The art of a plane movie
From Interstellar to Twilight, your stimulus for the sky for however many hours.
I’m about to embark on the journey from New York, New York to Melbourne, Australia and it is quite the long time to be strapped in an economy class seat surrounded by strangers and anticipating when the little bag of pretzels will be dropped in my lap.
What makes the perfect in-flight entertainment?
To fly 16695 km home and stay awake the whole time you can crunch at least 10 movies in one sitting, some might say it’s the perfect time to finally get around to watching some of Peter Jackson’s work in one sitting. To watch the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies in chronological order (by storyline timeline), start with The Hobbit trilogy followed by The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Total runtime for all six films exceeds 20 hours for extended editions. Thanks Forbes!
You can have a fun time playing on this Great Circle Map and put it your own place to see the distance to my little home on the other side of the world, the homesickness has just continued to grow, and seeing how much ocean really stretches me apart makes me feel quite small on this big blue planet.
Anyway! No more sob, I’m here to talk cinema, baby.
Forgot your headphones? Charlie Chaplin archive.
Want to watch inaccurate literatury soft porn? Time for Wuthering Heights.
I like a film that has enough action to keep me engaged but doesn’t make me stress, my top picks would probably be:
Scott Pilgrim vs The World perfect camera work for my sleepy brain
La La Land (and ask the flight attendant for multiple napkins for my quiet sobs)
And no movie where a problem occurs on a plane, cheers.
