Product: Flyboys [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 4.0
Great entertainment if historically flawed (021)
As a WWI aviation buff, I admit I first railed a bit with the hisotrical inaccuracies that this film is laced with, HOWEVER! After watching the extras and listening to the producers/director addressing the historical debate, I felt better. They freely admit that they took artistic licence with certain things for the sake of entertainment, which is fair enough. Unlike the makers of The Red Baron, whose producer/director claim with amazing straigh-faces that their movie is historically accurate, which is totally false.The flight scenes from Flyboys were great, the characters were enjoyable and the aircraft were a joy to see in action. Once you get over the fact that the Germans are all flying red Fokker triplanes, except of course, the EEEEEEVIL German, who naturally flies a black one, the combat scenes are worth the cost of the dvd alone. There is some genuine comedy in the movie, you can empathise with the characters and the photography was first rate. I can thoroughly recommend this movie for what it is.Great entertainment!