This had everything going for it, concept, actors and a good story.
Badly let down by relatively minor details and poor delivery.
One jarring thing I found was a lack of attention to detail. A British captain saluting without a hat on (we don't do that) saluting American style (not Britsh salute) saluting with the wrong hand etc etc. All minor points. But if you can't get minor points right then you won't get the main story across.
Particularly jarring was using technology for the singing and very obviously. Could they not have made a cast of accomplished singers ?
Military accomodation was on the button (from my experience)
The dedication of the military and their families 'to the job' was missing. As was quite a rigid hierarchy/class structure.
Bumbling military stereo types and 'pork pie' berets were annoying.
If they had gone with a 'real' documentary style film it would have been a classic. Instead it was some weird military themed version of sister act meets calendar girls.
Missed the mark totally about real people , real families, real feelings.
Instead turned them into cardboard cutouts, 'Hollywood' impressions of the military and their families.
Very dissappointed - it was ok, watch once.
It could have been so much better and could have been a classic instead another addition to the huge and growing stack of mediocre films.
Badly let down by relatively minor details and poor delivery.
One jarring thing I found was a lack of attention to detail. A British captain saluting without a hat on (we don't do that) saluting American style (not Britsh salute) saluting with the wrong hand etc etc. All minor points. But if you can't get minor points right then you won't get the main story across.
Particularly jarring was using technology for the singing and very obviously. Could they not have made a cast of accomplished singers ?
Military accomodation was on the button (from my experience)
The dedication of the military and their families 'to the job' was missing. As was quite a rigid hierarchy/class structure.
Bumbling military stereo types and 'pork pie' berets were annoying.
If they had gone with a 'real' documentary style film it would have been a classic. Instead it was some weird military themed version of sister act meets calendar girls.
Missed the mark totally about real people , real families, real feelings.
Instead turned them into cardboard cutouts, 'Hollywood' impressions of the military and their families.
Very dissappointed - it was ok, watch once.
It could have been so much better and could have been a classic instead another addition to the huge and growing stack of mediocre films.