Flyboys Weak cast, weak script, big budget, big box office flop. It's not the worst movie I've seen, but it isn't very good. Right from the start, there is a scene where a young man professes his joy for going off to war, bids his parents and fiance' farewell, and professes his indestructabilty. Immediately, I flash back to the "Dead Meat" character from the movie, "Hot Shots". Similar moments follow throught the movie. If only the movie was trying to be funny. In once scene, a pilot crash lands in the middle of a gunfight between German and French ground troops. It looked like they just inserted some stock footage from another film for the ground troop footage. Very cheesy looking. At another point, the main character is affected by the loss of some of his fellow pilots in battle, and he is appalled by the lack of "honor" that they are being shown by the other pilots. How does he express his grief? By romancing a beautiful French woman.