Proudiddy's Sometimes Weekly, Semi-Monthly Recently Released to Home Media, Movie Review - "Flight"

[Happy Panther]

Airliner flying upside down. Yeah big surprise it sucked. Did anyone actually watch that trailer and think it would be good? Didn't watch.

The flight scenes were amazing all around.

Well the actual impact was goofy but the first 20 minutes of that film were the best you will watch.

[RedMage138]

I'm starting to question whether I should ever check out another "critically acclaimed" one-word titled movie again... It kind of reminded me of "Drive" with Ryan Gosling in terms of the expectations going in and then the letdown after the fact.

GTFO with that poo. Drive was a great film.

[Doyle]

GTFO with that poo. Drive was a great film.

I agree but thought it was only great due to the acting. The story itself was pretty generic.

[SZ James (banned)]

I'm starting to question whether I should ever check out another "critically acclaimed" one-word titled movie again... It kind of reminded me of "Drive" with Ryan Gosling in terms of the expectations going in and then the letdown after the fact.

Oh my god... Annihilate him huddle!

[Proudiddy]

I thought it was a very good film. I didn't drink for a couple weeks after watching it though.

Oh and wtf, you don't like Drive either? I am disappoint.

GTFO with that poo. Drive was a great film.

The cinematography was awesome, but the plot was a little drawn out and again, for me, the ending was a letdown. Does he live? Does he die? He never gets the girl. Her husband was killed. What was up with his origins, identity? No one questioned him showing up in that restaurant at the end with a bloody jacket? LOL.

And then he murders Albert Brooks at the end, among many other dead folks as a result of their dealings, and he just drives away?

[4Corners]

Man, I wouldn't put it up anywhere near his best. Man on Fire and Training Day were AMAZING performances... To me, those were all-time GREAT performances.

I just had a hard time with this movie because guys like Denzel and Cheadle are incredible actors, some of the best out there... The problem with the movie was the characters and the plot itself. The role didn't test him as an actor, so it was just par for the course in what was expected.

*POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT*

I was expecting a huge twist - like perhaps it was all a dream and he actually died the morning he was doing coke before the flight or in the flight itself, and the girl Nicole was also dead from an OD, as well as the cancer patient they talked to at the hospital. So towards the end, I was waiting for that reveal and the longer it carried on, the more I saw where it was going. There was no surprise. I knew when they asked him whether it was him or the girl that drunk the bottles on the plane, he was going to take responsibility.

So, to me, it was the equivalent of reading a synopsis and then watching it after the fact. I fully expected what happened so IMO, it wasn't challenging for him to pull that off as an actor. There was no moment after the plane crashed where I felt on the edge of my seat or enamored with his performance.

I'm starting to question whether I should ever check out another "critically acclaimed" one-word titled movie again... It kind of reminded me of "Drive" with Ryan Gosling in terms of the expectations going in and then the letdown after the fact.

I basically felt at the end of the movie, "I just watched an hour and a half movie about a drunk who had a bad day on the job." I could just hang out with some of my cousins and get a much more exciting and dangerous experience without the pilot part... just replace the plane with a scooter or stolen car.

Denzel was basically the same guy in Training Day, Man on Fire, and Flight.

He's up there with De Niro, DDL, etc ....incredibly strong actors

The best line in flight is when John Goodman tells Don Cheadle and the aviation guy it's their turn to do a line.

[Proudiddy]

I agree but thought it was only great due to the acting. The story itself was pretty generic.

Agreed. Gosling is a also a great actor, but the movie just left too many questions. Loved the way it was shot as well, but it just wasn't written well.

[YoungPanthers89]

That latina chick is insaneeeeeely hot

[TheRumGone]

The cinematography was awesome, but the plot was a little drawn out and again, for me, the ending was a letdown. Does he live? Does he die? He never gets the girl. Her husband was killed. What was up with his origins, identity? No one questioned him showing up in that restaurant at the end with a bloody jacket? LOL.

And then he murders Albert Brooks at the end, among many other dead folks as a result of their dealings, and he just drives away?

In my opinion, all those questions you asked made the movie great.

[Proudiddy]

Not to get into too much detail, but my father has dealt with drunks in his family. The excuses, the coming over to the house only when they are drunk, the weird behavior. It definitely wasn't a detailed movie about alcoholism like say, Nil by Mouth, but it struck a nerve with him. I just watched it simply because Denzel was in it, and I enjoyed every second of it.

Yeah, I feel you man... On my dad's side of the family, they are all pretty much addicts, so I've seen my fair share... actually, way too much. Maybe I'm not being fair to the movie because I applied my own biases towards addiction onto it. And seeing the depths it has dropped people to in reality, I just didn't think the movie really brought that out.

And the way it was written, was the bigger theme his addiction/troubled life or how great of a pilot he was? If you wanted to feel bad for his addiction, it was hard to when they kept saying how he was the only pilot that could do what he did.

Another thing, I expected more initially because of the repeated references to God and him finding a relationship with him, but nothing really came of that either. It was like a big build up, but then at the end I just felt he did what he should've done and I wasn't surprised by it. I will say that the co-pilot's performance was both challenging and convincing and the other scene that sort of got to me was when DW went and saw his ex-wife and son while drunk. Other than that, after the crash, it was all very bland IMO.

I know I'm not going to convince anyone to see it from my perspective, just trying to explain why.

Again, I'm not saying it's horrible, I'd probably give it a 6 or 7 out of 10. I just expected more.

[4Corners]

That latina chick is insaneeeeeely hot

Yes.

[CarolinaNCSU]

John Goodman's character was great first off.

Second, I loved Denzel in it, and personally really enjoyed the movie. It wasn't up there in my top 3 or so this year, but it was still a good watch.

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

Right now, I have it ranked 9th out of the 22 movies from 2012 I've seen thus far.

It was pretty good, but I didn't love it.

I'm not totally sure Denzel deserved his Oscar nom because he's done better, but then again, comparing Denzel to his other performances in movies like Training Day isn't really fair.

[Proudiddy]

In my opinion, all those questions you asked made the movie great.

I get what you're saying.

I like open endings, like Inception for example, because you have enough information to make assumptions about what happens next, AND they tied up some of the other questions along the way.

I didn't feel like anything was "tied up" at the end of Drive, aside from a very bad man being killed and getting what he deserved, but to me all I could think about was how bad it sucked for that little kid who lost his dad AND a friend/mentor in Gosling because he wasn't sticking around.