Before I took my family to see this (yeah, I took my 10 year old, I was 10 when I saw Airplane so...) I decided to check out some early reviews. One in particular was a critic from the Miami herald who said the movie was racist, boring, and not funny.
I'm glad I didn't pay her any attention; there was a ton of laughs in this movie, my kids and I were rolling, HOWEVER there was also a ton of truth in this movie. It may have been dressed as a spoof, but there were a lot of things in AC that I appreciated hearing and knowing that my kids got to hear and see, plus having the plot surrounded with the humor will make this movie and its point memorable to my progeny.
One scene with George Washington in particular was more poignant than humorous and the point hit home with the whole family. What really gets me is that the actors in this movie believe in this so much they've put their careers, their LIVING on the line; where any hippie wimp director can make a tre'chic anti-American movie, these guys, Kelsey Grammer, James Woods, Dennis Hopper, Trace Atkins, Jon Voight have the courage to tell it like it is. I'm buying this movie and several copies to give as gifts to my family, that is if it isn't outlawed by our new socialist regime after January 19th....
TEEEEEEJ