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Originally Posted by Bombphoon
...we could all pick dozens more faults with the film but I am still quite happily watch it, because...
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… of the sequences where a formation of Spits peels off into a dive — they are such a beautiful sight.
Actually — doorbell aside — I thought the film did a pretty good job with the means at its disposal. The overall story was reasonably faithful to history with lots of recognisable incidents.
GCI isn't the answer to everything either, not when it's combined with ignorance of history. There was that (Spielberg?) TV mini-series where beautifully rendered Bf 109 Es (complete with tail struts) were attacking B-17s. Or "Enemy at the Gates" where each (otherwise believable) Ju 87 had three underwing racks loaded with long sleek bombs more suited to an F-15E Strike Eagle. Or "Dr Who: The Empty Child" where the He 111s flew over in close formation — at night!
What I could never understand are the scenes of air attack in "Das Boot" — why didn't they just get some film of the FAA's Swordfish and cut it in?
Highly commended: Ian McKellen's "Richard the Third", set in the 1930s–40s with a real Blenheim composited into one of the battles.