Joshua Rolle
Mr. Moreland
Film Genres
October 13th , 2015
Glory
“I ain't much about no prayin', now. I ain't never had no family, and... killed off my mama. Well, I just... Y'all's the onliest family I got. I love the 54th. Ain't even much a matter what happens tomorrow, 'cause we men, ain't we?...we men, ain't we?”- This quote was excerpted from the movie Glory and was stated by Denzel Washington's, award winning, character Silas Trip. Glory is a civil war film made in 1989 that documented the struggles and triumphs of the first all-black regiment in the Union Army although the main character is Matthew Broderick's character, Captain Robert Shaw; the all-black regiment's white leader. From my point of view, the movie's main plot line is …show more content…
For that reason I don't find Glory's main plot very awe inspiring to say the least. I do however believe that the movie's various sub-plots make Glory an intricate film, as it resolves around an assortment of ''sensitive'' issues such as racism, slavery, and war. Also, I found that Glory, through its' plethora of racial themes showcased from it's white abolitionist lead's perspective, states the age old notion that we are all men and that we are all equal. Which is why I chose the quote excerpted above, as to me Trip's final words during the pre-battle speech of “we men, ain't we?'', symbolized the entire point of the movie, which was that the greatest battle being fought in the film isn't the battle of Fort Wagner, …show more content…
In the beginning of the movie from the time Silas Trip and Thomas Searles first meet, I am instantly hooked by the clash of lifestyles the two have, with Trip being raised a slave his whole life, and Searles having been born free. The diversity among the black infinity group in personality is really interesting to watch as well, with Searles basically being the equivalent to an “uncle tom”, while Trip is a very rough around the edges bad boy, and Morgan Freeman's character of John Rawlins is the wise peacemaker who has to keep the peace between the two, even going so far as to literally separate the two before they could engage in fisticuffs. For a large part of the movie, the minority soldiers undergo intense training, during which the company begin to grow a bond with each other, something that is ultimately tested by the order and execution of Trip's flogging. As Trip went ''Awol'' in order to search for a new pair of shoes as his current ones were mangled and wrought, he was apprehended as a deserter and subsequently whipped, despite the pleas from Shaw's second in command Major Cabot Forbes and Shaw's own unease seeing Trip's previous lashings by his former owners. The company would have soon went into turmoil if not
Mr. Moreland
Film Genres
October 13th , 2015
Glory
“I ain't much about no prayin', now. I ain't never had no family, and... killed off my mama. Well, I just... Y'all's the onliest family I got. I love the 54th. Ain't even much a matter what happens tomorrow, 'cause we men, ain't we?...we men, ain't we?”- This quote was excerpted from the movie Glory and was stated by Denzel Washington's, award winning, character Silas Trip. Glory is a civil war film made in 1989 that documented the struggles and triumphs of the first all-black regiment in the Union Army although the main character is Matthew Broderick's character, Captain Robert Shaw; the all-black regiment's white leader. From my point of view, the movie's main plot line is …show more content…
For that reason I don't find Glory's main plot very awe inspiring to say the least. I do however believe that the movie's various sub-plots make Glory an intricate film, as it resolves around an assortment of ''sensitive'' issues such as racism, slavery, and war. Also, I found that Glory, through its' plethora of racial themes showcased from it's white abolitionist lead's perspective, states the age old notion that we are all men and that we are all equal. Which is why I chose the quote excerpted above, as to me Trip's final words during the pre-battle speech of “we men, ain't we?'', symbolized the entire point of the movie, which was that the greatest battle being fought in the film isn't the battle of Fort Wagner, …show more content…
In the beginning of the movie from the time Silas Trip and Thomas Searles first meet, I am instantly hooked by the clash of lifestyles the two have, with Trip being raised a slave his whole life, and Searles having been born free. The diversity among the black infinity group in personality is really interesting to watch as well, with Searles basically being the equivalent to an “uncle tom”, while Trip is a very rough around the edges bad boy, and Morgan Freeman's character of John Rawlins is the wise peacemaker who has to keep the peace between the two, even going so far as to literally separate the two before they could engage in fisticuffs. For a large part of the movie, the minority soldiers undergo intense training, during which the company begin to grow a bond with each other, something that is ultimately tested by the order and execution of Trip's flogging. As Trip went ''Awol'' in order to search for a new pair of shoes as his current ones were mangled and wrought, he was apprehended as a deserter and subsequently whipped, despite the pleas from Shaw's second in command Major Cabot Forbes and Shaw's own unease seeing Trip's previous lashings by his former owners. The company would have soon went into turmoil if not