Red Tails

[PhillyB]

So disappointing. That movie had Oscar potential on material alone and then absolutely shot itself in the foot. To say nothing of unforgivable historical inaccuracies, the dialogue was trite and overdone, the characters were underdeveloped, and the flow generally lacking in fluidity and cohesiveness. It reminded me of a lifetime movie.

I had been looking forward to it for months so I was pretty bummed.

[cookinwithgas]

What a drag, I'm going to see it anyways but it could be so great....

[PhillyB]

It is no different than a cheesy 1940s war flick. One dimensional characters, corny one-liners... they could've done a much better job of exploring the depth of the reactions of the African-American pilots to the bigotry at hand but just sucked at it.

Go watch it, but you will be face-palming within the first five minutes. This movie deserved a much better effort.

[cookinwithgas]

That's what Lucas was trying to sell it as this week - "Hellcats of the Pacific" for African Americans.

[Jangler]

I guess that's why it was released before February.

[Donald LaFell]

That's one of those movies you just can't have high hopes for. It looked horrible. Which is sad as the Tuskegee airmen and WWII vets don't deserve shitty movies. It shouldn't be some feel good bs, make people aware of the sacrifice like saving private ryan.

[jtnc]

I don't think the movie had a very high budget.

[Jangler]

yeah, LucasFilm is pretty cheap.

[charlotte49er]

The 1995 HBO movie "Tuskegee Airman" is recognized as a better movie.

Even though the people portayed in the movie, the were ficticious, it did portray the racism that were present during the time. The biggest error in the 1995 fim came at the end where it claimed that no bomber were lost while they flew fighter cover. (In fact, at least 25 bombers were lost, but fewer than many of the previous missions. (This could be attributed to 2 things. The "Red Tails" came on later in the war when the allies had gained air superiority and they were good pilots.)) Bomb groups actually started to ask that the "Red Tails" fly fighter cover for their mission, even though the bomber knew were African Americans.

[jtnc]

I guess it's just horrible directing/casting, movie had a budget of 58 million.

[Anybodyhome]

$58M is nothing for a movie today. All the Johnny Depp "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies were in the $225-300M range, Harry Potter movies all in the $150-175M range.

Heck, Jurassic Park in 1993 and Lion King in 1994 were more than Red Tails.

[mmmbeans]

58m is enough to make a good movie

[CarolinaNCSU]

LaFell tweeted it was a "MUST GO SEE"...sad, I hoped it would be decent.

[Doyle]

I can't believe you guys thought it would be good.