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Overall a fair movie, especially considering the competition in recent years. I found the characters to be engaging and the struggles to be realistic. I also found it to be interesting that all the characters are based   loosely on real people. As a result it makes the film as a historical fiction more realistic. that's not to say that this movies doesn't have it's problems. Perhaps, the most annoying stylistically is the Fokker DR1's complete adoption of the standard German Fighter considering that it should not be in service for a another 6 months at the end of the movie and only 320 were ever manufactured. apart from this the plot varies from strong and interesting to weak and some what annoying. 

What i did like about the plot was the character development and understanding the pace of action compared do down time. another impressive feature of the movie was the visuals, they were spectacular. Especially the scenes of aerial combat. One more good thing was the music, its tone and pace just added a certain amount of fantastical feel that just sums up the way flight was seen at the time.

In closing I think the best thing they could of changed about the plot to make the movie better would of been to spend even more time developing the characters and seeing their struggles and slightly less time developing the romantic sub-plot. Of course that being said I did enjoy the refreshing way they ended the sub-plot. This was a good movie but not great, I would suggest watching it if your taste is war movies but it isn't the greatest.