Product: Flyboys [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 4.0
A good DVD movie
It's not Oscar time for this film, but it was diverting. I thought it did give a good overview of the Escadrille and the motivations of the characters who came from the US to volunteer. True, the terrors of war weren't driven home as in Saving Private Ryan, but this just isn't that kind of movie. Fortunately, as it was my 9-year-old son's interest in WWI planes that motivated the purchase. He was able to watch it without too many disturbing scenes (although the scene in the trenches was pretty intense). If you're looking for intense, gripping action and emotional turmoil, along with Titanic-level accuracy, this isn't the one for you. But for a family movie I thought it was pretty good.