I thought I’d take the time to answer the rest of the questions. But if I do them all at once, this post would never end. So I’m going to do them one or two at a time.
1. What's your favourite scene and why?
The parachute hanger goes without saying, along with a number of others. My favorite scene for strictly character development is the scene on the boat right before they take off. From watching the movie an unmentionable number of times and reading the book a couple of times, I always had the feeling that the only reason Danny wasn’t #1 pilot was because he didn’t need to be. Rafe, because of his reading problems, wanted or felt he needed to prove himself – so Danny (IMO) backed off. Then it looked like Danny was always in Rafe’s shadow. But even though Rafe was more experienced, I felt Danny was really the better pilot. If you notice, when they were training to fly the bombers and none of them could get off the ground before hitting the line, Danny was the only one to at least get his nose wheel up. Also when they were taking off from the ship, Rafe and Doolittle went before Danny and neither did it with their wings level. Danny did – his wings were flat and even when he took off. There were a couple of other times where it showed Danny was better. Anyway my FS, on the boat before they took off, when Danny was talking about the guns being replaced - you saw him change. Danny came into his own. He was no longer under Rafe’s “protection”. He was a leader now; with his own bomber, and his own crew following him. |