First Strike Forums — Faith, Hope and Charity - machinema at its finest

Re: Faith, Hope and Charity - machinema at its finest

null@example.com (Safe-Keeper) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:36:27 +0000

It uses Il-2, mostly or entirely. It's still beautiful, though. Best thing is it's actually incredibly elaborate for the genre. Most machinema movies are just action, action, action. FH&C has scenes of recollection, touching scenes, scenes where a character is in trouble and you sit there holding your breath hoping for him to be OK. It's really a great show.

Re: Faith, Hope and Charity - machinema at its finest

null@example.com (Slyrunner) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:34:23 +0000

I like Red vs Blue...:)

Re: Faith, Hope and Charity - machinema at its finest

null@example.com (herbanator3) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:28:30 +0000

TY2D2 wrote:

Does Faith hope and Charity have something to do with Halo or some crap like that?

i dont think its got much to do with halo, but i might be wrong anyways...

looks like a great movie any of you seen flyboys?

Re: Faith, Hope and Charity - machinema at its finest

null@example.com (Zrix) — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:42:44 +0000

Saw it right after it's release, a great movie and definately one of the best machinemas.

Re: Faith, Hope and Charity - machinema at its finest

null@example.com (TY2D2) — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:08:04 +0000

Does Faith hope and Charity have something to do with Halo or some crap like that?

Sorry for being off topic but the film doesn't interest me much

Faith, Hope and Charity - machinema at its finest

null@example.com (Safe-Keeper) — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:35:38 +0000

Faith, Hope and Charity, a machinema movie weighing in at one hour and then some, is the story of the heroic defense of the island fortress of Malta in 1940. The RAF forces at the island had only obsolete Gladiator biplanes to hold off the swarms of Italian fighters and bombers. The movie tells the story of three of the pilots and their desperate struggle to save the island from the onslaught by holding off the Italians until reinforcements arrive.

Malta, part of the British Commonwealth, is actually a small group of islands in the Mediterranean Sea, about half way between Sicily and the northern coast of Africa. On June 12, 1940, the day after Italy declared war on Britain, the Italians began a prolonged campaign of aerial bombardments against Malta.

This film highlights the early phase of that conflict as it follows the lives of three RAF pilots: George Burges, John Waters and Timber Woods. These pilots flew Gloster Sea Gladiator biplanes in the heroic defense of the island against more modern Italian fighters and bombers. In all, about six Gladiators were involved in the fighting--some were cannibalized for parts--but only three could ever be scrambled for a single sortie. The legend that arose from that conflict immortalized three of the Gladiators, nicknamed Faith, Hope and Charity.

I found the movie to be emotional, touching and exciting all at once, with a good deal of work having gone into the plot and personalities of the characters. There are a few beautiful scenes in there, too.

The video is more than one hour long and at 1 GB, it takes quite a long time to download. However, I'd say it's well worth it. For those without fast connections, however, it's also available at Google Video.