Blue Angels - Rolling in the Sky

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DVD Review: Great DVD for aviation lovers
Summary: 4 Stars

DVD Review: Blue Angels - Rolling in the Sky
Summary: 4 Stars

DVD Review: Sierra Hotel, Baby!
Summary: 5 Stars

DVD Review: Worst DVD I've ever seen
Summary: 1 Stars

A complete waste of money.

DVD Review: stirs the blood
Summary: 4 Stars

i mostly agree with the reviews below. there are lots of stationary shots and dead spots; at one point the crowd scenes at an airshow are ridiculously long; the music is pretty cheesy (i'll never understand why aviation vid producers don't figure out that aviation fans want to HEAR the planes too -- leave the music off except for short clips!); the overly long ground segment at the training center appears to have been shot with a cheap camcorder; and many of the sounds throughout the dvd are dropped in, even when they show a pilot climb into his hornet and fasten the harness.

but...

this video has, without any doubt, some of the sweetest shots of any static aircraft, and THE BEST air-to-air and in-flight footage i've seen of the blues (all shot on film). i remember being struck on first viewing by how closely they fly to each other. it doesn't really sink in until you see one blue from the cockpit, belly, or wing of another. i was also surprised at the amount of relative movement within formation -- not due to sloppy flying, but slightly rough air.

though there's a small amount of grain in the picture (may have been shot on 16mm), the colors of the blues are very rich. i will be watching this dvd at least every few months, sometimes in slow motion, sometimes in fast forward, but always with admiration for the unmatched shots it contains. if you've ever tried to shoot the blue angels, you'll appreciate the skill of the camera ops on the ground; some of the tripod work is just nutso. one shot looks as though it used radar to track the jets.

those looking for a thrill every 30 seconds should pass on 'rolling in the sky'. but if you drool over turbine engines, precision aerobatics (with any flaws well revealed by the beautiful film quality and camera placement), and anything with a tailhook, you can't go wrong if you throw this dvd in prepared for the drawbacks. the reviews below kept me from being disappointed, and thanks to everybody who wrote one.

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