Aviation Movies?

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AES wrote:

What's the old B&W classic about flying a Ford Trimotor (?) across the
Andes in South America -- flying through a narrow pass in a thick fog.

And the more recent one about the male pilot and female passenger who
make a forced landing on a tropic beach, with no one knowing where they
are; and have to essentially rebuild part of the plane with logs and
rope to get back off. (Or is that one of the one's already mentioned?)



"Six Days, Seven Nights", or something like that. They crash-land a
Beaver and cannibalize a WW-II Japanese float plane for parts.

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("AES" wrote)
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What's the old B&W classic about flying a Ford Trimotor (?) across the
Andes in South America -- flying through a narrow pass in a thick fog.


http://www.carygrant.net/reviews/wings.html
Good Cary Grant page

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031762/
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)


Montblack

"Only Angles Have Wings" (my favorite)
"Stategic Air Command"
"The Great Waldo Pepper"
"Spirit of Saint Louis"

I thought the original "Flight of the Phoenix" and "Flying Tigers" were
boring.

Dave Burton wrote:
Here is you chance to suggest movies to show at a fly-in....


Why "The Aviator" of course! True story, great performances, 5 academy
awards, the most incredible crash scene I've ever seen, and a chance to
give one of our nation's most enigmatic figures some well-deserved
recognition as an aviation pioneer.

BTW....once you see the movie you'll never call it "The Spruce Goose" again.


Antonio

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dancingstarcreations
wrote:

Dave Burton wrote:
Here is you chance to suggest movies to show at a fly-in....


Why "The Aviator" of course! True story, great performances, 5 academy
awards, the most incredible crash scene I've ever seen, and a chance to
give one of our nation's most enigmatic figures some well-deserved
recognition as an aviation pioneer.

BTW....once you see the movie you'll never call it "The Spruce Goose" again.


Antonio


I did not rate "The Aviator" that highly. The crash scenes are all bogus
CGI and have little in common with reality. As for DiCaprio's portrayal
of Hughes, I thought that he was just another pretty face going through
the motions.

His piloting scenes reminded me of a 5-year-old playing "airplane." His
acting there was most unconvincing. IMHO, the only thing missing there
was making "BRRRR" sounds.

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Orval Fairbairn wrote:
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dancingstarcreations
wrote:


Dave Burton wrote:

Here is you chance to suggest movies to show at a fly-in....


Why "The Aviator" of course! True story, great performances, 5 academy
awards, the most incredible crash scene I've ever seen, and a chance to
give one of our nation's most enigmatic figures some well-deserved
recognition as an aviation pioneer.

BTW....once you see the movie you'll never call it "The Spruce Goose" again.


Antonio



I did not rate "The Aviator" that highly. The crash scenes are all bogus
CGI and have little in common with reality. As for DiCaprio's portrayal
of Hughes, I thought that he was just another pretty face going through
the motions.

His piloting scenes reminded me of a 5-year-old playing "airplane." His
acting there was most unconvincing. IMHO, the only thing missing there
was making "BRRRR" sounds.


Sorry but 5 academy awards along with countless millions disagree with
your assessment

AFA DiCaprio's performance....you gotta be kiddng! I think he showed the
makings of a great actor here!

I think you might be reacting on a gut level to his teenage hearthrob,
sitcom days. Perhaps you missed "Catch Me If You Can"--the boy has
developed some great stage presence in my opinion.



Antonio

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Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article ,
dancingstarcreations
wrote:


Dave Burton wrote:

Here is you chance to suggest movies to show at a fly-in....


Why "The Aviator" of course! True story, great performances, 5 academy
awards, the most incredible crash scene I've ever seen, and a chance to
give one of our nation's most enigmatic figures some well-deserved
recognition as an aviation pioneer.

BTW....once you see the movie you'll never call it "The Spruce Goose"
again.


Antonio



I did not rate "The Aviator" that highly. The crash scenes are all bogus
CGI and have little in common with reality. As for DiCaprio's portrayal
of Hughes, I thought that he was just another pretty face going through
the motions.

His piloting scenes reminded me of a 5-year-old playing "airplane." His
acting there was most unconvincing. IMHO, the only thing missing there
was making "BRRRR" sounds.


Sorry but 5 academy awards along with countless millions disagree with
your assessment

AFA DiCaprio's performance....you gotta be kiddng! I think he showed the
makings of a great actor here!

I think you might be reacting on a gut level to his teenage hearthrob,
sitcom days. Perhaps you missed "Catch Me If You Can"--the boy has
developed some great stage presence in my opinion.



Antonio

Fact is he and the crash scenes were the worst part of the movie. He
certainly won NO academy awards.

("Dave Stadt" wrote)
Fact is he and the crash scenes were the worst part of the movie. He
certainly won NO academy awards.


It took me two minutes to switch from DiCaprio to Hughes - tops. I thought
he did an outstanding job in that role. However, I never did warm up to that
Kate Hepburn portrayal by Cate Blanchett. The romantic chemistry between
Hughes and Hepburn was also a dud - I blame Blanchett :-)

Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner was a home run!

Crash scenes were ok. Not bad, not great. Lots of action, top notch filming,
interesting editing - not a great result, as if Scorsese threw a 105 mph
fastball and just missed the outside corner - ball.

Film deserved #1 (or #2) on Oscar night.

You might have issues with Leonardo DiCaprio like I have issues with Meryl
Streep. Most say she's a superb actress - look how great she is, she never
stops acting even when she has no lines. I think she's ..."twitchy."

BTW, I was alright with Million Dollar Baby winning the Oscar. It would have
been a better movie if the same hand that directed the first 3/4 of the
movie, had a hand in the final 1/4 of the movie (a.k.a. the ending). It's a
minimalist movie, done to near perfection - yet, near the end, everyone
feels the need to start giving speeches ...huh?


Montblack

Dave Stadt wrote:

Fact is he and the crash scenes were the worst part of the movie. He
certainly won NO academy awards.

No academy awards for him personally but he did win best actor at the
Golden Globe awards for Aviator. Perhaps the entire foreign press
hasn't the insight you have. Perhaps you feel the best picture Academy
Award has nothing to do with him being in almost every scene in the
entire movie.

Your "insights" are certainly not shared by the majority of the
industry.

Antonio

"Antoñio" wrote in message
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His piloting scenes reminded me of a 5-year-old playing "airplane." His
acting there was most unconvincing. IMHO, the only thing missing there
was making "BRRRR" sounds.


Sorry but 5 academy awards along with countless millions disagree with
your assessment

Are those the people that do your thinking for you?