Which Movies to watch on the plane

Jude13

I fly home next week on a 8-9 hour flight and have the list below as my options and was wondering which the board thought would be best to pass the time.

Avengers Age of Ultron
Run all night
Shaun the sheep
Kingsman
While we’re young

Then there are the old backup movies (classics)
Top Gun
I know what you did last summer (I will have to give this a glance again)
National Lamppons

e_e

Whiplash is a good 'un.

Was gonna say Ex Machina but it gets a little erm, fleshy in parts.

Jude13

ehh they are not showing on the plane.

Oafley Jones

Anything that didn't sell itself on big action sequences anyway. iPads etc are a rotten way of experiencing them for the first time and do them an utter disservice.

Skerries

Airplane
United 93
Airport
Airport '77
Passenger 57
Falling from the Sky: Flight 174
Air Force One
Con Air

Jude13

Sorry I mean that they are being shown on the planes entertainment system.

The choice are as listed in my first post.

Some bunch of comedians.

gazzamc

The Avengers and Kingsman are a good watch.

Oafley Jones

gazzamc wrote: »

The Avengers and Kingsman are a good watch.

Again, would you want to experience The Avengers first time on a terrible 6 inch screen stuck on the back of the seat in front of you?

e_e

I'd be the 25 year old guy watching Shaun the Sheep tbh. :P

Jude13

It will not be a great screen alright, so I guess the less special effects the better.


But which films are worth a watch, forgetting the screen quality, more content.

e_e

I guess While We're Young is a pleasant enough watch that doesn't rely on big visuals, so the small screen won't hurt it much.

DoYouEvenLift

Do they've any TV shows? During long journeys I prefer getting into a TV show instead of movies because one continuous long story keeps you engaged instead of stopping and starting completely new stories which after even just two movies gets boring.


If they had Prison Break and you hadn't seen it before that'd probably be the quickest 8 hour flight ever because of how addictive the first season is.

Jude13

Never seen prison break, i will see if they have it. I don't get to see many of these movies at home so I thought 8-9 hours of my own time I may as well indulge.

gazzamc

Oafley Jones wrote: »

Again, would you want to experience The Avengers first time on a terrible 6 inch screen stuck on the back of the seat in front of you?

The size of the screen wouldn't matter, I've watched movies on the plane and was pretty immersed in them, there's not a lot to distract you during a long flight.. If the movies good and you have a good pair of headphones it's all good.

Either way it's better than twiddling your thumbs :P

Jude13

Ive a pretty big screen and noise canceling headphones

JohnFalstaff

Is that a bed?!? Beats any plane I've been on recently.

Forget the tiny TV, have a sleep!

Jude13

Its a day time flight and I want to avoid being awake at bedtime in my destination.
Plus its novelty being able to watch movies I want to.

jacksie66

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Jude13

Ba dum tish

DoYouEvenLift

If you've the money for one, buy a headphone amp as well to go with the noise cancelling headphones - you'll be delighted to have these on any flights in the future, you'll forget you're even on a plane, especially since those screens are actually decent.

JohnFalstaff

Oh ok... Just don't watch anything that would normally be classified over PG-13 as airplane screeners tend to cut out any scenes containing sex or violence, often rendering the film incomprehensible. Kingsman would fall into this category.

razorblunt

Basically pick any film that won't have been edited to within an inch of its existence by the over zealous flight companies.
Though I know they've become a bit more relaxed you'd have to wonder what the point of showing World WarZ on a flight was!

I tend to use the time to catch up on "older" movies where the small screen doesn't limit their impact, last January it was "A Walk Among the Tombstones", Silver Linings Playbook and a few others.


Falstaff pipped me at the last second!

JohnFalstaff

razorblunt wrote: »

Basically pick any film that won't have been edited to within an inch of its existence by the over zealous flight companies.
Though I know they've become a bit more relaxed you'd have to wonder what the point of showing World WarZ on a flight was!

I tend to use the time to catch up on "older" movies where the small screen doesn't limit their impact, last January it was "A Walk Among the Tombstones", Silver Linings Playbook and a few others.


Falstaff pipped me at the last second!

Snap!

Out of the list in the opening post, I'd watch Top Gun.

What else is on offer?

crazygeryy

kingsman is a great "switch off your brain and watch" movie. but it's violent so it will be cut to shreds as an airplane movie I'd imagine.
either that or shaun the sheep.

Firefox11

Skerries wrote: »

Airplane
United 93
Airport
Airport '77
Passenger 57
Falling from the Sky: Flight 174
Air Force One
Con Air

Snakes on a Plane

Jude13

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

If you've the money for one, buy a headphone amp as well to go with the noise cancelling headphones - you'll be delighted to have these on any flights in the future, you'll forget you're even on a plane, especially since those screens are actually decent.

I have a pair of these sennheiser mm 450-x which do the job. the plane ones say noise canceling but are not the best.

Jude13

Cheers for the reply's. I'm going with
Kingsman
While we’re young
Avengers Age of Ultron