And the Tuskegee Airmen deserve better than the childish fantasy of George Lucas by way of Anthony Hemingway. But they were also real men, not the cartoon characters in Red Tails. The men of the 332nd were heroes and patriots. And that's how I feel about the score of Red Tails and pretty much the movie in general. And the reason those are mocked is because they are lifeless objects trying to manipulate and force us to feel something without actually LETTING us feel that way on our own. And if you can't figure out that the German pilot is a bad guy, why, the music will certainly tell you! Well, that and the GIGANTIC SCAR ON HIS German FACE! And I'm sure I'll be called a pinko/commie for saying this, but what was up with playing America the Beautiful during the credits? It felt so forced, like the music in one of those "patriotic" animatronic exhibits at Disneyland that gets mocked. Yes, we know we're in Italy, but in case anyone is confused we're treated to a musical cue that sounds like the spaghetti scene from Lady and the Tramp. One example is the music we hear when a soldier drives into an Italian town. Now, I know that typically a film's musical score is used to enhance emotion, but in the case of Red Tails, the music is so over-the-top, in-your-face, and cliché ridden that I couldn't help but laugh at times. The film realistically tells the story of the world war 2 Tuskegee airmen. But in a rather sad way, the score perfectly fits the entirely forced and artificial nature of the movie itself. Red tails packs explosive action with great character development. Red Tails is a 2012 American war film directed by Anthony Hemingway in his feature directorial debut, and starring Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding Jr. Among the many problems I had with Red Tails, I suppose one of the most egregious was the incredibly overbearing and cloying musical score.
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