FLYBOYS

Academy Award-winning director Tony Bill tells the story of young Americans who,
before the U.S. entered WWI, volunteered for the French military and became the
country’s first fighter pilots. Fighting a war that wasn’t theirs, these young,
naive adventure-seekers learned the true meaning of love, brotherhood, heroism,
courage and tolerance.

as for this movie, i did something i've never done before. i went to see it by myself in theaters last night. my friends weren't interested in it and because i was so anxious about it, i couldn't resist and went alone.
so i dolled up (i got the best out of myself :P , i think that way i would have been looked lovely for a date: curly hair, black pull, beautiful grey-black skirt and fantastic black shoes).
and so on a sat night i went to town...
it was a good experience. i loved it. i made myself comfortable with a coke and popcorn (that's what the true pleasure of watching movies in theaters is, at least to me). usually i don't enjoy these because they are too expensive!!!!!!!

although there've only been bad reviews about it, it was one of the best movies i've seen in theaters! i mean it. i'm very picky when it comes to cinema. i watched my last movie a whole year ago!

reasons why i loved it:
- historical background
- james franco ('s smile!, i've been a fan of his movie for quite some time)
- the fight scenes looked 100% percent realistic to me, which i've never experienced before
- the deep meaning of love, friendship, acceptance, tolerance, heroism and loyality beautifully displayed by the actors
- the plot
- and last but not least that it was a true story

and i personally think, even though i heard that a lot, i can't be compared to Pearl Harbour.
those movies are completely different except for that fact that it's about war, pilots and love.
it got nothing else in common, so the comparision simply doesn't match.

i watched Pearl Harbour in theaters as well, and i think the attack of the jap was part of the background, while the triangle love was the center of that story.

in Flyboys, the relationship between james and that nurse, played an important role for him of course, it forced him to behave in different ways, but it wasn't the center. the center was the lives of these new-born heroes, which leads to the conclusion of their battles. it beautifully told us the story how a war can affect and change people from different societies.

i also read that the fighters were splitted into evil germans and good americans.
this might be true to about 75% in that case, because it was shown from an american point of view and it might be 100% true when it comes to that pilot in the black machine. but surely not for the rest. i don't believe the others enjoyed killing (as much as the black pilot) and thought of it as self-defence as well. and this one guy in that red machine with the crossed... (don't know what's the word for it, but viewers will eventually know!) showed us mutual respect with the american pilots. otherwise he would have simply shot james in that one scene, when he wasn't aware of his enemy. he played fair, i think...

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and i still haven't fully recovered yet =(
i've been sick from last sat onwards and started to work again on thursday, also because i had a test on friday. but i still can't eat properly...