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| ACTORS: | Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers |
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1927 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Paramount |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Classics (Silents/Avant Garde), Drama, Movie |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 097360285130 |
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Customer Reviews of Wings
A cult silent epic movie! This is an exciting silent drama, featuring one of the most emotive aerial sequences for those ages, with superb photography. A true homage to the brave pilots of the WW1. William Wellman' finest film, made with courageous and honor' s sense. The first awarded film makes for you an absolute must-see. <
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The Great American Classic Film
If you were only to ever sit down to watch one silent film - Wings should be that film. I have a VHS copy and have taken to watching it judiciously just to preserve the tape. This needs to be out on DVD! The plot is elegant and well thought out. If anyone has convinced you that you can't tell a complex story without a lot of dialogue, just show them this masterpiece to shut them up. I'm sure that Lucas must have been a fan of Wings when I watch the X-wing fighter sequences in the Star Wars films. Even so, Lucas didn't do as good a job as these folks did back in the 1920's. The flying is brilliant, the actors do most of their own flying and stunt work, and the emotion is startling and powerful. Watch Wings, and then be prepared to reevaluate every film you've ever seen - this is a true masterwork.
A bit above average, I guess.
Well, here is exactly the type of silent film that most people do not watch nowadays; it's neither a comedy like the Charlie Chaplin movies, nor a horror film like Nosferatu. This, instead, is a typical American action/drama flick, with ample quantities of both.
It certainly suffers at times for being a silent film; dialogues have to be displayed on the screen, and this happens quite often because the story here is sometimes quite complex. Not only do the characters talk a lot, but the story also often requires some explaining, and some of the explanations can be quite long.
The action sequences are not as "big" as in they would be in movies today, but they are a lot more impressive in their own way. I was just amazed at how they could have shot some of those sequences; I got the impression that the person who was shooting was probably in quite a lot of danger, because I knew that they could not have used special effects in 1927; what I was seeing was the real thing. It was quite exhilirating to see those old, unsafe, WW1 planes in the air. I do not think that any director today would be crazy enough to duplicate something like this with real planes, so this is probably the only chance anyone has to see these planes in action, and feel like you're right in the thick of a dogfight.
That having been said, the film does stretch out for a bit too long sometimes. It never really gets boring, but it never really gets particularly interesting for most of the movie either. Most of the time, it's just entertaining enough to keep you watching it.
The reason I gave it a "4" is because the ending, when it comes, is quite good (don't let anybody spoil it for you; watch for yourself), and also because of the action sequences. The film is also quite funny in a few spots, notably in any scene with the patriotic Dutch aviator (I wish we had seen more of him), and in the Paris "drunken man" scene.
Overall, not a bad movie, and one that I know others may like more than me; so go ahead and see it (don't forget, though; it's 131 minutes)!