Product: Flyboys [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 5.0
I enjoyed it!
This movie is a very enjoyable movie. With a lot of clever flight action and tactics. For present day standards, it is actually fairly clean. So it can be suitable for family viewing, provided the kids are a little older. The plot centers around a group of American mercenary pilots in France during World War I, prior to the U.S.' entry into the war. They all come from different backgrounds and they all have different hopes and dreams. And before the movies ends you'll find yourself really liking every one of them. James Franco portrays the leader of the group and he comes across as likeable. Perhaps a little not quite Texan enough looking, but likeable nonetheless. And the love story between him and an orphaned French girl is a very sweet one. The main flaw I found in the movie is that the dialogue was unusually soft while the background music is unusually loud. Which made it to where at times I found myself reading the subtitles in order to fully understand the plot. (And I'm not hard of hearing!) However, that flaw is well overcome by the plot and the nice characters. I heartily recommend this movie.