1980
1.5/5 Stars
“Go out and win one for the zipper!”
Oh god. A wildly successful smash hit of 1980, Airplane! is silly and ridiculous throughout. It follows the main protagonists Ted (Robert Hays) and Elaine (Julie Hagerty) as they have to conduct of an emergency landing of a commercial airliner after things have gone nutty!
Sorry- this film felt terribly dated to me throughout and has not aged well. What was a cutting edge comedy in 1980 feels flat and, at some points, just plain offensive in 2010. Gay and racist jokes (including a pair of “jive talkin’” blacks- WHAT are they even SAYING?!! HAHAHA) are mixed in with a ton of goofy/silly slapstick gags (like the dying girl who makes funny faces when her life support system is accidentally knocked loose!).
There were a couple of chuckles in this one (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is funny in his random appearance as the co-pilot), but overall, it is a LONG 90 minutes. I would only recommend it to a serious fan of the “zany screwball comedy” genre.
I sold this movie to FYE last week. It is no longer part of the Collection.
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