A carnival of technology

Five thoughts that came to mind while watching this movie:

• What’s going on?
• What year is it supposed to be?
• ACTING!
• The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has more gold than Fort Knox.
• “And then star wipe to…”

This movie blew. The plot sucked. The acting sucked. And that wipe. Every scene transition used that damn dissolve wipe. It was like watching Unsolved Mysteries without Robert Stack’s narration. Oh, and without a freaking plot.

I give this movie 2/10 because it had that crazy guy from Waterworld that wanted resin and because the boots the aliens wore looked like something out of Final Fantasy <pick your favorite number>.

I thought Soul Plane was funny. It reminded me of Airplane! Leslie Neilsen movies, which I also enjoy. The prop jokes were endless and it’s the kind of movie that you could watch again and still find funny (again, a lot like Airplane!). I particularly enjoyed the low class section of the plane. It’s called low class instead of coach. The overhead storage bins are like bus station lockers that you put a quarter in to get the key out. There are Colt 45 ads lining the wall just under the lockers. At the very back of the plane they don’t even have seats, just subway-style overhead hand holds.

A movie like this isn’t complete without dick and fart jokes. There are plenty of those. In fact, the key plot element that gets the movie going involves the protagonist getting his ass stuck in an airplane toilet.

This movie definitely has a target audience. People that enjoy slapstick will find this movie enjoyable. It’s too bad that it made it on the bottom 100 list. There are plenty of worse movies.

I give this movie 7/10 because it could do with a bit less sex humor and drug humor. But that’s just me. It’s still a funny movie.