Review of Men of the Sky

For a patriot person such as myself, it is impossible to watch MEN OF THE SKY and not want to run to the nearest time machine, set the dial for 1942, race through the inevitable sunshine to the Army Air Force recruiting center, and sign up to blast away at some of those sneaky little enemies! Unlike the first-ever Best Picture Oscar champ, WINGS (1927), MEN OF THE SKY does not feature any ill-fated Gary Coopers, here one minute, and jam on the training field the next. No one is shooting down their best buddy, just because their bro borrowed an enemy aircraft after being downed behind German lines. No one is weaving in and out of consciousness here, drunk out of their skulls, seeing bubbles every time a hooker farts. Nobody has a girl torn between two lovers, wondering what to do, not knowing "if loving both of you is breaking all the rules." Despite the Depression, no one in MEN OF THE SKY thinks twice about giving up their latest promotion to take apparently unpaid positions in the cockpit, 'cuz, gosh dern it, those Jauts ARE BAYONETTING BABIES (actual newspaper headline shown during MEN OF THE SKY)!