The Worst Aviation Movie of All Time

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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.


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Jim Pennino

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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

On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:16:54 GMT, "Crash Lander" wrote:

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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!

Land...or land not. There is no 'try'.

Ron Wanttaja

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Land...or land not. There is no 'try'.

Ron Wanttaja

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner!
Beautiful.
Crash Lander

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.

What? "Flyboys" isn't on your list?

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!

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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.

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!

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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 -

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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

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