There are some big laughs, as well as spirited performances, to be found in the disaster movie spoof The Big Bus. Just not quite enough.Keith Bailey is the proprietor of The Unknown Movies Page.
Big bus, what’s the fuss?
There are some big laughs, as well as spirited performances, to be found in the disaster movie spoof The Big Bus. Just not quite enough.Keith Bailey is the proprietor of The Unknown Movies Page.
#1 by DamonD on May 27, 2022 - 3:35 am
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#Six months to live! That’s all they gave him!#
It’s been a while since I last saw this one, but even as Diet Coke Airplane, I was rather fond of The Big Bus and have wondered why it didn’t get more attention. There are lines from it I still remember and quote nowadays.
“You eat one lousy foot and they call you a cannibal!”
#2 by supersonic man on May 28, 2022 - 12:06 pm
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I always did like this one.
#3 by RogerBW on June 9, 2022 - 10:11 am
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I think the crucial note that Airplane hit dead on was to start with a serious script, and actors who’d play it seriously, and then make it funny. (Which may be why Stephen Stucker stands out: he’s playing in a comedy, while everyone else is in a drama that’s also funny.) The Big Bus spends a lot less time on making me care about the characters, and a lot more on plain old jokes, and at feature film length that doesn’t work well for me.
But I still have a soft spot for it.