ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

WilliamofTexas As much as I admire James Franco, Jean Reno and the rest of the cast, this storyline is about historically accurate as the Old Testament. H-wood never let the facts get in the way of a good story, right? But rather than fill this space with the truth about La Feyette Espadrille, Google it and see how these brave young men went to war in flying machines that were terribly maintained, notorious for guns that jammed, ammunition that was literally bent and unusuable. But the story illustrates how forward thinking the French were in pilot training and tactics versus the A+B=C forever of their American counterparts who had not yet entered the war. Okay, I'm done.

sbohdan I just hate when a movie is used to falsify history. This one is another one in a row. Triplanes were used only in the late stage of the war and only few - not so many as depicted here. There were also absolutely no blacks serving as pilots in WW I! Non. Yet here we have one and it is almost as annoying, then seeing a black knight or duke in a midieval story! Don't waste your time on garbage like that!

William Gutierrez I recently saw the film this year and found it entertaining and fun despite the horror of war. Air fights were very real. The award which was for the heroic act is also real, the medal is true. Although it is not real view that only the Germans used Fokker triplane, plus see very simple scenes I think the film gives us a slight context of how the Flyers were preparing for war and especially the historic air squadron in which inspired this film is worthy of inspiration for new generations of young people. The film clearly shows the German red baron but in black, the director shows him as a bad person, this contradicts the figure which shows the German film The Red Baron where this historical figure is presented as a gentleman and which I stuck in my mind the phrase "We do not fight to kill men, but to shoot down aircraft" which expresses the greatness of this person despite the war. Flyboys think that is a good movie and will be the start for new movies that will come and we must not forget that "the future is the past" and why not see in the future a film inspired by the 94th Aero Squadron "Hat in the ring" where the nascent US Air Force got its first ace. After seeing the Flyboys film has left me a question. Why the plane of the hero of the film uses a pair of flags of red and yellow on the wings of his aircraft. This has some historical significance or just liked the director or producer of the film. I appreciate your help about this question.

efftup I enjoyed this film because I am really into aeroplanes and like to get an aerial dogfight fix from time to time. BUT, this is your typical Hollywood blockbuster, full of cardboard characters, ridiculous looking CGI effects and ludicrous plot holes. This is loosely based on a real story. There was a real squadron of mostly US Pilots flying for France. There was a real black US Fighter pilot flying in France at that time (not in the actual squadron) and someone really DID have a Lion for a pet. But you basically get everything you expect of this type of film. Hackneyed, clichéd stereotype characters, ridiculous romantic subplot, silly implausible flying sequences, and of course, ridiculous amounts of historical inaccuracies. The Germans all flying Red Baron style Fokker Triplanes I think has been explained as making it readily easy to identify between the French and German planes, but I think that's the usual Hollywood trick of treating your audience like morons.A French Nieuport 17 and a German Albatros are sufficiently different in shape and standard colouring that most audience members NOT familiar with planes could still tell the difference. That is far from the only anachronistic thing in the film either. I own the DVD (paid £1) and the special features shows that the director actually filmed footage of real WWI Aircraft flying. Why he bothered is a mystery because he completely ignores all this for ridiculous physics defying flight characteristics in most flying sequences. While they are enjoyable and a non plane buff might not notice, they do come across more like a video game than anything approaching real life. The Romance is mired by the implausibility of how quickly the French woman learns English, and the fact the US Pilot seems to be able to use his plane to just go off on a whim for a tryst with his loved one but is otherwise believable. Other characters often do some really out of character and implausible things too, but the pilot landing his plane in the middle of No man's land to rescue his friend without first strafing the German trench from the air to minimise the amount of shooting in his direction and then cutting off his colleagues hand rather than just digging out enough dirt to free it is one of my favourites. Some of the acting is actually quite good, notably the ever reliable Jean Reno as the Captain and Martin Henderson as the veteran pilot. The Chivalrous German pilot is a nice contrast to the "evil" one and the racism stuff is dealt with well and succinctly. Implausible though the flying sequences are for the most part, there aren't TOO many actual explosions and they are enjoyable to watch, but they are interspersed with the slow dragging romance. Basically it isn't an awful film, but it's not really a good one either, and if done properly, could have been so much better. If you love Michael Bay Films, you'll probably like this, or if you are a plane junkie who wants his flying fix,or a bit of a laugh, or both, then it's worth watching, otherwise, probably best to stay clear.