| SHORT REVIEW: | | | | more exiting chemistry when I've added half |
| | | | and half to my coffee in the morning. |
| Perhaps its a bad idea to make a film about | | | | |
| World War I that has a longer running time | | | | The other portion of the film, the part |
| than the war itself. | | | | involving pilots and flying doesn't fare much |
| | | | better. The fight sequences are chaotic and |
| REVIEW: | | | | poorly presented. It is nearly impossible to |
| | | | tell who is who because everyone is (of |
| There's a great number of things going for | | | | course) covered in headgear and flying |
| this film, too bad none of them made it onto | | | | identical planes. It is like trying to do a |
| the screen. A story about World War I flying | | | | police lineup with everyone wearing football |
| aces shotting it out over France? A chance to | | | | helmets. Beyond this, there isn't a clear and |
| see the old planes in action? A possible | | | | active nemesis. The lack of a present villain |
| throwback to an older style war movie? This | | | | joined with the a dearth of deep supporting |
| film offers some exiciting possibilities. It | | | | characters, reduces the fight sequences into |
| delivers on none of them. | | | | obtuse, buzzing interludes that bookend the |
| | | | awkward love interest scenes. |
| This film is a distracted mess. There could | | | | |
| have been an engaging story involving the | | | | This should have been a great movie, but it's |
| pilots dealing with the grim reality that | | | | not even a marginal one. It's likely someone |
| they were all probably going to die while | | | | you know will look at the DVD box and think |
| also living the fleeting lives to the | | | | it looks good. The marketing does look good. |
| fullest. The film moves a decidely different | | | | Then again, the marketing of this film is the |
| direction and concentrates on a limp love | | | | only successful part of the whole effort. |
| story between a French woman who can't speak | | | | |
| English and an American that can't act. The | | | | Don't bother with this one folks, it will |
| heat between lead James Franco and his love | | | | only waste your time and let you down. |
| interest Jennifer Decker is timid. I've seen | | | | |