The BOB probably had the most awsome "real shot" ever made in a war movie. The shots of the Spanish 111's all flying in formation was awsome. The scenes of the airfield being bombed was also, for the time, impressive pyrotechnics. But the Stuka shots were laughable, all and all the dialog was trite, and the Love scenes with the blond were awful except for the fact the blond was smoking hot. Dont get me wrong, I wore out a DVD of BOB I watched it so many times. But it was far from perfect.
What it was, was a WW2 flight movie and those things are rare enough without pecking them apart. 633 Squadron and Mosquito squadron are both pretty Lame movies but I love em anyway cause they have Mossies in them. Thats enough for me. I thought Damn Busters was pretty droll too. But since I Love watching Lancs its a classic for me, "a remake would have to find a new name for the dog".
Actually I think the best shots in RedTails are of the P-40s. But lets face it, everyone of them seem to have one evil German or Japanese, highly skilled, pilot with a scar on his face that the good guys have to overcome. Its the nature of the genre. RedTails could have been better, but any film that honors the service of non-white US soldiers, sailors, and marines honors us all as well. It was a WW2 flight movie, which is pretty rare. So like it for what it is.
