Battle of Britain
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VHS Movie Reviews of Battle of Britain
Movie Review: Blu-Ray Ripoff
Summary: 1 Stars
Why are there no Extras on this Blu-Ray that is able to hold so much fkn space?Movie Review: Thanks...
Summary: 1 Stars
...MGM for region locking one of my favourite films that I've been waiting to see on Blu-Ray for so long. This release has also been stripped entirely of the marvellous extras on the SD version.
If the studios want to see this format take off they need to stop region locking certain films.
Five stars for the actual film and a big fat zero for this Blu-Ray release.
Movie Review: A Classic WWII Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great movie that depicts the struggle for air supremacy that took place over England. While a bit slow at times, it tries to show the characters on the ground as well. A must for WWII fans.Movie Review: Great, but it misses "the greatest" mark.
Summary: 5 Stars
There is much attention to detail, such as the great war-planes, and the strategy. But it misses the "time-stamp". You are left wondering what time-span is represented through the movie. (FEEDBACK FROM JBGOOD: "occurred from late June thru September 1940")
Also, some significant events, such as Dunkirk, are only briefly mention or shown, causing the viewer to miss it's significance. If you research the battle of England at your own, you will understand and enjoy the movie much more. In perspective, it is a great movie that misses the opportunity to be the greatest war-movie.
Movie Review: Britain's Big Patriotic Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Once again RAF Spitfires, Hurricanes, and Luftwaffe ME109's swirl in deadly dogfights over the White Cliffs and green fields of summer, 1940, as Ron Goodwin's stirring music underscores the action. About 100 vintage fighter and bomber aircraft were assembled for the filming (big stars in their own right) but, for me, it's all about the human cast: Lord Olivier as the dour, irascible and eccentric Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding (who, after the war, credited the ghosts of his deceased wife and lost airmen with guiding him to victory); Trevor Howard as the aggressive New Zealander, Air Vice Marshal Keith Park, who commanded fighters in the corner of Britain most susceptible to German attack; Sir Michael Caine as a young flight leader in the "Millionaires' Squadron" (one of whom actually purchased a neighboring gas station so squadron members could have access to "petrol" for their sports cars); Nigel Patrick; Christopher Plummer; Sir Michael Redgrave; Sir Ralph Richardson; Robert Shaw; and Susannah York.
In spite of the movie's dozen, or so, famous flubs, it works as entertainment, it's surprisingly accurate (although time-compressed), and even includes a very proper little love story (York and Plummer).
"Never have so many owed so much to so few". Amen.