Rating: 
Summary: A great film
Review: This has always been one of my all-time favorite films. Yes, I am aware of some liberities taken with the facts surrounding the Hindenburg's last flight (the tear in the skin of the ship's fin, for example - that actually happened to the Graf Zeppelin some years before, not the Hindenburg.) Then again, this film is historical fiction, and should be enjoyed as such. In addition, the Hindenburg flight sequences are stunning, as is the attention to detail throughout the production. A must see!
Rating:
Summary: A great film
Review: This has always been one of my all-time favorite films. Yes, I am aware of some liberities taken with the facts surrounding the Hindenburg's last flight (the tear in the skin of the ship's fin, for example - that actually happened to the Graf Zeppelin some years before, not the Hindenburg.) Then again, this film is historical fiction, and should be enjoyed as such. In addition, the Hindenburg flight sequences are stunning, as is the attention to detail throughout the production. A must see!
Rating: 
Summary: Not Quite A Disaster Masterpiece
Review: What's interesting about "The Hindenburg" is the theory of sabotage given to a tragedy that shocked human history. Robert Wise handles the idea fairly well. However, I was kind of disappointed to see the scenes of the tragedy mixed together with real footage of the tragedy. I would have loved to have seen more 70's wizardry on that scene.I am surprised this movie won an Academy Award for best visual effects, but I have to admit that Albert Whitlock's matte paintings are truly remarkable. As for the performances, George C. Scott's performance as a German agent is quite good, in fact he stands out over the rest of the cast. All in all, "The Hindenburg" is an average movie. Nothing special.
Rating:
Summary: Not Quite A Disaster Masterpiece
Review: What's interesting about "The Hindenburg" is the theory of sabotage given to a tragedy that shocked human history. Robert Wise handles the idea fairly well. However, I was kind of disappointed to see the scenes of the tragedy mixed together with real footage of the tragedy. I would have loved to have seen more 70's wizardry on that scene. I am surprised this movie won an Academy Award for best visual effects, but I have to admit that Albert Whitlock's matte paintings are truly remarkable. As for the performances, George C. Scott's performance as a German agent is quite good, in fact he stands out over the rest of the cast. All in all, "The Hindenburg" is an average movie. Nothing special.
Rating: 
Summary: Quite Good Actually
Review: Yes, the plot was somewhat shallow, not too much excitement, until the very end of course. You were not afforded the opportunity to bond with any of the characters like you do in Titanic. However, this film gives us the opportunity to see and somewhat experience, what it was like to travel during a long gone era in a giant and luxurious airship. The outside views of this giant and majestic flying machine piercing the clouds, flying over icebergs and its arrival in New York city, coupled with the very good stereophonic staccato of the engines are magnificent. The stereo effect of the creaking interior supporting girders worked very well also. Add to this, the fact that the airship dipicted was not a movie maker's dream, but in fact a real flying machine that actually existed in our history and crossed the Atlantic to both North and South America several times. The fact that the Hindenburg did suffer the tragedy, though probably not for the reasons depicted in the film, also adds to the interest. These things coupled together, more than compensate for whatever lack of plot or other types of excitement there was. The insertion of B&W archival film of the actual disaster, with the actual voice of Herbert Morrison of Chicago's WLS into the final scenes worked very well and reaffirmed the reality of this disaster so many years ago. I gave this film 4 stars only because of the shallow plot and characters. I highly recommend it though. I would love to see a Hindenburg film made with 2000 movie technology and a plot "a la Titanic".
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