>>>i dont get it... It's the contrast between the quiet, polite civilian life for a man who has just returned from the bloody horror of battle. Something soldiers returning from all manner of wars have trouble adjusting too. This scene is the most timeless in the movie, as it speaks to the experience of war itself, rather than the particular war the film is about.
I know exactly what you mean. As a veteran and Army spouse, anytime I saw soldiers come back from anything, even relief operations after the Rwanda genocide, they were just "different", like a loss of innocence.
He should've just stayed safe at home and enjoyed the high society life. His rich folks had plenty of money to pay for a substitute in case he got drafted.
He and his family were very much part of the abolition movement and it would have been a great dishonor for Shaw to sit out the war. Back then, honor and respect was everything. The most egregious affront one could commit would be to bring shame and dishonor to the family name, especially one so well-renowned as Shaw's. Gentleman of prestige and honor became military officers, that was pretty much expected and was the way of things then.
>>>i dont get it...
It's the contrast between the quiet, polite civilian life for a man who has just returned from the bloody horror of battle. Something soldiers returning from all manner of wars have trouble adjusting too. This scene is the most timeless in the movie, as it speaks to the experience of war itself, rather than the particular war the film is about.
I know exactly what you mean. As a veteran and Army spouse, anytime I saw soldiers come back from anything, even relief operations after the Rwanda genocide, they were just "different", like a loss of innocence.
one of the most intriguing scenes of the film.
Im watching this now! this is one of my favorite movies :]
Shaw has really cute eyes!
and i learned some lines from this scene and the shoes scene
Oh, I agree with you! Matthew Broderick was handsome and dashing as Colonel Robert G. Shaw! I am in love with him!
Mattew Broderick was amazing in this role. I wonder why he never pursued further serious roles
It was stated by him that Hollywood refused to let him play in any role other than a teen.
Ferris
Appreciate the dichotomy of life in this movie. None of these people, other than his friend and the amputee vet knows how traumatic the war Is
It's hard to be around normalcy when you were just in a bloody battle where a guy infront of him got his head blown off
And getting shot in the neck
I think this scene was pretending to be some post war traumatic dissorder after the first battle when he was near to be killed.
What do you “pretending”? It either is or isn’t?
Acting is not real. They acted like they were fighting but REALLY were not. The real war was far more brutal and bloody.
@@lukuscarter3563 LOL what?! That makes no sense at all. They WERE acting, this is a movie, do you not understand at all?
This is such a good scene.
A thoughtful actor with thoughtful eyes was essential to play Shaw.
Glory 1989 is civil war movie
The movie skipped over the fact that he was a married man
They are calling him dashing I think
"So dashing" is the line.
@@echoes1891 And, he was! Matthew Broderick was stunningly handsome as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw! I am in love with him!
I understand you were at Antietam?
He should've just stayed safe at home and enjoyed the high society life.
His rich folks had plenty of money to pay for a substitute in case he got drafted.
You missed the film's point
He and his family were very much part of the abolition movement and it would have been a great dishonor for Shaw to sit out the war. Back then, honor and respect was everything. The most egregious affront one could commit would be to bring shame and dishonor to the family name, especially one so well-renowned as Shaw's. Gentleman of prestige and honor became military officers, that was pretty much expected and was the way of things then.