When I first started my goal of seeing Oscar winning movies I started at the beginning. If this had not been so good, I probably would not have made it too far. I did not expect a film this old to be so action packed, but with bombs exploding and aerial dogfight maneuvers from ...( read more)
Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen
Set during WWI, this film revolves around two friends who fall in love with the same girl. When they are recruited to fight, both train to be pilots in the American Expeditionary Corp. They remain fri...( read more
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Flixster Reviews (124)
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June 5, 2009
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October 2, 2009
Wings is a movie that I think should be appreciated more as an historical artifact than a film in itself. If you're in to long, plodding silent films with a middling plot, then here's your thing I suppose. The aerial dogfights are neat enough, and make the movie watchable, but ...( read more)
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August 26, 2009
Steta sto je predugacak, polovicu filma sam ubrzala. Pocetak je bas odlican, onako malo hype kad skuzis da je to jos i nijemi film. Al oke mi je storija.
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August 12, 2008
One of my favorite silent films. Bow is wonderful in this film as are Rogers and Arlen. The dogfights in the planes are very realistic due to the director hiring real WWI flyers. Definitely worth a watch.
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August 12, 2008
First Best Picture winner at the Oscars and one of its most deserving winners.
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June 14, 2008
Surprisingly exciting. They make the most of the technology available, and the result is a classic war film that stands with the best - at least among WW I dramas.
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