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Movie train not right - among other things...

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Posted by Ibflattop on Monday, October 2, 2006 7:08 AM
Hummmmmmmm, its a Hollywood Movie for Entertainment. You can go and see any movie and nitpick the Hell out of it................. Just my thought     Kevin
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Posted by cspmo on Monday, October 2, 2006 5:23 AM

but the train that one of the guys gets on when he's leaving his small mid western US community is the same train he gets off of in France...

It must been one hell of a tunnel.Big Smile [:D]  All the German  RED  tri-planes  ruin  the movie for me.

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Posted by Tracklayer on Monday, October 2, 2006 12:46 AM
 Budliner wrote:

I hate when movies do that

its like oh well looks good its a wrap

just looks so dumb

 

K

Come on Budliner. Let's hook up and go to Hollywood and show them how to make movies!...

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Posted by Budliner on Monday, October 2, 2006 12:38 AM

I hate when movies do that

its like oh well looks good its a wrap

just looks so dumb

 

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Posted by conagher on Monday, October 2, 2006 12:16 AM
Unless the film is an original documentary, some historical inaccuracy can sneak through undetected despite efforts to the contrary. I think Director Tony Bill's goal was entertainment with historical inspiration.
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Posted by reklein on Sunday, October 1, 2006 11:18 PM
I noticed the train thing too, plus about a jillion other things. Oh !,They did leave out shots with contrails in the background, HOWEVER, it was great entertainment nonetheless. Plenty enough action for me to suspend my disbelief for a couple hours.
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Posted by canazar on Sunday, October 1, 2006 10:46 PM

I will spot your points, and yeah, should have checked alittle farther on their facts.   But considering that everyone who worked on the movie project was born WAY (most likely several generations) after the War, I am just glad to see a movie about it.   If it has been a little Hollywooded....I suppose so be it.   Its still a story that needs to be told the generations of our time.

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Movie train not right - among other things...
Posted by Tracklayer on Sunday, October 1, 2006 10:33 PM

I went to see Fly Boys last night. It was a good movie as far as the action and all went, but the train that one of the guys gets on when he's leaving his small mid western US community is the same train he gets off of in France... Also, the tri-wing planes that the Germans were supposedly using didn't come out until late in 1917, not 1916... I wish Hollywood would get their **** together!.

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