Battle of Britain

Release Year: 1969

Director: Guy Hamilton

Review: Some say this is one of the most historically accurate portrayals of a battle on film, and that very well might be the case, only it still wouldn't mean much to me since I couldn't stay interested for more than a few minutes at the time.  This is very much a war epic complete with an overly bombastic score which frequently didn't fit with what was being shown.  At no point did I connect with a single character.  At no point did I feel any emotion towards any of the events that were being shown.  There was very little glue holding the action scenes together.  Perhaps I'm tainted by modern effects, but the action scenes just did not do anything for me.  The repetitive air battles blend together into one uninteresting failed air show.  If a majority of the film is going to depend on the effectiveness of the action, it had better be good.  It wasn't, and I can't see this as anything but a colossal bore.
Rating: 1.5/5