Is this an anti-war film?

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jtyroler — 17 years ago(May 10, 2008 09:52 AM)

I'm not sure if I would consider "Wings" to be an anti-war film - at least not compared to "All Quiet on the Western Front" or "Westfront 1918". Except for Jack and David, almost everyone else is basically an extra.

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rwsmith29456 — 17 years ago(June 16, 2008 09:50 PM)

Not an 'antiwar film'. More like showing the face of war.

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omk2014 — 16 years ago(April 25, 2009 08:53 PM)

I think it's more a love story, the same way I see it for Titanic.

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disinterested_spectator — 11 years ago(December 07, 2014 11:03 AM)

World War I was such a pointless slaughter that it is hard to make a movie about this war without its appearing to be an anti-war movie. In fact, WWI is the ultimate anti-war war.

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jellyree — 10 years ago(May 10, 2015 10:36 AM)

If you're paying close attention, all war films are anti-war.
Perhaps the OP just wants to reach out for some sense of community.

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hamlet-16 — 10 years ago(May 31, 2015 03:48 AM)

Ultimately it is a love story but the ending is strongly anti-war.
SPOILER ALERT
When Jack returns to visit David's mother she says how she wanted to hate him for David's death but it was THE WAR to blame.
A statement that would have resonated strongly with audiences in 1927.