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Noel L @RT15930389 Mar 10 What an incredible story about a young solider. I think it hits a lot harder if you've actually served See more Aldo G @RT54480587 06/01/2025 Want to make a movie? Watch this one as part of your preparation. It works on many levels. Unfortunately, the director's original cut was destroyed by the studio after they shortened the movie by 30 minutes, or so, and so we'll never know how much better, or worse, the film could have been See more Kevin B @RT90382118 02/02/2023 Not a bad movie would watch again See more 06/11/2021 This was always going to be a tough adaptation, even for John Huston, as much of the text deals with the inner meditations of the protagonist and his thoughts as they relate to cowardice and courage. Huston uses narration to try to impress the main character's stream of consciousness onto the audience but the result feels choppy and never really worked for me, which is likely one of the reasons the run time was definitely shorter than I'd have expected. Huston does provide some decent battle scenes which help capture the chaotic and less refined nature of war. See more 11/16/2020 "The Red Badge Of Courage" was a movie released in 1951, taking place during the Civil War. The fictional movie focused on a young soldier named Henry Flemming and his experience in the Civil War. Shortly after the movie begins you see Henry trying to figure out his emotions. He constantly debated whether he was a man, or if he would betray his fellow soldiers during battle and flee. For the first few minutes in the movie, it took me a while to figure out who Henry was. The book told us his journey in joining the war and when he left his mother who begged him to not go. Later once I found out who Henry was his emotions changed. In his first battle, he fought very courageously, but in his second battle, however, he fled from the fight afraid. Contemplating his feelings, he felt guilty and ashamed for not having an injury as his other soldiers did. But after he received his "Red Badge of Courage," his feelings changed. Throughout the movie, Audie Murphy who played the character, Henry Fleming, did a good job expressing his emotions and thoughts by his facial features throughout the movie. Even though I thought that the movie was good at portraying soldiers' emotions, the death scenes weren't believable. It almost looked like the soldiers were fainting or passing out for no reason. Though the death scenes were not believable, the special effects were stunning. The bombs and the bullets were so realistic that it almost looked like the battles were real. Overall, the movie was excellent. It was a well-made movie giving almost everything you need to keep the viewer on their toes. Though there were a few mistakes, everything tied together perfectly. Especially how the plot was the same as the book! Well done! See more 11/12/2020 The Red Badge of Courage which was released in 1951 was based off of the novel, Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. This movie is a fictional story on the American Civil War. At the beginning of the movie we are introduced to Henry Flemming, a young boy who entered the army. He is the main character of this story. We see his journey throughout this story. At first he wonders if he will run from battle and in fact, he does at one point. However, later on, after he receives a "red badge of courage," a fierceness overcomes him and his bravery shines. For a 1951 movie this is pretty good. The battles were pretty realistic with the loud gun-shots and shells exploding. The acting was not the best and when they died it looked very fake with them jumping back after getting shot and laying on the ground. Audie Murphy, who played Henry Flemming, did a pretty good job and Bill Mauldin, who played Tom Wilson, did good but most of the other actors didn't do so well. In my opinion I think this is a decent movie at best. It is pretty well done by the director and whoever wrote the script, but I think this movie deserves 3 stars and a half stars at best. See more Read all reviews

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