Shamontiel Vaughn When I first saw the preview for "Red Tails," my reaction was, "What's the point? Why make a movie that's already out?" It wasn't until I heard all of the reasons Hollywood claimed it wouldn't do well at the show that I started paying attention to the movie and realized the original was a PBS DVD video. Because Hollywood didn't want to financially support the second film so tough, that made me want to see the film even more. Now after I saw "Red Tails", I wondered, "Now which film is better." I don't recall ever seeing "The Tuskegee Airmen" (My Amazon review says I saw it and I'm pretty sure I did since my parents owned the film, but after watching this film nothing looks familiar to me).I am a huge fan of Laurence Fishburne and I remember seeing my favorite movie "Higher Learning" in '95 when it came out (loved the entire cast of that film and know most of the words by heart), but at the age of 13 I was more interested in college films and TV shows. And even after watching "The Tuskegee Airmen" tonight (I'm far more of a history buff these days than I was as a teenager courtesy and can thank the racism experience at NMU for that), I can't decide which film I like better. Both "The Tuskegee Airmen" and "Red Tails" are great films that tell the same story but in a different style. In "The Tuskegee Airmen," you get a phenomenal cast of young actors who went on to be massively successful in the acting world. Mekhi Phifer. Laurence Fishburne. Allen Payne. Cuba Gooding Jr. Malcolm Jamal Warner III. Andre Braugher. These are the Who's Who of the entertainment industry, especially in the African-American top actors.In "Red Tails," you get some newbies with some vets like Cuba Gooding Jr. (again). Ne-Yo (huge fan of his music and he's fun to interview). Terrence Howard. Nate Parker (I loved "Great Debaters"). Tristan Wilds (bored with "90210" but I used to watch it just to see him). M-e-t-h-o-d MAN (can't decide which collabo I like more, "All I Need" with Mary J. Blige or "Round and Round" with Jonell, but I know the words to both songs). Marcus T. Paulk (in my Lil' Kim voice: "Hold up, ain't that Brandy's other brother"). Then there were new faces I wasn't familiar with like Elijah Kelley, David Oyelowo and Leslie Odom Jr.In both movies the audience found out about the Tuskegee Airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group who fought from May 1943 to June 1945. There were 450 men who got 850 medals and 66 died. In both films there were deaths, friendships, jokes, brotherhood, racism and history. The only difference I found between the two is "Red Tails" got a little more personal with characters' backgrounds, such as the character with alcohol abuse issues, a character who was in love with a woman who he couldn't even communicate with due to a language barrier and a young soldier who was constantly trying to prove himself to the older guys. You would think that those topics would make us connect with "Red Tails" more than "The Tuskegee Airmen," but it didn't. Although the original was more focused on history while the other walked the lines between history and drama, they both did a fantastic job of telling the story. However, "The Tuskegee Airmen" did have a scene that almost made me cry; it was the one when Eleanor Roosevelt wanted to fly with Hannibal Lee.Watching one makes me want to watch the other, and I was so crazy about "Red Tails" that I bought three issues of Ebony magazine's "Red Tails" coverage, still have the full-page poster of the entire cast on my desk at work and all 13 photos on my bedroom wall at home, and bought "Red Tails" as soon as it released. Without question "The Tuskegee Airmen" will be added to my DVD library after waiting for this movie to get out of Netflix hold for several months because that many people requested it.Round of applause for all involved. I loved every minute of both movies.

bob curmudgeon Tuskegee Airmen, '95 P B S, is so much better in its lead-up to where these guys were coming from and what they had to put up with. Acting is so much also superior...not so stilted; not so over dramatized! I found the original here http://tinyurl.com/6ol2sdg where ya can watch it Free online. I'll presume you know how to click for full screen. Unfortunately,it's in Parts. At the end of Part 1 and just above the video screen you should see a tab that says '31 videos' with a down arrow to click on so you can click on the next Part. Otherwise, when Y'all finish all the parts of TA, you might return to the first Part's page to check out some related videos on the left.

morgan_lefaye I believe that this movie tells the story of the brave, the proud and the true, no matter their race. When the men were shot down, I cried, both because it was an emotional thing, and because I knew the real men these actors portrayed died fighting for our country, and their country, despite what others said.I don't know if the part when Peoples killed himself was true, but I know that he wanted to fight for his country more than anything, and they wouldn't let him. They took away his life. He just finished the job.When that white bomber pilot REQUESTED the 332nd, even after he spat at their feet(figuratively speaking of course), that made my heart soar. He was the best man in the tent, just because he didn't care if blacks were escorting them, as long as they were escorting them safely.If I sound cheesy, I don't care, because this movie made my day.

punxatawney I think this movie is pretty great, has a good story and reflect the "tuskegee airmen" quite well. It's hard to imagine how they could put out with that sort of racism that occurred and they deserve bigger lines in the history books.however, I cannot overlook that some parts in the movie is somewhat historical inaccurate. First, when Lt. Glenn (Courtney B. Vance) speaks about his combat experience he says that he flied with the Canadian Air Force in England. It's so far right until the line when he says something like this: "I have shot down a Spitfire and been chased by a Hurricane" Anyone who has just a tiny bit of knowledge knows that the Spitfire belonged to the R.A.F(Royal Air Force) and the Canadians fought on the same side during the war so if he did what he claimed he would probably been in jail for treachery...;) Another thing is the aircraft they fly when they are in North Africa and Italy. The P-51D was an American fighter who went into service in 1944. If I don't remember wrong the movie takes place in 1943. But I can see why they used those aircrafts in the movie. Almost hundreds of these still fly today and since they flew the P-39 Airacobra and the P-47 Thunderbolt who hasn't got so many copies of them flying today and there were no advanced computer techniques who could animate aircraft(at least I think so) so I can understand why they choose the P-51.That's the only thing I can find in this movie that is really wrong!:PAnything else in this movie is fantastic! :D