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HELICOPTER PILOT SAY WHAT?

posted 15 years ago by danfixed
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so i'm all for people having extra skills, but the last time i checked nurses were only good for bringing me ice chips and taking out catheters.

when were they trained on flying a helicopter. seriously, this point should have been established so that you weren't just sitting there going 'seriously? she can fly a helicopter and how did the bad guy know this?'

and i am not assuming she was a nurse because she was a girl. she just seemed too young, and frankly kind of dumb to be a doctor.

[–] Dukeleto99 15 years ago

This isn't exactly the type of movie that you complain about the details dude. It's a mind numb action flick.

That being said, it was never specified what it was she did. She could very well have been a MedFlight pilot for the hospital.

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[–] rpvee 15 years ago

I just came back from seeing this and wondered the same thing.

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[–] pjt33 15 years ago

"That being said, it was never specified what it was she did."

That's the problem. It's the kind of thing which should have been hinted at in advance. When Miles said, "You reckon you can fly this thing to Tahiti?" I wondered why the pilot had been sitting in the cockpit waiting. It wasn't until I saw her in the left-hand seat that I realised he'd been talking to her.

[–] the_spec77 15 years ago

It's bad writing, that's all.
There's nothing inherently wrong with her being a helicopter pilot, but since it becomes central to the plot at the end, they should have mentioned it earlier cause the way they did it feels tacked on and overly convenient.

Her character is nothing more than a plot device the whole movie long, the cute blonde that the hero needs to save and that keeps driving him and then "whoops" at the end she suddenly becomes a pilot because the finale demands it.

[–] KastJF3000 15 years ago

She wasn't a nurse, nor was she a doctor, her actual job, was probably a helicopter pilot. The bad guy probably had been stocking her, to figure out her schedule so that he could snatch her. It would not have been that hard to figure out that she flew helicopters. I am assuming that in the bad guys mind, he was thinking revenge, which lead to him thinking revenge with a side of wealth.

[–] essentialparadox 15 years ago

I kid you not, every single person in the theater laughed when she inexplicably began flying the helicopter.

Of course, there were only 4 people in the theater… hah

[–] Devans00 15 years ago

I can accept Molly as a nurse. I can accept Molly as a pilot. I can't accept that she's both a nurse and pilot.

Even if she was 10 years or so older, I could buy that she'd have enough time to do both careers. Last time I checked, both nursing and pilot training takes many, many hours of experience.

By the way, danfixed. If you really think nurses are only good for bringing ice chips and taking out catheters, you are seriously ignorant and probably dumb as dirt.

No two persons ever watch the same movie.

[–] d-digby 15 years ago

Where was it ever mentioned that she was a nurse. As far as i know that is something that most people would assume.

[–] jetbluejake 15 years ago

That's just one of many comical & ridiculous moments in this movie.

[–] tdurden182-1 15 years ago

I thoughg it was strange also that there was no mention of it, it's just weird because they would usually have a throw away line at the beginning of the film that she was learning to fly etc. The way it is in the film is just out of the blue.

[–] savini-2 15 years ago

Believe it or not.
My wife is a nurse and a helicopter pilot.
Serious.

You can't handle it. Get me Bruce Lee!
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Then get his brother!!!

[–] Mark_Vieth 15 years ago

Well we do see her id card in the elevator when the bad guy uses it to get to the roof.

[–] rohonnag 15 years ago

i just assumed that she is the medivac pilot AND a trained medic too, its not too wierd to assume that the pilot of a medivac will be a medic rite??

also its obvious that the villain kept her for her piloting skills and knowledge of the hospital, so i guess the director gave too much credit to the viewers to just understand that molly was always his escape plan...

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[–] hiredgoon-1 15 years ago

<<also its obvious that the villain kept her for her piloting skills and knowledge of the hospital, so i guess the director gave too much credit to the viewers to just understand that molly was always his escape plan... >>

Exactly right. I swore there was some mention that she worked at a hospital in the beginning of the movie--seen in in the theater but haven't watched the DVD yet to remember clearly.

[–] mnorton-9 15 years ago

I just finished watching the DVD, and it was mentioned in an early scene that she worked at a hospital. I certainly didn't see the helicopter connection coming.

[–] kisses5050 15 years ago

she obviously got her training with the navy seals where she met her Danny but gave up her military career to support his dream of becoming a New Orleans Cop.

[–] Poufi_ass 15 years ago

of course it all makes sence now ! :P

[–] TV_Watcher10 15 years ago

First, helicopter pilots sit on the right side of the aircraft to fly, not the left. The left is the copilot seat, with not all of the controls.

Second, if she were a helicopter pilot, wouldn't Danny know that she flew, therefore would have thought of that escape route when they were going to the hospital. "How is he going to get the money out if we've shut the city down?" Duh, your wife is a pilot!

[–] pd_dust 13 years ago

Even if the girlfriend was a medivac and Cena's charactor being a police officer, why exactly would finances be an issue at the beginning of the movie? With the sink having plumbing problems. There's way too many things to over-look to sit and enjoy this movie.

[–] Metallica1113 13 years ago

"Even if the girlfriend was a medivac and Cena's charactor being a police officer, why exactly would finances be an issue at the beginning of the movie? With the sink having plumbing problems. There's way too many things to over-look to sit and enjoy this movie."

...do you REALIZE the salaries of nurses and police officers? You clearly do not, or the whole finance issues would make more sense.

[–] farradin 13 years ago

Best and most apt title!