I first got wind of the movie “Red Tails” after watching its trailer in a movie house weeks ago. I did not like it. It was hokey with its digital sfx and corny lines. I did not see myself paying to see it.

But when it opened and I saw that most of the reviews of pro critics were bad and yet the audience rated it much higher, I got the feeling maybe in this case, the pros were wrong. And so I went to see it and it turned out, imho, that they were indeed wrong.

The dissenting pro critics, I found to be insulting, what with their supposed smart-alecky comments. The movie wasn’t great, it wasn’t just good either. I think it was very good. So kudos to George Lucas for risking his money on this. ( I still hate him for directing and writing his crappy prequels though! Arrgh! ) : )

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