Red Tail Airplane
Can you imagine yourself sitting in the cockpit of a P-47, a refurbished hand-me-down plane? Better yet, imagine you’re piloting this plane as it soars, dips, twists and dodges strafing bullets. Well if you can’t imagine it, then head to your local movie theater and watch RED TAILS. In the first 10 minutes of the film, you WILL feel like you’ve been flying, swooping down to attack a German munitions train.
The special effects are worthy of a blog post of their own, however, this writer doesn’t have the technical knowledge or background to speak intelligently on the subject. All I can tell you is that they are phenomenal and the movie credits list no less than 100 digital artists.
It took George Lucas, that Hollywood icon, twenty years to produce this film about a story begging to be told. And it was about time! Thank you George!
HOWEVER….
The dialogue is lame and wooden BUT the battle scenes are spectacular, thanks to those 100+ digital artists. The main story line is between two pilots, the squadron leader and the reckless hotshot. Much like Maverick and Ice Man in Top Gun. The script is highly predictable with way too obvious foreshadowing.
There are a lot of good actors in this film, however unfortunately their characters are as complex as cardboard game pieces stating the obvious. Their lives are never fleshed out and we never learn any of their back stories. Even the make up of the squadron is formulaic: There is the alcohol abuser son trying desperately to please Daddy, , a testosterone – charged ladies man and daredevil, a devoutly religious good boy, and the eager fresh meat new recruit. Almost as typical as a reality TV show cast.
For those of you too young to “get” the title of this blog,…There was a very popular song in the 1950’s entitled, Red Sails in the Sunset and the 332nd fighter group aka the Red Tails always took off at sunrise.
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I enjoyed the film a great deal, lame dialogue or not. I enjoyed the performances and the story.