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Summary: An Oscar First
Review: "Wings" is one of the best silent films ever made. It deservingly became the first movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture (1927-1928). It stars Clara Bow, Charles Rogers, and more, including a cameo appearance by then-unknown Gary Cooper. This film was ahead of its time with its visual effects, cinematograghy, and plot. Few other films at the time successfully made such elaborate scenes realistic looking. They obviously made great use with the technology that they had then. Few films were able to take a chain of events and spread them out to keep the audience's interest for over two hours. This plot is brilliant! It explores two friends who travel to Germany to fight WWI. Little do they know is that they left the same girl behind in the US. The drama and the war theme combine beautifully, keeping the emotion intact. The lucky charms add an added interesting touch. The acting is wonderful. Clara Bow, the 1920's "It"-girl(and the Marilyn Monroe of the 1920's), beautifully and emotionally plays her role as a woman left behind by her "friend" fighting in the war who struggles to get him to realize that she's in love with him. The men who play the soldier friends add their own harsh was realisms into the film. Such performance the movie its added enjoyment. "Wings" is a great movie for those looking for war sequences. Even those not interested in silent movies will enjoy this. Those who watch it will easily figure out why this movie is a classic.
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Summary: An Oscar First
Review: "Wings" is one of the best silent films ever made. It deservingly became the first movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture (1927-1928). It stars Clara Bow, Charles Rogers, and more, including a cameo appearance by then-unknown Gary Cooper. This film was ahead of its time with its visual effects, cinematograghy, and plot. Few other films at the time successfully made such elaborate scenes realistic looking. They obviously made great use with the technology that they had then. Few films were able to take a chain of events and spread them out to keep the audience's interest for over two hours. This plot is brilliant! It explores two friends who travel to Germany to fight WWI. Little do they know is that they left the same girl behind in the US. The drama and the war theme combine beautifully, keeping the emotion intact. The lucky charms add an added interesting touch. The acting is wonderful. Clara Bow, the 1920's "It"-girl(and the Marilyn Monroe of the 1920's), beautifully and emotionally plays her role as a woman left behind by her "friend" fighting in the war who struggles to get him to realize that she's in love with him. The men who play the soldier friends add their own harsh was realisms into the film. Such performance the movie its added enjoyment. "Wings" is a great movie for those looking for war sequences. Even those not interested in silent movies will enjoy this. Those who watch it will easily figure out why this movie is a classic.
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Summary: A Dazzling Classic Which Never Forgets the Price Of War
Review: "Wings" combines the dreams of youth with the hard realities of the world. The Great War provides the backdrop for the formation of a bond between two young pilots. Separated at first by a love felt by each for the same girl back home, the war soon makes them fast comrades. Amidst the scuffle, Clara Bow portrays a young lady who is unafraid to do her bit for her country and get her hands dirty in the process. Recommended primarily for fans of silent cinema, Great War buffs or Clara Bow devotees, others might find "Wings" to be a slow mover.
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Summary: The war to end all wars just wouldn't end.
Review: A rather uninteresting WWI story showing off Gary Cooper and Clara Bow. The best parts are the real dogfight footage cut into the story. Unless you are a Great War fanatic or checking off Best Pictures, don't bother. Due to calendar scheduling, this is considered the Best Picture for the years 1927-28.
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Summary: Weak Plot, Awesome Fighting Scenes!
Review: Although silent goddess Clara Bow headlines the cast, I was surprised how limited her role in this movie was. The plot she is tied to is very weak and I don't think the conclusion helps it too much (Clara's character leaving the war and her love interest changing his affections so effortlessly once he returned home). Her sexy image is really toned down as well. One scene has her luring her drunken boyfriend (a very funny drunken boyfriend) from a Paris night club in a skimpy number. The dress didn't fit the character's girl-next-door image at all.The real storyline is between pals Jack Powell and David Armstrong (played expertly by Buddy Rogers and Richard Arlen). Anyone interested in the First World War will find this film a real treat! The training scenes I found particularly interesting. Then there are the many aerial fighting scenes. They are so well done they look like documentary footage. Scenes shot from the pilot's point of view put the viewer right into the action! Scenes like these make the "two guys in love with the same girl" plot seem so insignificant. You also get two brief but excellent performances by a very young Gary Cooper and an aged Henry B. Walthall from Birth of A Nation fame. Although only 49 in this film, Walthall does an amazing job portraying a crippled old man grieving the departure of his son.
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Summary: Great Movie-Shame You Can't Own it
Review: Apparently it is out of print in VHS and unavailiable in DVD. Inexcusable. Paramount needs to get with the program. Wings is extremely important as film history and is also a great movie on its own. One of the last great silents. The aerial acrobatics are worth watching just in themselves. The story isn't the stuff of genius. Basic love triangle stuff. The genius is in how the story is told, the perfect acting and the several fascinating scenes throughout the movie. I really can't recommend renting or buying a used vhs copy of Wings highly enough.
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Summary: THE best of the action silents!
Review: As an ABSOLUTE buff of World War I, I found it MORE than interesting to watch, even tho it was a silent picture. The aircraft were authentic, the scenery looked authentic, & the casting was just right. It's too bad Clara Bow didn't win 2 oscars for this one: 1 for acting ability, the other for Beauty (of which, of coarse, no oscars are awarded).
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Summary: Greatest Movie Ive Seen
Review: Awesome. That is the only word to describe this film. As you probably know, the aerial combat scenes rank among the best in film history. The plot only got slow around the part in Paris, but the rest overshadows that. Id like to point out exactly how GOOD this movie is by drawing your attention to Pearl Harbor, the recent release. It seems to me that the plot for Pearl Harbor was almost ripped from Wings. Think about it, 2 Pilots, 1 girl, etc. etc. Anyway, this is a great movie. Buy it today.
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Summary: Terrific
Review: Excellent piece of war and film history. Great drama. What it may lack in plot (it is SOMEWHAT loose), it makes up for in authenticity and realism. And the general storyline is fantastic. And the little plot twist will have you clapping and wiping a tear.
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Summary: Enjoyed this movie very much. Recomend it highly.
Review: Excellent storyline. This is the first silent movie I have ever watched. I would recomend it to anyone. Superb flying and a very good battle in the sky. I am going to buy some more of Clara Bows' movies. I hope the rest of her movies are as good as this one.
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