Review of The High and the Mighty (1954) by Eddy C — 24 Jan 2016
Not enough Wayne in this is my comment. It's the original disaster movie. I love how the producers of the spoof series Airplane used an actor from this and drew material from it. It's too long for starters, it has some nice flashback scenes to give backstory to the passengers of the plane.
But some are just too annoying to care about. Wayne is the best part of the movie. When he bitchslaps the captain is a laugh out loud great moment. Also when he is calming down the passengers of the plane is a great scene.
But you don't connect with a lot of the passengers and really are not bothered if they make it or not. The end is rather predictable and frustrating. But it has ts moments. Mind you are a fan of John Wayne then watch it.
He does what he does. But as a movie it's not the best. I can see what it tried to do but comes up short.
This review of The High and the Mighty (1954) was written by Eddy C on 24 Jan 2016.
The High and the Mighty has generally received positive reviews.
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