Why I like this film

Rating: 8/10 (6 June 2015)

I am always confused by the amount of hate flung at this film. I have read dozens of biographies of pilots of ww2, and the film captures the romantic bravery of these men very well... The flying sequences were VERY good, the Battle of Britain sequence was brilliant (except for the "hammer down" thing. Sure, the Pearl harbor sequence was silly in places, like flying down streets, and the whole tower sequence, but fun silly. And the Doolittle thing was great. But here's my point. I first saw the film at a matinée, in an almost empty house. Most of the others were couples of the ww2 generation. At the end, as I left, these veterans were crying, holding each other tight as they left.