Looking at the way the crew treated Jodie Foster, it reminded me of the movie Clerks (1994). Especially the way the two flight attendants were telling Fiona (Erika Christensen) "it's OK to laugh at the passengers", "it's OK to hate the passengers" reminded me of Randal's rant "this job would be great if it wasn't for the *beep* customers." It's like they were saying "this job would be great if it wasn't for the *beep* passengers."
shareI had mixed feelings about the depiction. Yes, I could see the Flight Attendants might be irritated having to look for the child (due to disruption, angry passengers, etc.) but, if a passenger had a missing child and was recently widowed, I think they'd be much more sympathetic.
‘Six inches is perfectly adequate; more is vulgar!' (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Re: An open window).
I totally agree, but it's not just the flight attendants. I think that what steamed me more than any of the huge holes that comprise what might laughingly be called the "plot" of this "movie" is that virtually no one reacts to virtually anything that happens the way a real, live, normal person would, assuming that it would happen even once in a million years in real, live, normal real life. Such blatant artificiality makes me want to hurl big, heavy things through the screen, in an admittedly futile attempt to crush the poo-filled skulls of this travesty's perpetrators. The only film that comes close to this level of contempt for its audience is the Ben Affleck sci-fi "thriller", Paycheck. But that's a whole 'nother "story"! (Hand me that waffle iron...)
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