Theirs is the Glory, Red Baron, Aces High (1 Viewer)

[lancer]

Thanks to my daughter's ongoing efforts to drag me into the world of 21st century television, (last Christmas and my last birthday, her and her fiance have given me a widescreen HD tv, a blue-ray disc player, and now a gift subscription to Netflix this Christmas), I have been enjoying many things I haven't seen before. In particular, the 3 films I mention in the thread title. If you haven't seen Theirs is the Glory, track it down and watch it. It is a semi-doc about the British 1st Airborne at Arnhem, using actual participants, locations, and equipment. It is well worth the watch just to see, briefly, a Tiger I, Tiger II, and Panthers. It is a well done film, though narrowly focused. The Red Baron I had lowered expectations for after all the reviews I had read. It was worse than I expected. Don't know where to start but everything was bad, except the CGI aircraft. The personalities were modern in action and attitudes, the historic timelines were fractured beyond recognition, historic names in the wrong time and place, and on and on, and many totally fabricated events. A waste of time. Aces High had a little more to recommend it but suffers in comparison to it's contemporary The Blue Max. About the RFC on the Western Front. It made an effort with the aircraft and some historic persons but the aircraft were rather poor reproductions and many of the fight scenes had been borrowed from another production or two. Fractured timelines in this one too. Not a complete disaster but there are several better WW1 air war films. -- Al

 

[damian]

It is truly amazing how audio-visual technology and home entertainment have progressed over a few short years
Good for you
Sounds like you are watching some interesting movies

 

[Go for Broke]

Wow Al, you get good gifts. You must be a good dad. Enjoy your TV. On another note, I just bought a VCR/DVD combo player. I have this old VHS tape with a Korean War movie (can't remember the name) on it, which I plan to convert to DVD. I'll keep you posted if its any good, along with the title, so you can netflick it. It may take some months though. My ideas are always way ahead of my actions.

 

[lancer]

It is truly amazing how audio-visual technology and home entertainment have progressed over a few short years
Good for you
Sounds like you are watching some interesting movies

Thank you, Damian. I am having a good time with this new (to me) viewing alternative. -- Al

 

[lancer]

Wow Al, you get good gifts. You must be a good dad. Enjoy your TV. On another note, I just bought a VCR/DVD combo player. I have this old VHS tape with a Korean War movie (can't remember the name) on it, which I plan to convert to DVD. I'll keep you posted if its any good, along with the title, so you can netflick it. It may take some months though. My ideas are always way ahead of my actions.

Thanks. I don't really know how good a dad I am but I do have a great daughter.:wink2: I look forward to the film review.:smile2: -- Al