...shut the heck up!
Sorry, these boards do not exist for idiots like you to tell people what to post. They're for discussion. If you don't know the meaning of the word, consult a dictionary or have someone read the definition to you.
Geez, at least Lucas spent his money (over 100 million dollars) to create a movie that no other studio would touch because they felt it was a black movie.
Yeah, Lucas has footed the bill for every black movie ever made.
Perhaps the studios aren't all evil white devils and saw that a movie with little accuracy, plot, and characters with too much CGI and emphasis on SFX wouldn't d very well. They have a right to choose what they make and what they pass on.
Lucas made it very universal and will break even one day.
Universal? Pray tell what your definition of "universal" is. I bet it's a riot. And at the rate it's going, it won't break even. If it does, it's still a failure because it is desirable for movies to MAKE money. Perhaps you should also look up how movies are made, as well as how the box office works.
I don't care how authentic it is, because there was a story that needed to be told that no one would tell and he told it...and I applause him for that.
Of course not. You're probably a simpleton who is content if you see explosions and shiny things. And the story has already been told, via a movie called -- oddly enough -- The Tuskegee Airmen. It's a shame there isn't a website that serves as a database for movies...oh wait...
If you hate this movie, then you're a closet racist. This it.
I should have just quoted this, because it's enough to reveal you for the race-baiting, race-whining, Al Sharpton-wanna-be scumbag you are.
It's pissy little crybaby attitudes like yours that inspire "racism".
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/9177339/a_haiku_in_winter.htm l?cat=47
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quinterrya
12 years ago
you know, i like how you broke down the complete thread and gave your interpretation of what I was saying. it's mostly bs, but it only confirms my final statement.
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12 years ago
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Type_Samurai1138
12 years ago
Groomten, you black people play the race card, we white people play the "you're full of *beep* card.
I didn't hear people whining about historical accuracy for movies like Saving Private Ryan, Apocalypse Now, The Platoon, Letters from Iwo Jima, Flags of our Fathers, Full Metal Jacket, even Inglorious Basterds, however this one movie with an all-black cast comes out and everybody goes ballistic - spewing gibberish about historical accuracy and plausibility.
No one is bitching about the original Tuskegee Airmen movie or Glory either. On the other hand, "white" movies like Pearl Harbor, Flyboys, etc. got absolutely blasted for many of the same reasons as this movie. Guess that goes your laughable racism cries. Those other movies you mention, you shouldn't because they actually cared about telling a story and/or portraying characters, with an emphasis on realism or conveying other relevant ideas about war. This movie was a demo reel for CGI and SFX, and evidenced by the few people who liked it mentioning that as the high point of the film, which is a sad fact.
So you go on crying and whining about racism. You're wrong, and you're perpetuating the idea of the angry, braindead, whiny, race-baiting minority that everyone hates to listen to over and over.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/9177339/a_haiku_in_winter.htm l?cat=47
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tatrue
12 years ago
I have been waiting for this movie for years. I am glad I finally got to see it. For those of you that dislike the film consider this, how many other films of the black airmen can you compare it too?
The film was made to be dramatic and heroic and to place the rightly deserves positive light on these American heroes.
It was sad that the day I went to see it [matinee] that there were only 4 people in a theater that could hold about 300 people.
There have been scores of films about the actions of the brave white Americans in WWII but this finally shows some light on the heroic mission of the Tuskegee Airmen!
Worth seeing at twice the price!
"I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day." -Douglas Noel Adams
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dellaroccokc
11 years ago
" how many other films of the black airmen can you compare it too?"
Well, there's the one made before then that paints a more realistic picture of these men. How many more films about the same people do you need?
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activista
11 years ago
@dellar
"How many more films about the same people do you need?"
You can say that EXACT same thing about 99% of the films that come out of Hollywood, because they DO make the same films over and over again about the same subjects,ALL the time. Why not another film about the Tuskegee Airmen that was more "true to life", as a lot of people are claiming? It's not like there are a whole bunch of them around in the first place. Besides, even if RED TAILS had been more realistic,people would have STILL nitpicked the hell out of it and found something wrong with it. And why does the 1995 have to be the ONLY film about the TA, anyway? Give me a damn break! Look at all those World War II films that came out a couple of years ago, one after the other. Or all these superhero films that have been coming out,one after the other. I just see this movie being tore the hell down mainly because: some folks just can't accept seeing black folks in the leads,or give us credit for positive things we actually did---look at the post where some person nitpicks on EVERYTHING the TA'S did--it's calls "The Myth of the something--I forgot what. I don't understand how everyone expected RED TAILS to get EVERY little detail right when the majority of Hollywood war films don't even get half the kind of scrutiny this film is getting; and hate for Lucas because of the last Star wars films, also the fact that people couldn't stand the fact that he admitted racism from the studios played a major role in the film almost NOT getting made in the first place,but a lot of white folks didn't want to hear that, and threw major fits about it,like he's just smacked down their favorite wrestler of something---it's crazy.
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adventek
12 years ago
I looked to this page for information about the movie and encountered a freaking race riot! Hey, it is not 1964 any longer. I am going to go see a movie about the wonderful P-51 Mustangs sans bubble canopies, and some of the best pilots in World War II.
I have read about the Tuskeegee airmen for decades, and am looking forward to it, even though I am a "honky." ;-)
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Vulcans_Rule
12 years ago
I am going to go see a movie about the wonderful P-51 Mustangs sans bubble canopies, and some of the best pilots in World War II.
Not sure about the "best pilots" claim, but this movie shows bubble canopies on the P-51s.
Live long and prosper.
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Lupin-III
12 years ago
I didn't hear people whining about historical accuracy for movies like Saving Private Ryan, Apocalypse Now, The Platoon, Letters from Iwo Jima, Flags of our Fathers, Full Metal Jacket, even Inglorious Basterds, however this one movie with an all-black cast comes out and everybody goes ballistic - spewing gibberish about historical accuracy and plausibility.
You're so full of *beep* it's no wonder your skin is brown.
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activista
12 years ago
@lupin-III
*beep* off with your hateful racist insults, you whiny a**hole!
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RedWind47
12 years ago
Not every white critic of this movie is a racist. But judging just from this thread, some of them sure are!
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HarveyManfredinStJohn
12 years ago
Saving Private Ryan - fictional
Apocalypse Now - fictional
Platoon - semi autobiographical
Full Metal Jacket - semi autobiographical
Inglourious Basterds - fictional
Of course no one complains about historical accuracy in regard to these movies; it's either shït someone made up on the spot, or shït that may or may not have actually happened that no one's gonna call 'em out on.
Going station to station is hunky dory but if the trip's low on creeps it can drive Alladin Sane.
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Vulcans_Rule
12 years ago
Saving Private Ryan - fictional
Apocalypse Now - fictional
Platoon - semi autobiographical
Full Metal Jacket - semi autobiographical
Inglourious Basterds - fictional
Of course no one complains about historical accuracy in regard to these movies
Really? How do you know this?
Live long and prosper.
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Lyndhen
12 years ago
Of course no one complains about historical accuracy in regard to these movies
classic
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Vulcans_Rule
12 years ago
People assume that which they ignored cannot exist.
I know Saving Private Ryan, for example, has drawn a significant amount of criticism for its historical inaccuracies.
Live long and prosper.
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Lyndhen
12 years ago
I know Saving Private Ryan, for example, has drawn a significant amount of criticism for its historical inaccuracies.
I find that hard to believe.
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RoadKillBill1
12 years ago
Platoon - semi autobiographical
But made by a writer/director who is known for playing fast and loose with history. I mean, making Jim Garrison a hero? Really?
TNSTAAFL
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DD-931
12 years ago
"I know Saving Private Ryan, for example, has drawn a significant amount of criticism for its historical inaccuracies."
Understatement of the year. Hey, maybe BuddyLove can show up again to start off on one of his rants.
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lrosas
11 years ago
Going off subject, Oliver Stone based Platoon on his own Viet Nam Experiences. But Jim Garrisson? Ok, I am with you there!
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