tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post7180359571463783092..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: The Airplane Film ReviewGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-59329273517297520582012-05-09T14:01:48.493+12:002012-05-09T14:01:48.493+12:00It is a great trope of these films, that the woman...It is a great trope of these films, that the woman in the spy's life must disappear or be killed (see Bourne, Bond, etc.), for it's the most serious threat to his ability and willingness to do the job. Hunt's wife being alive, and seemingly in her old job, was an interesting touch.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-2872817326874951582012-05-09T11:04:36.910+12:002012-05-09T11:04:36.910+12:00Thanks Gio! Watching films on airplanes is a stran...Thanks Gio! Watching films on airplanes is a strange experience because of the surrounding environment. I mean, even in the most cramped cinemas you have more room, you're not usually sleep-deprived and you're not in a moving object several thousand feet in the air (I hope!).<br /><br />Interesting that you saw the latest Mission Impossible flick as an in-flight. I caught it at the Matthew Littlewoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18443015875851404023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-37948473522973762862012-05-09T08:20:32.429+12:002012-05-09T08:20:32.429+12:00Yes, my problem on planes is I can't sleep and...Yes, my problem on planes is I can't sleep and I can't read. I'm basicaly reduced to the kind of payload behaviour of the survivors in Wall-E.<br /><br />That was an excellent airplane film review Matthew. We should start a genre. <br /><br />(On a trip some years ago Singapore included Groundhog Day in the line-up. What a choice.)Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-38487413456091418892012-05-09T00:09:24.436+12:002012-05-09T00:09:24.436+12:00I can't do the movie thing for that long. I mi...I can't do the movie thing for that long. I might fall asleep if it were comfortable. Books work better for me, enduring lengthy cramped discomfort is pretty much what working through a long novel is usually like for me anyway, and I almost never get the chance.Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-365664717387507172012-05-08T20:58:56.272+12:002012-05-08T20:58:56.272+12:00Ha! This reminds me of a rather bizarre long-dista...Ha! This reminds me of a rather bizarre long-distance return flight from Germany (via Singapore) to New Zealand back in 2010. (I arrived back in ChCh on September 3, and was rudely awoken from my jetlagged sleep by a certain 7.4 magnitude earthquake, but that's for another story...)<br /><br />I'm not sure whether I'd *recommend* viewing Michael Haneke's astonishing "The Matthew Littlewoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18443015875851404023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-83773429828452311782012-05-08T09:03:04.635+12:002012-05-08T09:03:04.635+12:00Ah boredom, films and work, http://edition.cnn.com...Ah boredom, films and work, http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/02/business/workplace-boredom-stress/index.html<br />...on planes, if we were left to consider that we are flying at 800kmph, 3000m above ground, in an aluminium tube with personal space removed...that's why they are removing film studies at Christchurch uni; students might contemplate just what they are studying for.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424066726955708314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-48974677072059938772012-05-08T08:23:25.405+12:002012-05-08T08:23:25.405+12:00Yes! What's up with that? The same behaviour t...Yes! What's up with that? The same behaviour that would drive me absolutely bonkers off a plane becomes compulsive on a plane.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-14424758690627475612012-05-08T00:44:29.671+12:002012-05-08T00:44:29.671+12:00I totally know what you mean about the knight'...I totally know what you mean about the knight's move; I also like to watch multiple movies on the plane (well not "like" but you know what I mean). I think being tall helps, too. There's definitely something about the televisual environment that makes it far less important to have the sound on. I will happily watch entire movies that way without being arsed to put my headphones Conhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16641887728601115959noreply@blogger.com