| green beanie | 06 Jun 2009 12:58 p.m. PST |
anyone seen the movie Aces High? I caught a breif Youtube bit on it and it looked OK from that, but was wondering if it would be worth while to track down a copy (never seen it here in the US ) so I look forward to your feed back |
| David Manley | 06 Jun 2009 1:25 p.m. PST |
In short, yes. A very gritty and probably quite relaistic view of life in the RFC in WW1. Makes "Flyboys" look pretty sad, IMHO :) |
| Captain Cook | 06 Jun 2009 1:57 p.m. PST |
By no means a classic but certainly well worth watching. Basically an airborne version of R.C. Sherriffs "Journeys End" |
| NoLongerAMember | 06 Jun 2009 1:59 p.m. PST |
It has characters with a degree of stereotype, and shows it origins as a stage play in much of the dialogue, but it is a good film and the aerial sequences can be astonishing. However it is not a film if your heroes should not have feet of clay though. watch it and see. |
 Saginaw  | 06 Jun 2009 3:11 p.m. PST |
I liked it, greenie. Check it out!  |
| ming31 | 06 Jun 2009 5:17 p.m. PST |
It was good , worth a watch |
 Flashman14 | 06 Jun 2009 7:02 p.m. PST |
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| Wargamer Blue | 06 Jun 2009 7:04 p.m. PST |
Good Movie. Worth watching. |
| Veteran Cosmic Rocker | 06 Jun 2009 11:28 p.m. PST |
very good film – have read quite a few memoirs of pilots capturing what I imagine the feel of the time must have been like (the stress of combat, etc) chocks away! |
| royaleddy | 07 Jun 2009 1:58 a.m. PST |
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| Daffy Doug | 07 Jun 2009 8:41 a.m. PST |
I don't remember it favorably: impressions that remain are over-acting, melodramatic, bad aircraft representations (nothing that looks like real WW1 airplanes), and too many characters are TOO OLD, e.g. Plummer. YouTube link Yeah, pretty much what I remembered: except: they seem to have cribbed scenes from The Blue Max (real looking SE5's and Fokker D7's), and where did that Eindekker come from? Cute!… |
| HobbyGuy | 07 Jun 2009 12:06 p.m. PST |
Was that a compilation of every battle in the movie? |
| Martin Rapier | 07 Jun 2009 12:46 p.m. PST |
Yes, it is fine, in an 'Oh What a Lovely War' sort of way. N "Replacement officers. Sir!" |
adds an infantry platoon to his WWI Brits.
