Simply Perfect

ridiculous rating

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

So much of the dialogue is not clear. The background noise of music and vehicles is always racked up but the dialogue is muffled. The story, casting, photography is really very good and it stands as an excellent family film but I struggled to hear the conversations between the actors. It was so disappointing. It would really be helpful for the audience for them to have the story moved forward but the production people, who know the script and probably can't be bothered, really need to arrange for subtitles to be added. I really would buy it like a shot then. Why have they decided that subtitles are not required?? Do they really think that extra volume on music and vehicle noise is going to be sufficient? I'm baffled by their attitude.

Just saw "The Flyboys" at the Staten Island Film Festival opening night festivities. This film had an engaging story; it was action packed from the beginning to end; it was entertainment for all generations. What a great film - especially for families...no sex, no swearing, very little violence. Who missed all that stuff! The music enhanced the "drama" and theme of the various scenes. The acting by Sizemore and Baldwin was surprisingly good. Sizemore was the most likable wise guy since Tony "What's His Name." Major distributors would do well to pick this "indie" up for wider distribution. It's not often a family film has such wide appeal and solid storyline without being totally sappy.

This is an adventure movie of two school boys who battle bullies and gangsters over the course of a couple of days. The film has some decent action scenes: the bike chase scene, landing the plane on a highway scene and the parachuting scene. And, any movie where Stephen Baldwin gets whacked can't be all that bad.I gave this movie a mediocre rating because it seems to straddle the line between a film made for older teens and one directed for young children. In doing so the film comes off as somewhat boring and juvenile for the older set and something reckless and inappropriate for the younger set. The film is somewhat reminiscent of Disney's 'Apple Dumpling Gang' or 'Escape From Witch Mountain' but also has a few action scenes like a James Bond flick.As to why this may be inappropriate for children. The film makers appear to be sensitive to language but not violence in the movie. For example, in one scene there is a struggle on an airplane where the proverbial bad guy uses the phrase 'dumb' plane instead of 'damn' plane; yet, here the latter phrase would seem more realistic --- after all he's a bad guy so he wouldn't likely curtail his language. In contrast, a fight scene in the school yard where one of the boys unrealistically punches-out three bullies is made to seem as if violence is cool.There is also a sense of recklessness that is portrayed as 'fun times' that would probably send up a bunch of red-flags for parents of young children. For example, there is the scene where the boys dart in and out of traffic on their bikes while being chased down by some bullies in a car while numerous accidents ensure along the way. The two boys willing get into a car and drive away with two strangers who turn out to be gangsters; don't parents warn children about not doing this all the time? And, the boys are found gleefully rolling around on the floor with another strange man who turns out to be a mob boss. This seems to be portrayed as okay because he's an affable mob boss. Enough said.

I sat down and watched this with my 2 young sons, at first i thought here we go another happy go lucky kids film. In fact it turned out that i enjoyed every moment of this film. From start to finsih you feel for the 2 boys in the film. The acting was great to say the least, for actors that are rather unknown they put there heart into this. For them doing this you forget you are watching a movie and feel you are living it instead.I came across this film by accident in my local video shop, lets just say i shall not be returning it at all.If you want a heart felt, and ready to experience the joys of being a kid all over again I would highly rate this movie as a must see.