Zemeckis air disaster flick.

[Bullitt]

You're a bigger buzzkill than buzz killington.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsf8LnThk5Y

 

[C-150ETOPS]

You're a bigger buzzkill than buzz killington.

Sorry,

Same way I felt when I learned details of the flick. I was hoping it was going to be great, and make us look good. Hopefully I'm wrong and it still turns out good.

 

[Mr. Johnson]

Zemeckis owns a nice IFR C182 so I was hoping for a little more reality, previews look disappointing though. Best "pilot" movie ever, "The Pilot" with Cliff Robertson.

 

[Dan Roman]

Zemeckis owns a nice IFR C182 so I was hoping for a little more reality, previews look disappointing though. Best "pilot" movie ever, "The Pilot" with Cliff Robertson.

+1!
I had once had Cliff Robertson on a flight from OGG to KOA. Just a handful of paxs and he sat up front near the cockpit by himself. I wanted to, but didn't have the nerve to walk back and start searching under the seats and around the overhead as if I was looking for something. My plan was to then ask him if he had seen a small "spooker" anywhere? but I chickened out. (for those that didn't see the movie, he played an alcoholic pilot that kept spooker's of booze hidden in the A/C lav)
That may soon like a corny movie, but it was very well done and the flying was quite realistic as Hollywood goes.
I did meet him later, about 8 or 9 years ago at the La Jolla longboard luau cancer fundraiser event , very nice guy. Stoked to spend some time with him. At one point he owned quite a few antique aircraft, including a Spitfire.

 

[Mr. Johnson]

"My plan was to then ask him if he had seen a small "spooker" anywhere? but I chickened out."

LMAO!

The man was a regular at Oshkosh too, I think he brought the Spitfire a time or two. Great guy.

 

[Abernathy]

Sorry,

Same way I felt when I learned details of the flick. I was hoping it was going to be great, and make us look good. Hopefully I'm wrong and it still turns out good.

Keeping my fingers crossed.

 

[AceCrackshot]

Zemeckis owns a nice IFR C182 so I was hoping for a little more reality, previews look disappointing though. Best "pilot" movie ever, "The Pilot" with Cliff Robertson.

That's a flashback to sitting in a crashpad in Maryland, drinking heavily and watching "The Pilot" in a uniforms.

Ahhhh...the good old days.

 

[Whine Lover]

Work Hard
Play Hard

Blur the Line
Do The Time

 

[Patriot328]

A full length feature film about an air crash investigation. Sounds exciting.

 

[spitfire1500]

I learned a new trick......put approach plates under your glasses to catch some zzzzz's...

 

[Dash Power]

I saw the movie today. Totally sucked.

Its hard to imagine any pilot is going to like this movie. Especially the first 20 minutes. Actually its hard for me to believe anyone would like this film.

 

[propjob27]

The consensus among various "critics" is positive:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/flight_2012/

scroll down a bit to see a summary of the many reviews

 

[dollacrackho]

This movie has almost nothing to do with flying its about an alcoholic. Spoiler alert there is a smoking hot naked chick in the first scene. Full frontal and good hiney shots. The movie could have just as easily been about a doctor or a policeman but I guess they were going for the impact of an alcoholic airline pilot .

 

[The Drizzle]

For added realism, they should have had him voting Republican then complaining about why his union has no power.

 

[centralpilot]

This movie has almost nothing to do with flying its about an alcoholic.

Yeah, the title is a little misleading. The movie has much more to do with alcoholism and substance abuse than "flight".