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Man on Fire (2004)
Great story but...
... terrible filming. Flickering, out of focus, double/triple vision, freeze-frame shots.
The editor clearly had a new box of software and wanted to play with all the toys in it. In doing so, he ruined a great story. Just because you can have special effects, doesn't mean to say you have to use them.
The sound mixing was not up to scratch either, sometimes the "background" music drowned out the dialogue.
The actors, however, played their parts well, especially Fanning.
I would have given this film a higher score had it not been for the over-use of the editing toys available to the producers. They should hang their heads in shame.
Get Some In! (1975)
Brilliant
I never really got the chance to see more than a couple of episodes when first aired but now it's being re-shown on Forces TV.
I was an apprentice at RAF Cosford in the early 70s and find this series so true to life.
Corporal Marsh reminds me of the Apprentice NCOs who bullied us in the dormitories.
I am really glad to be able to watch the whole thing now as, although I didn't enjoy most of my time in the RAF, it brings back memories.
I would like to know where the series was filmed - I had thought RAF Innsworth, but those huts were used at many different bases.