YMMV / Wings (1927)

• Ho Yay: Jack and David spend more time together on screen than they do with their supposed girlfriends. While most of it is just Values Dissonance in how men used to express their affection towards one another, it's easy for a modern audience to interpret their competitiveness over the same girl as a way to hide their feelings for each. The last scene in particular where Dave lies dying is just chock-full of sexual tension. Jack's holding him in his arms, they run their fingers through each other's hair, and they're so close to one another that when Jack flat-out kisses David on the side of his lips, it's not that big of a surprise. They also reaffirm in this scene that their friendship to each other is the most important thing they have.
• Just Here for Godzilla: The story might not hold your attention as well as the skyborne action scenes and/or Clara Bow (aka The It Girl) can.
• Moment of Awesome: The battle against the Gotha proves the skill of not only Jack and David, who earn medals for their victory, but also the movie's technical crew.
• One-Scene Wonder: Future legend Gary Cooper gave a breakout performance in his cameo as Cadet White.
• Tear Jerker:
  • White tells Jack and David that he sees no point in carrying good luck charms, because everyone dies eventually. Then he dies performing figure eights.
  • Jack visiting David at his deathbed. They even engage in cinema's first same-sex kiss.

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