Saw the movie last night and it was incredible! I think the thing that stood out to me was the sound. Probably one of the loudest movies I've ever been to. The sound of the Spitfires and especially the Stukas was spectacular!
The Spit is arguably the most beautiful plane ever built and the sound is as unique as a Harley. The Merlin engine might be the greatest piston aircraft engine ever built. If you've ever been around one , like at an airshow, you can hear a Spit and know its a Spitfire well before you see it. Wonderful plane. They also captured the unmistakable sound of the Stuka's "Jericho trumpet" which were actual noise makers attached to the leading edge of the gull wings strictly to make that noise. If was a terrifying sound that really did the trick.ReloadAg said:
Saw the movie last night and it was incredible! I think the thing that stood out to me was the sound. Probably one of the loudest movies I've ever been to. The sound of the Spitfires and especially the Stukas was spectacular!
lemme fix that for yaThe Original AG 76 said:The Spit is arguably the most beautiful plane ever built and the sound is as unique as a Harley. The Merlin engine is the greatest piston aircraft engine ever built. If you've ever been around one , like at an airshow, you can hear a Spit and know its a Spitfire well before you see it. Wonderful plane. They also captured the unmistakable sound of the Stuka's "Jericho trumpet" which were actual noise makers attached to the leading edge of the gull wings strictly to make that noise. If was a terrifying sound that really did the trick.ReloadAg said:
Saw the movie last night and it was incredible! I think the thing that stood out to me was the sound. Probably one of the loudest movies I've ever been to. The sound of the Spitfires and especially the Stukas was spectacular!
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The Merlin engine might be the greatest piston aircraft engine ever built.
Battle , Sink the Bismark and Midway MAY be my Holy Trinity of war movies. Add in the soundtrack from Battle of the Bulge ( not the movie) and that would be my "stuck on a desert isle" cache of films..BrazosBendHorn said:
Spits vs. Stukas in The Battle of Britain (1969)
"It's like shooting rats in a barrel!"
Seeing the Spits peel off and dive gives me cold chills every time ...
I can watch that opening over and over...The Luftwaffe March is some of the greatest military music ever..CanyonAg77 said:
The movie Battle of Britain opens with scenes of Dunkirk. And it has one of the best war movie themes out there. Not to mention the warbirds. Oh my goodness, all the WWII aircraft.
that sequence was beautiful BUT it did ruin the flick a bit for me. A Spit is NOT a glider even with those huge wings. In fact it is extremely nose heavy..like all WW2 fighters it is a MASSIVE LOOOOONG heavy engine with wings and guns. Damn near al of the weight was forward of the cockpit. I thought that we would soon see it gliding past Big Bend at any moment. And shooting down the Stutka...well...totally impossible.BrazosBendHorn said:
I saw the movie last weekend and generally agree with Tee's comments.
My only criticism [SPOILER ALERT]
concerns the Spitfire at the end, in regard to how long he could stay airborne at low altitude after running out of fuel (and he managed to down a Stuka that was in a dive, too. Nice deflection shooting). At that point, I thought maybe he was going to glide all the way back to Britain ...
But for all that, that sequence was beautiful to watch, what with the deadstick landing on the beach ...
Another SPOILER ALERTBrazosBendHorn said:
I saw the movie last weekend and generally agree with Tee's comments.
My only criticism [SPOILER ALERT]
concerns the Spitfire at the end, in regard to how long he could stay airborne at low altitude after running out of fuel (and he managed to down a Stuka that was in a dive, too. Nice deflection shooting). At that point, I thought maybe he was going to glide all the way back to Britain ...
But for all that, that sequence was beautiful to watch, what with the deadstick landing on the beach ...
and for your viewing pleasure this morning.....Tee said:
I noticed the scene that is of some concern (the glide scene). On the one hand, the incredible (in essence, not credible) sequences distract from the narrative. On the other hand, don't lose the point: landing on the beach is the culmination of the duty v. survival conflict by the character who exemplifies duty (in addition to the father/small boat captain). To focus on the not credible may be akin to trying to determine the air speed velocity of a coconut laden swallow (African or European).
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On the other hand, don't lose the point: landing on the beach is the culmination of the duty v. survival conflict by the character who exemplifies duty (in addition to the father/small boat captain). To focus on the not credible may be akin to trying to determine the air speed velocity of a coconut laden swallow (African or European).
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btw, firing those Browning machines guns at the Stuka likely would have reduced his airspeed (Newton's law, you know). Maybe not by much, but even a little loss of airspeed is a big deal when you're trying to stretch out a glide.
A normal load for a Spite is about 11-12 SECONDS of continuous fire. Pilots fired extremely short bursts in order to conserve ammo. I would like to watch again count up the seconds of fire. BUT the time line is so chopped up I don't think it is possible to count.BQ78 said:
The gliding bothered me less than the unlimited supply of browning ammo he had without ever changing guns to the 20MM, especially given his egregious deflection shooting in the early part of the film. Forget killing the Stuka in a glide, he should have run out of ammo long before that.
I'm not a super aviator or anything but... I do live on a beach in Australia so I know a thing or two about beachesCanyonAg77 said:
Haven't seen the movie, but assume a 10:1 glide ratio, which is reasonable. Plane runs out of gas at 1000 feet, means it could go forward 10x the height, 10,000 feet, so nearly two miles. At 120mph, that's a full minute. Multiply that ty however many 1000 feet up he was.
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Enjoyed the movie, but it needs subtitles so I can understand what the Limeys are saying.