tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post6573277316898963316..comments2024-01-27T02:33:23.675-08:00Comments on Beverly in Movieland: Come Fly with MeBeverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-70233796975748880552012-01-18T21:36:00.229-08:002012-01-18T21:36:00.229-08:00I agree with you about "Up in the Air," ...I agree with you about "Up in the Air," though I think the latter half of the film gets off the track (to mix a metaphor, I guess). It's interesting to compare the screenplay to the original novel, which has a rather different central character and is much less interesting. By the way, one of the producers of "Airplane" is yet another Roger Corman alumnus, my old buddy Jon Davison. He went on to do "Robocop."Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-85610169830639729952012-01-18T21:17:03.378-08:002012-01-18T21:17:03.378-08:00I kind of like flying, and I kind of don't lik...I kind of like flying, and I kind of don't like flying. They sit on a seesaw and go back and forth for dominance. I love the Airport movies - have that same box set - and of course Airplane is amazing. I really enjoyed Up in the Air - thought that was a terrific character study, well acted by Mr. Clooney.Craig Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037542638067599437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-23027181142303667952011-06-19T00:08:34.564-07:002011-06-19T00:08:34.564-07:00Ah yes, it's hard not to love Astaire and Roge...Ah yes, it's hard not to love Astaire and Rogers -- my favorite is Swing Time. Growing up, though, I definitely favored the much more macho Gene Kelly, a prejudice I inherited from my parents. You just can't beat Singin' in the Rain. I used to adore An American in Paris, especially the big ballet at the end, until my kids really made fun of it. (Still, what a fascinating idea -- to make impressionist art come to life in dance.)Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-26960439291976111592011-06-11T12:23:34.628-07:002011-06-11T12:23:34.628-07:00I have all four of the AIRPORT movies and when tim...I have all four of the AIRPORT movies and when time permits, I plan to watch them back to back. I've been holding off watching them for that purpose. I've only seen the one with Christopher Lee from start to finish. I believe that's AIRPORT 75? AIRPLANE is a riot and I was shocked to later learn that AIRPLANE 2 wasn't a Zucker Bros. picture. It had their style down perfectly and it was several years before I paid attention that it wasn't one of their productions.<br /><br />Speaking of disaster movies, it's amazing how those films changed over the years from WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE (1951) on down and the differences between American disaster pictures and those from Japan in reference to societal breakdown.<br /><br />I saw a Fred Astaire/Rogers doc not long ago and I must admit I'm a bit interested in checking these movies out at some point as well as Gene Kelly's movies. Those guys and girls back then could really move almost gliding on air at times.venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.com