Hell yeah, you are the first Eer fan I've met in this community. I can't wait untill tommorow to watch the game on my big screen back home!
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Muahahahaha!! that is the funniest thing I have heard all day.The critics have spoken:
"Near the start of Flyboys, the squadron's grizzled vet hands suicide pistols to the new pilots, to be used if they find themselves in a no-win situation. Unfortunately, the audience is offered no such option."
-- Bill Muller, Arizona Republic
The lost battalion is one of my favorite war movies ever, I cry everytime lol.
By the way, HOW BOUT THEM EERS!
"Near the start of Flyboys, the squadron's grizzled vet hands suicide pistols to the new pilots, to be used if they find themselves in a no-win situation. Unfortunately, the audience is offered no such option."
-- Bill Muller, Arizona Republic
What I find amusing about movies like this is that they totally lose their market. The base story is something for the military buffs - the story of the Lafayette crews in France. However, by dressing it up with such utter B.S. to draw in the ignorant "Fast and the Furious 3" crowd, the military fan is turned off.
I realize that movies are made to make money, but there should at least be some integrity to it when you're dealing with period pieces. There's nothing more dramatic to me than:But, as noted elsewhere in this thread, the aircraft in question are as maneuvarable as modern day fighters, appear to be flying hundreds of miles an hour, and are apparently piloted by beings that appear to possess a physics-defying bubble that encompasses them and their vehicle. I don't expect film producers and artists to have an innate knowledge of the inner workings of a Spad or DR1, but at least have a sense of what the thing can't do. Or if a DR1 should even be there at all, given the timeframe.
- Climbing into an inherently unstable aircraft made of wood and fabric
- Climbing thousands of feet into the air to take on enemy aircraft
- Being armed with only one or two light machine guns that are prone to jamming and need to be manually cleared.
- Flying relatively low and slow over battlefields bristling with enemy machine guns
Now, I don't have a problem with fictionalizing a story for dramatic effect while keeping the accuracy of the setting and environment. "The Memphis Belle" movie is an excellent example. The 25th mission of the Memphis Belle was actually a milk run, but the film version shows it being an utter nightmare of action and drama. However, considering this "action and drama" is taken from real-life situations encountered by the B-17 crews - the flak, the fighters, the massive and senseless loss of life - it really showcases what those crews went through. While it may not have happened to the Belle specifically, it certainly happened to other planes. That way, the film Belle is a way of representing the real-life intensity and drama of that aspect of the war by having it all happen to one aircraft.
In the end, while The Memphis Belle becomes a fictionalized account of a real-world mission, it maintains its plausibility and integrity by keeping true to the history, people, and technology it is representing.
At least they didn't have B-17's doing loops...
In the end, while The Memphis Belle becomes a fictionalized account of a real-world mission, it maintains its plausibility and integrity by keeping true to the history, people, and technology it is representing.
Good point! Out of curiosity, how did you feel about "Enemy at the Gates"? At first I was ... annoyed. Then I realized that it really was pulling together a great deal of real-life happenings, even if they happened to other people. There were many ... liberties taken along the way, though.
lol, who knew WW1 was so cool? I wish I was born sooner so I could've been in it!The movie is good enough for me to poop on. No realism at all, did you see the part where the guy was running on top of the blimp and jump off as the plane crashed into it? WOOOOO COOOLNESS!!!!
It says based on a true story, that true story is the fact that WW1 happened.
lol, who knew WW1 was so cool? I wish I was born sooner so I could've been in it!
Hmmm, yeah you're right, how could I forget Hollywoods#1 rule? *smack my forehead*. [Serious] I just watched the trailer, good job LOLLYwood that was about as unpredictable as the day monday. Well done! You've produced another finely crafted slab of pure horse**** to add to the pile *applause*No, you would have died if you weren't the main hero. Them's the rules Hollywood says so!
You'd think this was the new Mc. Bain movie.. Zeh goggles! zeh do nasing!