Robert Duvall is more convincing playing Robert E. Lee than Martin Sheen was in the same role for the movie, "Gettysburg," not least because Duvall is a better horseman. As a reviewer for the Dallas Morning News noticed, Martin Sheen bounced all over his horse while playing Lee ten years ago. Duvall, like his famous ancestor, actually knows how to ride a horse. Respectable box office numbers will give writer/director Ron Maxwell the leverage he needs to secure funding to complete the film trilogy of which this is one part. Many professional critics would rather you watched something else. As … Continue reading Eighteen Reasons to see ‘Gods and Generals’