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07-30-11, 10:58 AM
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Looks like a big-budget version of HBO's "The Tuskegee Airmen" (1995). Funny, Cuba Gooding Jr.'s in both versions (this time he's a major). The CGI aerial combat reminds me of Michael Bay's "Pearl Harbor".
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07-30-11, 11:03 AM
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Good use of CGI I thought...looking forward to seeing it
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07-30-11, 11:16 AM
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I cringe when I see the words "Inspired by a true story". That's worse than "based on a true story".
Why could they not make a movie on the actual history of the 332nd FG?  I guess history and the truth is not entertaining enough these days. 
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07-30-11, 11:28 AM
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07-30-11, 11:47 AM
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Another possibly entertaining movie I'll never watch due to stupid CGI graphics that defy all reality for cheap thrills. This is the spawn of console gaming's action for action's sake and made for little boys to have wet dreams over. Star Wars has more integrity!
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07-30-11, 11:42 AM
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 Aliens, Pawnshops, the Apocalypse and trying to sell crappy computer games is way more important than history and truth... 
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07-30-11, 01:00 PM
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Fortunately, I am old enough to remember the days when the History Channel had actual historical programs. 
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07-30-11, 04:57 PM
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Yep, the CGI looks great, the plane handling sucks. That's what happens when people don't consult the right experts. I'm sure I'll see it on the first day, just like I did Flyboys. I just hope I won't be as disappointed.
The comparison with Tuskegee Airmen is good, especially since it's the only possible one (except of course the true story). I did like seeing them start off in P-40s though.
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07-30-11, 06:27 PM
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I'll give it a chance, too. I'm always skeptical about WW2 movies, knowing how Hollywood does history -- the way Debbie Does Dallas, if you get my drift. As long as they got a decent writer... hey, stranger things have happened!
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Now all the history channel has is "PICKERS" and that's boring compared to what the History Channel used to have. Seeing the Promo for Red Tails makes me wish that Fighter Ace had not gone out of business. I doubt it will ever be brought back to life with the current folks who own the rights to it now. They have the willpower but not the money or the expertise. It's a shame too. But I do agree that some of the loops were unrealistict to say the least. P51D had a great view and that's an advantage but what they really had over the Germans was numbers and long range. 
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08-01-11, 02:44 PM
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  .It's based on a true story, meaning it has WW2 equipment. I was going to say, is this the prequel to "Hart's War?" On a side note, kinda tired of the hollywood "race-baiting" flicks 
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01-16-12, 01:36 PM
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like we need another movie about the tuskegee airman, and especially not some flyboy-type hollywood spoof. They want to make a movie about the tuskegee airmen? How bout sticking to what happened, and leave the ridiculous stunts out of it.
My grandfather was 1 transfer away from being in the 8th. Thankfully he wasnt. He ended up being a flight engineer on C-47s the rest of the war. THe 8th lost so many men and aircraft, took so many hits. And yet i cant find a single movie about them. Thats hollywood for you  .
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01-16-12, 01:56 PM
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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_O%27Clock_High Arguably the greatest air combat movie ever made... 
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01-16-12, 02:51 PM
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