I hate to be negative but perhaps the reason George Lucas' "Red Tails" had a hard time getting into theaters is that it was a lousy movie. I saw it and really thought it unworthy of the big screen...or any screen. It's a shame because the actual history of the events portrayed are amazing and deserving of a much better written and executed story.
Also, "Red Tails" is referred to as a "block buster"...a term that has been so watered down that it is almost useless. In my mind no one should call a movie a "block buster" until AFTER that movie has been released AND people line up around the block to buy a ticket to see it. Somehow "big budget" and "block buster" have become synonymous which is too bad. "Star Wars" was a block buster, "Jaws" was a block buster..."Red Tails" had short lines and lost at least ten million dollars...
