Here is an old one from my Tumblr account of the same name (linked below). This directly quoted, so it might sound a little dated, however, if you do plan to watch this film, take a minute and read the following review. Thanks, and enjoy!
A Review of "Red Tails" :
About a month or so ago I went to see the new George Lucas production “Red Tails”, a film about the Tuskegee Airmen, a squadron of black airmen during World War II. While the film was historically accurate, it is hard to explain whether the movie itself is good or bad. While “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” felt it had so much thrown at the audience, “Red Tails” had to little. The movie is enjoyable, historically accurate, and the battle scenes are amazing; but it was lacking in the way in the way it was directed “on the ground” and especially failed in the laughable dialogue.
While Lucas has made a cool World War II film, he really should have gone over how the characters speak and act and especially look at their dialogue before filming. I think the best example of this is the main villain of the film. The villain, know as “Pretty Boy” is the first major character of the film to make an appearance, he is the leader of nearly every German fighter squadron the main characters run into. Easily this character could have been played by a card-board cut out with a voice box. He only has about five or six lines in the entire movie and only barks out orders or says how much hates the Red Tails and is shocked that they are black. There is no development to this character, no personality, no back story, and his only emotion is “Angry German Face.” Though he is probably one of the most amusing characters in the entire film.
The white American bomber pilots fared a little bit better than the German pilot, but not by much. While they did have more lines and something of a personality, their lines are about as corny as some fifties TV shows (not that I really wish to rip on those shows as they’re still better than anything on TV today), or that guy who blows himself up in the original “Night of the Living Dead” (”Golly Mr. Cooper!”). But they’re lines include “I’m sure glad the Red Tails were here”, I think you picture the voice that went with that. But again, these characters could have again been easily played by a Card Board cut out.
The Black pilots of the Red Tails were probably the most well developed, but suffered from another problem, over use of stereotypes. While not every one of those characters suffered from this problem, that ones that did played it up ten times. Though you have to keep characters in a historical film accurate with the times that they are in, you don’t need to make blatant; such as the constant and almost comical references “Black Jesus.” I think of these characters, the most well developed were the Squadron Commander, who was in Washington D.C. fighting to keep his squadron from being disbanded due to the racism of the time, the flight leader who had to face down a drinking problem and emotional issues, and Lightening, the pilot who kills “Pretty Boy” and has relationship with one of the women in the near by Italian city.
Overall the while the movie had a good story and action sequences, it really lacked in character development and personality. It is definitely worth seeing, though by now it should be coming out soon on DVD and Blue Ray. This movie where you might just want to shut your brain off and enjoy it, it’s still better than watching “Star Wars : Episode 2.”
While Lucas has made a cool World War II film, he really should have gone over how the characters speak and act and especially look at their dialogue before filming. I think the best example of this is the main villain of the film. The villain, know as “Pretty Boy” is the first major character of the film to make an appearance, he is the leader of nearly every German fighter squadron the main characters run into. Easily this character could have been played by a card-board cut out with a voice box. He only has about five or six lines in the entire movie and only barks out orders or says how much hates the Red Tails and is shocked that they are black. There is no development to this character, no personality, no back story, and his only emotion is “Angry German Face.” Though he is probably one of the most amusing characters in the entire film.
The white American bomber pilots fared a little bit better than the German pilot, but not by much. While they did have more lines and something of a personality, their lines are about as corny as some fifties TV shows (not that I really wish to rip on those shows as they’re still better than anything on TV today), or that guy who blows himself up in the original “Night of the Living Dead” (”Golly Mr. Cooper!”). But they’re lines include “I’m sure glad the Red Tails were here”, I think you picture the voice that went with that. But again, these characters could have again been easily played by a Card Board cut out.
The Black pilots of the Red Tails were probably the most well developed, but suffered from another problem, over use of stereotypes. While not every one of those characters suffered from this problem, that ones that did played it up ten times. Though you have to keep characters in a historical film accurate with the times that they are in, you don’t need to make blatant; such as the constant and almost comical references “Black Jesus.” I think of these characters, the most well developed were the Squadron Commander, who was in Washington D.C. fighting to keep his squadron from being disbanded due to the racism of the time, the flight leader who had to face down a drinking problem and emotional issues, and Lightening, the pilot who kills “Pretty Boy” and has relationship with one of the women in the near by Italian city.
Overall the while the movie had a good story and action sequences, it really lacked in character development and personality. It is definitely worth seeing, though by now it should be coming out soon on DVD and Blue Ray. This movie where you might just want to shut your brain off and enjoy it, it’s still better than watching “Star Wars : Episode 2.”
Up next: A discussion on how Evolution and Christianity can coexist and some more movie reviews as well as an analysis of Table Top vs Video Game RPGs.
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