[WWI] Hooray for Hollywood....!

[Andy Bannister]

Sorry, no I disagree with you there Joel. "Battle of Britain" and "Tora,
Tora, Tora" (for instance) were both superb films and for the most part
historically accurate (yes the characters in BofB were fictious but they
were based on real characters and most of the events were accurate). I know
many people who know nothing about aircraft and/or military history yet they
still enjoyed the films. I enjoy them both as much now with a bit of
knowledge as I did when I saw them as a child with no knowledge of history
or accuracy. 
They've obviously done quite a bit of homework for Flyboys - how much harder
would it have been to go all the way and make them even more accurate? Would
it have made it any less enjoyable or profitable? I doubt it. Seems to me
it's just as easy to make a historically & technologically accurate film as
it is to make one that's complete bollocks and it will stand the test of
time better. I wonder if "The Ten Commandments" would have been taken
seriously if there were dinosaurs tramping about Egypt and Moses was a CG
creation?
Andy 
 
CEO, Editor in Chief, Choreographer, Teaboy
www.warpedplastic.co.uk 


-----Original Message-----
From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On
Behalf Of Joel Christy
Sent: 25 September 2006 19:02
To: WWI
Subject: [WWI] Hooray for Hollywood....!


        Dear All,
   
  This thread on Flyboys is absurd. Since when has Hollywood or film in
general done justice to World War One  or Two aircraft?  From  the1926 WINGS
to Pearl Harbor it's been one big travesty. They are made to make money
$$$$$ NOT history! I couldn't believe all the hype about Pearl Habor after I
saw it. Why would anyone follow a bomb down to it's detonation point. Sure
you can do it now with smart bombs but not in WW II.  And as for tracers
during WW I , I've only heard of them being used against zepplins not your
everyday dogfight.  So come on just sit back and enjoy what you can in a
rubbish film and forget the accuracy; it just ain't gonna happen. Blue Max
and Von Richtofen vs Brown were crap history but still fun to watch.
   
  Cheers,
   
  Joel
      

 		
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