Review of The Blue Max (1966) by Greg B — 15 Nov 2014
World War I flight combat movies are fairly rare which poses a bit of a problem for us since my son is all into aviation and his favorite period is World War I. This year my wife stumbled onto this movie while looking for Christmas presents.
I have watched this movie a long time ago but I did not remember much about it except that I did not like the ending. Well I am older now and can appreciate more aspects of a movie than I could then but I have to say that I still find the ending somewhat depressing. Actually, the hole movie is rather depressing I would say.
Having said that, as a movie it is a very well done piece of cinematic art. The story, as depressing as it might be, holds together. The acting is good. The flight scenes are very good even by today's standards. Actually if you consider that the movie was done almost 50 years ago they are quite fantastic.
It is a shame that the story is so depressing. It is still a must watch movie if you are into war and historical flight movies though.
This review of The Blue Max (1966) was written by Greg B on 15 Nov 2014.
The Blue Max has generally received positive reviews.
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