Soul Plane

[The Postmaster General]

It's not half bad. If you have a drive-in, or dollar theater in your area, I'd say go for it.

[Fisting Ackbar]

I guess that since it took more than a week after it's release date for a thread to be made about it, nobody wants to see it.

Me included

[The Postmaster General]

I thought it was the other way around - since no one saw it, a thread wasn't made.

It doesn't really matter to me if people around here see it or not -- I just figured since this was a current movie, and I didn't see the latest teen romp, or blockbuster disaster movies, I'd just post what I know.

Sorry if the lack of enthusiasm on Joblo.com will keep you from seeing this one.

[Fisting Ackbar]

Originally posted by BubbaStrangelove
Sorry if the lack of enthusiasm on Joblo.com will keep you from seeing this one.

The lack of people who want to see this have nothing to do with the fact that I think this looks lame.

However, I'm glad to know that you liked it, I'm sure the filmmakers will be appreciative.

[Scarface98.9]

I was watching Tough Crowd the other day, and DL Hughly, who's in Soul Plane, was on. He said the movie was shit, and did it "because the wife wanted to go to Jamaica."

[Adornado]

I dowloaded this one last night (
Soul Plane (Part 2).avi [TMD]Soul.Plane.(VideoCD).WP.(1of2).avi for those interested) and I plan on watching it sometime soon. I'll post my thoughts when I do.

[thompsoncory]

I will never see this wretched looking piece of shit. It doesn't look funny in any way, shape or form.

[GuyWithTheGun]

I'm so very tired of "Black people are funny" films. I'd go on a rant, but I already did at some point and it wasn't well received.

[dellamorte dellamore]

It's like a minstrel show , but they even have them for " white people " also , almost any film Ben Stiller is in , Sandler , Carrey , and some others are just white minstrel shows .

Every imaginable cliche is thrown together in a nonsensical " urban " mix , sprinkled with the white folk , laced with some overrated rappers , and sauteed with some songs they are trying to sell .


If that's what you like , cool , but i'm bored as hell with these lazy efforts , and i'm glad Soul Plane is bombing hard , now if only Dodgeball can follow suit , that looks like another steaming pile of guano .

[The Postmaster General]

Thanks for adding some intellegence Dellamorte.

If Salva, or System of a Down had done the soundtrack for this one, and it starred Ashton Kutcher, and members of JACKASS -- people around here would be kicking down the door to see it.

It's the same thing that goes on in the music forum though -- anything with rappers, or rap music -- no one wants anything to do anything with.

No one even asked me for my opinion on the movie -- seeing as I'm the only person who's seen it, you think I'd be given more questions than being told how the movie looked.

I stand by what I said too. It wasn't half bad (nor half good) -- I didn't feel wasted of any time (unlike I did after seeing the BUTTERFLY EFFECT, which was arguably better, but obviously lamer). Even Joblo gave Soul Plane a midgrade review, and I was suprised, because he is not a hip hop fan.

The sad part of this thread is that no one thought hard enough to make a joke out of the fact that it takes place on an airplane -- and you know, airplanes can go down in flames, and so can movies.... so, you know. Crap is a good way to describe a movie, but, well...

Soul Plane, Final Grade: C-

However, I'm sure it was better than any other movie I could have seen at the local chain this weekend. I don't like Harry Potter.



BTW - Here was the review I posted at Joblo, in case anyone feels like reading something worthwhile:

I saw this flick at the drive-in, and laughed through out. There were probably 2 funny jokes per 3 unfunny ones, but the jokes were so spread out that it kept everything moving.

The set-up on this was really funny, but didn't have much to do with the rest of the movie. It's kind of like a Simpson's episode like that. Everyone in the movie is obnoxious, by design. Tom Arnold's character is actually likable, and this is the first time I've seen the uptight white guy played as a half-decent dude. I could actually feel for the guy instead of feeling embarrassed for him.

All of the concepts were really cool in this film, but not all were delivered well. I found myself thinking certain jokes could have been funnier -- the really could have done something with the frisky old blind guy flying the plane, or with the security guard going Abu Ghraib on the Muslim dude (not that I condone violent actions against any specific ethnicity, but in this movie, they went there -- I'm just saying it could have been funnier.)

The funniest part of this film was when I fumbled with the stereo remote, and accidentally flipped it off the movie, and onto a DJ Icey CD. The music started blarring really loud, and it was dark in the car so I couldn't see. Everyone looked over at us, and we started laughing and had to roll up the windows because we were laughing so hard. I spilled my beer on the floorboard and had to walk the mat up to the pavillion to rinse it out. I was laughing the whole time.

Yeah, it's that kind of movie.

[dellamorte dellamore]

So your saying , in essence you ultimately had to provide your own entertainment , or at least the amusement you personally experienced was funnier than the film itself .

[The Postmaster General]

Originally posted by dellamorte dellamore
So your saying , in essence you ultimately had to provide your own entertainment , or at least the amusement you personally experienced was funnier than the film itself .


You nailed it again, dellamorte. Like I said, the film was only hitting about 2 for 5 on the jokes. It was mearly a comical backdrop provided for the social experience of seeing a movie. This movie is no masterpiece - any dipshit can see that. However, there are scores of movies that I didn't think would be a masterpiece, and it wasn't, but I was highly entertained by the film. Office Space is one -- I had no clue that, even after seeing the bit on SNL, and being a former Beavis and Butthead fan, that the movie would be as classic as it was. Friday looked like nonsense, but actually had some great parts.

Soul Plane wasn't an suprising gem, though. It's a notch below that, and in the catagory of "not a waste of time". I guess, though, that if you can't go to a movie and have fun, it would be waste of time for you

I suppose the fact that I made a topic on the film indicates I think more of it than I really may. The only reason I did that, though, was because I haven't seen Harry Potter, and if I were to post in that thread, I'd likely only say bad things about that movie, and I don't see how that would be a constructive post. So, I made a thread about a movie I did see. And this is fun too.

[Mentiroso]

I wouldnt see that trash even if I was payed to see it. They could have used the money that this film wasted to make something much, much better. Like a remake of Im gonna get you sucka.

[The Postmaster General]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mentiroso
I wouldnt see that trash even if I was payed to see it.

Well, that just seems plain dumb. Are you a movie fan, or what? I mean, not seeing the movie is one thing, but to spend time posting about a movie on a message board, and then not see it if someone paid you - I think your just talking out of your ass when you say that.


They could have used the money that this film wasted to make something much, much better.


You've got to be kidding me. Do you even know how much it cost to make this movie? It was cheap as hell. I think Harry Potter is trash, and that cost 130 million -- I don't think you heard me. 130 million!!!! Soul Plane cost nothing compared to that movie -- and it was hardly a waste as it already made it's money back.



Like a remake of Im gonna get you sucka.


Totally different types of movies there. The only similarity is that they both have black people in them. You sound like, "Hey, if the black people are going to make a movie, they should at least make one I like."

I mean, I know you don't mean that....





Really, I mean, y'all a bunch of player haters. I can never understand the point of posting about a movie that you aren't going to see because you don't want to see it. Now go play with your Harry Potter vibrating wands.

[moviemorgan2]

It looks funny.


But, at the same time, it looks retarded.

[Adornado]

Soul Plane AKA The Black Comedy Without Anthony Anderson

I'm going to be in the minority here, but I enjoyed Soul Plane....for what it was. If your looking for a stong story with insightful dialogue and deep characters then don't even bother...however, if 85 minutes of sex jokes, drug jokes, blind jokes and "nigga" jokes interest you, you might get some amusment out of Soul Plane.

The "story" goes like this -- A man gets a court settlement of 100 million dollars after an accident on an airplane involing a toilet and his pet dog. With the money, him and his cousin start there own airline. Toss in the Hunkee family, a paper thin romance and Snoop Dogg playing the pilot and that's the movie in a nutshell.

It would be easy to pick the movie apart...there is no plot, zero dimensional, cliched characters etc; but that doesn't matter because the movie did the two things it set out to do: It entertained me and it made me laugh. It's not going to go down as a classic or win awards or anything like that but for it's quick runtime it made me forget about my troubles and sometimes that's all a movie needs to do.

7/10

[Schatten]

I despise black comedies so no, I won't be seeing it. I guess it's okay that some people out there enjoyed it, not my style though.

[Mentiroso]

Originally posted by BubbaStrangelove
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mentiroso
I wouldnt see that trash even if I was payed to see it.

Well, that just seems plain dumb. Are you a movie fan, or what? I mean, not seeing the movie is one thing, but to spend time posting about a movie on a message board, and then not see it if someone paid you - I think your just talking out of your ass when you say that.


First off, just because I am a movie fan does not mean I will see any piece of crap hollywood spits out. Only a moron would do that. I am a movie fan because I have good taste in movies. I am not talking out of my ass. I just have taste. I believe in QUALITY over QUANTITY. Obviously you prefer the opposite. If I wanted to see a movie about black people filled with the same over used stereotypes (including the classic Black people are cool, whitey is uptight bit) that have been used for years I will rent one of the other hundred movies that are basically the same idea, just different location.

And the remark about wasting the money on this and remaking Im gona get you sucka was a bit on the sarcastic side. Now someone who is going to great lengths defending Soul Plane probably doesnt understand sarcasm and I should have known better.

[The Postmaster General]

Now someone who is going to great lengths defending Soul Plane probably doesnt understand sarcasm and I should have known better. [/QUOTE]

Yeah, you should have known better, but not about that.

You really group Soul Plane together with I'm Gonna Get You Sucka?? I've never heard anything like that, and maybe that's why I missed your attempt at humor. (I usually prefer using italics, saying haha, or just saying something totally off-the-wall)

How you would expect me to read sarcasm in a remark that many people would agree with? Doesn't it sort of defeat the point of sarcasm if you say something that makes sense to most people? I'm Gonna Get You Sucka is liked by many, many people, whereas Soul Plane has people bashing the movie without even seeing it. Not that it means too much, but Sucka is rated as a 6 on the IMDb, compared to Soul Plane's 2.7 -- It made sense why you would want more movies that are highly regarded as being good.

Also, "defending Soul Plane"? Say what? Come again..... Do you only see movies at the drive-in or the dollar theater, or something? You must, because those were the only places I recommended seeing this movie.

Do you like movies where only 2 out of 5 jokes are funny? You must, because that's what I said about Soul Plane -- And apparently that was enough for you to think I highly regarded this movie, was recommending it, or whatever....

Are you sure you have good taste in movies?

First off, just because I am a movie fan does not mean I will see any piece of crap hollywood spits out. Only a moron would do that.

Are you actually defending yourself against me saying "Are you a movie fan, or what?"

Wait, let me put it into perspective: Are you actually defending yourself against the guy who saw Soul Plane at the drive-in, and told other schmoes it was worth seeing at the dollar theater. The same guy who spills beer and distracts fellow movie patrons with his antics.

The ironic thing is that you took me serious when I said, "You call yourself a movie fan!?" (really, say it aloud, and hear how funny it sounds), and then you called me out for taking you seriously when you implied I'm Gonna Get You Sucka is better than Soul Plane.

We are more opposite than you might realize, but probably not. If you like movies, you like movies. Taste is another choice altogether, and the assertion that any taste is better than another would probably be more suited for a topic that has nothing to do with Soul Plane.

Just out of curiosity, what did you plan to gain, or share when you clicked on a topic entitled "Soul Plane." Nix - a topic named after a movie that you would never see.

If you don't want to see the movie -- whatever, but don't chew my head off for mentioning two obvious absrudities. Sorry for thinking it was noteworthy for pointing out that you would 1) not accept an unspecified amount of money to watch a 90 minute movie, yet spend time posting about the same movie and 2) Comparing a movie that is widely liked to a movie that people won't even see.

Everyone around here always has a sense of humor about that sort of stuff. But now that you've told me you were trying to be sarcastic earlier, everything makes sense.




If I wanted to see a movie about black people filled with the same over used stereotypes (including the classic Black people are cool, whitey is uptight bit) that have been used for years I will rent one of the other hundred movies that are basically the same idea, just different location.

Actually, one thing I liked about Soul Plane is that it actually broke at least a couple of those stereotypes. Many of the black people in the movie were not portrayed as cool, and the white people weren't portrayed as all being uptight. (No more than in FALLING DOWN)

ROOTS was kind of like that, though. The white people in that movie were pretty uptight. Oh - and DRIVING MISS DAISY was like that too. Morgan Freeman was cool, and Jessica Tandy was uptight. Haha. There you go. You might as well compare SOUL PLANE to DRIVING MISS DAISY -- It makes more sense than comparing it to I'M GONNA GET YOU SUCKA.




Oh yeah, I forgot....

Summertime.

[Fermus]

I want to see this. I always like Snoop Dogg's characters. I might rent it when it comes out on DVD.

[Mentiroso]

Originally posted by BubbaStrangelove
[b]ROOTS was kind of like that, though. The white people in that movie were pretty uptight. Oh - and DRIVING MISS DAISY was like that too. Morgan Freeman was cool, and Jessica Tandy was uptight. Haha. There you go. You might as well compare SOUL PLANE to DRIVING MISS DAISY -- It makes more sense than comparing it to I'M GONNA GET YOU SUCKA.



Yes because when I think of classic cinema on the level of Driving Miss Daisy and Roots, I am sure the next movie to be in that category, in everyones opinion, will be Soul Plane. Putting it into the same category as Im gonna get you sucka would just be rude. You are right.

Soul Plane. The classic story of a black mans struggle to overcome adversity in the airline industry. A touching story of love, passion, and planes with hydraulics. Coming to a theater near you.

[The Postmaster General]

Originally posted by Mentiroso
Yes because when I think of classic cinema on the level of Driving Miss Daisy and Roots, I am sure the next movie to be in that category, in everyones opinion, will be Soul Plane. Putting it into the same category as Im gonna get you sucka would just be rude. You are right.

Soul Plane. The classic story of a black mans struggle to overcome adversity in the airline industry. A touching story of love, passion, and planes with hydraulics. Coming to a theater near you.


Now that's sarcasm I can understand! :D

[The Postmaster General]

Originally posted by Fermus
I want to see this. I always like Snoop Dogg's characters. I might rent it when it comes out on DVD.


My favorite Snoop Dogg characters:

1. Blue (Training Day)
2. Scavenger Smoker (Half Baked)
3. Captain Mack (Soul Plane)
4. Jimmy Bones (Bones)
5. Dee Loc (The Wash)

[Mentiroso]

Originally posted by BubbaStrangelove
My favorite Snoop Dogg characters:

1. Blue (Training Day)
2. Scavenger Smoker (Half Baked)
3. Captain Mack (Soul Plane)
4. Jimmy Bones (Bones)
5. Dee Loc (The Wash)

What about Huggy from Starsky and Hutch?

[The Postmaster General]

Originally posted by Mentiroso
What about Huggy from Starsky and Hutch?


I was thinking of that, but since I wasn't a fan of the show, I don't know how much of Huggy Bear was a Snoop character, and how much he took from the original character.

Still though - that was a cool character, but I still like the 5 listed above more. It's hard to say, because of the reason I mentioned. Those other characters he played were very original - at least unusual takes on stereotyped characters.

I put Training Day as #1 mostly because he is so damn good at getting around in a wheel chair.

[dellamorte dellamore]

Calvin Brodus is a joke , a dime bag short of Rehab , a total caricature of his persona , whatever that persona is supposed to be . Oh man , i'm cool , i'm named after a cartoon character , ooohhh .

And he can't act his way out of a drug bust .

[Mentiroso]

You just described 90% of the rappers out there. No one said he was a great actor. I can not think of one rapper turned actor who is actually good. Ice Cube is ok. Ice T is borderline. Ja Rule makes me vomit. Ludacris did ok in 2F2F. Tupac sucked in everything except Juice which was just ok.

At least Snoop isnt trying to do real serious roles lead roles. He can keep doing the cameo and bit pieces and I am fine with it. I just hope he doesnt think he is a great actor and try to get the lead role and ruin a movie.

[The Postmaster General]

He's not really an actor, is he? I always thought he was like Mr. T, or The Rock.

[Nachokoolaid]

Originally posted by BubbaStrangelove
He's not really an actor, is he? I always thought he was like Mr. T, or The Rock.

I really think the Rock is an actor, or at least he's trying to be. I forsee him being the Arnold or Stallone of his generation. Now, if you're saying that he's not an "actor" the same way that Swarzenneggar is not an actor, as in can only excel in action type roles, then, ok I can respect that. But I think he's heads and shoulders above any of these rapper types that are trying to be in movies.

[ilovemovies]

Originally posted by Nachokoolaid
I really think the Rock is an actor, or at least he's trying to be. I forsee him being the Arnold or Stallone of his generation. Now, if you're saying that he's not an "actor" the same way that Swarzenneggar is not an actor, as in can only excel in action type roles, then, ok I can respect that. But I think he's heads and shoulders above any of these rapper types that are trying to be in movies.

Schwarzenegger has excelled outside of the action genre. He's been great in comedies like Twins and Kindergarten Cop and IMO gave a brilliant performance (and IMO I don't think I'm overstating this) in the criminally underrated gem Junior. I also think he gave an effective dramatic performance in End of Days.

And I agree that The Rock is an actor. I liked him alot in The Rundown and he was even better in Walking Tall.

[dellamorte dellamore]

Originally posted by Mentiroso
You just described 90% of the rappers out there. No one said he was a great actor. I can not think of one rapper turned actor who is actually good. Ice Cube is ok. Ice T is borderline. Ja Rule makes me vomit. Ludacris did ok in 2F2F. Tupac sucked in everything except Juice which was just ok.

At least Snoop isnt trying to do real serious roles lead roles. He can keep doing the cameo and bit pieces and I am fine with it. I just hope he doesnt think he is a great actor and try to get the lead role and ruin a movie.

Yeah , you're right , i guess the main reason he gets on my nerves now is mainly because he's become so ubiquitous . I mean do we have to see him in every other comedy , and all over the television , it's just too much already . Yes , he does have some screen presence , he proved it in a small role in Training Day ( haven't seen his starring role in Bones so i can't comment ) , but man he's being overexposed big time .

He's the black Ben Stiller now , all over the place .

[Murderous Squad]

I'm black so obviously i like black comedies so i'll check this out and nobody liked snoop in whiteboyz?

[10PoundBrown]

soul plane makes the soul want to leave the body.


horrible flick and I agree with Snoop being everywhere. Im tired of his ass to be honest. Over the weekend I was at this bar where I heard some song he performed on Dr Dres Da Chronic and it made me sad because I thought he was so talented back in the day, and now I think too many people have told him that he is soooo talented when he really isnt that memorable at all anymore.

[londonwpr]

I was going into this movie expecting that it would be terrible. I have to admit, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It detroys Dodgeball, but that wouldn't be hard to do...I would rather have an enima for an hour and a half than to sit through that piece of shit again. But, judged solely on entertainment value, this one wasn't half bad.