Movie night week 3 - "The Blue Max"

[ShermB]

Re: Movie night week 3 - "The Blue Max"

I belong to a small warped group inside another group that,when we get together for some R & R after a hard day of moving planes around, watch the old Sky King series and hoot and holler at all the "foo paws" and "never happens except in 'reel-life' moobies" and of course can speak the lines with them. Pass the popcorn, and have a nother beer.
Betty

[dxlyj]

Re: Movie night week 3 - "The Blue Max"

I was 12 when I saw this movie in the theater.

All I remember about it is Ursula Andress.

Why is that?

Don Hatten
Go Bear!

I don't remember how old I was when Dad & Mom took us to the drive-in adjacent to Young Field/Washtenaw County Airport (http://www.airfields-freeman.com/MI/...lds_MI_SE.html) to see The Blue Max. Some years later I figured out why my brother and I had to lie down in the back seat when Ursala Andress was at her best..
DL

[Leo]

Re: Movie night week 3 - "The Blue Max"

Years ago Air Progress did a critique of The Great Waldo Pepper. They said it was the most accurate aviation film up to that time, only finding two glaring mistakes. One was the plane flown the Ernst Kessler spin scene (an opposed engine) the other being the mis-spelling of Ormer Locklear's name at the opening credits. So, you just can't win!
BTW their comments on the Blue Max were on a par with most of those here.
Picking up technical flaws is part of our enjoyment of movies at my house. It does not distract from the movie UNLESS it is so blatant as to be, well, a distraction. Some of my favorites I like simply because they ARE so innacurate.
My wife has even begun to take great pleasure from picking up continuity issues in ANY movie to counter my so and I pointing things out in aviation films!
Like said before here, it's hollywood. If I want to see a documentary I will watch one.
As for TOR, I would like to see a better story and better acting, but I still like it simply because the filming is so bootiful!

[eagledriver]

Re: Movie night week 3 - "The Blue Max"

Bad scripts is why they invented the mute button.

Into the future, I just hope for more flying and less CGI. One can't mute that crap....

[RBriscoe]

Re: Movie night week 3 - "The Blue Max"

Bad scripts is why they invented the mute button.

Into the future, I just hope for more flying and less CGI. One can't mute that crap....

...you mean like the silly P-40 knife edge pass between hangars in ""Pearl Harbor"?

[Propellerhead]

Re: Movie night week 3 - "The Blue Max"

Be prepared for more of the same with "Red Tails."

Some of the flight dynamics seen in the trailers seem a bit...well...creative.

WWII fighter planes do not maneuver like an Extra 300, a Sopwith Camel or an X-Wing.

I recently saw a screening of the 1927 silent classic "Wings" and for all of the inaccuracies here and there, rest assured, the flying was REAL. Quite epic for its time.

[RBriscoe]

Re: Movie night week 3 - "The Blue Max"

Be prepared for more of the same with "Red Tails."

Some of the flight dynamics seen in the trailers seem a bit...well...creative.

WWII fighter planes do not maneuver like an Extra 300, a Sopwith Camel or an X-Wing.

I recently saw a screening of the 1927 silent classic "Wings" and for all of the inaccuracies here and there, rest assured, the flying was REAL. Quite epic for its time.

Yea, you are right.

I saw a preview of "Red Tails" at the theater yesterday. It is a shame that the focus seemed to be on the special effects. The accomplishments of the brave young men in the air and on the ground are more tan enough drama without resorting to those sorts of distracting effects, not to mention their continuing contributions to America after the war.

On the other hand, there is a commemorative P-51 Red Tail making some air shows with a van that has videos & etc of the history and accomplishments of these men.