i just buy this film for my dad and a big history and war film buff . i think it would right up his alley with some historical fact and right up my alley with some excite air battle . boy be i wrong . the story be a complete drag . this clumsy and plod script unfolds slowly and predictably . james franco and martin henderson be horrible . really it take all my strength to not shuttle forward to get to the battle scene . the battle scene be horrible as well . accord to this film there be never more than 12 people on the frontlines of wwi and almost nobody bleeds . grant i do not see the film in the theater but the air battle be totally phony look . my 72 year old dad with his bad eye turn to me and say this look like a video game . there be no point where this film be able to grab my interest . sure the design on the plane be cool but that have nothing to do with this film . so be you gon na see this film for the hokey unexciting battle scene or the plodding script . there be two pro for the film represent lucienne the love interest be beautiful and it be nice to get a glimpse of what happen with the lafayette escadrille .