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"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message

PS: What was that awful WWI dogfighting movie
that came out a few years ago? The one that couldn't
hold a candle to Blue Max.....

Do you mean Flyboys -- which pretended to tell the story of
l'Escadrille Lafayette?
It stank at the top of its voice ....


It did.
Even the tongue-in-cheek "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying
Machines" was more convincing.


Which itself was a sequel to "Those Magnificent Men in their
Jaunty Jalopies", IIRC.

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TacAN wrote in news:qxcMl.9000$y61.5469@news-
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Mitchell Holman wrote:

That was a brilliant re-visit Mitchell, thanks.

All of this done before computer graphics - an achievement in those
days.

Thanks for the feedback. CGI films just don't
have the same feel.

PS: What was that awful WWI dogfighting movie
that came out a few years ago? The one that couldn't
hold a candle to Blue Max.....

Do you mean Flyboys -- which pretended to tell the story of l'Escadrille
Lafayette?
It stank at the top of its voice ....

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454824/


Just watch some of it on YouTube. Glad I did not go see it at the theater.
It looked like it really sucked badly.

Mitchell Holman said the following on 06/05/2009 12:58:
TacAN wrote in news:qxcMl.9000$y61.5469@news-
server.bigpond.net.au:

Mitchell Holman wrote:

That was a brilliant re-visit Mitchell, thanks.

All of this done before computer graphics - an achievement in those days.




Thanks for the feedback. CGI films just don't
have the same feel.

PS: What was that awful WWI dogfighting movie
that came out a few years ago? The one that couldn't
hold a candle to Blue Max.....


Do you mean the awful film with Malcolm McDowell and a pretty-boy
blonde haired youth who salivated after his cynical leader?

Krusty Shudder

Richard Brooks wrote in
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Mitchell Holman said the following on 06/05/2009 12:58:
TacAN wrote in
news:qxcMl.9000$y61.5469@news- server.bigpond.net.au:

Mitchell Holman wrote:

That was a brilliant re-visit Mitchell, thanks.

All of this done before computer graphics - an achievement in those
days.




Thanks for the feedback. CGI films just don't
have the same feel.

PS: What was that awful WWI dogfighting movie
that came out a few years ago? The one that couldn't
hold a candle to Blue Max.....


Do you mean the awful film with Malcolm McDowell and a pretty-boy
blonde haired youth who salivated after his cynical leader?



No, that was "Aces High".

Cheesy, but watchable. Better was "Richtofen v. Brown"
also released as "The Red Baron" with John Phillip Law and
Don Stroud. Almost as good as "Blue Max".

"Flyboys", OTOH, was the worst WWI flying movie ever made...

Mitchell Holman said the following on 08/05/2009 03:32:
Richard Brooks wrote in
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Mitchell Holman said the following on 06/05/2009 12:58:
PS: What was that awful WWI dogfighting movie
that came out a few years ago? The one that couldn't
hold a candle to Blue Max.....

Do you mean the awful film with Malcolm McDowell and a pretty-boy
blonde haired youth who salivated after his cynical leader?
No, that was "Aces High".

Cheesy, but watchable. Better was "Richtofen v. Brown"
also released as "The Red Baron" with John Phillip Law and
Don Stroud. Almost as good as "Blue Max".

"Flyboys", OTOH, was the worst WWI flying movie ever made...


For the whole cheeseboard and cheese factory you want the WWII chopper
horror chick flick, The Secret War of Jackie's Girls.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081472/usercomments