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Old 27th January 2018, 23:06
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Re: The Darkest Hour

I saw it today and found it very good (barring the ridiculous invented scene on the tube train). Aviation-wise:

1.) I doubt that an Air Marshal in 1940 would speak of "fighter planes" rather than "fighters" or "fighter aircraft".
2.) When will SFX departments learn that aircraft did not fly in immaculate close formation at night?
3.) And when will films set in 1940-41 grasp the essential feature of the blackout — that you don't show any lights? They have Churchill on the Treasury roof with several lit-up windows/roof lights around him.
4.) On the plus-side, the CGI London skyline doesn't feature either the usual lone barrage balloon or randomly-waving searchlights.
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