I hadn't seen Planes Trains and Automobiles for a billion years and it's such a great #movie.
The situation is basically two of the worst people in existence being forced together but much of the humour is visual. It's not so much full of witty lines, but just funny situations.
John Candy plays a kind of proto-Homer Simpson: a terrible person who you just love. Steve Martin plays the downtrodden ordinary person, who is an asshole because he lets life get to him.
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The situation is basically two of the worst people in existence being forced together but much of the humour is visual. It's not so much full of witty lines, but just funny situations.
John Candy plays a kind of proto-Homer Simpson: a terrible person who you just love. Steve Martin plays the downtrodden ordinary person, who is an asshole because he lets life get to him.
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#Movies #films
Lydia Conwell •
Also one part that has always stuck in my memory is when they are in the airport at the beginning. And Steve Martin recognises John candy with Candy recreatiing his shocked reaction through a taxi door window while still in the airport.
I like that part. Rather than replay the clip, they restage the clip in a new setting.
Lydia Conwell •
First is Steve Martin's watch, which gets a nice close up, bringing in time as central to the premise, but also as a valuable object used later in the movie.
Then there's John Candy's trunk, which I guess is a metaphor for Candy's character, being a dead weight, holding Martin back.
There's even the mention of Martin forgetting his gloves, then later in desperate need of gloves.
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DigiVoyager •
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A funny film, but it also went to an interesting place with his character, though I suppose they wanted some sort of emotional hook.
Lydia Conwell •
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But the strength of the film is all on Candy and Martin.
It's just so very, very good.
DigiVoyager •
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Also very relatable, this movie is kind of popular here among older generations for that reason. Because of our labour culture/economy, many people end up spending big holidays alone, whether here or overseas.