Product: Flyboys [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 4.0
Sky Knights
Not since The Blue Max has a neck scarf been so necessary. Oh sure Isadora Duncan got in trouble with one but don't let that stop you. This is why you go to movies. This is life bigger and better than you live it. And if there is a bit of smaltz or a touch of cheese, let the critics sort it out.What you have here is a perfect popcorn movie. The girl is pretty, the guy is heroic and the bad guy is...well, bad.Even better the writer and director of this film let the story do its job and didn't try to make it a bio-flick or a dramedy. Sure the Fokker tripe was the most feared aircraft of World War I and the only flock of Fokkers with the blood red bodies belonged to The Red Baron and his brothers but why retell a story that has been told before.There is a nice nod to Von Richtofen, the first celebrity warrior and in most accounts a real knight of the air. The Germans aren't Hun devils killing on sight and the real dirty work at the crossroads is left to a guy who doens't play well with others, even on his own side.Don't expect to get a first class education about war in the air but do load up on popcorn. Okay, truth be told this is a film that can stand up to a good brew or a beaker of Scotch, so get the libations ready, put Edith Piaf on the turntable, dim the lights and bring on the kites. Look there, coming out of the sun!!!