Dunkirk - Battle For France DVD

Advantages: A good five star film
Disadvantages: none

...The Battle Of Britain is an absolute wartime classic. Even to this day, it acting, music, special effects and story are unbeaten. The film starts in France. The British are retreating to Dunkirk and a RAF tempory base is evacuated as the German offensive continues. Meanwhile, Sir Hugh Dowding (head of the RAF) advices Churchill that no more RAF forces should be sent to France as it would weaken the home defenses. With Germany in control of France and the British refusing to surrender, Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to take control of the skies in preparation of invasion. So the RAF are outnumbered and outgunned and must bare the brunt of the Luftwaffe attacks. But will the RAF be able to hold out against the Luftwaffe and prevent a German invasion of Great Britain. The story for the film of the battle of Britain is extremely... Read review

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Advantages: Good action movie, acting and presentation of characters.
Disadvantages: Fictional account based on historical facts.

...The Second World War was full of pivotal moments from the Battle for France, Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, through to Stalingrad, Anzio and the Battle of the Ardennes in Belgium, each one of them has become famous for being a major turning point in the war against Hitler and Germany, however, the battle for the Remagen bridge, which was just as pivotal if not more so in many ways, has never really been given the credit it deserves and this movie, although based on fictional characters and units, does at least give it some credence. In early 1945, the western allies had defeated Hitler's last major offensive and gamble, the Battle of the Ardennes ( or Battle of the Bulge as the US call it ) and were pushing deep into Germany from the north, west and south. Hitler had sacrificed his best troops and equipment in one last... Read review

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Advantages: Great aerial photography, stirring score, fine all-star cast
Disadvantages: Some subplots are a bit dire....

.... Second, it boasts some of the best aerial photography ever filmed, employing as many airworthy vintage aircraft that producers Harry Saltzman and S. Benjamin Fisz could acquire (mostly Hurricanes, Spitfires, Heinkel 111 bombers and Messerchmitt Bf 109s). Third, it has a stirring and memorable score by Sir William Walton, with its two dueling themes of a Germanic martial march and the soaring victorious RAF fanfare underscoring the beautifully choreographed aerial battles. Fourth, it has a stellar cast of mostly British stars of the 1960s, including Harry Andrews, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Curt Jurgens, Laurence Olivier, Christopher Plummer, Ralph Richardson, Robert Shaw, and Susannah York. Finally, Hamilton and his production team shot the film on location in France and the British Isles, attempting -- and mostly succeeding -- to get... Read review

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