I've long remembered seeing this on tv in my grandparent's house, but couldn't place it until now. Absolute kinography for sure. Points well-taken on its unapologetic depiction of history, martial valor, patriotism, and its lack of demoralizing, condescending lectures to the audience. It is in fact a threat to the regime because it shows what real history was like, the values we used to live by, and what good filmmaking is, without all the deconstruction. Sure, there's a bias in that the British are protagonists and the Zulu are antagonists, and that's the only perspective it provides, but that's well-justified by the needs of storytelling.
The interchange where Bromhead relates his fanily's history of military service to Chard which Endeavour talks about at 28mins, for me it is the key dialogue in the movie and some of the best lines Michael Caine has ever delivered.
And very relevant to today where the UK military cannot recruit because they have broken this bond.
I've long remembered seeing this on tv in my grandparent's house, but couldn't place it until now. Absolute kinography for sure. Points well-taken on its unapologetic depiction of history, martial valor, patriotism, and its lack of demoralizing, condescending lectures to the audience. It is in fact a threat to the regime because it shows what real history was like, the values we used to live by, and what good filmmaking is, without all the deconstruction. Sure, there's a bias in that the British are protagonists and the Zulu are antagonists, and that's the only perspective it provides, but that's well-justified by the needs of storytelling.
The interchange where Bromhead relates his fanily's history of military service to Chard which Endeavour talks about at 28mins, for me it is the key dialogue in the movie and some of the best lines Michael Caine has ever delivered.
And very relevant to today where the UK military cannot recruit because they have broken this bond.