Red Tails

The best part of Inglorious Basterds, is that the Bear Jew dies in the end.

Wow, I know the movie wasnt great but its not like we’re dealing with Transformers 2 here (I was really dissapointed by that movie, you’re supposed to wait until the 3rd instalment to really screw up a triology)

The movie wasnt great but I could kind of guess that going into the theater so I had adjusted my expectations accordingly. Thinking it was going to be awful I was pleasantly suprised how “good” it actually was. It never really had a “slam dunk” moment but made more then enough lay-up’s to win the game. I view the movie as kind of a throw back to those old celebratory action flicks that were made back in the hay-day of patriotic war films. It seems cheezy at times but I think red tails really harkens back to the guazy, broadly drawn American war films produced in the immidet after math of the conflict. Given that the Tuskeege airmen were often over looked for a long time post conflict despite having an exemplary combat record, I view Red Tails as a long over due tributre movie that just got left in a studio vault in 1946 and was only reccently re-discovered, dusted off, and made with little to no changes. Viewed this was the movie wasn’t all that bad to me  :-)

Clyde85,

I understand your appreciation of their real life exploits, and I also take my hat off to those fine flyers. But there has already been a MUCH BETTER film made about them called “The Tuskeegee Airmen” that focused the spotlight on them.

I’m NOT in favor of heaping praise on any project or thing simply because of it’s political correctness.

This was a BAD film,…and as a film deserves to be called that.

Again, I repeat, I applaud the real-life “Tuskeegee Airmen”. I’m planning to paint one of my HBG P-51s in their scheme. And I’m NOT making any statement other than as a movie, this was a really BAD one.

“Tall Paul”

Sarcastic

When are we going to see a movie about some of the waffen SS divisions, and all their persecution after the war,  and all the challenges they faced getting in to the SS, because of the high standard of racial profiling, and correctness.

What a challenge that must have been, to prove family history back to 1750,  and the trials and tribulations they must have faced, in a world at war.

What a heart warming movie of human success that would be.

Tall Paul I think you misunderstand me, I wasnt saying it was good by todays standards, but rahter I was saying “Aim low and you’ll never be dissappointed”  :wink:  :lol:

Clyde85,

OK, I understand what you just said.

But I don’t think it’s right to expect people to pay $9.00 and expect anything less than their moneys worth. This is simply a bad movie. I only paid $6.00 at a matinee showing,…and I still feel that I was “Ripped-Off”.

It really is a shame that these actors, who could have done a wonderful job if they would have been given a decent script. The script seemed like an eight year old wrote it and wasn’t the least bit enthused or realistic feeling.

I really enjoyed “Men of Honor” and I have a DVD copy of it. Great script, great acting, really good movie.

But RED TAILS is INSULTINGLY BAD!

“Tall Paul”

How can their be two pages of “red tails sucks” posts?

Is it that good of a movie to draw the concern?

To many of todays movies dont have any story. I think they should have showed how tough it was to become a pilot being black and also the lack of equallity when it was all said and done and they came home. Tuskegee air men was a good movie, you would think they would have made the next one better. I think too many people want to see things blown up every 3 seconds or they think it sucks.
  If you ever happen to meet any of the surviving RED TAILS take your hat off and say thank you

I watched “The Tuskeegee Airmen” again last night. What a difference between this movie and “R.T.” The Tuskeegee Airmen had a well-written script, good actors doing a good job of acting(including Cuba Gooding) and a much better atmosphere of a war film. IMHO “R.T.” fails on even being considered a decent film. It’s just BAD!

“Tall Paul”

What’s your thoughts on the recent claims that the Tuskeegee Airmen perfect bomber protection record wasn’t perfect?

It wasn’t PERFECT. But they still have an EXCELLENT record, and I’m PROUD of their acomplishments as I’m sure the bomber crews they protected were.

“Tall Paul”