To be fair, Hollywood has also produced some of the best WW2 movies, it's just a shame they are few and far between.
This film, unfortunately is a disservice to all the parties represented by it. The Tuskegee Airmen themselves, the rest of the U. S. Air Corp...even the German pilots - all are 1 dimensional caricatures of their real life counterparts. There is no need to do this. We do not need propaganda films about ww2 in the 2000's. An accurate and respectful depiction of historical events is where film making of this sort should be focused. It is a sad indictment of modern film making that it is not.
I probably need to mention that I only watched this film as an aviation enthusiast as I really didn't expect anything other than a cartoon story from George Lucas. Unfortunately, most of the planes are CGI - mostly amateur and embarrassingly unbelievable - and the real plane sequences are few and poorly shot.
After watching this for 30 minutes, I had to put on 'The Battle of Britain' to wash the taste of CGI out of my mind. Later, I'll re-watch '12 O'Clock High' and 'Tora, Tora, Tora' to remind me that this sort of film can be done right.
This film, unfortunately is a disservice to all the parties represented by it. The Tuskegee Airmen themselves, the rest of the U. S. Air Corp...even the German pilots - all are 1 dimensional caricatures of their real life counterparts. There is no need to do this. We do not need propaganda films about ww2 in the 2000's. An accurate and respectful depiction of historical events is where film making of this sort should be focused. It is a sad indictment of modern film making that it is not.
I probably need to mention that I only watched this film as an aviation enthusiast as I really didn't expect anything other than a cartoon story from George Lucas. Unfortunately, most of the planes are CGI - mostly amateur and embarrassingly unbelievable - and the real plane sequences are few and poorly shot.
After watching this for 30 minutes, I had to put on 'The Battle of Britain' to wash the taste of CGI out of my mind. Later, I'll re-watch '12 O'Clock High' and 'Tora, Tora, Tora' to remind me that this sort of film can be done right.