So, with nothing else worth watching at the local theater, i saw this yesterday on a sunday matinee.

My wife liked it. She wants to get the DVD.

I thought it was OK as a movie. But in a historical context, I think its a crock of excrement. The INSTANT it said, "inspired by true events" at the beginning, i knew i was in for a big shovel full of hollywood. There's a BIG difference between, "inspired by true events", and "based on true events".

Personally, i thought there was too much false/phony bravado. Particuarlly when the squadron being portrayed in this movie, encountered enemy aircraft for the first time. The dialogue in that scene was eye rolling.

You mean like U-571:haha:?

I liked the movie more than I thought I would. I did have low expectations for it.:dead: The nit-picky part that I didn't like, was the German evil pilot.:haha: I think Lucas just did a copy-paste from Flyboys.

Lucas was thinking about Platapus when he made the film, as there is a token love story in it.:doh::haha:

Oy, the love story was a huge missed opportunity when I think of how much more could have done with the same screen-time. But being grateful for small mercies: at least it wasn't a wartime love triangle!!

If you can't leave your thinking cap home and get in touch with your inner teenager, better to miss this movie. We don't want anyone's head exploding with rage over historical inaccuracy!

And here's my own review, posted at Epinions:

http://www.epinions.com/review/red-t...t_577467813508

I thought the movie was okay as far as entertainment value went...not all that historically accurate I agree but I wasn't expecting it to be.

Yeah, the movie was VERY predictable. At one point while watching, there was this lull point of superficial stuff, and i thought to myself, "Hmm, looks like their building up for the big dramatic finish". Looked at my watch, saw it was an hour and a half into the movie, and I knew that i was right. Wife leans over, "I gotta pee!" I said, "If you go now, you wont miss anything, their still building up for the conclusion.". Needless to say, she didn't miss anything. :har:

I just rolled my eye with the love story and the POW side story. For a moment, I thought Lucas was going to totally get distracted with the POW story:doh:. But they did have the R2D2 moment when the pilot shows up in the end.:haha:

I heard a funny review of the movie, where the reviewer liked the film, but thought Cuba Gooding jr, was too goofy with the pipe all the time.:haha:
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