Watched: 09/22/2023
Format: Max
Viewing: Unknown
Director: David Zucker
Great movie or GREATEST MOVIE?
Film. Comics. Sci-Fi. Superheroes. Pulp. Noir. History. Superman. 20th Century Archaeology.
Film. Comics. Sci-Fi. Superheroes. Pulp. Noir. History. Superman. 20th Century Archaeology.
Upon seeing this we decided to give it a watch. A lot of the jokes still land: the abrams/zuckers sight gags still work and Nordberg’s physical comedy is too notch (so hard to remember that actor before he became a…whatever he is now). Presley is beautiful and a game foil and Nielsen just nails the role.
ReplyDeleteI guess the OJ taint has been a kiss of death here so “Airplane!” Will be the one they’re remembered for, but man I do miss comedy like this.
* and man doesn’t the world of bad guy generalissimo baddies (Ayatollah, Arafat) seem like a quaint notion amidst AI enabled battle drones with Chinese parts assembled in failed states launched by private militias
I think the OJ stuff does make it difficult and weird. But in time that will be a footnote, if the movie survives beyond GenX nostalgia.
ReplyDeleteI definitely had a moment seeing the rogues gallery of supervillains of the era and comparing it to our modern era. I was perfectly aware as a middle-schooler who all of those characters were. Probably more than I would be now.