Flyboys (Widescreen Edition)

Nice actions, but if you looking for a more authentic WWI aerial combat drama try "Der Rote Baron" instead.

Great movie. Better love story than pearl harbor. Blu-Ray is the way to go. Great action with Great acting makes this movie worth watching again and again.

Yes, it's cliched. Yes, it's predictable. And yes, there are some liberties taken with realism. But hey, it's a good movie. Solid fare: good heroes, bad villains, lots of dogfighting (and the dogfighting is really good, albeit unrealistically fast for the planes of the time), some romance, and no idiotic Hollywood attempts at artsiness for its own sake.

Acting is pretty decent, especially from the girl and the French captain. The movie is even clean (i.e. no sex scenes!).

I give it 4 out of 5. Most guys will like it. Rent it, crack open a beer, and enjoy the evening.

This is a one of a kind movie. War, flight, history, a bit of very tasteful romance (trust me, I hate romance stories in movies where the main plot is action and adventure), realistic, and fun to watch with anyone. My dad and I loved this movie, definitely an all time favorite for me.

"Flyboys" has great visuals, but the history is sorely lacking, and the story is really a bit trite (right down to "boy meets girl," and so on). That's too bad, because the real story of the Lafayette Escadrille had more than enough excitement, which is even recognized by one of the movie's writers -- "we didn't have to make these guys Hollywood." The question remains why the writers did just that.

I recommend "Flyboys," but only in the Collector's 2 disc edition - -and watch disc 2, "The True Story of the Lafayette Escadrille" first. You'll find out what did, and did not, really happen.