The Red Baron movie

Manfred von Richthofen HU · 21 October 2009, 04:38 AM

Red Baron 2008:

if we not see the storyline it is a good film but the story have some bug! but the view is very good the airbattle and the flying! the storyline is bad!

Kaiser Bill · 21 October 2009, 10:11 AM

I enjoyed the movie for what it was...entertainment. History..story line...not withstanding I found it to be very colorful and the action was fast paced.

Kaiser Bill

Epee · 21 October 2009, 10:52 AM

One day I hope to see the Red Baron depicted in a movie similar to Kevin Costner's, "Wyatt Earp". While not a "great movie" in the Hollywood sense it is a fair telling of the title character's story.

GMU · 21 October 2009, 01:41 PM

Yes, historically inaccurate, and not entertaining at all.

BobPhil · 21 October 2009, 05:07 PM

Chock'

Thanks for your input,just the basic DVD I'm afraid, I'll wait for a US release or just look at the pictures......Bob

Ginger. · 21 October 2009, 08:56 PM

The copy we got has a 'special feature' on how the CGI was done and the making of the replica aircraft. Anybody watched that bit yet, I've an inkling it might be better viewing than the story?

Baron Von Quinnthar · 22 October 2009, 02:26 AM

I 've said it once i ll say it again , i was overjoyed by this film when i saw it. I was thinking they would never make a ww1 aviation film again. Then i saw this and was delighted. Ginger you need to lighten up an just sit back and enjoy the show, so of you folks think that they can do just anything when making films, well i thought they did great and made the most of a $18.000,000 Eur budget. YEah sure i would like more action more history in the film but thats fairly much unrealistic these days. Look there wont be any films made about the era of aircraft and history we love again, and if hell freezers over and there is i think you should just sit back and enjoy it. The short version is the best edit, and shows the baron shotting down Hawker. The CGI is amasing, and i liked the way they showed the Albatross's as i 've never seen them done or flown in a film before. The baron's albatross looks wonderful. Thanks you crafty germans who made this film, it was wonderful.

Cheers and Tally Ho.

P.S. Are there any historically accurate World war one aviation movies? I cant think of one.

Ginger. · 22 October 2009, 03:48 AM

Baron, I did enjoy it.... despite the serious intentions of the makers it's one of the funniest films I've seen in ages! It's took some doing but 'The Red Baron' has made 'Aces High' look like a masterpiece!

Chock · 22 October 2009, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Baron Von Quinnthar

P.S. Are there any historically accurate World war one aviation movies? I cant think of one.

Yes, there is one. Well, sort of. That would be 'The Great Waldo Pepper', which is certainly the best 'WW1' movie. Of course it is not set in WW1, but the story is very heavily related to WW1 and an incident from it which touches the lives of most of the characters, ultimately ending with a 'WW1 dogfight' between two of them as they reconstruct the event for a war movie. All the aircraft in it are of the correct type for what is being portrayed (mostly JN-4s), and the movie itself has some of the best aerial sequences ever put on film. It's a far better movie than The Blue Max or Aces High. I like both those too of course, but they are flawed in several ways as far as historical accuracy goes.

Al

GMU · 22 October 2009, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Chock

Yes, there is one. Well, sort of. That would be 'The Great Waldo Pepper', which is certainly the best 'WW1' movie. Of course it is not set in WW1, but the story is very heavily related to WW1 and an incident from it which touches the lives of most of the characters, ultimately ending with a 'WW1 dogfight' between two of them as they reconstruct the event for a war movie. All the aircraft in it are of the correct type for what is being portrayed (mostly JN-4s), and the movie itself has some of the best aerial sequences ever put on film. It's a far better movie than The Blue Max or Aces High. I like both those too of course, but they are flawed in several ways as far as historical accuracy goes.

Al

The Great Waldo Pepper; There you go! That's a good one.

Of course all films have some historical inaccuracies. However, one thing is inaccuracies, and another thing is fabrications, or outright lies.

Katie O. sleeping with MvR in a tent!

Roy Brown and the nurse crossing the lines freely as if they were strolling in a park!

So close to L. Hawker that he could saw his beard!

I guess Ginger is right. At least, after you vomit, then you begin to laugh hard.