Product: Flyboys [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 5.0
Weepy boy flick at its best
This is one of those weepy boy movies, up there with "Saving Private Ryan" (though a little easier on the stomach) and "The Right Stuff". I took my 4-year old to see it, and he loved it. This movie has something for everyone - heroism, camaraderie, adventure, romance, history. The romance portion was handled well, without excess. No cheesy love ballads, no love confessions. It's a good thing that the Boy and the Girl spoke different languages. If say said "I love you", that would have been too much. It's a good thing that the movie remained a War Movie, not a Love Story.Here are a few historical inaccuracies. The tri-planes were not common in 1916. They were really hard to manipulate. But I understand that the director put them in the film for extra visual stimulation, because they do look menacing. Also, I find it hard to believe that the American pilots gained such control over their planes in such a short period of time. The film makes it look like they spent 2 weeks training and emerged master pilots.