Let me begin by stating that so many Yahoo "movie user reviews" are obviously done by people being paid to write "Excellent Film!!!"-idiotic shyte like that. Get off Yahoo!
A friend at work recommended Flight to me -he's probably the most conservative friend I know, so I rented the DVD. Couldn't make the theater for Flight, but I did see his very first film in the theater-Carbon Copy (look it up). I never write reviews, but felt someone might enjoy the film as much as I did, if presented with a realistic depiction of the film.
Within five minutes of the movie, I had a hard time believing what I'm seeing: cocaine, full-frontal nudity, alcohol, cigarettes, weed, fight with an ex-wife on the phone -Denzel's character, Whip, isn't even out of bed yet at this point in the movie! An hour later, he's piloting a commercial airplane en route to Atlanta, which later crashes into a field after his plane experiences almost complete mechanical failure. I know that the trailer for this film showed the in-flight emergency sequence to lure in an audience, and it's truly an amazing scene, but the film is really an interesting study of the airline industry and alcoholism. I don't know much about either, but I think in reality, they probably aren't strangers, really.
Whip's character has a USN tattoo on his arm in the opening scene-so I can relate to excessive drink as a warfighter, in that respect. He's apparently a highly-skilled pilot who has mastered a skill that he's done since he was a teen -flying planes, but just intoxicated now. Alcohol has cost him his family, robbed him of any meaningful relationships, but he's suddenly hailed as a hero-but for a short time following the crash where all, but 6 persons aboard the plane survives.
The aspect of the interested parties in blaming the plane's mechanical failure, or the existing reality of maintenance issues, is a reality in our own world, and in the film, an attorney and Whip's pilot's union "friend" try at all costs to persuade Whip to disassociate himself from any possible blame or judgment in the crash by use of shady legal tactics and coercing him to lie to cover up his ongoing struggles with alcohol and drug addiction.
Without giving away any of the plot, Whip seems to have a good heart and wants to do well, but drugs, alcohol, and toxic people keeps him from being honest with himself and others once his substance abuse issues are introduced as a possible cause for the crash. At the end of the film, I hardly remembered the plane scene. I'm somewhat disappointed that this film hasn't been nominated for award.
A friend at work recommended Flight to me -he's probably the most conservative friend I know, so I rented the DVD. Couldn't make the theater for Flight, but I did see his very first film in the theater-Carbon Copy (look it up). I never write reviews, but felt someone might enjoy the film as much as I did, if presented with a realistic depiction of the film.
Within five minutes of the movie, I had a hard time believing what I'm seeing: cocaine, full-frontal nudity, alcohol, cigarettes, weed, fight with an ex-wife on the phone -Denzel's character, Whip, isn't even out of bed yet at this point in the movie! An hour later, he's piloting a commercial airplane en route to Atlanta, which later crashes into a field after his plane experiences almost complete mechanical failure. I know that the trailer for this film showed the in-flight emergency sequence to lure in an audience, and it's truly an amazing scene, but the film is really an interesting study of the airline industry and alcoholism. I don't know much about either, but I think in reality, they probably aren't strangers, really.
Whip's character has a USN tattoo on his arm in the opening scene-so I can relate to excessive drink as a warfighter, in that respect. He's apparently a highly-skilled pilot who has mastered a skill that he's done since he was a teen -flying planes, but just intoxicated now. Alcohol has cost him his family, robbed him of any meaningful relationships, but he's suddenly hailed as a hero-but for a short time following the crash where all, but 6 persons aboard the plane survives.
The aspect of the interested parties in blaming the plane's mechanical failure, or the existing reality of maintenance issues, is a reality in our own world, and in the film, an attorney and Whip's pilot's union "friend" try at all costs to persuade Whip to disassociate himself from any possible blame or judgment in the crash by use of shady legal tactics and coercing him to lie to cover up his ongoing struggles with alcohol and drug addiction.
Without giving away any of the plot, Whip seems to have a good heart and wants to do well, but drugs, alcohol, and toxic people keeps him from being honest with himself and others once his substance abuse issues are introduced as a possible cause for the crash. At the end of the film, I hardly remembered the plane scene. I'm somewhat disappointed that this film hasn't been nominated for award.
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