The Civil War: Commemorative Documentary Collection ( (DVD))

I'm a history lover. I could sit down and watch History Channel documentaries all day long. When I saw this at the store, I thought, "Hey, cool! A several hour documentary for only..." I think $7? Regardless, it was inexpensive. I didn't expect it to have the same production values as a History Channel doc, but I still thought it would be interesting. I can honestly say that I would have preferred to serve in the war and sustained several gunshot wounds that never healed and slowly killed me as limbs fell off gradually than to watch this documentary. This thing is absolute torture. In one of them, quite literally, TEN MINUTES is spent going over the typical attire of a soldier as one actor stands and turns to show his clothes... over and over and over again. THIS is what makes people hate learning about history. I don't expect a Civil War documentary to be a barrel of laughs, but I also don't expect to be fighting back the urge to shove a sharp object into my retinas to prevent further pain. Mill Creek Entertainment, feel free to stop producing anything else. Ever.