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An interesting look at a Civil War hero
I am obsessed with the Civil War, and when I saw this at Border's, I just had to buy it! It is a very compelling story, and I enjoyed it very much for the most part. I was thrown a little, however, that this DVD, being advertised essentially as a MOVIE movie actually turned out to be more of a documentary narrative played over the images of constant reenactment of scenes from Bartlett's life. An interesting style, but some might not look too kindly upon it. The battle reenactments are quite exciting as well, as long as you don't mind a lack of reenactors to REALLY make them authentic, but I sympathize with the filmakers because they did best they could with what they had to work with, and used some pretty clever methods to overcome this shortfall. Though one of the things I don't quite understand is the light-hearted classical music playing during the Battle of the Crater sequence. It doesn't make much sense that such a hellish disaster for the Federals is accompanied by the flowery phrases of Mozart (or whoever the composer is). But still, if you have any interest in the War between the States, check this film out1 It's fascinating! And I'm glad to see Bartlett's life finally brought to screen!!!

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Could have been better.
I was a bit disappointed by this film. I was expecting a motion picture. It is more of a documentary. The caption on the back of the DVD box leads you to believe that it's a full-length movie. The acting wasn't the greatest either.

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Good documentery, good story
I really enjoyed Shot to Pieces. I found it to be a first rate documentary on Bartlett. Being a history fan and a documentary fan I thought this film was written well and covered the life of a General that I had never heard about. The battle scenes and the surgery were entertaining and the story was informative - overall a very nice DVD.