First Red Tail review..Told ya!

[Herbs107]

Well said Ribbs.. The little news storey below is interesting regarding Mr Lucas.

http://finance.ninemsn.com.au/newsbu...s-hes-retiring

[ElAurens]

Anyone who has the slightest knowledge of WW2 aviation knew this movie was going to be bad, on many levels.


And just for the sake of historical accuracy...

The 99th. lost 25 B17s that they were escorting, they did not have a perfect record in this regard, unlike the mythology that has built up around them.


Just once I'd like to see a film about WW2 aviation that was as good as Das Boot, and I don't really care which side it would be about.

[Richie]

I think any thing now that has a prayer of being accurate has do be made independently or made in another country. I thought this little film wasn't bad as far as historic value and lets say lack of Hollywood SIS-BOOM-BAH let's getm team stuff. They were stationed in North Africa witch was different and the 109s were right on camouflage wise and shape. They look like JG52 G10s. Too early for those I think but they look good.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1558575/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y83r...1&feature=plcp

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Just once I'd like to see a film about WW2 aviation that was as good as Das Boot, and I don't really care which side it would be about.

This one is the best from a VVS perspective.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud0ofWIg_cs

(aircrafts are not historical except for Po-2/U-2)

[bw_wolverine]

I watched an interview with George Lucas about the film and he said that he was trying to get this story out to the masses to showcase the heroism of the tuskegee airmen, 'real american heroes' as it were.

However, I think the amount of 'bending' of reality in this film is going to hurt that intention. It just makes the story seem less believable and I bet a lot of people are going to come away from the movie saying "yeah yeah, but that's not really what happened". And no, it isn't what happened (or so it sounds like), but the opportunity to get this story to the public in any real and meaningful way will be lost.

This film SHOULD have been made as real as they could have made it. It should have been done in the style of Band of Brothers. Hell, it would have been better served even if they'd done it in the style of Memphis Belle. I'll probably see it, but I'll wait til it's rentable.

[DoolittleRaider]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Anyone who has the slightest knowledge of WW2 aviation knew this movie was going to be bad, on many levels.

Correct. I live in Vegas and wish they would have taken wagers on Redtails being Crap.

And just for the sake of historical accuracy...

The 99th. lost 25 B17s that they were escorting, they did not have a perfect record in this regard, unlike the mythology that has built up around them.

Correct. The myth that "they never lost an escorted Bomber" lasted for six decades...Still, I was surprised that the trailer for Redtails didn't repeat that myth.

Just once I'd like to see a film about WW2 aviation that was as good as Das Boot, and I don't really care which side it would be about.

See the Czech movie "Dark Blue World" about Czechs in RAF in BoB.