I found Flyboys to be a fun, mostly harmless movie that certainly took its share of liberties as far as historical accuracy was concerned. Externally, the CGI model of L 32 looks pretty good. But that interior layout, incredible though it may seem, manages to make even less sense than… Read more »
I have that movie, and certainly it is entertaining, but if one is expecting an accurate portrayal of the war, they will be sorely disappointed. Kind of like 1971’s Zeppelin. Although, to their credit, at least that movie’s depiction of a Zeppelin airship was very accurate both inside and out.
Vincent Dalto
As for that comment about the Fokkers, they were all red because almost NOBODY in test audiences could tell French from German planes. Granted, they could have used a different colour, but most people think “red = Red Baron = German” so it was the best they could do for… Read more »
You know, I never did pause the movie to closely examine this before, but wow. Those gas cells are not only far too tiny, but there isn’t even any proper bracing wire going through that thing… Then again, this is the same movie that basically made the assumption that the… Read more »
Rule numero uno when making a movie – don’t let technical accuracy and historical facts get in the way of a good story. 🙂
I found Flyboys to be a fun, mostly harmless movie that certainly took its share of liberties as far as historical accuracy was concerned. Externally, the CGI model of L 32 looks pretty good. But that interior layout, incredible though it may seem, manages to make even less sense than… Read more »
Agreed.
I have that movie, and certainly it is entertaining, but if one is expecting an accurate portrayal of the war, they will be sorely disappointed. Kind of like 1971’s Zeppelin. Although, to their credit, at least that movie’s depiction of a Zeppelin airship was very accurate both inside and out.
As for that comment about the Fokkers, they were all red because almost NOBODY in test audiences could tell French from German planes. Granted, they could have used a different colour, but most people think “red = Red Baron = German” so it was the best they could do for… Read more »
You know, I never did pause the movie to closely examine this before, but wow. Those gas cells are not only far too tiny, but there isn’t even any proper bracing wire going through that thing… Then again, this is the same movie that basically made the assumption that the… Read more »
See my comment above for the reason behind that.