Pretty disappointing for me but i understand its got quite a loyal following on here. If you want to judge it without bias and then I would say its a bit poor when i you think of what it could have been, the plot goes from moving and interesting to laughable at times, particularly the love triangle which develops within about a minute or so 🙂
I think my biggest problem with this film is that it could have been so much better. The flying sequences and cinematography are beautiful and Ondrej Vetchý delivers a great performance. The splicing of BOB and Memphis Belle footage into the film is rarely seamless and often looks terrible tot he trained eye. My favourite scenes are often those which feature no flying, particularly the early scenes and those where Frantisek is in the labor camp during the ‘modern’ day sections of the film.
Overall its a good film but i just wish they’d either completely cut out the love triangle or extended it so that it meant more. Ive yet to see on the small screen, maybe its worth a retrospective at some point.
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