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The Worst Aviation Movie of All Time
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote in news Ron Wanttaja writes: I remember back when I was a little kid and my parents dropped me off for one of those movie-mill live-action Disney flicks in the '60s. Even THEN I noticed how badly the music suited the movie. In retrospect, I think they just had some generic music they added to all their cheapie films. Sometimes a movie is written to match the music, as in the case of _Singing in the Rain_. Or "what a fjukkwit" Annie get your gun. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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... Just imagine Yoda as a student pilot... Tatoonine traffic, 27 left base turning I am, Tatoonie traffic. LOL! Hmmmm! Failed, the engine has. Hmmm. Big crash we will have! Take you to it, I will! Crash Lander |
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On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:16:54 GMT, "Crash Lander" wrote:
wrote in message ... Just imagine Yoda as a student pilot... Tatoonine traffic, 27 left base turning I am, Tatoonie traffic. LOL! Hmmmm! Failed, the engine has. Hmmm. Big crash we will have! Take you to it, I will! Land...or land not. There is no 'try'. Ron Wanttaja |
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"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
... Land...or land not. There is no 'try'. Ron Wanttaja Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner! Beautiful. Crash Lander |
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On Apr 1, 6:23 pm, Jose wrote:
"Top Gun" was infamous for its idiotic dialogue, "You can be my wing man any time." "No, you can by MY wing man." Ugh. Star Wars III wins that battle (is flying in space really flying?). I'm thinking of the scene where ObiWan thanks Anakin for saving his life again. I don't think I have ever heard cheesier dialog (except perhaps later in the same film) Star Wars III was a terrible movie overall. Not only was the dialogue rotten, but too many of the scenes were too far-fetched even for diehard science fiction/fantasy fans such as myself. It was simply impossible to suspend disbelief. It started with the space battle -- spaceships firing hard weapons without recoil, and objects that are destroyed are harmlessly blown up instead of sending millions of shards having the same total mass into the defender. Then, the big battleship is shot down and for some reason everyone falls toward the nose of the ship even though it is in orbit. If its artificial gravity is disabled then everyone should become weightless. But the thing that was really over the top was the final battle on the lava flow. No one gets burned or hurt until Darth Vader is defeated. Then, and only then, do the movie makers remember that lava is hot. Still not hot enough to be a threat to Obi Wan, though. |
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What? "Flyboys" isn't on your list?
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I haven't seen mention of Fate is the Hunter.
For my money it is the worst of them all. Such a great book tuned into dreck! "cjcampbell" wrote in message oups.com... On Mar 28, 6:37 am, "Jay Honeck" wrote: "Iron Eagle" and its sequels were awful. "Pearl Harbor" was worse. "Flight Plan" has prompted boycotts by flight attendants and aviation groups. "Mission Impossible II" was stupid and showed an abysmal lack of knowledge about emergency oxygen systems. That "Airplane" movie which was really a remake of "The Poseidon Adventure" where a submerged Boeing 747 manages to keep air inside because of its pressurization system is beyond the pale. I remember one movie where a drunken baron pilot (possibly Mxs) took off and slammed into an airliner. I think it was named "Final Approach" or something like that. Another one (or maybe the same one) had an airplane lose pressurization. It was represented that the owner of the airline was cutting corners and had only installed enough "oxygen" to keep half the people alive. Like "MI2" this flick had all the oxygen in stored in huge tanks somewhere on the plane, as if it was a Space Shuttle or something. Then various actors actually went on rants about how the deregulated airlines all cut costs by not carrying enough oxygen for all the passengers. "Snakes on a Plane" is also a contender, as is "Air Force One." "Top Gun" was infamous for its idiotic dialogue, "You can be my wing man any time." "No, you can by MY wing man." Ugh. Still, all of those considered, "Pearl Harbor" gets my vote as the worst. Billed as historically accurate and carefully researched, I don't think they got a single fact right. I refuse to watch the "Flight of the Phoenix" remake. The original, of course, is one of the greatest aviation movies of all time. I have heard that the sequel is one of the worst. I have not seen any of the "Turbulence" movies, either. Or "Executive Decision," or "Airport 79," or "SST: Death Flight" (which reviewers said made "Airport '79" look good), or "The Crowded Sky," or "Panic in the Skies," or "Passenger 57" with Wesley Snipes, or many other bad movies. So little time, so many bad movies. |
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On Apr 8, 8:26 pm, "john hawkins" wrote:
I haven't seen mention of Fate is the Hunter. For my money it is the worst of them all. Such a great book tuned into dreck! "cjcampbell" wrote in message oups.com... On Mar 28, 6:37 am, "Jay Honeck" wrote: "Iron Eagle" and its sequels were awful. "Pearl Harbor" was worse. "Flight Plan" has prompted boycotts by flight attendants and aviation groups. "Mission Impossible II" was stupid and showed an abysmal lack of knowledge about emergency oxygen systems. That "Airplane" movie which was really a remake of "The Poseidon Adventure" where a submerged Boeing 747 manages to keep air inside because of its pressurization system is beyond the pale. I remember one movie where a drunken baron pilot (possibly Mxs) took off and slammed into an airliner. I think it was named "Final Approach" or something like that. Another one (or maybe the same one) had an airplane lose pressurization. It was represented that the owner of the airline was cutting corners and had only installed enough "oxygen" to keep half the people alive. Like "MI2" this flick had all the oxygen in stored in huge tanks somewhere on the plane, as if it was a Space Shuttle or something. Then various actors actually went on rants about how the deregulated airlines all cut costs by not carrying enough oxygen for all the passengers. "Snakes on a Plane" is also a contender, as is "Air Force One." "Top Gun" was infamous for its idiotic dialogue, "You can be my wing man any time." "No, you can by MY wing man." Ugh. Still, all of those considered, "Pearl Harbor" gets my vote as the worst. Billed as historically accurate and carefully researched, I don't think they got a single fact right. I refuse to watch the "Flight of the Phoenix" remake. The original, of course, is one of the greatest aviation movies of all time. I have heard that the sequel is one of the worst. I have not seen any of the "Turbulence" movies, either. Or "Executive Decision," or "Airport 79," or "SST: Death Flight" (which reviewers said made "Airport '79" look good), or "The Crowded Sky," or "Panic in the Skies," or "Passenger 57" with Wesley Snipes, or many other bad movies. So little time, so many bad movies.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I think FATE IS THE HUNTER the movie is so much better then the book...Robert Stack and The Duke put in a First rate (in my view) performance... There are several worst movies that I have passed...there are many that I have endured because I watched them....two that I have seen come to mind... The JOdi Foster Airbus flick was horrific (nice flight attendant uniforms but that is it!) and The one where Erik Estrada and Kate Jackson play flight attendants....Estrada "squeezing" through the E@E hatch (?) in the 737 and then opening the baggage doors in flight to kick out luggage was the kicker for me... It is kind of like the movie where Sara Purcell played a kidnapped heiress...the Atlanta Constitution said that her best lines came after "she was gagged". Yeah Robert |
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I just thought of another one I don't think I have seen mentioned.
The Hunters starring Robert Mitchum and Robert Wagner with Richard Egan. Supposedly from the book by James Salter, this was real dreck. I think in the climactic scene two F-86's deliberately force land in order to save a downed pilot. The flying scenes were pretty good, I think they used swept wing F-84's to simulate MiGs which was a pretty good choice for the day. The story took leave of the novel about half way through and never regained credibility. It is a real shame since the novel was so good. I remember the novel being about leadership and manhood and the definition of success as well as grace under pressure and a glimpse into the lives of fighter pilots at war. John |
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