If Gerard Butler was dead he'd be rolling over in his grave...I wish that was all I needed to say but here's some more. The color is terrible. The blood is terrible. The acting is....well....it's not terrible but it's so out of place. The fighting is interesting. The girls are NOT good looking but the guys are all hunks so there's that. All the sound effects are exactly the same. There's so much gore. And the kicker was the sea serpent things that thank God ended up just being a dream because I was going to run out of the room stark raving mad. I'm not sure if any of that counts as a spoiler but figured I'd better check the box in case. And let me end with what I began with: poor Gerard.
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Test Pilot
(1938)
Impressive for 1938
8 March 2004
I've only seen this movie twice, but I guess I forgot how good the dialogue is until I watched it the second time the other day. Most films from around this time were teetering on the B edge, but this one is very well done. Mostly, though, it was the way the script was written (or the way they ad libbed it) that really made the movie. It's clever but not overdone and definitely not sappy. The way they talk to each other, especially Ann and Gunner, works in such a way as to keep you guessing and not having any idea what they may say next. I was not expecting to see that but it's very effective. Most of the rest of the movies from this genre were your stereotype typicals, and you don't get into this kind of dialogue until well into the 40s and on into the 50s. I was impressed.
Loy and Gable work very well together and don't leave anything to be desired. The chemistry, as they say, is obvious. I don't know of any other movies they starred in together, but I'm definitely going to look! Spencer Tracy shows his vesatility in this one, and his humor is one of my favorite things about him. All said and done, I'll be watching "Test Pilot" again and again and recommend it to old-movie fans.
Loy and Gable work very well together and don't leave anything to be desired. The chemistry, as they say, is obvious. I don't know of any other movies they starred in together, but I'm definitely going to look! Spencer Tracy shows his vesatility in this one, and his humor is one of my favorite things about him. All said and done, I'll be watching "Test Pilot" again and again and recommend it to old-movie fans.
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