Soul Plane
 

I might lose my "REFINED PASS" but I admit I want to go see this movie. :o

Comedy
Nashawn wins $100 million in a legal settlement. He uses the money to start the first all-black airline, NWA, as a means to win back his girlfriend, Giselle. However, the maiden NWA flight does not go smoothly when a white family is mistakenly re-routed onto the plane.
Release Date: May 28th, 2004 (wide).


Starring: Kevin Hart, Snoop Dogg, K.D. Aubert, Method Man, Gary Anthony Williams


http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/soulplane.html

Anyone else want to see it?

Re: Soul Plane
 

HECK NO!!!!!!!!

To many reasons to list.............. :o :(

I will definitely see it. Yes, it looks like every stereotype associated with us is in there, but the flick just looks funny to me. Sometimes, you just gotta do what you just wanna do.

..besides, I'm not always proud of my sense of humor, or the things I laugh at anyway.

Re: Soul Plane
 

Yes, please pass your "refined pass", your Links application and your subscription to Black Enterprise to Steeltrap as soon as possible. Thank you! Do not pass Go, do not collect $200, go straight to the 'hood! :D


That movie looks like a hot mess, but I will watch it on cable! LOL

TonyB is :cool: with me.


I will gladly hand over my refined Negro membership card. :D

I can wait for it to come on cable. I believe the bootleg will be out shortly.

I still need to check y'alls Ghetto pass.

yeah i cringed when i saw the previews... just like "head of state"

the cliche "it would sure be crazy if black folks _________! lets throw in a few awkward, out of the loop uncool white people, a famous rapper, and make it a movie!" thing is really old.

this is straight up, 100% bull____. dont waste youre $10.25 on this mess. i would even have reservations about spending $5 for the bootleg.

and it has snoop in it. and now that im reading the plot description (gee, theres actually more to it than black people running an airline!), it still sux. between him on SNL last week and this, he really isnt winning in the "quality acting" portion of the talent show. sadlly, his best acting is GGW.

and let me not even go there about monique...

Guess what? The bootleg is out already! Two of my co workers bought them at the job this week. They both say that it's hilarious. Still, I'd rather borrow it from someone or wait for cable.

If I could go see Johnson Family Vacation..... I will go see Soulplane:D

Saw it a month ago (Easter) while visiting my fam (including Snoop) in Long Beach. That made it waaaay more fun but my mom, who cusses like a sailor couldn't take it because it had too much cussing in it. I think the "type" of cussing was too much. I thought it was over the top stereotypical but was funny, too. I also thought that MoNique's character was waaaayy too raunchy. I didn't like that AT ALL. There were a lot of funny parts, however. Would I spend money on it? Probably not.

My fiance's cousin is an extra in this movie. When I met him this past summer, he was explaining that after filming, he felt some regrets due to the negative stereotypes that are portrayed in the film. If I see it, it will be to catch a glimpse of him. Otherwise, it doesn't look like the type of film I would spend my money on.

Re: Re: Soul Plane
 

LOL. LOL. LOL.
Thanks for considering me as the arbiter of being refined.
But I may also see this one on cable.
:p

I saw it a few weeks ago and it had a few laughs. John Witherspoon, as always is a fool. I was tired of Sommore and her bf very quickly, but overall it was okay. Dang, I had promised myself to never watch another movie with Snoop Dogg after Baby Boy. I don't know how I got caught up lol.

somebody help me with this....
 

*hijack question

besides it being a matter of degree/taste regarding comedy, what's the difference between Soul Plane and Chapelle's show? Both make extreme parodies on elements of perceived Black culture (I'm making an assumption for the movie) in pursuit of humor.

I find Chapelle marginally funny, he does have his moments. But dude is huge on GC, so can someone please explain to me what I'm missing with this comparison?

*end hijack*

Yep saw it about 3 weeks ago and trust DON"T WASTE YOUR MONEY.

Re: somebody help me with this....
 

Soul Plane is $5.00 per person

Chapelle Show is free if you have cable.

Lawd, I saw it on Saturday (funny day: High Tea with my mom and aunt, then watching a bootleg copy of Soul Plane with my cousins later that night)

My take:

1) It was a little too raunchy for my taste
2) I CANNOT TOLERATE THE LEAD ACTOR'S VOICE!!! He needs a little more BASS
3)Some funny moments (though none really memorable)
4) I'm glad I didn't pay for it (not that I planned on seeing it anyway)
5)"However, the maiden NWA flight does not go smoothly when a white family is mistakenly re-routed onto the plane" ~not true...they were not the reason the flight failed to run smoothly

Oh, and to answer Tony's question: For some reason, I think Dave's show is a little smarter than Soul Plane. Not all of the sketches, but some of them. Also, his comedy is outside of the box. Not the usual hood comedy. OH..and what Laidback said..it's free.

Re: Re: somebody help me with this....
 

*hijack mode on*

FREE if you have CABLE?

I think we have a criminal amongst us, 'cause cable is NOT free (not at $45/month and up).

Laidbackfella, don't you know it's a federal offense to steal cable TV? :p

j/k. Anyway...

*hijack mode off*

Question:

Is Soul Plane anything like Airplane! or even Airplane II, b/c a lot of critics have been saying this movie has elements of Airplane! ine it.

Help me out here...

my dean asked me if i was going catch it..

depends on three things....

1. if i've seen troy
2. if i've seen van helsing yet
3. if my girl wants to see it (she thinks i'm a nerd to watch those other joints)

somehow it always goes back to the chick....

:(

My BF bought the bootleg and I watched it the other night. Monique was definitely in rare form and Snoop was being snoop. It had some funny parts like passing the Popeyes chicken boxes and toilet paper for napkins in the low class section. lol

Re: Re: Re: somebody help me with this....
 

Matter of semantics.

Because the show is free. You are paying for access to that channel plus more.

So in essence we take that $45.00 per month and divide it by say 60 channels. So that's .75 cents per chanel per month. Take that 75 cents divide it by 30 days(avg) in a month. That's 2.5 cents per day per channel. Take that 2.5 cents and divide it by 24 hours. And that's 0.104166666666666666666666666666667 cents per hour.

I'd still say that's cheaper than a movie.

Noooooooooo!!!!!
 

***running and flinging myself in front of starang and snatching his wallet****

DO NOT GO SEE VAN HELSING!!!

It was the worst movie I have seen so far this year!! Save your money!! I feel bad for Hugh Jackman....he must have needed money. :( :o


**trying to catch my breath after running and flinging**

Now about Soulplane....I will go ONLY if somebody else pays. :p :o

What took me by surprise was the black guy from Malcolm in the middle playing a gay role. I am so used to him being so nerdy. I was rolling at their video done to "Survivor". And all that damn lip gloss!

TTT-FYI
 

I have no plans to see this movie, but here's a little piece on people who are upset about it. Earl Hutchinson is what I'd call a political moderate who has called for personal responsibility. His column has appeared in the Los Angeles Business Journal, the sister newspaper to mine -- ST


SOUL PLANE' IN THE CROSS HAIRS
Campaign against racial stereotyping created.

As seen in our feature story on the upcoming MGM movie "Soul Plane," racial stereotypes are flung fast and free. However, asexemplified in a town meeting Saturday morning in LA's Leimert Park, at the Lucy Florence cafe, the movie has become is a hot button.
At the town meeting, a panel, moderated by Earl Ofari Hutchinson,consisting of actress Anne-Marie Johnson, syndicated columnists Tanya Kersey and Joseph C. Phillips and UR/EURweb's Lee Bailey, discussed the issues raised by the movie.
Not surprisingly some see "Soul Plane" as racially and sexually
offensive. They say it depicts African-Americans as sex-crazed, clowns, buffoons, and incompetents.
"Films such as 'Soul Plane' perpetuate vile, and despicable
racial images," says Hutchinson, President, National Alliance for
Positive Action.
Hutchinson and the National Alliance is spearheading a campaign called "Speak Out Against Racial Stereotyping to MGM!"
To let MGM and Hollywood know how you feel they say: "Write, Fax,
Phone, or Email:
Alex Yemenidjian, MGM CEO
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
10250 Constellation Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: 310-449-3000
Fax: 310-449-8750
Email: Post Your Comment at:
www. mgm.com/help "In Theatres"

"We call on MGM executives to end racial stereotyping and produce quality films that depict the full range of the African-American experience," says Hutchinson.
For more info, call 310-672-2542 or email EHutchi344@aol.com.

I saw this movie a couple of weeks ago on bootleg(it was very clear I might add). I thought it was HELLA funny but some parts were a little bit over the top. In almost if not all movies I have seen Sommore in she play a hoe. But overall I think it was good. Parents don't take ur kids to see it, it has nude parts.

Re: Re: Re: Re: somebody help me with this....
 

OK, LBF, you WENT there! You got all mathematical and statistical up in here! :D :p

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: somebody help me with this....
 

To quote Babs, "yuuup"

homeboy movie review
 

I peeped two movies over the weekend:

saw Soul Plane Sunday night .....it was a hot garbage casserole with a stank gravy sauce over the top. Not because it was stereotypical (the set up told you that), but because it was BORING. It had its moments (Monique, mainly). Sommore needs to rethink her roles...her only point in the movie, it seemed, was to get freaked in every class (1st class, coach, ghetto, the cockpit).

I saw Breakin All the Rules? Jamie Foxx/Gabrielle Union. Flick was so stupid, I think I forgot the title. It had potential but the plotline was too convoluted to be a comedy. Woulda GLADLY got up and left the movie but that wouldn't have been nice to do to the person I went with.....but you best believe I thought about that isht long and hard :mad:

Re: homeboy movie review
 

Only you, Tony; only you!

This is too funny!

Methinks if they had used this line somewhere in the movie, it would have been a heck of a lot funnier!

Review from EUR web
 

If you still need more convincing about why NOT to go see this movie....

MORRIS O'KELLY: 'Soul Plane' Review

Whenever you review a movie as a journalist,
integrity demands that you actually go see the
movie. Yeah, I know…funny how it works that
way. I have to be honest; it took everything in
me to go see the movie “Soul Plane.”
There was this feeling down in the pit of my
stomach that not only was I going to waste my
money, but my time and subsequent energy
writing a review.
Granted, some might say it’s not fair if you
don’t go to a movie with an open mind, but at the
same time…any prior feelings about Soul Plane
were based squarely on the previews … the unfunny
and bad previews. In my mind, any fiery blaze that
Soul Plane would go down in (metaphorically
speaking) would be squarely the responsibility
of the movie and the people who made it.
So here goes nothing.
Read it at EURweb.com:
http://eurweb.com/articles/columns/0...4706012004.cfm

Re: homeboy movie review
 

I SECOND!!!

So help me, the next person who compares Soul Plane to Airplane!...
 

...is gonna get PIMP SLAPPED! *this is after I read the aforementioned movie review*

HC I keep hearing folk say that Soul Plane is the Black version of Airplane!? NO IT IS NOT!!!

The only thing both movies have in common is that the airplane is the central theme to the movie. THATS IT!

I saw the previews to Soul Plane and I decided to pass on it, 'cause it looked like HOT GARBAGE.

Airplane! was a cleverly written comedy by the ZAZ gang (Zucker Abrahams, and Zucker) based on the 1957 Warner Bros. drama Zero Hour, which was an adaptation of Arthur Hailey's novel Runway Zero Eight.

How can ANYONE compare Airplane's original spoof formula of deadpan humor to Soul Plane's ghetto, lewd, crude, lascivious, overused, and recycled jokes and gags is beyond me.

Airplane! singlehandedly defined and set the standard for contemporary spoof humor to such an extent that the Wayans Bros. actually bit off the Zucker Bros (successfully, I might add).

Don't EVER insult the comedic talents of the Zucker Bros and Jim Abrahams by comparing them to Soul Plane ever again.

*stepping off my soapbox*.

To be quite honest, I never wanted to see this movie but the weekend I created the thread, I needed to get to thread 1969 for Ladygreek, lol. But I know if I had only said Soul Plane coming soon, less folks would have replied. SO HA! Gotcha!!

Re: homeboy movie review
 

Why did I think of the song to How the Grinch stole Christmas when I read this? lol