The movie is Poorly Organized via the trying to "Fill in the unseen Holes" of the Humanity of the Story. I know I have seen other "Movies/TV/Shows" that have done the "Add the Humanity Story" with unorganized flashbacks; but because I can NOT remember the titles only shows this style of Flashbacks does not do anything for the movie or the telling of the Humanity r/t the History. After a few flashbacks, i found myself confused and fast forwarding the flashbacks.
As of 2021 most of those who had any part of WW2 are gone, and we lose so many each day. I was a USN/USMC Corpsman working at SD Balboa Open Bay Wards during mid 79 to late 80. 40 Patients divided into 4 rows of 10. I got to meet one of the Last WW1 Sailors, sadly he was blind, deaf & mute. Only way to communicate was writing with a finger on his palm. BUT only in Tagalog (Philippine Language with many Dialects)
Most of the Patients were Retired Vets of WW2, Korea, Viet Nam, (VN only ended a few years earlier, and many of those vets had it the toughest in a way) and a few Clashes. During this time my roommates (and most of the Corpsmen at the Hospital) even were preparing to be part of the Iran Embassy Rescue via Waves (USN way of saying Landings). Which in the long run was not needed, but our patients knew, and supported, and gave us encouragement.
To help to understand the need to get pass the poorly done, and see the History is I was taught when an Elder is telling a Life story is NOT see it as "Entertainment" but you might be getting to hear something they will not even share with Family. Which fits with Army Medics, and USN Corpsmen for we are seen as Vets, but also sometimes as a Sounding Board, Psychiatrist, and even Chaplin. We get to hear the "History" that History books do not tell. Just like the Flashbacks tried to tell.
This movie was trying to tell the Stories of these People (Men and Women) what they were going thru. The Flashbacks should have been just all patched together and shown as one to fill in those "Holes" of how EVIL the AXIS Dictators were; how Cultures of Allies held back others ... as in the Brits needed the Pilots to speak English. Then after the ONE Flashback or pre information then the story would have flowed.
If one "Gets" what the Flashbacks were trying to say - is What Happened "Poland" Attacked on 2 fronts via 2 enemies larger than them, how they were treated, how their families and friends had to be left behind, so they could continue to fight for their family & friends, the difficulty of getting the Brits to accept them to fly and be part of the Team. The thing I saw was both Positive but also dangerous for the Pole's Pilots was the "Newspaper Photos"; due to the Enemy would have Pictures & Names to use with those left behind in Poland. Something that the Flashbacks did not cover.
As of 2021 most of those who had any part of WW2 are gone, and we lose so many each day. I was a USN/USMC Corpsman working at SD Balboa Open Bay Wards during mid 79 to late 80. 40 Patients divided into 4 rows of 10. I got to meet one of the Last WW1 Sailors, sadly he was blind, deaf & mute. Only way to communicate was writing with a finger on his palm. BUT only in Tagalog (Philippine Language with many Dialects)
Most of the Patients were Retired Vets of WW2, Korea, Viet Nam, (VN only ended a few years earlier, and many of those vets had it the toughest in a way) and a few Clashes. During this time my roommates (and most of the Corpsmen at the Hospital) even were preparing to be part of the Iran Embassy Rescue via Waves (USN way of saying Landings). Which in the long run was not needed, but our patients knew, and supported, and gave us encouragement.
To help to understand the need to get pass the poorly done, and see the History is I was taught when an Elder is telling a Life story is NOT see it as "Entertainment" but you might be getting to hear something they will not even share with Family. Which fits with Army Medics, and USN Corpsmen for we are seen as Vets, but also sometimes as a Sounding Board, Psychiatrist, and even Chaplin. We get to hear the "History" that History books do not tell. Just like the Flashbacks tried to tell.
This movie was trying to tell the Stories of these People (Men and Women) what they were going thru. The Flashbacks should have been just all patched together and shown as one to fill in those "Holes" of how EVIL the AXIS Dictators were; how Cultures of Allies held back others ... as in the Brits needed the Pilots to speak English. Then after the ONE Flashback or pre information then the story would have flowed.
If one "Gets" what the Flashbacks were trying to say - is What Happened "Poland" Attacked on 2 fronts via 2 enemies larger than them, how they were treated, how their families and friends had to be left behind, so they could continue to fight for their family & friends, the difficulty of getting the Brits to accept them to fly and be part of the Team. The thing I saw was both Positive but also dangerous for the Pole's Pilots was the "Newspaper Photos"; due to the Enemy would have Pictures & Names to use with those left behind in Poland. Something that the Flashbacks did not cover.