The Blue Max
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DVD Cover Information Actor: George Peppard, James Mason, Jeremy Kemp, Karl Michael Vogler, Ursula Andress Brand: Fox DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 2.35:1 Running Time: 156 minutes DVD Release Date: 2003-05-20 Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: 20th Century Fox |
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Movie Reviews of The Blue Max
Movie Review: Nothing at all like the book - in case you care.
Summary: 3 Stars
The only thing this movie has in common with the book by Jack D. Hunter is the title, The Blue Max, and the names of the characters. Everything else was completely changed. Ok, there was one scene when Bruno Stachel shoots down a British plane over his own airfield that was somewhat true to the book... The screenplay changed virtually all the character relationships - and not for the better. In the book, Stachel is a drunk and the story centers more around the relationship between Stachel and his Commander, Von Heiderman.
Frankly, I think the book was a much more compelling story. The two versions are so different; you can watch the movie and not ruin the plot in the book and vice versa. In fact, the ending is completely reversed. A different character dies at the end of the movie. The book also does a much better job of building and explaining the Stachel character.
The movie was ok. The book was great. Glad I read the book first or I probably would never have read it after seeing the movie.