History YMMV / Glory

** When Shaw's wounds are being treated in a hospital, there's a soldier whose leg is getting amputated screaming, pleading and writhing in pain in the background. Even though it's covered by a curtain, [[ShadowDiscretionShot you can still see what's going on a bit]] and you can still see the soldier's face. His screams are just very unnerving and chilling, and just make you feel really bad for him too. On top of that, it just shows you how bad war and amputations were back in the day.

* Creator/AndreBraugher plays Thomas in his first movie role.

* RetroactiveRecognition: One of the white soldiers Trip picks a fight with while the 54th is clearing logs is Creator/MarkMargolis.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Sergeant Major Mulcahy. Is he merely a CruelToBeKind instructor with no real racist tendencies towards the black recruits, or a genuine racist taking advantage of being able to mistreat the recruits without consequences? Is his "let them grow up" justification for his severe treatment and racist insults toward the recruits, or is just an excuse for his superiors so they won't make him change his methods and attitudes?

* AwardSnub: Nominated for 5 Oscars, yet oddly enough, Best Picture wasn't one of them.
** Neither was James Horner's score, which is considered one of his best works. Horner was still nominated that year for ''Film/{{Field of Dreams}}'' though.

* NightmareFuel: When Shaw's wounds are being treated in a hospital, there's a soldier whose leg is getting amputated screaming, pleading and writhing in pain in the background. Even though it's covered by a curtain, [[ShadowDiscretionShot you can still see what's going on a bit]] and you can still see the soldier's face. His screams are just very unnerving and chilling, and just make you feel really bad for him too. On top of that, it just shows you how bad war and amputations were back in the day.

* RetroactiveRecognition: That's Ethan Phillips (AKA [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Neelix]]) tending Shaw's wounds after the Battle of Antienam in the beginning. Though Phillips has had a long career before ''Glory'', such as being a regular on ''Series/{{Benson}}'' as Pete.

* UglyCute: Henry, who is a giant demon-thing, but also lovely and nice and likes taking pictures with old cameras.

* IdiotBall: What makes the scene where Shaw has Trip whipped so hard to watch, besides the violence and sheer ValuesDissonance of it all, is the fact that it ''shouldn't have happened at all''. The entire sequence only happens because three of the film's characters make stupid decisions at the worst possible time. To elaborate: Trip is whipped because Shaw thinks he tried to desert his post, but as it turns out, Trip was only going to get shoes for the rest of the regiment and had every intention of returning once his task was complete. However, this information is only brought to light once the punishment has already been carried out and it's not revealed beforehand due to 1) Shaw blindly believing the accusations against Trip without at least investigating to make sure they're real, 2) Trip making absolutely no effort to even explain or defend himself, and 3) Rawlins, who knew the truth about Trip ''the whole time'', only choosing to explain what really happened to Shaw '''after''' Trip has been whipped. A fine example of a tragic, gruesome situation that could have been avoided had these characters made smarter and more timely moves.

* RetroactiveRecognition: That's Ethan Phillips (AKA [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Neelix]]) tending Shaw's wounds after the Battle of Antienam in the beginning. Though Phillips had a long career before ''Glory'', such as being a regular on ''Series/{{Benson}}'' as Pete.

* RetroactiveRecognition: That's Ethan Phillips (AKA [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Neelix]]) tending Shaw's wounds after the Battle of Antienam in the beginning. Not really Retroactive, however -- he'd had a long career before ''Glory'', such as being a regular on ''Series/{{Benson}}'' as Pete.

* RetroactiveRecognition: That's [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Neelix]] tending Shaw's wounds after the Battle of Antienam in the beginning. Not really Retroactive, however -- he'd had a long career before ''Glory'', such as being a regular on ''Series/{{Benson}}'' as Pete.

* RetroactiveRecognition: That's [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Neelix]] tending Shaw's wounds after the Battle of Antienam in the beginning.

** The scene where Shaw tries to intimidate the quartermaster over confiscated shoes for the slaves. Creator/MatthewBroderick isn't really the intimidating type, as you can see.

* ChaoticNeutral: Nanaja, with a dash of AxCrazy. She only fights on Glory's side because she hates her father more.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Just about the entirety of Music/JamesHorner's score. Highlights include "A Call to Arms," "The Whipping," "Preparations for Battle" and, of course, "[[OminousLatinChanting Charging Fort Wagner]]".

** The scene where Shaw tries to intimidate the quartermaster over confiscated shoes for the slaves. Creator/MatthewBroderick isn't really the intimidating type.

** What about the scene where Creator/MatthewBroderick tries to intimidate the quartermaster? Who in their right mind would be intimidated by [[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Ferris Bueller]]?

!!''Film/{{Glory}} The Film''

!!''ComicBook/{{Glory}} The Comics''
!!Joe Keatinge's Glory

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Shaw tears his paycheck in half, demonstrating unmistakably whose side he's on.

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: In his review of ''Glory'', Civil War historian James R. [=McPherson=] suggested that the scene where Shaw is practicing his sword technique to slice up watermelons symbolized a desire by the filmmakers to destroy negative stereotypes of African-Americans. Director Creator/EdwardZwick, however, said that they just used watermelons in that scene because pumpkins were out of season at the time of filming.

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: In his review of ''Glory'', Civil War historian James R. [=McPherson=] suggested that the scene where Shaw is practicing his sword technique to slice up watermelons symbolized a desire by the filmmakers to destroy negative stereotypes of African-Americans. Director Edward Zwick, however, said that they just used watermelons in that scene because pumpkins were out of season at the time of filming.

** Also less apparent is the appearance of a tourist's head in the background of the scene where Rawlins declares a "Year of Jubilee." Both of these are pointed by director Edward Zwick during the course of his DVDCommentary.

* IdiotBall / CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: What makes the scene where Shaw has Trip whipped so hard to watch, besides the violence and sheer ValuesDissonance of it all, is the fact that it ''shouldn't have happened at all''. The entire sequence only happens because three of the film's characters make stupid decisions at the worst possible time. To elaborate: Trip is whipped because Shaw thinks he tried to desert his post, but as it turns out, Trip was only going to get shoes for the rest of the regiment and had every intention of returning once his task was complete. However, this information is only brought to light once the punishment has already been carried out and it's not revealed beforehand due to 1) Shaw blindly believing the accusations against Trip without at least investigating to make sure they're real, 2) Trip making absolutely no effort to even explain or defend himself, and 3) Rawlins, who knew the truth about Trip ''the whole time'', only choosing to explain what really happened to Shaw '''after''' Trip has been whipped. A fine example of a tragic, gruesome situation that could have been avoided had these characters made smarter and more timely moves.

* {{Crowning Moment of Awesome}}: Shaw tears his paycheck in half, demonstrating unmistakably whose side he's on.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Just about the entirety of James Horner's score. Highlights include "A Call to Arms", "The Whipping", "Preparations for Battle" and of course "[[OminousLatinChanting Charging Fort Wagner]]".

* GeniusBonus: Viewers familiar with the period immediately before the Civil War will know what to expect when it is mentioned that Colonel Montgomery is from Kansas. Kansas Territory had been the site of a decade-long series of armed clashes between pro-slavery and abolitionist settlers known as "Bleeding Kansas", largely considered a prelude to the Civil War.
* IdiotBall/CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: What makes the scene where Shaw has Trip whipped so hard to watch--besides the violence and sheer ValuesDissonance of it all--is the fact that it ''shouldn't have happened at all.'' The entire sequence only happens because three of the film's characters make stupid decisions at the worst possible time. To elaborate: Trip is whipped because Shaw thinks he tried to desert his post. But as it turns out, Trip was only going to get shoes for the rest of the regiment, and had every intention of returning once his task was complete. But this information is only brought to light once the punishment has already been carried out, and it's not revealed beforehand due to 1) Shaw blindly believing the accusations against Trip without at least investigating to make sure they're real, 2) Trip making absolutely no effort to even explain or defend himself, and 3) Rawlins--who knew the truth about Trip ''the whole time''--only choosing to explain what really happened to Shaw '''after''' Trip has been whipped. A fine example of a tragic, gruesome situation that could have been avoided had these characters made smarter and more timely moves.
* NightmareFuel: When Shaw's wounds are being treated in a hospital, there's a soldier whose leg is getting amputated screaming, pleading and writhing in pain in the background. Even though it's covered by a curtain, [[ShadowDiscretionShot you can still see what's going on a bit,]] and you can still see the soldier's face. His screams are just very unnerving and chilling and just make you feel really bad for him too. On top of that it just shows you how bad war and amputations were back in the day.
* RetroactiveRecognition: That's [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Neelix]] tending Col. Shaw's wounds after the Battle of Antienam in the beginning.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: As [[spoiler:Shaw]] is falling after he has been shot dead, viewers can make out the squib line tied to one of his legs. Also less apparent is the appearance of a tourist's head in the background of the scene where Rawlins declares a "Year of Jubilee". Both of these are pointed by director Edward Zwick during the course of his DVDCommentary.

* IdiotBall/CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: What makes the scene where Shaw has Trip whipped so hard to watch--besides the violence and sheer ValuesDissonace of it all--is the fact that it ''shouldn't have happened at all.'' The entire sequence only happens because three of the film's characters make stupid decisions at the worst possible time. To elaborate: Trip is whipped because Shaw thinks he tried to desert his post. But as it turns out, Trip was only going to get shoes for the rest of the regiment, and had every intention of returning once his task was complete. But this information is only brought to light once the punishment has already been carried out, and it's not revealed beforehand due to 1) Shaw blindly believing the accusations against Trip without at least investigating to make sure they're real, 2) Trip making absolutely no effort to even explain or defend himself, and 3) Rawlins--who knew the truth about Trip ''the whole time''--only choosing to explain what really happened to Shaw '''after''' Trip has been whipped. A fine example of a tragic, gruesome situation that could have been avoided had these characters made smarter and more timely moves.

! Film/{{Glory}} The Film

! ComicBook/{{Glory}} The Comics
!! Joe Keatinge's Glory