Sky Fighters (LES CHEVALIERS DU CIEL) | Mover Ruins Movies

Fighter Pilot reacts to the 2005 French film Les Chevaliers du Ciel (SKY FIGHTERS) featuring the Mirage 2000.
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[@stijnvandamme76]

It means Sky Knights.. not Sky Fighters. Cheval = Horse Chevalier = Knight (only ones to have horses in the middle ages)

[@CWLemoine]

English poster says Sky Fighters. That's what I used. Sorry.

[@CWLemoine]

www.imdb.com/title/tt0421974/

[@stijnvandamme76]

@@CWLemoine It's like the dub, it's badly done. :) No worries, I just ordered your book, If it's only half as good as the vids you put out, I'm sure i'll order the others as well.

[@spebonne]

No problem we know the translators tends to mess up. If you saw the french title of some us movies... sometimes it's hilarious

[@doyouwanttogivemelekiss3097]

It should have been called Tanguy et Laverdure anyways (also in French) - because that's the comic series it is based on. Maybe that's also a reason why they used Mirages instead of Rafales - the comics are based on Mirages

[@nightflyer3242]

Aileron rolls in this movie are like gear shifting in the Fast franchise.

[@Mobius0487]

Nora Lincoln lmaooooooooooooo

[@cameroncook8461]

At least they look good

[@defencebangladesh4068]

lol

[@sethmorton6372]

Or dropping a gear if you’re from donut media

[@Activated_Complex]

Or ejecting rounds in Crimson Tide.

[@bigbitehood1353]

How do we get aerial footage? Americans: CGI? Miniatures? French: We fly airplanes, and film it duh

[@Black_Sheep_0213]

A lot of that didn't look like real footage, and I'm not just talking about over Paris.

[@P0rKnPiK]

@@Black_Sheep_0213 they really flew over Paris ;)

[@flyingtravel]

but a lot of french filmmakers suck at getting the colors right, so it looks fake anyway lol

[@ekushisu_]

@@Black_Sheep_0213 Even if the area is restricted, flying over Paris isn't exceptional for french air force. It happens quite often during a single year, and famously during the 14th of July.

[@rocketpunchgo1]

Tom Cruise: hold my beer

[@randallshughart]

Mover, I'm french military and private pilot, I was glad you enjoyed the movie overall. Though it's unrealistic for sure, the aerial footage is sublime. Holds a special place in my heart. That said, be aware that the comms and dialogs in the french version are much more realistic and less cheesy than they are in the english dubbed version. Thanks for reviewing it honestly and not french-bash like many others would have done.

[@neutchain7838]

I agree mate, no CGI crap, beautiful footage...love it since it came out! Watching all the French AirForce/Navy vids on youtube as well ( CHASSE EMBARQUEE ) They're amazing!

[@LupusAries]

The best Review I ever ready for this movie was: Rating: 1 star without fast forward 5 Stars with fast forward to avoid all the annoying Story scenes, especially the love story.....😉

[@randallshughart]

@@neutchain7838 Chasse embarquée YT channel is pure gold.

[@sh0ckv3l33]

I'm not gonna lie, i'm Italian so obviously i cant help but being biased against the cousins. So... CdA, imho, is almost as good as Top Gun as an air combat movie. Dubs ruin the movie, like usual really, so watch it in french with subtitles for those who didin't. Actually, i have some friends who enjoyed this more then Top Gun once i showed them the subtitled version. Obviously, we will never have a realistic movie about jet fighters. Radio comms are too "boring" for a cinema audience, the engagement are not that thrilling and directors would still be limited by how much an air force is willing to give to them. I'm stillm hoping for a sequel with Rafales

[@RussianThunderrr]

Asymmetric Tactics - Thank you, for pointing it out about dialogs.

[@danielpray6049]

Mover - "Bogey at 270, angels 30." AWACS - "Confirm, hostile target is french mirage 2000/ part time stripper. You are clear to engage." Mover - "Turning cold. Strippers don't deserve a fox 2. RTB."

[@CWLemoine]

😂

[@defencebangladesh4068]

😂😂

[@jaketheripper7385]

This though... 🙃🤣🤺

[@XavierAncarno]

The image were captured with complicated systems of camera installed into a additional reservoir. For some scene the actors were also really airborne, the French armée de l’air (French Air Force) put some Training jet (Alphajet) at the disposal of the production. Cheers from France 🇫🇷

[@TheKrakovv]

Great movie and great airforce, cheers from Croatia ;)

[@cancelanime1507]

So they didn’t surrender to the cameras? What a surprise...

[@fredlandry6170]

I’ve been to France when I was 9.

[@LePresideent]

@@cancelanime1507 you're so funny

[@therealtjpek]

@@LePresideent and very original

[@FrankMoodyPhoto]

Ha! You couldn't ruin my favourite movie! The French Airforce removed their safety distances for this movie, that's how much trust they had in their pilots.

[@adrianrocha49]

You would think the American military would be able to do this, what with all the taxpayer money they waste, they might as well be able to make decent movies with actual footage.

[@k.t.1641]

Adrian Rocha You people would still bitch. Cause that’s what you do these days. Don’t pretend like America can do anything good in your eyes 😂

[@marcopena7638]

K. T. Well, you are right. See you acter another million people more is added, if you know what i mean.

[@noobary]

@@adrianrocha49 the producer only paid for the fuel, the french navy did everything else

[@linusa2996]

@@adrianrocha49 The USAF and USN are risk averse when it comes to this stuff.

[@j3steven]

15:10: "I want to... join the French air force." Amazing

[@miragen125]

The French air Force tolerate relations between personnal, you won't get fired for that ,as long as you are doing your job.

[@cuckoonut1208]

haha best moment!

[@Chrinik]

"Request ID please" I think that's a misstranslation. If I remember right, they were making a joke about "pulling them over" like police.

[@migga86]

They could have translated it to american with "License and registration, please". Would have taken the joke at least to famous first words on a police stop.

[@Chrinik]

@@migga86 You wouldn't believe how much work it is to actually translate things with the same meaning. The first draft is very often a quite nonsensical direct translation...I heard a couple dub directors complain that often the script of a US war movie that often contains the word "INCOMING!!!", the first time round would contain the line "Come in" which...if you do not know the context or care about it, is an obvious mistranslation. So if the dub is cheap...weeeellllll... And no, translators/ VAs do not often get to see the movie they work on...

[@migga86]

@@Chrinik I've seen a documentary about it. When the translators work through a script they usually create a relatively literal translation as well as write down side notes about context or other variants. This is then used by another person to create the dialogue part for the VO actors. Only then the VO actor goes in and tries to lip-sync it if it's a real people movie or just delivers his lines on anime and some special hush-hush movies. Even then they tend to get the lines/scenes out of sequence, so they are sometimes confused about what lines they deliver. So it has two places where it can be pushed into the wrong direction. It also highly depends on how detailed the script is. If it's missing the context of "Fighter plane pulls up to hostile plane" before that line, the joke will get missed on the translation. It's not a glorious job and the creative liberties for the VO actors are sometimes very limited - some times because of the low budget for the translation and some times because of too compartmentalized scenes.

[@Chrinik]

@@migga86 And it's thankless work since you are never going to be as famous as an actor nor get paid nearly as much, despite in some countries being fairly famous and recognizable if they get cast as "the voice" of some big name celebrity. But for a niche movie like this, I assume the dubbing budget wasn't very big.

[@nighthawk6755]

Gendarmerie nationale with a southern accent

[@Ares11787]

Funny thing is, he says “decoys away” in English but in French they say “Flares” lol the French don’t have a translation they just say the word Flares

[@kestrel16c32]

Doing a realistic dialog just for it to be messed up by the dub later on....

[@ilejovcevski79]

It's why i hate dubs, no matter the source material....

[@IkmelAAA]

The French employ a lot of anglicism.

[@mcgeufer]

Same in german we say chaff and flare too. Makes sense anyway since you speak mostly English during the flight.

[@Turbolious]

The switch in the mirage does say decoy or decoy program release.

[@Viper1Zero]

"Is she gonna strip too?!" Mover asking the real questions in 2020.

[@peckret3452]

OMG LOOK WHO I FOUND HERE HAHA

[@peckret3452]

Love you viper!

[@marcopena7638]

mickor She is from the USA airforce... So you can be a USA fighter pilot WITHOUT a college degree? Interesting but not that susprising

[@peckret3452]

@@marcopena7638 mickor is right it's a joke movie man

[@Alexbenjamin0627]

Lol

[@F22raptor46]

Also a quick thing I'd like to tell you about this film, the aerial footage was shot by a guy named Eric Magnan. He has an entire portfolio of Aerial footage of different aircraft on the net. Please look him up

[@IndependentVFX]

Oh man! Thanks for the tip Stormsquad... there is some INCREDIBLE footage in that guys showreel.

[@Sebibucky]

His movie on the Patrouille de France as astonishing!

[@cuckoonut1208]

He should have been hired for Top Gun 2.

[@F22raptor46]

@@cuckoonut1208 I even texted him regarding it and he simply left my message at "seen"

[@tccutthroat5961]

I just realized there is a reference to this movie in ace combat 7, there is a black skin for the mirage 2000 with that red lighting bolt on the side

[@tccutthroat5961]

E115 it’s an ace pilot, look up a tutorial on how to find all ace pilots

[@hu-ry]

OMG TRUE HAHA I love it

[@MrRouxs]

It's not a reference to the movie, the black and red Mirage is the display Mirage used in air shows

[@NTNgamer117]

@@MrRouxs That is a reference for the movie, the display mirage does not have the same painting

[@captainarcher5205]

@@tccutthroat5961 do you have to do many aileron rolls? 😂

[@adozer6848]

"Oh, aileron roll." That should be on a shirt!

[@bosoerjadi2838]

And "Of course, no mask"..

[@Phvpark]

a shirt that is a clipboard with combat checklist: Aileron roll ✓ Mask off ✓ 2m separation ✓

[@RussianThunderrr]

Phvpark - No Buffet!

[@gusbisbal9803]

@@Phvpark Bubble violation Sir lol

[@gtpk3527]

This movie always had a special place in my heart because it seems to me it’s one of the few aviation movies which was actually made by people that love flying instead of combat planes providing just sort of military technobabble background. The aviation footage in this is phenomenal.

[@kfossa344]

The Spectre Series has me reading 2 to 3 hours a day again. Four of your books for 99¢ is an incredible value. Seriously folks better deals don’t exist.

[@philhines]

Captain Kaiburr Yeah Mover I'm loving the books as well! Thanks for running the deal! Getting back into reading again 😁

[@enjibkk6850]

Picked my copy yesterday :)

[@j.h.6299]

"good morning boys, request ID please" in the original version the pilot speaks using a goofy southern french accent and a stereotypical cop sentence like " good day sir this is the police "

[@professionalprocrastinator8103]

Yeah poor translation. They didn't get the joke.

[@IkmelAAA]

The French Air Force/Navy have been producing beautiful promo footage for their jets since at least the '90s. They do it much better than Hollywood.

[@orlock20]

So that's where the country's military budget is going because it isn't going to maintenance.

[@IkmelAAA]

The stupid government is barely able to export them...

[@randallshughart]

See the Chasse Embarquée KZbin channel. It's properly amazing.

[@erikmajestic8044]

@ikmel A.A.A be carful your gonna get your ass kick by saying this comment. not by me but other people

[@neutchain7838]

I agree mate this movie has beautiful air to air footage not the usual CGI crap, it is a fav of me for since it has came out. Also, the French aviation vids are gold.

[@8749236]

Fun fact, the final dogfight scene that has ground in the view is real footage and filmed during the actual Bastille Day ceremony.

[@randompheidoleminor3011]

_"Is that a big condom it is a big condom._ _..._ _With holes in it."_ - Mover, 2020.

[@Brodrick32]

does that make it a family pack ?

[@northstar8818]

9:25 So in the original version the pilot being the interceptor in the exercise jokingly asks for "ID and vehicle's papers please" and absolutely kills me everytime I see it, along with other cool and funny scenes. This movie was what got me into military aviation when I was in highschool.

[@fredericlepeltier3435]

The joke is lost in translation. The "Gendarmerie nationale, papiers du véhicule svp" with the southwest accent idiome should have been replaced by the more appropriate "Highway patrol, license and registration please" delivered with a southern accent to properly carry the gag!

[@dermick]

@@fredericlepeltier3435 Tout à fait!

[@ace_pilot_7040]

Person: Ah man this movie is good Mover: hold my beer

[@RogueBeatsARG]

Mover after seeing it: man this movie is good

[@spyrosg3172]

Random trivia: French helmets have two visors, a tinted internal and a clear external. The blue Mirage 2000s are Air Defense variants. The two-seat green ones are Strike or Nuclear variants.

[@dominiklehn2866]

nuclear? like nuclear powered or nuclear armed and... how?

[@tz6070]

@@dominiklehn2866 Nuclear armed

[@vollelektrolysierer5773]

@@dominiklehn2866 where you honestly questioning whether Spyros meant the Mirage 2000 to either be nuclear powered or a nuclear strike fighter? I think one option is WAY more believable and context-foitting than the other

[@dominiklehn2866]

@@vollelektrolysierer5773 I have honestly never heard of a nuclear armed craft smaller than a heavy bomber

[@bartfoster1311]

@@dominiklehn2866 A4 Skyhawk carried tactical nukes along with quite a few other jets. It is rumored that carrier launched nuclear armed A4s were headed for Cairo during the Six Day War in 1967 after the USS Liberty was attacked by Israeli torpedo boats and jets. 31 Americans were killed and 171 wounded. Information on this is still highly classified. The Israelis claim it was mistaken for an Egyptian freighter but that was just the cover up story.. The movie The Sum of All Fears I believe starts with a nuclear armed A4 Skyhawk getting shotdown as well. Heck, they had nuclear rounds for 8 inch guns.

[@skull7711]

I don't get it. The movie is French. The speaking is English. But the names of the locations are German.

[@FlyingProbe]

Skulljäger That's the director's expression of friendly cooperation between our western countries. Isn't it awesome? 😃👍

[@randallshughart]

Originally, it is all in french. That must be a german version of the movie dubbed in english.

[@mimimimeow]

i guess this is a cobbled up pirated version lol, english audio track but with german video track.

[@brunodavidferreira5781]

Yes....i don't undesrtand this french movie roled in germany...há ha ha

[@LupusAries]

The Dubbing is a wee bit shit.....as in the german Dub He actually says Flares, for example. As for the He good morning Boys the German is:" Guten Tag, hier spricht die Polizei! (Good Day, this is the police!)

[@colorpraeterita3824]

"French Goose"... call sign 'Foie gras'.

[@KerbalFacile]

Am French, can confirm that is how you pronounce "Farenheit" in French.

[@cuckoonut1208]

Foie gras sounds like a Jello flavor.

[@eklhaft4531]

Goose turned into paste pretty quickly :D

[@ayrtonm7907]

That's fucking hilarious

[@BlackHeartGames]

This deserves far more thumbs up than it has! :D

[@Dee-Jay]

A bit of history: This movie is not really intended to be realistic. In fact, it is a legacy of a 60's comics form the same name : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanguy_et_Laverdure From that comics were born two TV series ... the oldest in 1967 to 1970 : kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIu5pImaZdt-h6c Featuring F-100 Sabre Jet, Fouga Magister, MysterIV ... etc .. Then later, from 1988 to 1991 featuring Mirage2000, MirageF-1, Jaguar ... etc ... : kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXqVl4uNn6x_rq8 Personal tenderness as I flew on one of the airframe used in the movie. Actually, one of my first formation flight as young cadet in 2004 : kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3bEiaJjfq-ZjJI Thank you Mover for the review. Was nice to see you reacting to the aileron rolls and the chicks. ;-) Kind regards from France. Be safe!

[@--___--d]

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[@KerbalFacile]

The movie is (very) loosely adapted from the comics' "La mystérieuse escadre Delta" and "Opération Tonnerre" where the pilots are pretty much gang-pressed into joining French spec ops and sent to Tchad for some pretty shady stuff.

[@wddarrius]

I took a shot every time he said "aileron roll". I'm typing this from the floor.

[@MrBhodhaG]

lol

[@ksail70]

I usually run these 1/4 screen in the corner......For the stripper scene, I stopped and went full screen......Viva Le France

[@randallshughart]

"Vive la France" ;)

[@ozar78]

"Vive la France".... Come on!

[@rajasmr156]

*la France

[@SirPulga]

The soundtrack to this film is stupendous, one of the best I've heard in action movies. Chris Corner did a magnificent job.

[@owensparks5013]

What, what is this, Mover appreciates cinematography?

[@CWLemoine]

Plot twist!

[@spyrosg3172]

@@CWLemoine There's some really cool videos showing how they actually filmed this... in French, but the gist is that they got Dassault to modify and approve some fuel pods, to fit cinema cameras in them... including fitting heating for them, because this was 15-17 years ago, so they had to use real film cameras. Weirdly, even then the Mirage 2000 was no longer offered for sale, Dassault were pushing the Rafale instead--which doesn't appear in the film at all. Go figure.

[@VanquishedAgain]

🤣🤣

[@9999AWC]

@@spyrosg3172 I thought the 2000 was still available for sale until 2007

[@Georges.Abitbol]

@@spyrosg3172 I think it is a homage from the comics it is adapted from. In these comics they first flew Super Mystère B2, then mirage III, and later on, mirage 2000. I guess they wanted to pay tribute to these comics rather than trying to sell the Rafale. I guess.

[@Z4ng3tsu67]

Just looking the dialog during the first dogfight, there's a lot of things said better in french. Like "Decoys out"... WTF ! Even in french (I'm french) he says "flares!" So trust me, you can't trust the english dub.

[@aRRakiri]

I am so happy you loved it ! They did it with Mirage because Rafale was too sensitive to have footages with at the time ! A second episode with Rafales would be so awesome ! Hi from France Cocorico !

[@JoJo-vm8vk]

The story is a bit cheesy, but most of the air footage are real, they modified a 2000L wing tank to put cameras in it, and put under a Mirage 2000B wing (twin seat). The camera guy was in the backseat. The actors did a few flights to know how it’s like, but cockpit scenes are fake off course. The movie is using Mirage 2000C (Fox 1 shooter), which is second line now. But the cockpits shown in the movie is Mirage 2000-5F (Fox 3 shooter). The Mirage 2000 production was already shut down when the movie was produced.

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

The cheesyness might be due to it originally a Comic Strip ("Les Aventures the Tanguy et Laverdure" which also ran as Chevaliers du Ciel) that then inspired a popular french TV Series in the 60s. How many american Comicbooks turned TV Series, reborn as movies products are cheesyness free? :D

[@9999AWC]

I thought the production line was shut in 2007? Also RIP Mirage 2000C

[@scarecrow108productions7]

@@9999AWC yep. And their time is up with the French Air Force. As the Rafales are taking their place sooner or later.

[@jimmydreamcatcher]

They actually did film over Paris. They had to wait for Bastille Day where they got special permission to fly and film over the city.

[@Trek001]

Most of the stuff over Paris is real - they filmed it all on the one day it was possible to do so and bloody hell, did they get some stunning shots

[@sparrowlt]

partly yes partly not.. the dogfight itself was mostly CGI..but they did managed to film some formations over Paris during bastille day (the formation with the tankers and multiple fighters are real).. they filmed aerial "background" footage but the dpogfight itself was "CGId" into and it shows as you can tell there is something wrong , also why they avoided showing close ups of the Mirages as much as posible.. the rest of the movie was over 95% real footage wich is impressive .. I wish they had used a Rafale instead of a 2000 in the first dogfight as while i love the 2000 you became a bit "too much" of it in this movie as its nearly the sole plane used

[@30AndHatingIt]

Me: "Oh boy, is that a Corsair?!"

[@kommandantbaker]

And It's one of the cannon armed models at that.

[@TakumiFujiwara80]

14:12... that "Hello" was his best pickup line lol...so cheesy :D

[@YouGotTheMelvin]

Also: oh, she's still stripping? Nice

[@Antechristo]

Not well known fact, the French Navy deployed the Corsair on its aircraft carriers until the early 60’s.

[@TheVleckChannel]

To be fair, was also admiring the Corsair.

[@oldrageface8706]

Did you know that they had the exceptional opportunity to film the final scenes at the rehearsal for the july 14th parade? And the part where they land in "Somalia" was filmed at a military airport outside of Djibouti city ^^ This movie is so awesome!

[@RaXXha]

There’s a behind the scenes of the making of this and it’s actually really impressive seeing how they shot it. The shots over Paris are real by the way! :-)

[@dblankenship88]

“These are the same guards that let Doug Masters steal a jet”....I’m dead 😂😂

[@madfury3179]

This movie is about the French shooting down their own planes. There is another French movie in which they sink one of their own nuclear submarine. I see a trend.

[@knuder9]

Thanks for the video. I'd love to see a "Mover ruins Flight of the Intruder"

[@ghostNBR]

I'm gonna tag along with this request as well!

[@casinodelonge]

Wings of the Apache .... Cage at his finest :-)

[@EfftupSmith]

@@casinodelonge CAGE IS THE GREATEST!!!! Lol

[@silentfox8]

"so they got the american stripping, thats just...nationalist" XD

[@scarecrow108productions7]

Like, she's basically a "Stripper" when her callsign is of course...Stardust.

[@KDill29]

"Physics are backwards in France." Me: Now I get it!

[@SDK2584]

That's because of the metric system.

[@Spiffo12]

@@SDK2584 who's backward again? (:

[@paolosbr]

"The french have some hot maintainers too!" lol

[@matt1yas]

Wow I watched this movie when I was like 14, as a French guy I recon it’s cool to see an exterior opinion of this movie, I remember I really liked it, glad you did too.

[@Evan9266]

By the way the "ID" around 9:30 is, just like the "decoy" a very poor translation In the French version they use the english word "Flares, Flares" (the French word is "Leurres" which translates to "decoy" so it's a bit weird) In the original version the guy says "Bonjour monsieur, gendarmerie nationale" which basically means "Hello sir, this is the police" I think a better translation for this joke would be something like "goodday sir, do you know why I pulled you over?" Honestly I think the dubbing was rushed And now that I've watched it all I'm glad you liked it, it's my favorite aviation movie Nothing to do with the fact that I'm French, I don't see why anoyone would think that ^^

[@retropaganda8442]

I don't think the use of decoy is weird. It's technically a valid term. Whether it's the most used one, I can't tell. I've already seen in employed when talking about countermeasure flares.

[@Evan9266]

@@retropaganda8442 well yeah, flares are decoys but we don't call them that way🤷🏾‍♂️

[@elo.g1184]

its funny because Lemoine means : "the monk" in french

[@spebonne]

It's also a very common french surname

[@grospipo20]

Eloi Gib yeah when he made the joke about the french surrendering...my first reaction was wait isn’t CW of french descent with that last name!

[@Manu-rb6eo]

Yep, maybe he has French ancestors 😉

[@spebonne]

@Patrick Brennan Mirages are great fighters. Originally designed as interceptors against Soviet bombers they climb faster than most jets. They became multi role with time though, but they are in use in different air forces. They are used in operations with allies today with all of their use I think the last we lost was back in Kosovo. And we only lost one back then

[@spebonne]

Also, Mirages can be placed on a 2minutes launch alert where other fighters will be on a 5 minute alert. That was made because France wasn't part of NATO during the cold war. After 9 11, we have put mirages back on a 2min alert ready to be started and launched in 2 minutes. Last year they broke a few windows north of Paris launching to intercept a private jet who wasn't responding. Made the national news here

[@JensenKangalee]

"Oh they wink at each other... giggity." Glenn Quagmire would be proud ... Hahahaha

[@r2-d2skywalker81]

“The Sky Knights” would be a better translation.

[@MrFloppyHare]

"Knights of the sky", actually.

[@sidthamunkayone4819]

The knights of heaven

[@Koozomec]

@@sidthamunkayone4819 nope, it would have been, les chevaliers du Paradis ou les chevaliers des Cieux.

[@sidthamunkayone4819]

@@Koozomec Google translate...

[@FirstDagger]

"Sky Fighters" is the official English title.

[@timothyarnold1679]

I'm a simple man, they had me at "specially made stripper flight suit".

[@bust6665]

"Oh a buffet?" now that got your attention lol

[@littleferrhis]

Americans: “Objectification of women is wrong and they are strong and powerful and independent and are not only there for sex” France: “What if we made one of the two female fighter pilots a stripper?”

[@therealtjpek]

I mean, the movie is 15 years old

[@bosoerjadi2838]

And the other one the evil villain.

[@isaachiew676]

noiceeeeeeee

[@Motorman2112]

3:10 Airbus pilot "WTF is wrong with my rad-alt?"

[@EntoSanto]

Clever joke!

[@julienvautrin9817]

😆

[@samarthh6528]

"I wanna join the french air force"😂😂😂😂

[@ryangonzales7716]

"It's ma'am!" I love you man! You really are meme literate😂

[@jackstheraptor2791]

This time the movie ruined mover. He couldn't ruin one second of the movie 🤣 Going back to see the movie for the 304th time.

[@KG-yu7el]

*Compliments attractive looking female pilots in a respectable trade* Chain of Command: Y'all want SHARP briefings? Cause dats how you get SHARP briefings.

[@kennyj4366]

Sky Fighters (2005) The flight sequences from the film were all filmed with actual planes and aerial photography, without the use of CGI. In order to capture the high-speed maneuvers, a specially-designed camera was attached to a Mirage 2000 aircraft which then tailed the 'star planes' as they flew, for only another Mirage 2000 could actually fly at speeds that matched the planes being filmed. The traditional film camera, which was specially constructed with lenses facing forward, backward, to the side, and downward, was installed inside an empty fuel pod and built by Dassault, the aircraft consortium which constructed the Mirage 2000. Using a digital HD camera had been considered early on, but because of its size, it was simply too large to be squeezed into the tank. Because of space requirements, the pod camera could only hold 4 minutes of film, which had to be specially shielded from the elements and sealed in an airtight compartment to prevent the pressure and temperature differences at altitude from damaging it. In addition, the camera could not be controlled by hand, as it was located within the tank, nor could it be controlled electronically by wire, as the tank had to be easily detachable from the plane so it could be swapped from one Mirage 2000 to another on refueling to prevent the daily shooting schedule from falling behind. Thus, a special radio control system was devised, so that the pilot of the Mirage 2000 could activate the camera at will. However, this too had many problems to work out, as the radio frequency could not interfere with the regular operations of the aircraft, nor could it possibly jam air-to-ground communications. Finally, however, a proper system was devised to allow the camera to be activated remotely. For tracking shots where using the Mirage 2000 camera was not practical, a Lear jet was flown in from Southern California in the United States, and used for about a week at great expense. Due to all these concerns and complications, director Gérard Pirès and his aerial-photography team had to carefully plan each shot with storyboards, something the director normally does not do. However, he said in a question and answer session after the film's screening on at the City of Lights - City of Angels Los Angeles Film Festival on April 7th, 2006 that the time limitations on the film actually did not hinder production, as they required thought and economy towards the shots being attempted, and also as the Mirage 2000 plane itself had to refuel every 45 minutes. The director took great pride in the fact that he was able to use this camera to capture the incredible look and feeling of flight, without resorting to using the computer to manipulate his images. www.imdb.com/title/tt0421974/trivia?item=tr0700888

[@TheChad138]

The "oh god" when "f-15s" was mentioned was hilarious.

[@SF7PAKISTAN]

The dark haired girl is an exchange pilot from a US F-15 Squadron

[@Eleolius]

@@SF7PAKISTAN Of course she was. :)

[@martinwood2219]

It’s well worth watching this movie simply for the stunning aerial footage throughout. Some of the best ever filmed for a movie.

[@chrskelsey74]

I did an aileron roll in a decathlon once and Hollywood was calling me the next day. ;-) Also, four pack of books has been purchased.

[@Zany4God]

I stopped about 3 minutes into the vlog to say, I love this movie. I bought it 2nd hand on Amazon. I loved flying. I got my ppl ASEL. Retired af but didn't fly in the af. Sooo, whenever there is good flying, I watch. Now I can go back and hear your commentary.

[@richshaver3962]

Hey C-Dub. Can you do an episode or episodes on different Russian/Chinese fighters. Ones that you might have feared or respected the most? Maybe another one on NATO allies like the Tornado, Mirages, Euro-fighter etc?

[@MrMaxStalsky]

Rich Shaver i would love that too!!! Upvote folks!

[@arnoldsherrill6305]

Thank you for keeping us all entertained and learning something we didn't know at the same time., I had to give up my dream of earning my pilot's license due to my disability and I'm one of those people who is always looking up when I see a plane overhead., continue to Live Your Dream because you're living mine as well and thanks for everything you've done

[@aumenarys]

HAHAHA Seeing the English version is hilarious! Your French was pretty good :) 14:13 "Hello!" hahahahha At 16:12 and onward, the woman in the AlphaJet is sort of his "boss" and it's her first time in a fighter jet. She's basically trying to screw him over for shooting that black Mirage 2000 at the beginning, so he's showing her what it feels like to be in a dogfight. The actress was actually in the plane doing all the stunts, I believe (you can see her skin reacts to Gs). The film was made in partnership with the Armée de l'Air (that's why it sounds like a advert at times and looks awesome) and so the main cast had the opportunity to fly (passenger) in jets with actual fighter pilots. The entirety of the scenes where you see planes flying are real (except maybe the ones above Paris, they do look fake to me too), only the ones from inside the cockpits when you see the actor's face are in a studio. In order to shoot the aerial scenes, they used a modified fuel tank, or something along those lines, with cameras in it. As you said, the film is a bit cheesy at times, even with the real voices, but the flying scenes are just amazingly beautiful. And the Mirage 2000 is the most beautiful plane ever (French bias haha).

[@marynilsson6545]

Basically this film is the French attempt at creating a movie similar to top gun

[@aumenarys]

@@marynilsson6545 it's a big commercial for the Armée de L'air haha

[@marynilsson6545]

Then again, that's all top gun was for the US lol

[@GrizzAxxemann]

@@marynilsson6545 I fail to see the issue with that 🤔

[@romainmassoulle5837]

The scene over Paris is real... Look at the Making of Every flight footage is real... But the lady in the alphajet isn't in the alphajet for the dogfight scene They recreated a full scale cockpit and put it on a machine that make it roll...

[@krischampion4435]

"Oh a buffet! The French sure know how to do it right." Best part so far.

[@minedphreak8487]

"I dont know civilian airliners" Says the civilian airline pilot!!! Lmfao

[@GrizzAxxemann]

Can't blame him. They all look the same to me.

[@9999AWC]

@@GrizzAxxemann Well to civies fighter jets all look the same. Poor excuse

[@assface954]

Grizz Axxemann to me all fighter jets look the same only one i can tell is the f 35 and maybe f16. civilian aircraft i can tell apart in a heartbeat ,a 737 looks nothing like an a320

[@GrizzAxxemann]

@@9999AWC I never served a day in the military. I can tell the difference between fighters.

[@GrizzAxxemann]

@@assface954 i worked on 737s and 727s as a ground handler when I was a kid (by kid I mean

[@cherifft751]

Thanks a lot Mover for accepting the request.. Really made me so happy when i saw your video....i was like WOW 👍 MOVER IS AWESOME... Again thank you and be safe.

[@seycheles27]

The movie is way funnier in French. The names of the places is in German subtitle.

[@PilotFlo]

Funny thing: I watched the german dubbed version and the names of the places are in french

[@filipkarlsson6945]

This is my favorite fighter jet movie because of the aerial footage. But it sounds way better listening to the French version, when adding the subtitles to get an idea of what they say. Keep up the good videos

[@michaeltd578]

It's French Goose! Hahaha. Perfect.

[@Rivv96]

So this movie was not made by the French Air Force, but with their participation. They offered several single and dual seater Mirages, a couple of Alpha Jets, a Learjet, and C-160 Transall and of course the required pilots to go with it. In order to shoot the jet sequences, the C-160 and Learjet were used for large shots but the majority were done using a dual seater Mirage modified by the manufacturer Dassault : the drop tanks were modified to house cameras, and the WSO cockpit was reconfigured to monitor and control the cameras. The final scene above Paris was filmed during the rehersal of the Air Force parade run for the French National Day (July 14th). Oh and this movie is an adaptation of an old french comic book series called (of course) "Les Chevaliers Du Ciel".

[@bluehornet6752]

"There is no Dana, only Zuel." LMAO!

[@niner4lfe]

When did he say that I missed it lol

[@bluehornet6752]

@@niner4lfe 25:34

[@Matt_10203]

Zuul* ;)

[@afterburn2600]

Are you the Gatekeeper?

[@Phvpark]

2:14 its a Matra Super 530D A-A missile not bombs

[@matiasfpm]

* The INFAMOUS missile

[@StardustYT]

Finaly!

[@StardustYT]

You should check the making of to know more about the shooting!

[@theussmirage]

Love your channel, really cool seeing you here!

[@Bob10009]

I’m secretly watching this with earphones in at work. That “Giggedy” just made me laugh out loud at my desk……damn you 😂

[@TheSkyline35]

4:39 TRIIGGGEEERREEED Glad you enjoyed the movie, pictures are spot on indeed

[@romainmassoulle5837]

On retrouve forcément les gars de DCS ici... Quand ça parle du 2000 ça rapplique vite fait hein !!! Avoue t'étais là pour voir si il disais du mal du film haha

[@alpha1481]

They actually used a modified Mirage as the camera ship so it could keep up with them, hence no green screen. Its all real footage

[@vasilikitrimbou861]

When i see mirage 2000 i click.

[@jingizu149]

I was really impressed. I'm going to have to watch the whole movie. I did a little reading and not only was the movie supported by the French Air Force, but they modified the safety regs for filming. Supposedly they reduced the minimum altitude requirements to 3 meters and minimum spacing to 1 meter, though I'd hazard a guess that wasn't over populated areas. Looks like they were pretty dedicated to showing off the Mirage, and did a good job of it.

[@windyman56]

From an aerial cinematography standpoint this is probably one of the best jet movies I've ever seen. Watched it on the way back from Hawaii and it had a very interesting setup but it felt like the movie forgot what it was building up to for a good chunk of it. Soundtrack kicked ass though so that and the aerial shots more than make up for it.

[@conmadben]

"look at all the chemtrail. - looks in the camera" LOLOLOLOL!

[@werdschonwersein]

12:12 I like his pronunciation there. It's German and means: Hunting lodge of the republic

[@scripted.-666]

Servus Kamerad!

[@LupusAries]

Tach auch!

[@sickmit3481]

Ich frag mich nur warum das plötzlich auf Deutsch da steht? Oder ist der Name des Gebäudes auch in Frankreich auf Deutsch? Hab mal nachgeschaut und mehrere Schlösser in Frankreich wurden damals als Jagdschloss für Könige benutzt wo sie zur Jagdzeit dann verweilt haben. Selbst das Schloss Versaille war ursprünglich nur ein Jagdschloss für mehrere Könige vor seinem umbau. Warum das in diesem Film dann nicht auf Französisch oder Englisch steht ist dennkch fraglich da die ganze Geschichte hinter den Französischen Jagdschlössern nichts mit einem Deutschen zu tun hat.

[@werdschonwersein]

@@sickmit3481 Hab ich mich auch schon gefragt, vielleicht wurde der Film zuerst ins deutsche und dann vom deutschen ins englische übersetzt (was etwas komisch wär)

[@hononava7622]

Loveee these segments, it's my second one from "mover ruins movies" and laughed all the way through, perfect amount of sarcasm

[@MrGregoskate]

That's the movie that got me into aviation when I was a kid :) Watched it a good 25 times !

[@RaveSharrma]

Sky fighters have the best aerial photography sequence ever shot in a movie!!

[@jameshewitt8828]

Absolute best one yet Mover. Haha you got your transfer papers in yet

[@terrydepew1252]

Great break down of events such as this. Your commentary from an insiders point of view is what i like most about your channel. Keep up the good content.

[@Apanos9]

French Goose lol! And yes, they love aileron rolls in France, have you ever seen the Rafale display!?

[@RussianThunderrr]

Good point, except in this movie it looks kinda “art official”, in flight demo by some “crack” French pilot looks really good. I’ve had a privilege to watch one performing rolls and square loops in a really low overcast sky, that pilot had what it takes to put very impressive show!

[@slavepusher]

"I wanna join the french airforce" Seems the movie serves it's purpose ;)

What about "Red Tails" or "Independence Day" Flight scenes?

@Guss Ruffee so, really good for ruining, though

[@rogerdarkman157]

Other way Blue Thunder or Fire Birds.

[@Nghilifa]

@Guss Ruffee The CGI was bad and there was one scene where a pilot was lightly wounded by a blast of 30mm from a Me262 that would have blown up his Mustang in real life. The acting was so-so but they definitely could have done a better job, portraying those brave men who had to fight their own country, in order to defend their own country.

[@Myuutsuu85]

@@Nghilifa also that "cobra-like" maneuver that would have snapped the wings off of any real P-51..

[@Hyperus]

@@Myuutsuu85 It would not have done that, the aircraft is simply not able to do that without stalling, it has nothing to do with wingrip.

[@lordrahl2.034]

Reading the information about the filming of this makes it even more impressive to be honest - not only did they take away the safety restrictions but they actually got the permission to do the flying over Paris as well, they just had to do it on actual Bastille day. I think I'll actually get the full movie!

[@iconman2437]

Mover how about "Firefox" with Clint Eastwood and the mach 6 thought controlled Russian jet?

[@stuka101]

Loved this film, the aerial footage is amazing...good music video on youtube of it. Got me through high school years ago and now im flying in the RAAF!

[@thefedsarewatching4815]

Whats the music video called

[@brunodavidferreira5781]

Even att the military aspects french aré elegants....elegants jet's,elegants shots,elegants female pilots....

[@jackthorton10]

Try define the word elègant

[@lancecooper17]

Always fun watching the 'Mover ruins movies' videos. Great job!

[@maxwellclark6992]

I see that black and red mirage pilot took a page out of down periscope lol

[@toddie4usa1]

🤣 hiding under the tanker lol

[@zunnixx3036]

Ah, I see you are a fellow man of culture

[@minedphreak8487]

That sounds like the kinda guy that has Welcome Aboard tattooed on his penis!

[@Kimchi_Studios]

"She no joy already? Cuz I am..." Dude you killed me...I'm ded. LOL Thank you for the sale. I will enjoy your hard work on these books.

[@charlesmagrin6260]

I am French and you made me laugh so much! (physics don't apply in France XD) :) The aerial scenes are incredible, but the movie itself is a cliché as usual... I don't understand why directors always totally fuck up the cockpit scenes with the background moving like they're in a space ship, that sucks. my dad actually flown the A340 in this movie when he was a test pilot for Airbus, and he gave me a compilation of the aerial scenes. He had a poor opinion on the movie after being invited to the premiere with the defense minister and other hipsters of the kind. I actually never watched it because I knew I'd be disappointed as an aviation enthusiast, but I watched the aircrafts formation flying scenes a couple times and it still gives me the shivers! heads up to the video team, and the pilots off course. The Mirage is one of the most beautiful fighters I've seen, along with the F-16 and F-14.

[@christophersmith9654]

Finally someone jinks. Wow, you generally like this movie I'm going to have to check it out. Aerial photography is top-notch.