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It's All About The Story For Me

posted 11 years ago by davidwile
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Hey folks,

I have been a film fan for over 65 years, and in that time, I have seen plenty of films I did not like. For me, it is alway about the story. I love a good story, and most of the films I have seen and not liked were films where I did not find a good story. Most of my life I have watched the films I did not like all the way to the end. In the past ten years, however, I have become more frugal with my time, and I have started to stop watching films before the end if I did not like the story. This was one of those films I did not finish. The story never caught my imagination, and I stopped watching shortly past the half way point. I have read better books on the Red Baron where the story in words was much more interesting than this story on film.

That is just my opinion, and I do not presume to suggest that it better than any other's opinion.

Best wishes,
Dave Wile

[–] Clintessence 11 years ago

Hey David,

I am a bit more forgiving about this film than you, but only because of the visual images of the First World War, (especially when it comes to those old biplanes). I am somewhat of an amateur historian when it comes to the life of the Red Baron, and this movie took a whole lot of liberties when telling his story(to the point it was more fictional than factual).

There was a more factual version of the Red Baron's accomplishments in the 1971 movie titled, "Von Richtofen and Brown", starring Don Stroud as Capt. Roy Brown and directed by Roger Corman. The Red Baron's story has never really been told in the movies very well.

I think the ultimate World War One flying movie is the "Blue Max", although there were several older flicks that were very good like "Dawn Patrol", "Wings" and "Hell's Angels". I also like "The Great Waldo Pepper".

This is Clintessence reporting from the front.

[–] spookyrat1 7 years ago

Just really quite odd that the film virtually ignored his family background, apart from a couple of brief clashes with his brother, that are never really explored to any great extent anyway. I'm a little like you and still found things of interest in the film, but I can understand the OP being disappointed in the limitations of the story being told of The Baron's life.🐭