Lucas does Red Tails...

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.

[Defender]

Originally Posted by Feathered_IV

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

It was a trailer, trailers are never proper representations of a final film. Besides, they don't call them the "greatest generation" for nothing, so why not allow it some flag waving "war porn" wiggle room .

You watch Black Hawk Down or Band of Brothers, you could say the same thing (flag waving war porn). Ultimately it's about people and the unimaginable circumstances they have to face). Chalk up the fact the racial card is a MASSIVE factor in this film. It's a great story "based on true events".

I am curious to know how so many can bad mouth an effort to bring WWII to the mainstream simply watching a 2.5 minute trailer. If the film was released and they called P51's "Kittyhawks" then, well, you'd have an argument. Not from an "action" oriented movie trailer.