Flight was a good movie. I did not find it to be a great
movie but it was still very good. It was mis marketed though in my opinion the
movie was not really what it claimed to be. It’s not so much about a crazy
plane crashed that was landed mostly safely in a miraculous way by a great
pilot, it was more a harrowing story about a man who is struggling with
addiction, being a bad person, and overcoming one’s personal demons. It was a
very serious film whereas the trailer plays it up as a fun flick about a crazy
plane crash. Also it touts John Goodman as one of its main cast and he is a
HUGE favorite of mine. Problem is that sadly he was only in two scenes and they
happen to be the best scenes in the movie and it was solely because of him.
Denzel was also great as he usually is but again not quite the performance the
commercials are saying. I did not find it to be his most compelling performance
in years. In fact he did a lot of actor ticks or ism’s if you will and it was weird.
For example multiple times throughout the film he does this weird thing with
his lounge where he put it into the side of his cheek and moved it around and
sometimes, it was strange and noticeable and took me out of the storyline for moment
because I wondered to myself why he was kept doing that. Sound wired to gripe
about such a small thing but if you watch the movie you will see what I’m
talking about. All in all though it is still a movie to be seen, it really is
quite good, it’s just not really what hey market it to be and if given the
choice I would most defiantly let this movie be a rental. I did not find it to
be good enough to warrant movie monies or to buy it for home but most defiantly
worth a rental. 3.5 Stars of 5 for me. Recommended, for rental.
