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Well known EAA correspondent Mac lays out his review of the new aviation movie Flight.

http://macsblog.com/2012/11/are-we-really-that-boring/

This movie so far does not seem to be getting great aviation reviews. So between that and the commercials I will be staying away from it.

Honestly, an inverted pull out with a roll in a regional airliner at low altitude and high speed?! Excuse me?!
And why must the pilot be riddled with drug use, alcohol abuse, and other immoral flaws?!

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Budweiser - that now Foreign owned Company, owned by Inbev.

I'll bet its because of something else !

Bud, never used to complain about their products in movies, long before Inbev, bought them out, movies like Urban Cowboy(1980), and a host of other thru out the decades. Don't ever remember hearing Coors complain & whine about their products showing up in a movie ??

Maybe InBev/ Budweiser just wants their % of sum Moolah $$$$, for using their beer logos in a movie ,, more of that over the top  Copyright / trademark infrigement stuff~ola,,, anything for a Buck !

Could be.  I haven't seen the movie and based on the reviews I probably won't until it's released on home media.

Commercial products usually want their logos displayed in movies and pay for product placement (Demolition Man/Taco Bell).  I assume they have some control of how their products are displayed.

So maybe Budweiser didn't pay for product placement and is unhappy with the way it is portrayed.

"Realism goes out the window almost instantly when Whip conducts the walk-around in the downpour while his copilot is snug and dry in the cockpit. Whip hits the oxygen mask in a further recovery attempt."

This is the only realism that I found in the write-up, although it is taken from two places. In the company I work for, the captain has to do the walk around and the second part, many moons ago in a life that involved a blue suit and single seaters, I lost count of the number of pilots I strapped in that went to 100% oxygen as soon as they had sat down...............

As Bud said, I will wait, but wait until it hits the $1 bucket at the DVD rental

Honestly, an inverted pull out with a roll in a regional airliner at low altitude and high speed?! Excuse me?!

In such a horrific situation, it really did happen. But, sadly, not with the same results as depicted in the movie. From the Wiki:

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashed after a jackscrew in the horizontal stabilizer failed. The crew, in an attempt to maintain controlled flight, flew inverted for a time before control was lost completely. The plane plunged nose down into the Pacific Ocean at very high speeds. All on board perished.

While I appreciate realism in movies, I'm not wound up so tight to not be able to enjoy Flight. I think everyone should take a deep breath and say, "It's only a movie." If it bothers you THAT much, maybe better to stick to watching documentaries.

Right on' believe ya hit the nail on the head !!

[quote]While I appreciate realism in movies, I'm not wound up so tight to not be able to enjoy Flight. I think everyone should take a deep breath and say, "It's only a movie." If it bothers you THAT much, maybe better to stick to watching documentaries.