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Post subject: Red Tails...about the Tuskegee Fighter Pilots...AWESOME!!! Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:02 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Red Tails...about the Tuskegee Fighter Pilots...AWESOME! Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:10 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Red Tails...about the Tuskegee Fighter Pilots...AWESOME! Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 11:24 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Red Tails...about the Tuskegee Fighter Pilots...AWESOME! Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 5:23 pm |
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I saw Tuskegee Airmen a few years ago and was impressed by the story - can't wait to see how they tell this one!
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Post subject: Re: Red Tails...about the Tuskegee Fighter Pilots...AWESOME! Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:29 pm |
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went and saw this one tonight... very disappointed.  movie was way too long, or at least seemed that way the way it dragged on. it just seemed like it couldn't decide what it was going to be about. black airmen overcoming racism? started down that path, but never fleshed any of it out. action movie? a bit of action, but mostly a ton of talking. the action could have been fantastic (it looked good), but was way too short. brotherhood of soldiers? introduce you to several characters, then never resolve the issues they have with each other. oh, and so many pointless side plots that have either no ending, or cliched, out of nowhere endings.  even the acting was bad. so disappointing. 
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Post subject: Re: Red Tails...about the Tuskegee Fighter Pilots...AWESOME! Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 7:24 am |
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Everytime I heard the part of the commercial where they chant,
Today We fight We Fight We Fight We Fight
I couldn't help but think it sounded exactly like a black inner city high school football chant.
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Post subject: Re: Red Tails...about the Tuskegee Fighter Pilots...AWESOME! Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:11 am |
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Post subject: Re: Red Tails...about the Tuskegee Fighter Pilots...AWESOME! Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:15 am |
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Was starting to get a disappointed vibe as I saw more trailers...and the chant did nothing for me. Took me out of '45 and made me wonder what era the movie thought it was in. I can wait for the Blu-Ray...
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Post subject: Re: Red Tails...about the Tuskegee Fighter Pilots...AWESOME! Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:37 am |
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Ashman wrote: went and saw this one tonight... very disappointed.  movie was way too long, or at least seemed that way the way it dragged on. it just seemed like it couldn't decide what it was going to be about. black airmen overcoming racism? started down that path, but never fleshed any of it out. action movie? a bit of action, but mostly a ton of talking. the action could have been fantastic (it looked good), but was way too short. brotherhood of soldiers? introduce you to several characters, then never resolve the issues they have with each other. oh, and so many pointless side plots that have either no ending, or cliched, out of nowhere endings.  even the acting was bad. so disappointing.  I also saw it last night, and completely agree with Ashman. What action they did have was good, but the acting was not very good.
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Post subject: Re: Red Tails...about the Tuskegee Fighter Pilots...AWESOME! Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:50 pm |
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Sorry to hear all the bad reviews, guess I'll wait for it to come out on NetFlix or somewhere... I really enjoyed the 1995 movie, and was puzzled why they remade the story so quickly. The Tuskegee Airmen
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Post subject: Re: Red Tails...about the Tuskegee Fighter Pilots...AWESOME! Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:34 pm |
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GI_Patton_slapped wrote: Sorry to hear all the bad reviews, guess I'll wait for it to come out on NetFlix or somewhere... I really enjoyed the 1995 movie, and was puzzled why they remade the story so quickly. The Tuskegee AirmenYep - that's the one I saw and greatly enjoyed. Well done, entertaining and educational to us youngsters...
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