i have be a devoted imdb visitor for a few year . this be the movie that finally compel me to write in a review . i catch this movie by chance ( the opening credit happen to be scroll past when i turn my tv on one morning ) . i thoroughly enjoy the film for many reason and all of which have be well cover by other reviewer the moodiness and the forgotten history of the czech pilot and the subtle charm of the support character and the fatalism of the main character and and the first person view during the battle scene . but the element of dark blue world that really stand out be the lack of dramatic effect and especially during combat ( and this be a good thing . ) . while the pilot be fly in battle no musical score accompany them and no manipulative shot of worried spouse or girlfriend be interwoven and every little aerial maneuver do not elicit trite patriotic cheer and and viewer weren not ask to swallow unbelievable james bond esque pilot heroic . instead the audience be allow to feel the melancholy and fear and isolation of these single pilot fighter while they try to stay aloft during combat . a comrade be shot down we be spar tearful howl and the typical ( but audience pleasing ) revenge base heroic . instead the other pilot sadly and quietly observe their fellow pilot fate in reality they still need to remain intensely focus on their own safety and objective at that very moment . we only briefly experience the pilot breathing and the background roar of the engine a we and the audience and witness a friend spiral quietly down to his death . and then immediately we need to jump back into combat mode and focus on survival . too often in hollywood be spoon feed the emotion be suppose to feel and no room be leave for the viewer imagination . dark blue world maintain a sparseness that captivate and involve the viewer and allow u to invest in the movie and fill in the gap and space use our own thought and feeling . excellent film and well worth see .