Flyboys
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Movie Reviews of Flyboys
Movie Review: Lots of fun and excitement, not great, but good and a keeper
Summary: 5 Stars
I'll probably buy this when it comes to DVD. Excellent feeling of the times.. sets are terrific as are most of the costumes, etc. Flight scenes are not historically accurate, but lots of fun and really exciting.. However, things like multiple red German DR1 planes, plane markings that didn't exist for the Escadrille N124 Lafayette, impossible plane maneuvers, are disappointing... but only for WWI aviation fans. Acting was great, especially the French girl, and the French Captain Thenault (only member using his real name). Pilots were actually required to join the French Foreign Legion first, but it's another minor point for the story (stories). Several stories going on and I enjoyed them all. Reviewers fault he film for using many military clichés, but WWI and that period was a war of clichés and I feel it only reinforces the naïveté of the times. The music is probably the only part that is too dramatic, too often, sort of like Star Wars, but it isn't that objectionable till close to the end and for most scenes it adds the right feeling. Even my wife enjoyed this movie and got caught up in it!Movie Review: Weepy boy flick at its best
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of those weepy boy movies, up there with "Saving Private Ryan" (though a little easier on the stomach) and "The Right Stuff". I took my 4-year old to see it, and he loved it. This movie has something for everyone - heroism, camaraderie, adventure, romance, history. The romance portion was handled well, without excess. No cheesy love ballads, no love confessions. It's a good thing that the Boy and the Girl spoke different languages. If say said "I love you", that would have been too much. It's a good thing that the movie remained a War Movie, not a Love Story.
Here are a few historical inaccuracies. The tri-planes were not common in 1916. They were really hard to manipulate. But I understand that the director put them in the film for extra visual stimulation, because they do look menacing. Also, I find it hard to believe that the American pilots gained such control over their planes in such a short period of time. The film makes it look like they spent 2 weeks training and emerged master pilots.
Movie Review: Simply Awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
I have now concluded critics are the only ones wrong more often than liberal pundits and weather men. This ranks in the top 5 war movies I have ever seen and I have seen them all. WWI is the forgotten war and brave American expatriots who volunteered to fight with the French were not only ahead of their countrymen. they were ahead of their time. Airplanes were only 12 years old when they were adapted for combat use.The characters were strong and believeable. Their evolution from civilian to warrior is timeless while the bonds forged in combat are never reproduced under any other circumstances. The special effects were stunning. It wins on every level.
I could speculate ad nauseum as to why films like The Patriot and Gods and Generals are assasinated out of the gate but the bottom line in critics are captive to agendas that have nothing to do with good films. You owe it to yourself to check this one out. You will not be disappointed.
Movie Review: Thrilling, engaging and emotional
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved Flyboys! The flying scenes are incredible exciting. I cared about the characters and held my breath as they fought for their lives and their friends. I liked the odd mix of backgrounds of the pilots and how their relationships evolved.
Don't believe that all the critics were soft on this movie. Gene Shalit called it an 'exaltation' and said ' The writing, photography, performances, direction - all top flight. "Flyboys" is
so entertaining, so exhilarating, it left me walking on air.'
Rex Reed wrote '...a thrill a minute
for all ages, and a few tears, too, in an old-fashioned kind of war movie
with a heart (in the best kind of tradition) that keeps you on the edge of
your seat with your mouth wide open.'
I don't understand the people who were hard on this. I hope to see it at the Oscars under several categories -- directing, effects, best picture!
Movie Review: A Must See
Summary: 5 Stars
Finally a WWI Air combat film which aren't done very much. This film as SPECTACULAR in its multiple air combat footage, NO hints of computer animation, excellent plot, and a stand up performance by Jean Reno (The Professional) as French Squadron captain, and great sets. Yes, there is a small element of a love story here but beleivable to the times and does not dominate the movie's theme. You end up staying watching the credits after the movie!!! How many times does one do that?
This is a must see movie, historcally accurate, even to the point that costumes are all wool and leather, if you have read your WWI history. This one is a sleeper and I predict some sort of Oscar nominiation aty least for either direction, cinematography, or costume design.
I'll be getting this one on DVD as a "good match" to the "Flying Leathernecks" with John Wayne. Don't miss Flyboys.