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I like Airplane! 100x more than The Naked Gun, and Top Secret is the only one of the Abrahams/Zucker lot that I'd consider in my favorite lol comedies.
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I like Airplane! 100x more than The Naked Gun, and Top Secret is the only one of the Abrahams/Zucker lot that I'd consider in my favorite lol comedies.
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The movie itself is actually not bad, with Alan Rickman chewing up every scene that he's in with exquisite villainy.
The problem is that you have a Robin Hood with an American accent. Also Will Scarlett (played by Christian Slater).
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What? 100X? I don't believe it.
Ludwig: "Lieutenant..."
Drebin: "The feeling is mutual."
Ludwig. "....nice to meet you too. Cuban?"
*as Vincent Ludwig offers a cigar*
Drebin: "No, Dutch-Irish. My father was from Wales."
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I just commented on Naked Gun last week and gave it 3.5/10... It's fun, but often a little too easy. In fact, I think I prefered Police Squad! to the movie (I should watch that again).
Yeah, that’s exactly what my dad was talking about. Costner’s accent. He also said Rickman was really good.
In The Naked Gun, when the tiger attacks the player trying to steal second in the "baseball blooper" segment, I think I laughed as hard as I have ever done in a movie. Couldn't stop for like a minute and a half.
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I originally watched it in the theater with my Dad and brother, and the laughter is a bit infectious. My Dad was howling.
I mean, that ridiculous opening scene that just lampoons all of those world leaders was so unnecessary and hilarious. I don't think anyone really knew what to expect.
Followed by his bombastic "Do any of you understand...how a man.....can hurt inside?" speech at the podium to a group of people that were not waiting for him. He sold the line so strongly that I just about died. His experience as a straight actor for years and years just let him dead-pan at a genius level.
Do any of you understand how a man can hurt inside?
Word of mouth was very strong for the movie.
I don't know, I think it manages to balance story with the absurdity so well compared with most of their other films. The sequels in particular could never live up to it and were just a mess of attempted jokes. They just lacked the charm of the original.
One of the things that I like about Airplane! is the cultural history behind it. I believe that it was 1970's Airport (which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards) that kicked off the extremely popular disaster movie craze of the 70s. It was followed by three sequels, as well as movies like The Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake, The Towering Inferno and The Swarm. By 1980, the craze had just about run its course, so it was the perfect time to lampoon it and the movie that started it all. Airport was a very serious film, too, so it made it all the easier. It might be a little hard to watch after being so familiar with Airplane!, but I found that it helped increase my appreciation of the spoof.
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I remember it was based on Flight into Danger, which is a 1956 Canadian film starring James Doohan.
While on a flight from Toronto, Ontario, to Vancouver, British Columbia, the pilots at the controls of a Canadair North Star, a large commercial airliner, fall victim to food poisoning. Approximately half of the passengers have also been incapacitated by eating the same fish served to the pilots. After the stewardess (Corinne Conley) asks for help from the passengers, George Spencer (James Doohan), an ex-Second World War Spitfire fighter pilot, is forced to take over. His wife (Kate Reid) is able to help him at the controls, but he is worried about his sick son. A storm over Vancouver makes matters worse, with George not only having to overcome harrowing wartime flashbacks, but also struggling with the controls of an unfamiliar aircraft, in order to bring the airliner down safely.
While on a flight from Toronto, Ontario, to Vancouver, British Columbia, the pilots at the controls of a Canadair North Star, a large commercial airliner, fall victim to food poisoning. Approximately half of the passengers have also been incapacitated by eating the same fish served to the pilots. After the stewardess (Corinne Conley) asks for help from the passengers, George Spencer (James Doohan), an ex-Second World War Spitfire fighter pilot, is forced to take over. His wife (Kate Reid) is able to help him at the controls, but he is worried about his sick son. A storm over Vancouver makes matters worse, with George not only having to overcome harrowing wartime flashbacks, but also struggling with the controls of an unfamiliar aircraft, in order to bring the airliner down safely.
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I remember it was based on Flight into Danger, which is a 1956 Canadian film starring James Doohen.
While on a flight from Toronto, Ontario, to Vancouver, British Columbia, the pilots at the controls of a Canadair North Star, a large commercial airliner, fall victim to food poisoning. Approximately half of the passengers have also been incapacitated by eating the same fish served to the pilots. After the stewardess (Corinne Conley) asks for help from the passengers, George Spencer (James Doohan), an ex-Second World War Spitfire fighter pilot, is forced to take over. His wife (Kate Reid) is able to help him at the controls, but he is worried about his sick son. A storm over Vancouver makes matters worse, with George not only having to overcome harrowing wartime flashbacks, but also struggling with the controls of an unfamiliar aircraft, in order to bring the airliner down safely.
That and the 1957 film Zero Hour! (note the exclamation point), which is probably more widely known, were based on a screenplay by British-Canadian novelist Arthur Hailey. Guess who wrote the 1968 novel Airport that the film of the same name was based on? Arthur Hailey. Entertainment is a small world
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I gotta go with Airplane! here but that's no disrespect to The Naked Gun which I think of almost as much.
I distinctly remember renting The Naked Gun from the video store (we ordered Pizza Hut for dinner and it was back when you could get a mini basketball for the NCAA tournament). I watched the movie three times that weekend. The only other movie I remember doing that with was Major League. The joke that still sticks with me the most is Drebin looking out the window of the car and thinking "Everything I see reminds me of her" right as he's driving by a very breast-like building. Super easy sure, but still slays me.
I distinctly remember renting The Naked Gun from the video store (we ordered Pizza Hut for dinner and it was back when you could get a mini basketball for the NCAA tournament). I watched the movie three times that weekend. The only other movie I remember doing that with was Major League. The joke that still sticks with me the most is Drebin looking out the window of the car and thinking "Everything I see reminds me of her" right as he's driving by a very breast-like building. Super easy sure, but still slays me.
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Drebin shooting his gun from the backseat and the teenage girl rolling up her window killed me. Shes stays silent throughout the entire chase.
Spring in Fialta
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Mayor:
Now Drebin, I don't want any trouble like you had on the South Side like last year, that's my policy.
Frank:
Well, when I see five weirdos dressed in togas, stabbing a man in the middle of the park in front of a full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards, that's my policy.
Mayor:
That was a Shakesphere In The Park Production of Julius Caesar, you moron! You killed five actors! Good ones!
His expression of surprise as if this is the first time that he grasps who it is that he killed is perfect. Might be my favorite bit of the film. His cool, noir delivery of the policy line adds so much humor.
Now Drebin, I don't want any trouble like you had on the South Side like last year, that's my policy.
Frank:
Well, when I see five weirdos dressed in togas, stabbing a man in the middle of the park in front of a full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards, that's my policy.
Mayor:
That was a Shakesphere In The Park Production of Julius Caesar, you moron! You killed five actors! Good ones!
His expression of surprise as if this is the first time that he grasps who it is that he killed is perfect. Might be my favorite bit of the film. His cool, noir delivery of the policy line adds so much humor.
That's a nuclear power plant in California. The freeway goes right past it, so you can't miss it when driving up the coast. When I was a kid and my family would go on road trips, it was a landmark that I would look for and always giggled at as we drove past. I was a very immature kid, but I grew out of it... being a kid, that is.
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The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - 7.5/10
I wish this had been made 10-15 years later so that we would've gotten a 70s paranoid thriller. It's still a very strong film but as it went on, I noticed that it was more of a tragic character based drama rather than an actual political thriller. Not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just that this storyline begs for a 70s type creepy thriller and instead we got what looks like an unfairly rated but still likely mediocre remake in the 2000s (which I'll watch). Also LOL at casting an actor with a British accent making no attempt to hide it as the lead portraying an all-American medal of honour winner.
Also I got called in to go to the office tomorrow, @#$@#$ I need a good fun Friday night movie under 90ish minutes. I have Thunder Road, Everything Beautiful Is Far Away, Desert Blue, Daphne, Lucky, Clueless, Cold War, Attack of The Block, and Locke on the watchlist.
I wish this had been made 10-15 years later so that we would've gotten a 70s paranoid thriller. It's still a very strong film but as it went on, I noticed that it was more of a tragic character based drama rather than an actual political thriller. Not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just that this storyline begs for a 70s type creepy thriller and instead we got what looks like an unfairly rated but still likely mediocre remake in the 2000s (which I'll watch). Also LOL at casting an actor with a British accent making no attempt to hide it as the lead portraying an all-American medal of honour winner.
Also I got called in to go to the office tomorrow, @#$@#$ I need a good fun Friday night movie under 90ish minutes. I have Thunder Road, Everything Beautiful Is Far Away, Desert Blue, Daphne, Lucky, Clueless, Cold War, Attack of The Block, and Locke on the watchlist.
Because of the recent discussion, I'm watching The Naked Gun (which is 85 minutes). It was a good decision.
"Wilma, I promise you: whatever scum did this, not one man on this force will rest for one minute until he's behind bars. Now, let's grab a bite to eat."
Edit: Finished it. I hadn't seen it in probably 10 years, maybe because I was afraid that it wouldn't hold up. That was a completely unfounded fear. I loved it. 8/10.
"It's topsy turvy world, Jane... and maybe the problems of two people don't amount to a hill of beans, but this is our hill and these are our beans."
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Honestly, it is not a bad period piece, with good action scenes, but it stands out for Costner's "attempt" at an English accent. At the start of the movie, he says one or two words with a very, very weak English accent, and then it would basically dissolve into his real accent. By the midway point, it is basically completely abandoned, or at the very least, I can no longer hear it.
Granted, I saw it as a kid, so take my opinion with a grain of salt, but even then, that "accent" still stands out in my memory.
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Michelle Wolf : Nice Lady (2017) :
Funnier at the beginning than at the end. Lots of smiles, a few laughs, no LOL's.
Too much bathroom humour dominates some very clever insights.
5/10
Funnier at the beginning than at the end. Lots of smiles, a few laughs, no LOL's.
Too much bathroom humour dominates some very clever insights.
5/10
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Michelle Wolf : Joke Show (2020):
No big laughs but really clever and honest. Goes down hill after the 30 minute mark.
She's NOT my cup of tea but I enjoyed it.
6.75/10
No big laughs but really clever and honest. Goes down hill after the 30 minute mark.
She's NOT my cup of tea but I enjoyed it.
6.75/10
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Yeah, I am not the biggest fan of Wolf's sets. She was good on The Daily Show though. A shorter set fits her better.
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