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The Planes movie is rather transparent in its setup: the story is simple and familiar with few deviations from the basic outline of the plucky hero winning a competition. Not much is there. However, as a love card for aviation, it exceeded all of my expectations. It's amazing, tremendous.

To begin with, all the details were gotten very right, starting with the iconic designs, and I'm not just talking about the F-4U. At one point a Cherokee taxied across the foreground, and I could tell right away that it was a Cherokee, and not, say, a Sundowner or Commander, despite all the catoonification. And the Cherokee was only shown in that one sequence. The operational side was a little less developed, except for the carrier ops, which are always exciting on video. Still, not bad.

Overall, I'm not one with American 3D animation, but this was great for me. I'm surprised and delighted that someone in the soulless machine of Disney permitted all this to happen.

The interview with the director and staff in DVD extras was a rather sad affair, however. It was very clear that although the director was the airplane nut, his sons were not into it. It is the problem of American aviation in nutshell.

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