Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987)
I didn't think I had seen this movie, but as I was watching it, some scenes looked familiar, so I must have seen at least part of this movie before now. I didn't think this was a great movie, but it was good, and it's probably my favorite of the Steve Martin movies that were nominated in this HoF. I haven't seen most of John Candy's movies, but I thought he and Steve Martin made a pretty good "odd couple" pair.
The movie started out okay, but it didn't take long for the situations to get predictable. Once the concept of the movie, where everything goes wrong for Martin's character, while Candy's character seems to take most things in stride, it's easy to figure out what's going to happen to them before it happens. That didn't make it a bad movie, but it took away some of the humor. (Although it's hard to find much humor while watching Martin's character going through so much misfortune.)
There were some highlights in this movie. The most obvious one was Martin's tirade about the rental car. While I don't normally use that kind of language, he pretty much said what most people would like to say to the woman if we were in his situation.
However, there was a major plot hole in the movie. If they had just waited at the airport, or just taken the hotel for one or two nights and then gone back to the airport, they probably would have been home by the next day or two. There clearly wasn't enough snow on the ground throughout their trip to keep the airport closed for that long.
But if you overlook the plot hole and the predictability, and just try to enjoy the movie, it's an enjoyable movie. And the ending was so good that it makes the whole movie worth watching.
I didn't think I had seen this movie, but as I was watching it, some scenes looked familiar, so I must have seen at least part of this movie before now. I didn't think this was a great movie, but it was good, and it's probably my favorite of the Steve Martin movies that were nominated in this HoF. I haven't seen most of John Candy's movies, but I thought he and Steve Martin made a pretty good "odd couple" pair.
The movie started out okay, but it didn't take long for the situations to get predictable. Once the concept of the movie, where everything goes wrong for Martin's character, while Candy's character seems to take most things in stride, it's easy to figure out what's going to happen to them before it happens. That didn't make it a bad movie, but it took away some of the humor. (Although it's hard to find much humor while watching Martin's character going through so much misfortune.)
There were some highlights in this movie. The most obvious one was Martin's tirade about the rental car. While I don't normally use that kind of language, he pretty much said what most people would like to say to the woman if we were in his situation.
However, there was a major plot hole in the movie. If they had just waited at the airport, or just taken the hotel for one or two nights and then gone back to the airport, they probably would have been home by the next day or two. There clearly wasn't enough snow on the ground throughout their trip to keep the airport closed for that long.
But if you overlook the plot hole and the predictability, and just try to enjoy the movie, it's an enjoyable movie. And the ending was so good that it makes the whole movie worth watching.
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