Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Movie Review: "Airplane!" 07/02/80

This is my movie review for "Airplane!", released July 2, 1980. We watched this movie on Hulu on July 25, 2019.



Genre: Comedy
Run Time: 1 Hour and 28 Minutes

Trailer







Notable Cast


Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ... Roger Murdock (as Kareem Abdul-Jabaar)
Lloyd Bridges ... Steve McCroskey
Peter Graves ... Captain Clarence Oveur
Julie Hagerty ... Elaine Dickinson
Robert Hays ... Ted Striker
Leslie Nielsen ... Dr. Rumack
Lorna Patterson ... Randy
Robert Stack ... Captain Rex Kramer
Stephen Stucker ... Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs




Plot

Ted Striker has been trying to get back with Elaine Dickinson for a long time. He finally tries to overcome his fear of flying and gets on one of her flights (she is an air stewardess) at last minute. Of course, there is an issue with the flight food and many people that ate the fish are terribly sick (including the captain). Is there anyone that can safely bring the airplane in?




Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated


Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.


3.5/5 - Super cheesy movie with a lame plot line. The cheesy jokes are what make this movie awesome, though I wouldn't jump to watch this again anytime soon. The jokes include the PA announcements (at the airport) actually arguing with each other about where parking is available and where is drop-only, crash positions, two guys jive talking, Mayo clinic calling about a passenger needing a heart transplant [but the wall behind him is full of jars of mayonnaise and there is a heart beating on the desk and jumping around during the phone call...], automatic pilot (deflating and how to get it re-inflated), and one of the guys on the ground constantly saying "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit...." [amphetamines, sniffing glue, drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes, etc.].


Here's the autopilot, Otto:


Decent movie. I don't get how they got only a PG (maybe should have been PG-13 especially with the "blow-job" for Otto and smacking one of the passengers).


Anyways, that's my movie review. Thanks for reading! More reviews are to come eventually.




~ Gracie Mae DeLunac

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