no, not male dancers from In Living Color

I got to escape last night and see a movie with Laura. We decided to see Flyboys. It was very good- beautiful cinematography, interesting true story, and handsome young pilots. The dogfight scenes were kind of confusing. Many times you saw just a goggle clad face in a cockpit, either killing or being killed, and it was difficult to determine which guy it was until they landed...or didn't. I had no idea that many U.S. men volunteered to go over to France to learn to fly and aide the Allied cause before the U.S. officially became involved in WWI (wasn't in any of the textbooks I taught). The airplane had really just been invented, and it was such a novelty that the movie included a conversation about what kind of purpose airplanes might serve after the war, if any.

I thought the film was cast really well- no big name stars, but a great ensemble. Jean Reno is probably the most recognizable ( I was right Laura, he was the guy in The Professional). He played the French captain and was excellent. The main character was played by James Franco, who I figured out was the rich "friend" in Spiderman and he was in Never Been Kissed. He was great, kind of understated, totally charismatic...okay he was hot! *Ahem,* anyway, good flick- I'd recommend it.