tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post7506160260400657440..comments2023-12-30T10:13:15.385-08:00Comments on 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: 667. Airplane!Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-19816757541508532082016-02-19T15:35:38.144-08:002016-02-19T15:35:38.144-08:00See, I KNEW you'd take the bait! You love it ...See, I KNEW you'd take the bait! You love it really!Dessienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-72901244467224311462016-02-19T12:55:49.105-08:002016-02-19T12:55:49.105-08:00Well, I still think the film is painfully unfunny,...Well, I still think the film is painfully unfunny, but I can see enjoying it if you are familiar with disaster movies. And don't call me Shirley!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-64054407452260423352016-02-19T07:01:30.350-08:002016-02-19T07:01:30.350-08:00Surely Amanda must agree?Surely Amanda must agree?Dessienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-82066351403060012162016-02-19T00:26:44.892-08:002016-02-19T00:26:44.892-08:00Thanks Dessie, your support for this one is much a...Thanks Dessie, your support for this one is much appreciated!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06918265332894443061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-18825810292727850612016-02-19T00:05:37.497-08:002016-02-19T00:05:37.497-08:00I love Airplane!. I broadly tire of disaster movi...I love Airplane!. I broadly tire of disaster movies which had become quite common at the time and this skewered the whole genre with pinpoint precision again and again.<br /><br />Yes, it's silly. And normally that's a criticism. Silly sounds easy but it's actually very hard to get right, and this gets it very right.<br /><br />*awaits judgement*Dessienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-84014098538510210262016-01-25T10:08:53.745-08:002016-01-25T10:08:53.745-08:00Ray, I remembered from Andrew's blog that you ...Ray, I remembered from Andrew's blog that you actually liked this one which I never would have guessed. I wish I found it funny! Diana, I definitely think I might of enjoyed this more if I had been alive in 1980.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-88311507964468658742016-01-25T08:16:26.474-08:002016-01-25T08:16:26.474-08:00When this came out, making fun of the disaster mov...When this came out, making fun of the disaster movie genre it was fresh and actually kind of funny. I don't think it survives well.Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15726625184023392723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-4425628263499515242016-01-25T01:57:46.916-08:002016-01-25T01:57:46.916-08:00Oh dear .. Sorry, but I have to defend this one ve...Oh dear .. Sorry, but I have to defend this one very strongly. <br />But firstly, thank you for the promise not to judge me for liking it.<br /><br />I find it very funny, and, to me, has some of the best lines in filmed history.<br />Yes, they are often puerile, silly, and DO border on the sexist / racist.. but not in an offensive way. OK, I will give you a few as 'not necessary', in that they are obvious.. (Jellies / boobs wobbling comparison), but I feel most are set up to be obvious just to knock them down, and be satirical.<br />You mention 'creepy' as well.. I guess you were thinking of the one where the captain talks to Joey, the young boy. Well, fair point, predating adults hitting on little kids .. It's not a funny subject at all is it? It's hard to defend that joke .. but somehow I think it works, and I would keep it in. Don't ask me to spell out how or why I can defend it, because I cannot put it in words, but I just feel it is OK.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06918265332894443061noreply@blogger.com