Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Spoonixel Amateur movie with Big budget

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

James Burd The history in this film is just horrible. Other reviewers and the 'Goofs' section contain a decent list of them, so I won't recount them here. The fact is, this film pretends to be a portrayal of George Custer, and that simply can't be ignored.The thing is, I like history. A *lot*. So the many, many, many historical inaccuracies in the film are a constant distraction. I simply cannot ignore or excuse them. This totally ruins the film for me, hence my score of two stars. From Custer's entrance to West Point, to his fake promotion, to his respect and empathy for the Indians ... it's all made up and fake. If they had simply made up all the names (of people and battles), then it might have been an enjoyable film. But as it was ... nope.

atlasmb They Died with Their Boots On was released soon after the U.S. entered WWII when patriotism was at a fever pitch. Any audience watching the film at that time would, no doubt, have cheered any character who went into battle with the U.S. flag. And this film certainly knows how to raise the American banner over all the highest principles--truth, honor, and bravery.But it is easy now, from our vantage point, to delve deeper into the "truths" of this film. Despite the rousing performances of some very talented actors, TDWTBO is a film that diverges so greatly--and so purposefully--from truth that is must be decried as little more than propaganda.We often forgive diversions from historical facts when we view a film. But a film must remain true to the spirit of the truth. In this film, I thought the spirit of the truth was honored its early scenes, through the end of the Civil War. After that, the facts were so distorted and contradicted that there is little resemblance to reality. In fact, Custer's role is elevated to a heroic level despite the fact that the real Custer was a prime agent in some of the worst actions of the Black Hills conflicts.If one reads about Custer's campaigns against the Indians and the happenings in the latter years of his life, he does not emerge so nobly. TDWTBO sacrifices the honor of others to glorify Custer, which is too bad. The real story would have been just as compelling--just not as faithful to the Hollywood mythology of the treacherous savage vs. the dashing cowboy/pioneer.

James Hitchcock There are certain similarities between "They Died with Their Boots On" and "Jesse James", another Western from two years earlier. Both films are loosely based on the life of a legendary hero of the Old West, in this case General Custer. (At least, the films treat their subjects as heroes; whether either man really deserves the name of hero is another matter). Both feature a famously handsome and dashing star in the leading role. Both are notorious for their historical inaccuracy and gloss over many aspects of their subjects' lives, especially their character flaws. And in both films the main villains are the representatives of a corrupt railroad company; during the era of the "New Deal" Hollywood seems to have been more critical of Big Business than it was to become after the war. So what does this film get right? Well, Custer did attend the West Point Military Academy where he achieved an undesirable reputation for pranks, unruliness and low academic standards. He did indeed marry a girl named Elizabeth "Libby" Bacon. He did indeed serve with distinction in the American Civil War and was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General, although it is doubtful whether he really did win the Battle of Gettysburg single-handed as implied here. And, as every schoolboy knows, he died in 1876 fighting a coalition of Native American tribes at the battle of the Little Big Horn, an action which has gone down in history as "Custer's Last Stand". So what does this film get wrong? The answer is "virtually everything else". There is far too little space here for a comprehensive list of its goofs. Some of these are only minor details. Custer's father-in-law, for example, had the Christian name Daniel, not "Samuel" as shown here. Custer first met Libby during the Civil War, not during his West Point days. He was never decorated in the Civil War, and General Phillip Sheridan never served as Commandant of West Point. (In 1857 he would have been on active service in the Pacific North-West). Nor is there any evidence to suggest (as the film does) that Custer's promotion to General was due to a bureaucratic error. More seriously, the film's account of the causes of the Great Sioux War of 1876 is completely fictional. According to the film, the war started when a crooked railroad company, backed by corrupt politicians, started a false rumour of gold strikes in the Black Hills of South Dakota, sacred territory to the Sioux nation, hoping to make a huge profit in the ensuing gold rush. (In reality, reports that gold had been found in the Black Hills were entirely correct). This plot line was probably inserted to allow Custer to be portrayed as a hero without making the Indians the villains. Hollywood producers of the 1940 were not generally noted for political correctness, but even they probably realised that the Great Sioux War had not been the noblest episode in American history and that the Indians had indeed been the victims of white greed and aggression, if not quite in the manner depicted here. And yet, despite its many inaccuracies, "They Died with Their Boots On" is quite an enjoyable movie. Errol Flynn had a limited compass as an actor, but within that range he could be very good indeed, and few were better than he at portraying a dashing, swashbuckling hero. Custer- or at least the Custer portrayed in this film- was a role just made for him. During the early part of his career Flynn and Olivia de Havilland were one of the cinema's best-known on-screen couples. (Off-screen, despite Flynn's reputation as a Casanova, there was never any romance between them). This was the eighth film in which they appeared together, and was to be their last. Although the lovely Olivia as Libby makes an effective foil to Flynn's dashing hero, she had some to a stage in her career where, following her great performance in "Gone with the Wind", she had ambitions to be more than just a foil to her leading men. The portrait of Custer given in this film is highly idealised. He is portrayed throughout as "America's Golden Cavalier", courageous, honourable and dashing. His "last stand" is shown as a gallant, self- sacrificing rearguard action designed to buy vital time for the US Army, although in reality many historians have criticised his leadership at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, attributing the defeat of the US Cavalry to his strategic errors, his arrogance and impetuousness and his underestimating of his enemy. The film, however, was made shortly before the American entry into World War II, and its advocacy of bravery, military glory and heroic self-sacrifice were doubtless intended to prepare the country for the coming conflict. I doubt if many of those who saw the film in 1941 were history buffs intent on picking it apart for factual errors. What the audiences of those times wanted was a stirring tale of adventure, heroism and patriotism, and that was something which "They Died with Their Boots On" gave them in spades. Like "Jesse James" the film might not show its hero as he was in real life, but it certainly shows him as people preferred to remember him. 7/10

denis888 Well, well, such grand black and white 2-hour long movies could only appear in the 30-50'. Now, it will be virtually impossible to imagine such a crazy medley of motley genres and often unimaginably incoherent episodes. This head-cutting array of pure comedy, farce, tragedy, love story, drama, war film, and who-knows-what-not is sometimes puzzling and dazzling. Errol Flynne is excellent here, he was made right for this movie, with his arrogant air, big grin, flashy style, wild morale, unhinged behavior and tear-jerking sentimentality. Generally, the film is Not the accurate history document, as sometimes it borders on the brink of purely slapstick comedy of The Marx Bothers. The Civil War here is at least sketchy and jotted, the whole post-war period is at best blurred and slurred. The heroic demise? Custer's Last Stand? Well, typical sped-up cavalry run, chaotic battle, unrealistic deaths and falling. The Indians are pure barbarians here, only great mighty Anthony Quinn is a great Must See. generally, strange and not tragic death scene. It goes, and yes, it goes. That is all. The conclusion? Nice. Not perfect