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You sound like the kind of person who insists there is no stopping in the red zone.
by legostormtroopr 5y ago
You sound like the kind of person who insists there is no stopping in the red zone.
- ryan_lane 5y agoYou sound like the kind of person who thinks everything is black and white. I love comedy. I like some of the jokes in Airplane. I think most of the jokes are dated and the movie hasn't aged well.
- justin66 5y agoA small portion of the jokes make less sense out of their time, but you’re perhaps too hung up on the movie having “aged well.” People age a lot more than movies do. There were middle aged people just like yourself unimpressed by the constant idiocy of Airplane’s humor four decades ago, also nonplussed by how funny others found the film.
- legostormtroopr 5y agoI'll agree that some of the jokes are dated - you can't smoke on airplanes anymore, but the idea that most of the jokes are dated? Shirley you can't be serious? The word play and visual comedy in the movie is classic. The Roger/Clarance/Ouver take-off sequence, Leslie Neilsens deadpan "Dinner was the chicken or the fish? - yes I remember, I had the lasagne", the guy waiting in the taxi, "everything is ok" as the pilots are dragged down the corridor, Stiker being stationed outside of Drambuie. Hell I think Airplane has the first dramatic double-sunglassed removal. There is so much clean, zany humour in that movie - the idea that you can claim classic, surrealist comedy is dated makes me question whether you believe that statement at all.
- panick21_ 5y agoOne that always gets me and is timeless, when the flight attendant hits everybody with the guitar when bringing it forward.
- scrollaway 5y agoYou ask someone else upthread when they last saw the movie. No offense but when was the last time you saw it? Very few jokes haven't aged well unless you just stopped liking puns and dad jokes, which would be a You thing, not a movie thing.
- tapotatonumber9 5y agoSurely you can’t be serious?
- hmate9 5y agoI think he is. But he isn’t called Shirley.
- chasd00 5y agoDon’t give us that red zone shit again.
- legostormtroopr 5y agoOh really - we both know perfectly well what this is about.
- lljk_kennedy 5y agoThat's not important right now.