Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

susankaychavezlac I like Tom Berenger- In fact, I like him a lot, especially in his "Sniper" series of movies. But "Rough Riders" is the biggest crock of manure since......well, good taste and civility prevent me from telling you since when, lol We have a combined force of 25,000 American Rough Riders, armed with Gatling Guns, and Krag-Jorgensen bolt action rifles, with 5 round magazines, AND Cuban insurgent Mambis troops going up against 800 ill-fed, isolated Spanish infantrymen in San Juan Hill. Pretty much a similar scenario to what happened in Santiago de Cuba bay, with Spain's wooden ships facing off against two (2) flotillas of (then) modern American battleships made of steel.We have the Yellow Journalists William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer to thank for this contrived "war" in which we lost 1,500 American Rough Riders killed in the charge on San Juan Hill (and an unknown number of wounded) and of course, a number of killed and wounded among the Cuban insurgent Mambi troops. Not just the men we lost in the short engagements, but the 5,000 men we lost due to YELLOW FEVER.The USS Maine blew up in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, due to an ignition of COAL DUST. The Yellow Journalists Hearst and Pulitzer, contrived fake stories blaming Spain for the explosion and incited the American public and the William McKinley Administration into declaring war on Spain. Spain, eager to avoid a war against the United States, for which she was ill-prepared to undertake, AGREED TO ALL OUR DEMANDS. But that was apparently not good enough, and the rest is now history.I'm a United States Army Disabled and Honorably Discharged Veteran with 10 years' service. The bravery and training of American troops is unquestioned, but this shameful episode in our country's history should not be 'REVISED' by Hollywood to give the public the idea we went up against fearsome odds. A website dedicated to the German-Scottish teenage Princess (born in Scotland) Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena of Battenberg says it all in much fewer words and with greater eloquence.See It's all around the middle of the website where the Spanish-American war is discussed. No spoiler alert is needed. We ALL know how the Spanish-American war ended, lol.

esorenson-2 After watching this, I decided to read about Teddy Roosevelt. Wow! The movie captures him perfectly - as his wife Edith says, "a force of nature". And then I watched the movie again, and Wow! After reading, I know that Teddy and these Rough Riders were right at the front starting the USA on a course to joining the world powers. So, this is historically important stuff. Furthermore, from what I have found out so far, the movie was factually honest. Furthermore, the movie moved right along, was entertaining, frightening, and uplifting, all at the same time. Lastly, if Teddy had not come back alive, I would have proposed to Edith - what a gorgeous gorgeous lady. This movie is now one of my favorites.

terriannjohnson this is an excellent film that most have never heard of because it was made for TV (turner)and never shown in the theater.not much to add except that the film sheds light on the short and little known 1898 Spanish-American war which while trumped up by the media(newspaper publisher William Randolph Hurst played superbly by George Hamilton)catapulted the up until then isolationist united states on to the world stage for the first time and which gave the united states control of Spanish territories around the globe-Cuba,Puerto Rico the Philippines,wake island,Guam and the Marshall islands.and allowing the united states to flex its military might globally for the first time.there are some historical inaccuracies(such as the imperial German army advisor's aiding the Spanish, director john milius also made the turn of the century imperial Germans the bad guys in his 1975 film THE WIND AND THE LION in which Brian Keith played teddy Roosevelt as president during an international incident resolved by his big stick diplomacy-sending the marines.if you liked rough riders see the wind and the lion.

benakelly@aol.com Tom Berenger was a great Teddy Roosevelt. It just shows his talents as an actor. The background research on the history was done and the locations were chosen wisely. Unfortunately this movie has not been put on DVD and was not receive wide publicity, so it was overlooked. In addition most of our youth today don't even remember the history beyond last week. I would have liked to see more of the relationship that Teddy had with his men. It's also a fact that many of his Rough Riders did not get to go to Cuba for lack of space on the ships. They wept at the thought of being left behind. At the mustering out - Teddy was presented gifts by his men and he said I'll never forget you. I think these items were overlooked in the movie.