The Worst Aviation Movie of All Time

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Morgans writes:

Apollo 13 still puts me on the edge of my seat....
And I _KNOW_ how it is going to turn out! g

Apollo 13 is mostly a true story. While some details are exaggerated
or incorrect, there are other details from the real flight that were
even more harrowing than the film. It's one of my favorite movies. I
like the music, too.

And more to the point, you can watch it without flying, eh?


Bertie

"John" wrote:

Second up is Jet Pilot

Oooohh, good pick! A real Suck-O-Rama production.

Even as an airplane-mad little kid, I groaned at this one. I remember being
mad that I wasted my movie money on it.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

As a trivial aside, did you know that Leslie Nielsen was a WWII
RCAF air gunner (bomber crew)?

They get him out to RCAF reunions whenever they can, for the
obvious reasons, rick

Crikey! Can you imagine going to a reunion with him? It would be
like drinking with Jim Carrey, I suspect...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

If your crowd doesn't care about plot and just wants good flying
sequences, have you looked into the "Rolling in the Sky" series?

Ya know, it's a funny thing about "Movie Night". I tried showing some
of those niche videos (Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, SR-71, Thunderbolt
training films, etc.), and they were met with mild interest but also
an air of disappointment. I even tried showing them as part of a
double feature, but the Kiwi flight simulator has proven to be WAY too
popular.

When we show a Hollywood aviation film -- even a BAD one -- the crowd
seems more content. (And when I say "crowd" I mean anywhere from 8 to
40 people -- we're not talking a seething mass of humanity here.)
Those documentary-type videos are just not well received, for some
reason. (I really like them!)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

If your crowd doesn't care about plot and just wants good flying
sequences, have you looked into the "Rolling in the Sky" series?

Ya know, it's a funny thing about "Movie Night". I tried showing some
of those niche videos (Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, SR-71, Thunderbolt
training films, etc.), and they were met with mild interest but also
an air of disappointment. I even tried showing them as part of a
double feature, but the Kiwi flight simulator has proven to be WAY too
popular.

When we show a Hollywood aviation film -- even a BAD one -- the crowd
seems more content. (And when I say "crowd" I mean anywhere from 8 to
40 people -- we're not talking a seething mass of humanity here.)
Those documentary-type videos are just not well received, for some
reason. (I really like them!)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:40:30 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:

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The thing I remember best about that movie, having seen it as a kid, is
when the nav leans over and tells the captain that they've just "passed
the point of no return". dhunh dhunh dhuuuunh!

Wasn't til years later when I actually learned what PNR meant....

Is that the same one where they talk about "the cone of silence" ?

Wasn't til years later when I actually learned what that meant...

TC

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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I'd put "Pearl Harbor" up against anything for sheer Hollywood stupidity.
Sure, there have been plenty of crappy aviation B-movies made, but P H was
crappiness on a grand scale.


I recall much talk about the efforts at historical accuracy during
production of "Pearl Harbor".

It was absolute garbage. Navy nurses giving Army pilots physicals,
monitoring voice transmissions in Hawaii from the Doolittle raid,
misspelling Mitchel Field, and many more.

Even errors in simple physics. Remember when our heroes were trying to
rescue sailors from the overturned battleship after the attack? They're
working well above the water level in the calm harbor, they had just cut
through
a small section of the remarkably thin hull. A few sailors reached hands
through the hole, they were grasped by the rescuers as water bubbled up
through the hole, drowning the sailors.


Why is the water rising inside the ship?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOyQ3nTDgCs

Now THAT is hilarious!

I wish I had a high-res version -- I'd show it on Movie Night!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message
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I would add all of the "Airport" movies to the candidates' list!


I think the first was pretty good, they got progressively worse with each
sequel.

"VE5JL" wrote in message
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The first two Airport movies were not too bad. However the third was
implausible and the 4th had JJ Walker in it and a commercial jet (CONcord)
that did aerobatics to avoid being shot down and then continued on with
the flight.


The second, "Airport 1975", involved a midair between a 747 at cruise
altitude and, I believe, a Beech Baron. That seems plenty implausible to
me.