I have decided, mainly out of my curiosity, to try and compile a top 10 list of IL-2 movies from my nearly 600 video files of IL-2 flicks I have collected over the last two years or so.
This will certainly not be an easy process, and I expect the final list will take a few weeks to compile as I watch and compare each contender against the other.
If anyone who has looked at my list of movies on my squad website, and knows of a movie which I do not have, then please let me know, and preferably give me a link to download it!
Criteria will be my own, but what I look for is the level of emotiveness a movie presents, and also how much I enjoy a movie.
There will be no categories; I will look at all movies from all "genres" that many of you directors have chosen for your movies.
However, I will be looking for movies where the technical aspects such as editing, cropping, resolution, etc, etc, do not detract from the movie itself. What I mean is, if the movie I am watching has icons, chat text, stuttering, poor resolution, or whatever, and the effects of these "defects" are strong enough to make me sit up and notice rather than be engrossed in the movie, then that's not a good thing.
What I plan to do is to make a shortlist of around 25-30 movies, and then decide the top 10 from those.
I will publish this shortlist once it's compiled, and you can argue over my choices, or you can ignore it, tis up to you!
Anyway, I'll keep you posted!
Also, if any new movies are released in the meantime, they will also be included in the considerations.

