Has Anyone Seen Flyboys Yet?

[DuckofTindalos]

Absolutely agree. Enemy at the Gates was an excellent film, though the German "Stalingrad" is better.

[Nikademus]

Saw that first. (by accident, i was thinking "enemy at the gates" but didn't have the title in my head at the time)

[anarchyintheuk]

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk
Thin Red Line was about war to a degree; it did have battle scenes after all. I just think it was more complex than a let's-go-get-this-paratrooper-home film. It was about the corporate psychology of war, man's role in nature, man's inhumanity to man . . . I'll stop before I hurl. Malik's screenplay/dialogue was the same in Brave New World, that kind of internal monologue where a person is always questioning reality, motivation, etc. So much so that there is never an answer. You either like it or you don't. I don't like it, but at least it's different. Travolta and Nolte as officers wasn't exactly inspired casting either.

Ah, in other words...crap. Got it.

Actually, I got the point of all that, but it always so silly and pretenteous to me that I doubt that I could actually put into words how much I disliked that movie.

What about Clooney as an officer?

Forgot about Clooney. I still prefer it about 1k x more than the movie that must not be mentioned. [;)]

[Speedysteve]

Agreed T and Nik.
 
Liked EATG but Stalingard better.  Remember the part where the T34 blows the bloke in half?[X(]
 
Only downer for me was the poor dubbing...........

[anarchyintheuk]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

I don't know about "most" of it. The Germans never sent a super-sniper to hunt for Zaitsev, but other than that...

I thought they sent their officer in charge of the sniper school, Maj Konig. Is that all bs? Questions such as these are difficult and stressful, perhaps I should go to happy hour.

[Demosthenes]

Why in the hell would the USAF make him an officer 70 years after the war?
For starters - the Lafayette Escadrille was a squadron in the FRENCH air service!
Political correctness knows no bounds I guess

ORIGINAL: pbear

ORIGINAL: Ron Saueracker

I stand corrected on the Black Pilot, I did not know this. Interesting that this was the case in WWI considering all the discrimination the blacks endured prior to and after WWI. I still bet it is soooo far off the mark historically and is more a chick flick than anything.

It was not untill 1994 that the US Airforce reconized Eugene and commisioned him.

For Fact vs Fiction in Flyboys see:

http://www.mgm.com/flyboys/pdf/real_vs_ ... r%20WW1%22

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

best "recent" war movie i saw was "Enemy at the Gates"

Unpretentious.....pretty gritty portrayl of life in the Grad....

I would agree that it was better than average, same rating I would give to Saving PVT Ryan.

[Speedysteve]

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

ORIGINAL: Terminus

I don't know about "most" of it. The Germans never sent a super-sniper to hunt for Zaitsev, but other than that...

I thought they sent their officer in charge of the sniper school, Maj Konig. Is that all bs? Questions such as these are difficult and stressful, perhaps I should go to happy hour.

Yup all BS on that part of it.

Zaitsev was there but I also believe a large part of his true day to day movements are unknown (correct me if i'm wrong guys)

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: Kid

I went in expecting the action scenes to be way over the top and I don't think they were at all.

That's the most encouraging news I have heard in a while.

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: Speedy

Agreed T and Nik.

Liked EATG but Stalingard better.  Remember the part where the T34 blows the bloke in half?[X(]

Only downer for me was the poor dubbing...........

Learn Ze German, silly Engländer...

[Speedysteve]

ORIGINAL: niceguy2005

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

best "recent" war movie i saw was "Enemy at the Gates"

Unpretentious.....pretty gritty portrayl of life in the Grad....

I would agree that it was better than average, same rating I would give to Saving PVT Ryan.

I personally think the combat in SPR leaves me giving it 8/10. The first 30 minutes[&o].....to think that occured for hours IRL[X(]

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: Demosthenes

Political correctness knows no bounds I guess

You say that like it's some sort of surprise?

[Speedysteve]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

ORIGINAL: Speedy

Agreed T and Nik.

Liked EATG but Stalingard better.  Remember the part where the T34 blows the bloke in half?[X(]

Only downer for me was the poor dubbing...........

Learn Ze German, silly Engländer...

Learn English Danish twit.....firstly learn to play WW2 games properly[:'(]

[DuckofTindalos]

[:'(]

[Speedysteve]

Nincompoop.
 
When are we playing our next game or have you chickened out? The GF banned you?[;)][:'(]

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: Demosthenes

Why in the hell would the USAF make him an officer 70 years after the war?
For starters - the Lafayette Escadrille was a squadron in the FRENCH air service!
Political correctness knows no bounds I guess

Perhaps because he would have been accepted into the ranks, save for his skin color. Better late than never I would say.

[DuckofTindalos]

No time for you, Brit-Boy... More important stuff to take care of...[:'(]

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: Speedy

ORIGINAL: niceguy2005

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

best "recent" war movie i saw was "Enemy at the Gates"

Unpretentious.....pretty gritty portrayl of life in the Grad....

I would agree that it was better than average, same rating I would give to Saving PVT Ryan.

I personally think the combat in SPR leaves me giving it 8/10. The first 30 minutes[&o].....to think that occured for hours IRL[X(]

The combat sequences were fantastic/horrific. Scenes in the second half of the movie though left me feeling emotionally manipulated and drops the rating to 6/10. [:-]

[Speedysteve]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

No time for you, Brit-Boy... More important stuff to take care of...[:'(]

I'll remember this...........

[DuckofTindalos]

Promises, promises...