Von Richthofen & Brown
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Movie Reviews of Von Richthofen & Brown
Movie Review: Nice little piece of celluloid
Summary: 4 Stars
Ok. Let's take aside the hystorical innacuracies. I know that this is hard, simply because the movie is title "Von Richthofen and Brown"!! If the producers had tried to do something not using real names (like "The Blue Max"), maybe they could have got away with it.
But, since they went for the Red Baron (probably figuring it would help in the box office), the innacuracies are mind boggling. Just to mention two of them: Richthofen, Boelcke, Voss, Goering, Wolff, Lothar and Udet, all in the same squadron at the same time (if they had added Immelmmann, already dead at the time, it would have been marvellous!). Other: the way Voss died. They didn't bother to show the way it happened, that was one of the most famous air battles in history, fighting for ten minutes alone against seven Allied machines.
Now, to the movie itself. It has clearly a "B-Movie" feel. Of course. It's Corman directing. He can not escape it. It's stronger than him. The screenplay has its flaws. Dialogues are restrained, cliched. But, given the relative short duration of the film, they tried to put a lot of information in it. Photography is anohter matter. It's simply gorgeous. (there is one moment though, in the last battle, when you can see clearly the 1971 cars below in the road. I laughed a lot!).
Go for this movie as light entertainment. At least, you get the clear feel that , for the aereal scenes and battle scenes, the producers and director went to great efforts to make it right.
Movie Review: Uninspired
Summary: 4 Stars
About the only thing right in this movie is that there were Se5s and Dr1s in WW1. The script is uninspired and the characters uninfluenced by history OR truth. In getting to know Brown you don't learn anything about the real man. The Baron himself is played stiffly and therefore nothing of the Baron's personality comes forth. The flying scenes are poorly done, but at least they are real planes and not computer fantasies. Nothing is revealed concerning the mysterious death of the Baron. Instead, the viewer is led to believe the Baron was so fixed upon May (his target) that he never saw Brown, and that Brown had a great deal of time and a very close shot in which to dispatch the Baron. The resulting film is pure fantasy. The only redeeming value comes from some of the flight scenes, but even then a great deal of detail is lost to the vanities of actors. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the film, but throughout watching it I was concerned that so much truth would be lost to audiences. I had to have thought 'that's not accurate,' at least 200 times while viewing.
Still, I love WWI so much I cannot help but give 4 stars.
Movie Review: WW1 Flying Movie
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the story of Baron Manfred Von Richtofen (aka "The Red Baron") who terrorized the skys over France during WW1 and the Canadian flyer who eventually shot him down. Stars John Philip Law as "The Baron" and Don Stroud as Lt. Roy Brown. Good flying sequences. Not the best movie but fairly accurate historically. Important to note that in the beginning there was a "Code of Honor" between the Germans and the Allied pilots. "The Great Game" as it was sometimes called. As the war progressed and more men died, those who took their place were less interested in honor and more interested in defeating the enemy and surviving to war. In the beginning there was enthusiasm to the flying. Toward the war's end those who survived were cynical and exhausted by what they had seen. Overall a pretty good movie.Movie Review: Brown doesn't deserve the Credit
Summary: 4 Stars
Reviews about "head wounds" are complete trash, von Richtofen was clearly shot from below and to the right, putting him perfectly within range of the Aussies on the ground...no way could Brown have shot up at him coming from behind and above.
Furthermore, had von Richtofen gotten nailed by a fatal head wound then he would not have been conscious to have said the last word "Kaput" to the Aussies who approached his downed machine.
He was killed by a single bullet through the right side entering the chest diagonally upward with the slug exiting his left breast. Get off this "Brown got him" garbage, all he got was a short burst off then he skedaddled before his luck was pushed.
Movie Review: Good depiction of WW1 air war
Summary: 4 Stars
For the war buff only. Outstanding flying scenes, even if some of the aircraft types are wrong. John Phillip Law is good as Von Richtofen, though too tall. The Baron was a small man. Don Stroud portrays Roy Brown as sort of a cowboy. Brown was an officer and a gentleman. American actors don't play Canadians well. If you like the flying, I highly recommend Howard Hughes' film 'Hell's Angels' (1930). As real as it gets!