Lucas does Red Tails...

[furbs]

And as hes getting paid by them hes not exactly going to tell us there rubbish is he?

[furbs]

Plus he never says the CGI flight model is accurate or looks realistic, he just says they have tried hard, which they prob have.

[David Hayward]

Originally Posted by furbs

And as hes getting paid by them hes not exactly going to tell us there rubbish is he?

Of course not. I'm just wondering why he isn't pissed off that they ignored all his technical advice.

Originally Posted by choctaw111

I noticed a lot of "Hollywood" stuff in there. Why can't these film makers just keep things historical?

because most folks doesnt care about historical accuracy and aviation as we do....nor they are so deep into the subject (most of my friends couldnt tell the difference between bf109 and FW190)...then again, movie is for entertainment...documentaries are about history

[skouras]

agree

[Kongo-Otto]

Originally Posted by Tvrdi

because most folks doesnt care about historical accuracy and aviation as we do....nor they are so deep into the subject (most of my friends couldnt tell the difference between bf109 and FW190)...then again, movie is for entertainment...documentaries are about history

That's correct, but there have been Movies in the past, which had entertainment and a historical base, not every WW1 or WW2 movie was crap like Pearl Harbor or U-571 or the Red Baron.

[ZaltysZ]

Originally Posted by Tvrdi

because most folks doesnt care about historical accuracy and aviation as we do....nor they are so deep into the subject (most of my friends couldnt tell the difference between bf109 and FW190)...then again, movie is for entertainment...documentaries are about history

They do care about accuracy. Most people watching historical movie want it to be historical, however they lack the knowledge for seeing inaccuracies. Historical movie needs to be accurate and have 'wow' moments. Unfortunately, it is way easier to do 'wow' without sticking to accuracy, so industry often forgets about it, because not many will notice that anyway.

Entertainment value is good thing, but if unreal things are pressed as real too hard, you end up with people thinking that every car explodes on crash

[Feathered_IV]

Having watched the trailer through a few times, I think this movie will be just more flag waving war-porn.

[Blackdog_kt]

I'll watch it for sure despite the inaccuracies, but i don't think i'll go to a movie theater so it's going to be a DVD rental for me.

Come to think of it, i've watched and even enjoyed other not to realistic films that feature some aviation but the only one i saw in a theater was memphis belle.

What i'd really like to see is Peter Jackson doing the Dambusters remake as was rumored at some point. I know you'll all say "it's the guy who did lord of the rings and king kong", but i think he's a good choice.

Rumor has it he's an aviation buff so he might just do it justice and he's also been involved in other historical productions. I think he shot a special short film for the ANZAC museum in New Zealand, you go into the museum and there's a full scale trench diorama you can sit in and over the top of the trench is the projection screen where the film is displayed, showing a WWI infantry charge.

[David Hayward]

I just pray that the German aircraft have swastikas on them so we don't have to endure 50 pages of complaints about that.