( 01/22/12 UPDATE: RED TAILS GROSSES 19 MILLION OPENING WEEKEND )
I went to see the new movie about the Tuskegee Airmen, Red Tails today and am now posting my review.
Let me start off with what I didn't like about the movie
The love story.
I could care less that the film featured a romance between a black man and an Italian woman. ( oddly enough for a movie set in the 1940s no one black or white in the film has an issue with it either. ) The problem I have with the love story is that it is completely unnecessary and does nothing to move the story along.
The POW story
I don't see the point of adding the POW element especially since it was only given 10 minutes of screen time if that. It appears to be a way of padding the movie.
Glossing over the racism
While there is one scene where racism is obvious the movie really doesn't go there instead it seems more interested in focusing on the action.
The ending
The ending gives the feeling that the writers didn't know how to end the movie. It feels rushed.
Now let's get to what I liked
As an action film Red Tails soars. The aerial sequences are brilliant and the movie delivers the goods in the action department.
The comraderie shown between the Tuskegee Airmen.
The heroic portrayal of the Tuskegee Airmen.
The movie is also better acted than some critics have written. Will anyone win an Oscar for this movie? No. But remember this is more of an action movie and the acting is more than adequate.
In closing
I strongly recommend going to see Red Tails and more importantly to take as many young people with you as you can. My daughter is 12 and enjoyed the movie and came home wanting to go online and look up more info on the Tuskegee Airmen. That is a good thing.
George Cook AAreports.com. Author of the Kindle book Let's Talk Honestly: One Black Man's Thoughts $1.50
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