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#4439360 - 09/17/18 01:04 PM "Hurricane" movie  
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For those interested the movie is available on rakuten.tv
(I saw it on https://uk.rakuten.tv/). Gives you an incentive to fly your Hurricane in WOTR, in 303 squadron wink

Flying sequences is CGI mostly but not bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYcngk13frI


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Polovski,
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#4439616 - 09/18/18 09:29 PM Re: "Hurricane" movie [Re: Polovski]  
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Thanks for the rakuten gen Polovski! Saved me having to wait until mid October for Amazon d/l.
However.....
........good to see the Hurricane featured in a movie rather than it's more glamorous fellow defender of our skies, but that is the only redeeming feature of this disappointingly plodding excursion. Too much emphasis on the unruliness of these men who helped save our bacon in 1940 and the conquering of 'easy' WAAFs rather than conquering the Hun.
Interesting that the actor who played new boy 'Simon' ("How many hours have you done in spits, Simon?" "On spits, sir? Ten and a half." "We'll make it eleven before Jerry has you for breakfast.") in the 1969 film plays Dowding in this offering. And well, but the actor portraying Park looks distractingly like Leigh-Mallory.
I know that compared to Hollywood productions the budget was tiny, but the aerial battles would have been more realistic if they had been reproduced in IL2!
And calling 'RDF' Radar made me take a sharp intake of breath. (Same mistake was made in the 1969 film too)

Though to my mind, not nearly as well done as the BBC 'Bloody Foreigners' version of the vital contribution of Polish airmen in the Battle of Britain, still worth the £5.99 to view on such sites as https://uk.rakuten.tv/ though I would have been miffed if I had to make the effort to view it at the cinema, what with the price of popcorn today.



#4439618 - 09/18/18 09:32 PM Re: "Hurricane" movie [Re: Polovski]  
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I had feared that would be the case after seeing the trailers BD-123. Also the CGI looked 'dodgy'. One to avoid I'm afraid.


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#4439621 - 09/18/18 10:08 PM Re: "Hurricane" movie [Re: Polovski]  
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Fairly good summary BD, some ropey CGI with some of it not too bad in places.

The scene when the pilots go to the bomber crash site spoiled the suspension of disbelief for me. They were trying to cut out a swastika from what looked like a thin piece of white cloth stuck loosely on a sheet of metal. Why not just have them pick up a ripped vertical fin?

Still as you say redeemed a bit by the fact they told a story with a hurricane squadron.

Worth seeing if you like hurricanes or WW2 air combat of course and supporting them means they could make more and improve.


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Polovski,
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Wings Over Flanders Fields and Wings Over The Reich
http://www.overflandersfields.com
http://www.wingsoverthereich.com

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