Review – Hell’s Angels

I watched this largely out of curiosity spawned by seeing The Aviator. And as Scorsese’s biopic implies, this is a technical mess. The picture combines silent, “talkie” and even brief color production techniques in ways that don’t work well together. Likewise as one might expect from Howard Hughes, the aerial combat scenes are impressive – or at the very least look good – while the personal dramas back on the ground are downright soap operatic. Not even Jean Harlow can make the romance work. So if you like watching World War One air battles, by all means rent this disc. Just keep your finger poised on the fast forward button of your remote. Mildly amusing