After perusing the in-flight movie options, I settled on "Flyboys." The story of the Escadrille Lafayette, American volunteers who flew against the Hun before the U.S. entered World War One, is an intriguing one and, with the advances in CGI, I figured that at least the flying scenes would be worth watching.
And they were, especially the multi-plane dogfights, the Handley Paige bombers, and an attack on a Zeppelin. Unfortunately, these scenes comprised maybe twelve or thirteen minutes of the entire movie. In between the action, there was nothing but Hollywood dreck at its worst.
Did the star have to look like he'd just stepped off the set of "The OC?"
Could they have at least made an attempt to come up with dialogue appropriate for the historical period? I'm pretty sure that "aiight" was not part of the vernacular in 1916.
Did the composer not realize that using music to build dramatic tension is not quite as effective the THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH times you attempt it in the same movie?
Does every mainstream Hollywood movie have to have an obvious love story, replete with cloying sentimentality, clichéd story lines, and tired plot devices? Oh, the guy helps to win the girl's heart by showing that he likes kids? My that's original.
While I suffered through the interminable "Flyboys," I realized once again why I despise most movies. The people who make them must despise the audience. How else to explain their continuing to hammer us over the head with this crap?
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