Posted on 09/23/2005 5:10:01 AM PDT by Cool Chick
It's been four years of bad news for flight attendants.
First, 9/11 happened. Then, they were laid off. With airline bankruptcies like Northwest's, they are being laid off again.
Now, in another blow, the movie, "Flight Plan," is hitting theaters, tomorrow. Starring Jodie Foster, it's an outrageous piece of propaganda and incredible display of the irresponsible.
I'm embarrassed to say that a very distant cousin of mine--Charles J.D. Schlissel--is executive producer of this outrage. The J.D. must stand for "Just Despicable." If you're a freedom-loving American like me, the rotten tricks of this movie will disgust you.
If you want to sicken yourself and see "Flight Plan," stop reading here. But if you want to save ten bucks, keep going.
SPOILER ALERT
Throughout "Flight Plan," we are given hints--very strong hints--that four Muslim Arabs are the terrorists on the plane. But in the end--breaking a cardinal rule of thrillers--the hints have no pay-off.
Instead, the terrorists are the flight's air marshal and a flight attendant.
That is an outrage for a number of reasons. Two of those reasons are Betty Ong and Madeleine Amy Sweeney. Both were among the many flight attendants who gave their lives on 9/11.
They weren't terrorists. They were American heroes. Instead of calling their families to say good-bye, they contacted ground crews and identified the hijackers. It was because of them that authorities were able to identify Mohammad Atta and his 18 thugs as Al Qaeda.
Other flight attendants were brutally murdered by the hijackers, who slit their throats.
And now Jodie Foster and Charles J. D. Schlissel have the chutzpah to portray these low-paid workers as terrorists?!
Sickening. . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at debbieschlussel.com ...
Here's the complete plot if anyone is interested:
http://www.themoviespoiler.com/Spoilers/flightplan.html
Money. They want $50 million.
(That and they're probably former Halliburton employees just looking for a kick like the old days.)
It would seem to me that Hollywood has decided not only that Arabs "can't" be terrorists, but that we must be tricked into believing that there's an alternate reality where we would have reason to see all passengers of a plane as equally potential terrorists.
I won't see this movie because I hate being preached to.
For me "cool" requires the absence of an obvious PC agenda.
I don't see any obvious "pc agenda" here. It's just an action thriller. And I like Jodie Foster.
Next thing you know Jodie Foster is going to start taking potshots at the President in order to impress John Hinkley...
I don't think you know anything about my moral fortitude. We have never met and you know nothing of my personal values. You decide that because I want to see a movie I'm a liberal and morally infirm? This movie is EVIL? Saddam is evil. Pedophila is evil.
I feel your priorities are a bit skewed. If you wish to be civil, I am happy to listen to your explanation of why this movie is evil, however.
If someone doesn't agree with you they are automatically DU members?
It's fiction. Fiction.
Presidents have been murdered while in office. Does that mean that we can't ever portray a President as corrupt in fictional stories? That's nonsense.
If the film is saying that all flight attendants are corrupt, or are murderers, then you would have a point. But to never allow a member of a new "protected class" to be portrayed as anything less than virtuous? That's just silly.
Stop baiting other posters or your stay here will be short.
Joe Queenan characterized Jodie Foster as "a walking migraine." Best description I've ever found of her. Can't stand the woman. She has no facial expression.
Really?
Enjoy your popcorn.
Don't push your luck.
I will. And maybe some Raisinettes!
This movie was dead before it started.
The star of the movie is NOT jodie foster, it seems this is really a 90 minute commercial for an airplane that has YET to have a commercial flight. (we can make fun of Airbus's white elephant elsewhere)
a painic room premise that did not work last time.
Perhaps this should have been straight to video (bargan bin)
We have a quandry here.
It may just be me, but penguins look a lot like the Republican Guard black pajamas.
Also, I don't recall any penguins voting for President Bush.
However, George Clooney supported Kerry. He played Batman. Batman fought the Penguin.
So, you could go with the old adage, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Then, going to see penguins would be ok.
I don't doubt that movies, tv, music and anything else you might want to name has an agenda.
I educate myself and then can enjoy entertainment as entertainment. I personally know that if I got upset over every comment by a celeb or by every conservative bash in a movie I would be a miserable person. My soul would be more corrupted by bile and anger than by the pc nonsense. It's my view, you don't have to share it, of course.
That's why this stuff rolls off my back.
You're not a linux user, are you? ;-P
If it weren't for illogic and stupidity in plots, there might well be no movies or literature at all.
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