1) Number one, just to make sure it was here... The whole *beep* plot was completely unbelievable.
It blew me away with its stupidity. It wasn't a gem. There were so many illogical things in this movie, that my brains were hurting from trying to figure out, why did those characters do those things. This was a decent movie, but not a gem. You have to draw the line somewhere. Apparently you just don't know about drawing a line yet.
2) Those silly, stupid walkie-talkies. Another boy comes up with two walkie-talkies, telling you: "Hey, we just got our new walkie-talkies!" You take a look at him, asking: "What do we need them for?" and he replies: "I don't know, really, but the guy, who has written the screenplay told us, that we'll need these to carry on!" and you will feel so cool and never think more about it. Naturally, the viewers won't pay any attention to them, either.
3) Character development. There was, very close to, none. I was expecting some development, what came to the "kids" (if you can call 18-19 year old actors as kids, but I have to admit, that I didn't realize they were that old) and Samantha and Ed NEVER got anywhere after their initial flirting. AND the only real moment of development was with those weird mafia brothers and you knew the little brother was about to die later in the movie. The whole movie was cut so short (I'm sure there has to be at least 15 minutes of "left-overs", which were never used for the film. Why? Young people don't really mind long movies, do they? Otherwise, no-one would've come to see any of the LOTR movies, ever. Besides, Jason McIntyre's whole family was nothing more than a collection of stereotypes. How would you want to explain those characters to anyone sane?
(OK, there was the calculated character development for Jason McIntyre's grandpa, but that was so, so, so, so, so, so, so well planted it was just as transparent as those walkie-talkies were. I just wonder, why there wasn't any product placement here? It would've fitted the theme of this film.
4) The bomb in the plane. Reiley McClendon's character is a very clever kid. He knows where to hit his opponents in a fight, but unfortunately he is still feeling quite insecure about how to deal with a bomb. Perhaps bringing one to the cockpit of the plane, he is currently enjoying as a passenger, would bring the mood up. I mean, throwing it out the plane would seem awfully rude, unless it was suggested by his new best pal.
5) Reassurance. Jesse James's character knows how the basic functions of the plane work out. Still, it takes him several minutes to see what was ahead of the plane (as if the mountains were really that hard to miss) and he got both of them all safe and feeling "oh, yes, nice, another mountain, and we didn't collide with it!"
6) Those mafia "FBI agents" never proof their identities. When I was around the characters' age, I was still a fat Finn, and already seen enough movies and tv series to figure out, that all FBI agents were used to prove their identity with a lovely Christmas card, found in their pockets. The boys should've known the same, which makes the viewer thinking about the possibility, that maybe the boys wanted to get in touch with the mafia, as they figured out they would get their free ice-cream.
6.66) When someone WAS shooting at you INTENSIVELY, and then stopped, even though there was time for the person to reload the gun, it probably means he or she doesn't have any more ammunition to go with. That means making a threat against someone you barely know makes no sense, especially when you are still few pages away from your minor character development.
7) Even the smallest kid you know can tell you the basic thing one needs to do with a plane: Pull back. The really bad, awful guy didn't do that. Instead he just chose to look at his own death. Was he really that stupid?
8) There is no eight.
I enjoyed most of the movie. I think there were great moments of sudden or not-so-sudden (calculated) feelings involved. This one wasn't a great one, but it was a decent one. I still CANNOT understand people saying this was gem, when they have apparently never seen a real one.
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joshcryer
16 years ago
You win for the most assinine post to IMdb. The fact that you clearly spent so much time writing that drivel shows you have no life, and live to complain for the crap of it.
1) The plot was cohesive, that's all that matters.
2) You must not have ever been a kid. Everyone where I was growing up wanted one. We were poor so I never got one until I was 18 (ironically the age of the actors). We played with those things until they broke. You are completely stupid to think kids don't find walky talkies the most awesome thing ever. (Granted in this age of cell phones a walky talky may not be seen as too cool.)
3) Character development? Seriously? Scardy-cat bullied kid doesn't overcome his fear of just about everything? Poor kid moves around a lot finds a best friend for life? OK. I mean for a kids movie the development is way up there to any reasonable person.
4) It's called comedy relief. Get the *beep* over it.
5) Uh, in the air objects are not as obvious, your speed is very fast, large objects can be small at first. Perception is skewed. Of all your complaints this is the most assinine (especially since they show the percpective of the mountain far away and then close up, showing just how easy it is to be confused).
6) So? The kids had a choice between mafia looking guys who seemed nice and *beep* hick bullies who essentially *tried to kill them* the day before. The option was clear, and you could sense the hesitation. Did you not *watch* the movie? Which would you have chosen? Crazy murderer guy or fat guys with sunglasses?
7) OK this was the only 'hole' in the movie that I saw. I felt the kid could've easily gotten away at that point. However, irrelevant, the plot had to continue, and anyone can justify it in any way they wanted to. I'll leave it to your rather lacking imagination to do so. (Hint, they didn't know if he had a clip or reloaded or what.)
8) LOL, again your ignorance of flight shows. Hello idiot? The plane was clearly out of gas and in a terminal stall. ie, it wasn't flying fast enough to maintain altitude. They even showed that it was out of gas (talk about attention to detail). The guy could not do *beep* Man, they even showed the controls "going limp" implying that there was hardly any resistance in the controls, meaning not enough speed to matter. A big (two engine) plane like that has a very low stall speed. Talk about stupidity.
9) You are an idiot to make these stupid ass observations. The most glaring thing in my mind was how the kids were able to skip school so much. How the idiot who tried chasing them down and killing them at the beginning of the movie didn't get busted for wreckless endangerment. How it would have been impossible to save the falling kid given the time allotted (they timed it OK, but the air scene was wrong to any parachutist; it was still quite awesome to watch).
This movie had everything going for it, primarily a coherent, cohesive, rapid paced plot that continued and continued. It had complete hilarity, complete absurdity, but there were no glaring plot holes as you put them. What you have written here was a complete waste of time and obviously out of touch, intended to bash a very well made movie.
What a critique!
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bisaya-1
16 years ago
1. You talk s h i t.
2. Your comments are crap.
3. You need some dire attention. Maybe some medication too.
4. You have an attitude problem.
5. You don't know how to appreciate feel-good movies, or even a decent one for that matter, especially with today's standards. In today's Hollywood, it would be fitting to call this movie a true gem.
6. Flame bait. And I succumbed. I may also need medication.
7. Get a life. Weed may well do better in "blowing you away".
8. This item is numbered eight. So there is indeed a number 8. Number 8 is infinity turned sideways.
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You are a piece of Spoiler!
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captainamerica-5
16 years ago
As much as I'd hate to respond to this retarded post of conflict...
#2) The "kids" were not 18/19yrs old.
If you actually knew the filming dates, you would understand that the filming was FIVE years ago, making them as old as they were, which would be around 13yrs old....
...hmm, same age as they're portraying.
As for the rest of the comments 1-7... Im not even going to respond, it's probably the most retarded post of the month that I've read through all boards.
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daddyd-2
16 years ago
It appears most here have already blown your review out of the water so no need for me to comment on each point. I will say this though, you have a complete lack of imagination and therefore you probably critiqued Star Wars with the same stupidity you did this film. Most people with no imagination usually can't enjoy films like this because they don't have anything good in their own lives.
I would suggest you keep your opinions to yourself since no one here really wants to hear what an unimaginative idiot has to say about a film we all obviously liked. Go get a life.
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spocktom
16 years ago
How can anyone worry about a microscopic analysis of this film when in scope and "feel" it really is a wonderful movie...a movie like Hollywood used to make. You know, when people walked out of theatres feeling good and happy with the world...when they were whistling the music themes and gabbing about their favourite scenes.
If a Hollywood major doesn't rush out and hire the director then more fool them! I'd also like to praise the composer who did a terrific job! Such an excellent film made for a relatively measly two million bucks!!
Note to Hollywood: Judging from the positive comments that abound here for this film don't you think it's time you told more stories like this??? At a time when the US is being vilified for this and that and poor economic performance, etc... You...Hollywood studios, can uplift people's spirits again...just like you did in the thirties.
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