This film is a classic. I don't mean that in "Gone with the wind" terms or Orson Welles directed so and so. No, what I am saying is that you should appreciate this film for a value it contains that is really a pure watchability factor. A nine year old kid on the edge of his seat desperately wanting to inform both parents of the enjoyment he was having. His moment. His crucial awareness of everything in his mind that was WWII. Except his dad was working late shift and his mum had popped out for a while, probably nothing important. So he had to do it alone, gripped tightly while the main plot ideas filtered through, the physics behind the dam attacks and the character interaction emerged. Then sadness, heart wrenching sadness (SORRY SPOILER AHEAD>)the Group Captains' dog got run over. Can you imagine the emotions running through a nine year old at the time? Anyway these things are quickly forgotten when we are at war with Germany so the DamBusting build up was anticipated and enjoyed. And this is the whole point. Please don't knock this film on allegedly poor special effects. It was made in (just) post war Britain when money was hard to come by, and let's face it that was a less enlightened age. Modern criticism is easy in retrospect. No, just get yourself a copy, sit back and enjoy a true piece of genuine, unpretentious escapism. And if you don't already know- it's based pretty closely on a true story. The music's rather good too. Just ask somebody who was around then. I rated this film one of the best. I gave it 10/10
Review of The Dam Busters
