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Airplane (1980)
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The quintessential movie spoof that spawned an entire genre of parody films, the original Airplane! still holds up as one of the brightest comedic gems of the '80s, not to mention of cinema itself (it ranked in the top 5 of Entertainment Weekly's list of the 100 funniest movies ever made). The humor may be low and obvious at times, but the jokes keep coming at a rapid-fire clip and its targets--primarily the lesser lights of '70s cinema, from disco films to star-studded disaster epics--are more than worthy for send-up. If you've seen even one of the overblown Airport movies then you know the plot: the crew of a...
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Airplane Movie Review by Zara  (6/4/2007) |
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The godfathers of the parody, Abrahams and the Zuckers were the first to bring to the screen pure silliness in its most outrageous form. Starting with AIRPLANE and later winding around into the NAKED GUN series, it was a group of white men who did it before the Wayans brothers decided to take over.
When I was a kid, I...
(complete Airplane review by Zara)
| Airplane Movie Review by Tony (4/7/2006) |
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My High School English/Drama teacher wrote this about me in my yearbook "Tony, I've always enjoyed your humorous comments spoken with such conviction! The key to great comedy is to never laugh while delivering it, but I know you are amused inside." No, I'm not posting this to pat myself on the back, although that is an...
(complete Airplane review by Tony)
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