Product: Flyboys [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 1.0
The CGI special effects ruined the whole movie!
I had been very much looking forward to seeing this movie as I am avidly interested in WWI aircraft. It is too bad they used so many CGI graphics in the making of the movie and too bad the technical director didn't know much, if anything, about how airplanes fly. They had aircraft doing things that are impossible to do in real life. It was very obvious throughout the movie also. To make matters worse, the special effects showed curly smoke trails following each bullet as they were fired. The bullet impacts in the fabric covering of the airplanes didn't make round holes with the edges curved inwards, but rather made triangular and squarish shaped holes that blew through from the inside out.This movie ends up being very much like watching a video game instead of transporting the viewer into the timeframe of the era. A movie that is believable is an enjoyable movie to watch and therefore becomes real entertainment. Flyboys was neither and was a waste of time and money.