Product: Flyboys [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 3.0
No Irony
One of the new recruits talks about "Knights of The Air," without irony. After 4000 anti-war films in the post-Vietnam period, Flyboys reminds us of a less complicated time where manly honor and comraderie were coveted. The enemy is the enemy and we are the good guys. There is no navel gazing when you shoot down the Red Baron, just a salute and a manly grimace.I am told that soon pilots are history as the next generation of Flyboys will be robot drones. They won't be going up with silk scarfs in the wind.The love interest and family background of the Flyboy's -- well you can skip through that. The ariel combat is what you want to see.