film criticism by maryann johanson | celebrating 25 years: 1997–2022
The science is ludicrous, the story is almost entirely free of drama, and the finale descends into the hoariest, most ridiculous clichés of the genre. But the future smart-house porn is lovely.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
A little bit Mel Brooks, a little bit Airplane!: subtle humor that slips under your radar instead of bashing you over the head is what makes Casa one of the more adventurous comedies in recent years…
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Reminds me of the classic philosophical exchange from Airplane! about what the white zone and the red zone are for.
“Flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle, just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.”
If I had been introduced to this film at a more impressionable age, I might today have pleasant adolescent memories of it that would color my grownup response to it today, and perhaps I could be kinder to a movie considered a comedy classic by some. But I wasn’t, I haven’t, and I can’t.
Just Airplane and Police Squad! alone provide a trove of hilariously deadpan moments. Surely, Nielsen will be missed.
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you’ve been turned into a frog and know you won’t be able to see over the seat in front of you, not even with a kiddie booster seat. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection … more…
