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Movie Reviews of 633 Squadron
Movie Review: Plywood
Summary: 5 Stars
I was always under the impression that since many of the pre-war airframes had been built by furniture manufacturers; and that from the very beginning of aircraft specialist joinery firms had been involved. It seemed logical to use the capacity of the furniture and piano manufacturing industry to fabricate an aircraft from plywood.This aircraft also used the renowned Merlin engine designed by Henry Royce as PV-12; and was a very fast, lightly-armed fighter-bomber which later became an aerial reconnaissance and pathfinder aircraft to guide in heavy bombers to target..."It was said that the 2 man twin engined Mosquito could carry the same bomb load to Berlin as the 4 engined Flying Fortress with its crew of 11. It also did it quicker and used less fuel... the Mosquitoes in the film were photo-reconnaissance models built late in the war. I suppose it would have been quite unique to have an American commanding an RAF Squadron too; especially as those Americans who did fly with the RAF as volunteers came through Canada as the USA was officially 'neutral' until Hitler declared war on the US on 11th December, 1941.
Movie Review: A film that makes you feel your flying with them
Summary: 5 Stars
I was 9 years old when I first saw 633 Squadron. I think I must have watched it 20 or more times. My greatest joy was when I have had the priviledge of working with its director, Walter Grauman. To this day, he is still an active Producer/Director. I feel that 633 Squadron came off so well, because Walter was a highly decorated B-24 pilot in World War 11,flying over 24 missions, and bringing back his aircraft once, with one engine fully ablaze, with nazi planes following and firing at him. If you're going to choose a director to shoot a WW11 bombing raid, you couldn't pick a better qualified man. I believe you can feel his emotions throughout the film. He's stated that he received unbelievable cooperation from everyone involved with the film, including veteran pilots, townsfolk,etc. They went out of their way to make this exciting project work, and one can feel the sincerity, the pride and the glory of the Brits who fought the evil that threatened the world.Movie Review: 633 Squadron gave their lives for D-Day
Summary: 5 Stars
633 Squadron is a great war movie to see. I read the back of my DVD version of this epic drama and I saw at the beginning of the story that the movie was based on a true story in WWII. The Allies learn that the Nazis are building launch pads for their new V-1 rockets to launch againist the Normandy invasion, but the one thing that keeps them from launching is a special rocket fuel that they need from fuel factory located underneath a mountain inside a Norwegian fjord. The only way to stop the threat is send a group of Mosquito bombers to bomb the mountain because it has a earth fissure inside of it. If the bombers succeed, the mountain will bury the factory forever. Can Roy Grant and 633 Squadron pull it off? You'll find out in this exciting epic war drama. I recemend it for war movie buffs and model buffs too. Give this movie a try, those who liked Battle of Britain, will love this movie.
Movie Review: ...george lucas hang your head in shame!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this film from my childhood - yes some of the special effects look a bit ropey now, but that's more than made up for by the genuine footage of the real Mosquitos in action and Ron Goodwin's fantastic theme tune - easily one of the best movie themes ever.
( By the way, anyone unconvinced that George Lucas in fact got the idea for the Death Star scene fom this fine film might like to know the following: When Lucas originally devised Star Wars and was showing a rough cut print to the movie studio bigwigs, he hadn't had enough budget left for the SFX to show them the Death star finale. So instead, he intercut aerial dogfight footage from British WW2 movies including the Dambusters, the Battle Of Britain, and .....633 Squadron. Case closed!!
Movie Review: 633 Squadron
Summary: 5 Stars
I grew up loving this movie not just because of it's heroism but because of the beauty of the planes built by the Brits back then. I longed for the chance of someday flying in one of those WWII fighter/bombers. And even though I still haven't as of yet I relive those moments with this movie. The characters in this movie are some of Hollywood's best and Brittan's best as well. And yes this movie is allot like the Mosquito Squadron but only because of the fact that it was about WWII aircraft. I highly recommend this movie if you are a fan of WWII movies.