Battle of Britain

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Battle of Britain

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Battle of Britain

Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Curd Jürgens, Ian McShane, Kenneth More

England defends itself against an aerial onslaught during the summer of 1940.

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  • SirPant
    September 24, 2009
    SirPant
    It's good but it's not the brilliant classic every says it is, sorry, but it's overrated in my opinion! Certainly not the great Guy Hamilton's best!
  • hypathio7
    June 6, 2009
    hypathio7
    This picture directed by Guy Hamilton of some of the James Bond movies left me disappointed. A couple of the same men to appear about a decade later in A Bridge Too Far are present again (Caine, Olivier, and Fox). A couple other faces stand out a little (Howard, Plummer, Shaw, ...( read more)and York). It really doesn't matter though because the characters are so under defined. I don't have any military experience let alone flying experience. I expect that anyone who does might enjoy this movie more. But I thought it was seriously lacking in the narrative or drama department. There was almost no development of the characters to give the audience reason to care for anyone. At least it was a WWII movie that had a major female character in the service with York. And it tried to give equal time to the German air force preparing to attack England. At least there was that. Hamilton and the producers ended up intricately recreating the battles in the air. It is one big reenactment! However, it becomes about showing off the fire and explosions and some maneuvers. They expected that the pure drama of the historical event would be enough to hold the audience's attention, but it wasn't for me. I was jumping to extremes when I thought that A Bridge Too Far made it too difficult to identify the actors and what was happening some times. When you hardly have time to get to know the characters and their personalities, try recognizing who is who with fighter pilot goggles and hoods and radio/air masks! And I had a bloody hard time telling which were the German planes and which were the British planes in the heat of battle! I guess I'd be no good serving in the air force. The making-of docs were more interesting in explaining the uses and challenges of the planes. One that I can't find on IMDb (hosted by Michael Caine) does a clearer job explaining the history with occasional clips from the movie and archival footage to show who was involved.
  • AgentLexi2132
    January 1, 2008
    AgentLexi2132
    CLassic war film!
  • eryri
    December 18, 2009
    eryri
    Bloody awesome war movie. Incredible dog fights recreating the RAF's finest hour.
  • hanbaz
    October 29, 2009
    hanbaz
    A spectacular British film depicting the the front of the battles from the air during 1940. Even though it is mostly from the British front there's an insight into the german pilots.

    It has some great action sequences of the spitfires for its year and with some great names suc...( read more)h as Plummer, Howard, Olivier and Caine to keep the rest of the film together and give insight into the pilots.

    I think its a good classic.
  • bjaccobs
    August 15, 2009
    bjaccobs
    A WWII film about England defending itself against German bombers.
    The aerial battle sequences are fantastic in this movie and I would recommend watching it just for those scenes. The rest of the movie is average fare.
  • FiLmCrAzY
    August 9, 2009
    FiLmCrAzY
    fantastic movie and captures the historical event that happened in 1940 britain!
    really fantastic movie worth a watch!
  • riyals
    May 4, 2009
    riyals
    Classic film which is enjoyable and historic to watch.
  • matthewmulliss
    March 25, 2009
    matthewmulliss
    Good WW2 actioner, with brilliant air to air cinematography. Love that final sequence
  • ifou
    March 23, 2009
    ifou
    Needed more Spitfire dogfights :D
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