tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post3195250890028311..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Weekend Cinema Listomania (Special Up in the Air, Junior Birdmen! Edition)NYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-62833071291753513082011-06-04T18:44:22.936-04:002011-06-04T18:44:22.936-04:00Flying Down To Rio was the best movie ever made by...Flying Down To Rio was the best movie ever made by 'murcains. How can you beat a film in which women dance on the wings of airplanes while the band is playing in the club below? THAT'S what made America great!Padre Mickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07580459577853346369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-43119345621182789282011-06-04T17:36:44.476-04:002011-06-04T17:36:44.476-04:00I've seen Waldo Pepper fairly recently and it ...I've seen Waldo Pepper fairly recently and it definitely holds up. One of Redford's best!dave™©https://www.blogger.com/profile/15303249276504183167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-5664681595850116132011-06-04T13:40:15.940-04:002011-06-04T13:40:15.940-04:00No shout out to Wings, the very first Academy Awar...No shout out to Wings, the very first Academy Award Winner?<br /><br />And how about Howard Hughes' Hell's Angels?<br /><br />And for technological achievement in porn: The Stewardesses in 3D! Mile high club baby;>edwardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-61861636800590234222011-06-04T09:41:44.013-04:002011-06-04T09:41:44.013-04:00Based on my recollections of having seen them on T...Based on my recollections of having seen them on TV over the past 15 years, I can testify that Blue Max, the Hindenberg and Waldo Pepper all hold up, somewhat, with Waldo Pepper being remarkable for what today seems an almost irresponsibly (considering the budget) leisurely pace. The sets in Hindenberg seem static and elephantine (after all the great zeppelin movies -- including UP -- we've seen since), but you have to admire what they were able to do without CGI.Fazenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-70036893944966667142011-06-04T08:06:33.828-04:002011-06-04T08:06:33.828-04:00I recall Waldo Pepper as being pretty impressive t...I recall Waldo Pepper as being pretty impressive too; might be worth reassessing.<br /><br />I'm also surprised nobody's nominated The Blue Max. Or -- and I'm not kidding about this -- The Hindenberg.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-7566046218370396062011-06-03T21:32:06.937-04:002011-06-03T21:32:06.937-04:00I haven't seen it in a long time, so I'm a...I haven't seen it in a long time, so I'm a little concerned about how it holds up, but from 1975 I nominate <i>The Great Waldo Pepper</i>, starring Robert Redford and directed by George Roy Hill. It's set in the barnstorming '20s, with some of the most beautifully shot aerial scenes ever committed to celluloid. Hill was an aviation buff, and his love for aircraft comes through in the movie. Redford is pretty good, and there's a decent early Susan Sarandon role as well, but the flying sequences are the stars. Amazon tells me there's 2010 widescreen DVD out, but I would love to have it in Blu-Ray to see if my memory of the cinematography holds up.<br /><br />On the other side, I actively despise Philip Kaufman's <i>The Right Stuff</i>. Wolfe's book is one of his bests, and one of the best aviation books ever too, but essentially unfilmable - which this movie proves.cthulhunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-15214478275465501772011-06-03T20:01:46.613-04:002011-06-03T20:01:46.613-04:00j'ever see "No Highway in the Sky" w...j'ever see "No Highway in the Sky" with Jimmy Stewart and Marlene Dietrich? He's an aircraft designer who wrecks a plane on the ground to keep it (he believes it's unsafe) from flying? Not exactly good, but somewhat unexpected.<br /><br />I agree with FMGC on "Memphis Belle". My brother calls it "Male Models Go to War", but I found it exciting in parts. I also liked the dogfight scenes in "Flyboys", the recent WWI air story -- although the rest of it bit (and I suspect that the dog fight scenes are probably done equally well in some video game somwhere). No faves here!Fazenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-44205297379134278462011-06-03T18:41:29.271-04:002011-06-03T18:41:29.271-04:00I'm also rather partial to "The High and ...I'm also rather partial to "The High and the Mighty." But mostly for the whistled theme song by Ernest Gold. Or was it Dimitri Tiomkin?steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-13059961609717420122011-06-03T17:04:24.444-04:002011-06-03T17:04:24.444-04:00"What do Latin girls have south of the border...<i>"What do Latin girls have south of the border that we don't?"</i><br /><br />Won't. Make. Brazilian. Joke.<br /><br />Anyway, I second "Airplane!" ... right from the opening shot of the clouds with the theme from "Jaws" ...Brooklyn Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-79214462221428780812011-06-03T12:57:53.510-04:002011-06-03T12:57:53.510-04:00Phantom Creep, thanks for citing "Airplane.&q...Phantom Creep, thanks for citing "Airplane." "I like my coffee like my men..." "I speak jive..." And RIP Leslie Nielsen.<br /><br />OK: "Always", with Richard Dreyfus and Holly Hunter, but it was John Goodman who made the movie. I cried at the end, just a little.<br /><br />Really good: "Red Eye," with Cillian Murphy and Rachel McAdams, director Wes Craven. Surprisingly dramatic and un-gory.<br /><br />Big disappointment (obviously not just to me): "The Aviator." <br /><br />APAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-20963642823845027512011-06-03T11:33:01.682-04:002011-06-03T11:33:01.682-04:00"Bright Eyes" -- in which it is revealed..."Bright Eyes" -- in which it is revealed that Shirley Temple's Good Ship Lollipop is an airplane!<br />Plus: Jane Withers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-28563470841521958102011-06-03T10:30:40.251-04:002011-06-03T10:30:40.251-04:00Saw an SNL skit yesterday where one of the regular...Saw an SNL skit yesterday where one of the regulars was playing Nick Cage being interviewed by Bradley Cooper (the real guy). "Nick" said his life coach was Mel Gibson. Cooper then asked him who his accountant was: "Wesley Snipes".<br /><br />heh. Which brings us to the topic at hand. "Passenger 57" sucked.Billy Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-90917154179770715002011-06-03T10:15:44.049-04:002011-06-03T10:15:44.049-04:00Okay, I'll say it if nobody else will.
AIRPLA...Okay, I'll say it if nobody else will.<br /><br />AIRPLANE!!!!The Phantom Creepnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-77832279981381392762011-06-03T09:51:38.319-04:002011-06-03T09:51:38.319-04:00Yes to "Memphis Belle."
No no no no no t...Yes to "Memphis Belle."<br />No no no no no to "Bridges at Toko-Ri."fmcgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-35275459202527482292011-06-03T09:38:22.606-04:002011-06-03T09:38:22.606-04:00catch 22 - should have been better
the right stuff...catch 22 - should have been better<br />the right stuff- learned the phrase "screwed the pooch"amelia ninotchka earhartnoreply@blogger.com