I saw Red Tails recently and came away disappointed. A film about the Tuskgee Airmen should be serious. It seemed like it was a made for television movie and aimed at kids. The CGI and actng seemed bad. The characters seemed cartoonish. The article is correct about the reply of combat footage in the movie and a number of other things.
One promo on Fox Movie Channel I saw had Terrance Howard saying something to the effect that it was like Star Wars. The orginial version of Star Wars that was released in the 1970s is a light years better.
Everything Lucas does is aimed at kids-and toys.He can only relate to increasingly younger children-not adults.
Look for a line of ‘Red Tails’ toys and action figures. Lucas isn’t a filmmaker- he’s P.T.Barnum,a marketing man. If he can’t make toys of it, he’s not making it.