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Antoņio wrote:
Orval Fairbairn wrote: In article , dancingstarcreations wrote: Dave Burton wrote: Here is you chance to suggest movies to show at a fly-in.... Why "The Aviator" of course! True story, great performances, 5 academy awards, the most incredible crash scene I've ever seen, and a chance to give one of our nation's most enigmatic figures some well-deserved recognition as an aviation pioneer. BTW....once you see the movie you'll never call it "The Spruce Goose" again. Antonio I did not rate "The Aviator" that highly. The crash scenes are all bogus CGI and have little in common with reality. As for DiCaprio's portrayal of Hughes, I thought that he was just another pretty face going through the motions. His piloting scenes reminded me of a 5-year-old playing "airplane." His acting there was most unconvincing. IMHO, the only thing missing there was making "BRRRR" sounds. Sorry but 5 academy awards along with countless millions disagree with your assessment AFA DiCaprio's performance....you gotta be kiddng! I think he showed the makings of a great actor here! I think you might be reacting on a gut level to his teenage hearthrob, sitcom days. Perhaps you missed "Catch Me If You Can"--the boy has developed some great stage presence in my opinion. Antonio Be advised that there are two movies with the name "The Aviator", unrelated. The one about Howard Hughes, and the really good one with Christopher Reeves based on an Ernest K. Gann book. This is about early airmail pilots, also a great crash scene. |
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Tina Marie wrote:
In article .com, james wrote: was it recent? the one with harrison ford and anne hech? the movie (and title), to me were forgettable 6 Day And 7 Nights. Had some great Beaver shots. The PG-rated kind. Tina Marie I watched that movie just because the Beaver is one of my favorite planes. It wasn't worth it. Too much implausible stuff. - J.O.- |
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John Ousterhout wrote:
It wasn't worth it. Too much implausible stuff. I loved the way they were able to carry on a conversation in flight at normal speech levels with no headsets. George Patterson Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry, and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing? Because she smells like a new truck. |
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In a previous article, John Ousterhout said:
I watched that movie just because the Beaver is one of my favorite planes. It wasn't worth it. Too much implausible stuff. Anne Heche in a love story with a man, you mean? -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ As convenient as it is for information to come to us, libraries do have a valuable side effect: they force all of the smart people to come together in one place where they can interact with one another. -- Neal Stephenson |
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And, you could see the port and starboard position lights from the rear.
"George Patterson" wrote in message news:J9pte.20871$ej1.11046@trndny09... John Ousterhout wrote: It wasn't worth it. Too much implausible stuff. I loved the way they were able to carry on a conversation in flight at normal speech levels with no headsets. George Patterson Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry, and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing? Because she smells like a new truck. |
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"George Patterson" wrote in message news:J9pte.20871$ej1.11046@trndny09... John Ousterhout wrote: It wasn't worth it. Too much implausible stuff. I loved the way they were able to carry on a conversation in flight at normal speech levels with no headsets. Yes, but if they did it realistically, they'd have to issue headsets to everyone who saw it in the theater. |
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"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message ... In a previous article, John Ousterhout said: I watched that movie just because the Beaver is one of my favorite planes. It wasn't worth it. Too much implausible stuff. Anne Heche in a love story with a man, you mean? I believe she'd had her epiphany prior to that one being filmed. |
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