Flyboys
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Movie Reviews of Flyboys
Movie Review: Fantastic
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, I read the reviews and the flaming responses from people who don't want you to enjoy this movie. They must be Democrats - they hate to see anyone enjoying themselves except for Bill Clinton.
BOTTOM LINE: Great entertainment and the acting was very good - admittedly, not great.
How about this - after seeing the movie at Oshkosh this year, Bob Hoover - experimental and stunt pilot who must be in his 80's now, said it's the most inspiring aviation movie he had ever seen.
For what it's worth - have some fun and see this movie.
Movie Review: Forget the critics this movie rules!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a 13 year old who adores war movies and world war 1 aviation. I waited for months for flyboys to come out and when it did me and about six friends went and thought it rocked! The love wasn't abused , like in pearl harbor and the areal sequences are to die for!!! the story on the ground it fun and historically accurate and the girl is hot!! I loved this movie and plan to see it again and buy the dvd!!!! Have fun and go see it!
PS for all the womwn who read this, no its not just hot girls and planes......
Movie Review: Wonderful
Summary: 5 Stars
the movie is lomg 150 minutes.however I felt as if I had only sat down and it was over. I loved it!!!!The dog fight scenes were freightening in their scope. Made you fell as if you were in the plane. I found it hard to believe anyone was brave or foolish enought to actually do what those boy did. I can hardly wait till it come out on video. We will buy it on release.Movie Review: Flyboys is excellent. Never mind the critics.
Summary: 5 Stars
You will enjoy this movie - See it on the big screen!Movie Review: A Fine Movie, but Flawed
Summary: 4 Stars
The movie captured the excitement one would expect in such a film, but I found the historical innacuracies concerning the pilots to be annoying. When America entered the war, they dissovled and absorbed this squadron. The black pilot was not allowed to fly because he was black. England was his adopted country and after the war he retired to Harlem where he died in poverty and relative obscurity. It is a tragic story. Also, if the "hero" really loved that girl, wouldn't he try to find her after the war? If you're going to make up a love story because you think it is required in a war movie, then at least give it a satisfying ending. Finally, in the beginning, when they are going to destroy the munitions factory, they are not escorting any bombers. How were they going to destroy it? In the end, when they went back, they were escorting bombers.
I am not as schooled in planes as some other reviewers, but I do not think that bombers could automatically drop bombs at this point in the war. I believe they were still throwing them over the side of the plane. I could be wrong, but I found the technology featured in the movie to be a little advanced for the time period.
Still, the dogfights and all aerial scenes were beautifully filmed and very exciting. I was enthralled in the story.
If you do some research, you can tell which movie pilot was meant to represent which real pilot. There was a real pilot who memorized the eye chart so he would pass the test and be able to fly, and he was also partially deaf. The pilot in the movie who loses his hand represents him. The leader, who was a French-born American and who spoke with a French accent was represented by the brooding, dark-haired leader of the movie. The real stories of these men are actually more interesting than the movie version, but they fictionalized the stories of the pilots so they could combine some personalities and so they could give all of them that lived until the end of the movie a happy ending. Are Americans really that shallow that they would rather have a happy ending than know the truth? I don't think so. I think the movie would have been better had they told the real story of these pilots.
My criticisms are why I only gave it four stars. I did enjoy it and the theater was full of old people like me so there was not one cell phone open or going off any time during the movie and no children running up and down the aisles. That was a nice change.