[ARC5] Movie Review: "FORTRESS" (2012)

[Ken]

David;
      I have a copy of the DVD.  To be honest.  We really enjoyed it.  
Good special effects, but not over the top..


On 10/01/2012 03:17 PM, David Stinson wrote:
> Fortress (2012)
> Director: Mike Phillips
> Writer: Adam Klein
> Stars: Bug Hall, Donnie Jeffcoat and Sean McGowan
>
>
> Recently rented the small-budget movie "FORTRESS,"
> about the B-17E and -17F crews that flew out of North Africa
> to support the action in Italy during WWII.
> This is a "small studio, small budget" film that relies heavily
> on CGA aircraft action scenes.   A couple of hundred B-17s
> for those scenes might have been difficult to find.
>
> IMHO, these folks did a great job with the resources
> they had and did their best to present a respectful and
> authentic tribute to the men and aircraft of  the USAAF of 1943.
>
> Concerning the CGI- there've been complaints about this,
> saying it's "video game like."  Well- it is.  But people have
> been terribly spoiled by 100-million dollar special effects.
> One of the things we agree to do when we read (or watch)
> a fiction piece is "suspend our disbelief."  Don't look for
> reasons to pick things apart- if you do, you'll find plenty.
> Get into the story and learn something.
>
> There are plenty of "howlers" in the movie and
> "gotcha" moments- especially when a pair of P-40
> Warhawks take-on SIX ME-109s and WIN...
> One Warhawk defeats a 109 by out-climbing him,
> which is pure fantasy.   109s shooting from the nose
> guns- a brief glimps of the 274-N set with no antennas,
> opening scene where the 274N shelf hasn't been finished,
> etc. etc.  Forgive the film makers for these brief missteps;
> that anyone would attempt to make a "tribute" movie
> like this today is wonder enough.
>
> There is some strong language.  But unlike the
> gratuitous slime-ing of vile filth every other word
> that is typical of  Hollywood's spew these days,
> the strong language is no more or less than you would
> have expected to hear had you been with these crews.
> There is also a lot of drinking and rationalization about it.
> That might be distasteful, but it's authentic.
>
> Take an evening and go rent it.  They have it at RedBox.
> I think you'll like it.   Here's the YouTube trailer:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRjhgTqOuU4
>
>
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