Product: Flyboys [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 3.0
"Inspired by History." Visuals: 5 stars. History: 2 stars.
"Flyboys" has great visuals, but the history is sorely lacking, and the story is really a bit trite (right down to "boy meets girl," and so on). That's too bad, because the real story of the Lafayette Escadrille had more than enough excitement, which is even recognized by one of the movie's writers -- "we didn't have to make these guys Hollywood." The question remains why the writers did just that.I recommend "Flyboys," but only in the Collector's 2 disc edition - -and watch disc 2, "The True Story of the Lafayette Escadrille" first. You'll find out what did, and did not, really happen.