review: Flightplan

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

reference: http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=1161

[The Jade Knight]

I actually heard a case of a woman whose husband died.  She insisted she was pregnant after this, and ended up having a gallstone she had to go into surgery for.  After the surgery, she was convinced she had given birth, and she carried around a doll everywhere insisting that it was her baby.  In her mind, the child was real.

For some reason, I was having formatting issues with it, too.  It wanted to use Latin encoding or some such.  (I shifted it to windows, and now it displays fine).

[Eagle Prince]

Yeah this movie wasn't too bad, I think I liked it more than Corpse Bride.  I'm still not sure what that was all about with the Arabs, just some social commentary I guess.

[Patrick_Gibbs]

Yeah this movie wasn't too bad, I think I liked it more than Corpse Bride.  I'm still not sure what that was all about with the Arabs, just some social commentary I guess.

I really loved the stuff with the Arabs - yeah, it was social commentary, but it wasn't heavy handed, and it was absolutely true. My one complaint with that was that, unless I missed somehting, they didn't explain why she thought she saw them watching her and Julia through their window. I guess it was just paranoia.

[Eagle Prince]

Yeah that was what I meant.  She was either making it up for people to believe her, or maybe she did see them walking around at the first and I just didn't notice.  I do remember her watching them either just before or while getting on the plane, so she had "saw them" before... if that counts.

[Patrick_Gibbs]

Yeah that was what I meant.  She was either making it up for people to believe her, or maybe she did see them walking around at the first and I just didn't notice.  I do remember her watching them either just before or while getting on the plane, so she had "saw them" before... if that counts.

I would like to the see it again - it's always interesting to me to watch this kind of movie a second time, when you know what to watch for, so you can see how well it holds up.

[Chimera]

***Spoilers***

I saw this movie Friday night and really liked it. It kept me in suspense for awhile--wondering if she was delusional or not. What you guys said about the Arabs was the same plot hole problem I had--as we were leaving the movie, I turned to my friends and said, "So who did she see in the window?" I would have liked to have that resolved.

I also have to say that the ending was a little cheesy to me, with her walking through the crowd and you hear comments like, "She never gave up. She always believed." Please. Blatant theme-dropping? Oh yeah.

But overall, I thought it was well-done. One of the heart-breaking moments of the movie for me was when the Air Marshall brings her back in hand cuffs and everyone claps. Okay, even if she IS delusional, she can't help it. She's a woman suffering from a problem, people! I know they were all annoyed and scared by the oxygen masks and lack of electricity, and in all honesty I don't know how I would have reacted. It makes me wonder. But I would hope I would have more compassion for someone who appears to be suffering with something she can't control.