky people

Then the scene of 3 soldiers being brought before General Hood. I was expecting an actor or reenactor who looks like Hood, instead there's a guy in his 60s Clearly past his prime, overweight. I didn't get any further. I was expecting him to stand up and use his left arm or in fact have both his legs.

Poor acting. Poor "action" scenes. Poor quality cinematography. It was almost like watching and listening to a stage performance done in a budget theater. It was actually hard to watch. The bits of history were almost lost with how distracting the rest was, and the o kt reason for 2 stars instead of one. It was only gross fascination that kept us watching.

The battle scenes were balletic creating a Lotus Eaters effect and the cannonades with smoke blossoms were as relaxting as distant thunder. The manouvers on hoof and foot had all the sedateness captured in the term "manana". The dialogue has the vivacity and stiffnecked emphasis of a Victorian teacher speaking clearly and emphatically to to a child of slow comprehension. The burning wood had a relaxing effect with gentle crackling and music. Could replace counting of sheep. The faces of the characters were of a mature quality so at variance with today's preoccupation with Youth Culture where some boys are prettier than girls. The Largoesque deliver of dialogue failed to evoke any deph of suffering or hardship. A must watch (not necessarily all of it) with glases of red wine or legal marijuana.

From the opening shots until the merciful end this is an incredibly awful movie. If the Battle for Atlanta was this laid back lazy and disorganized Shermancould have walked down Peachtree street and strucka match with little to no resistance. Iveseenbetter direction and acting in badHigh School plays. Thhe only thing believable is that the director had no clue what he was doing, no budget for extras or effects, and no talent pool for casting. I wasted money and time that I will never get back on thus film. Do yourself a favor and leave it alone as it deserves.