A Bit Disappointing/ Mixed

Rating: 6/10 (15 December 2012)

I had seen the trailer for "Flight", directed by Robert Zemeckis, once and saw a good average review, and the movie featured Denzel Washington, so figured it looked like at least a satisfactory time to be had. (major spoiler) And for me the movie is exciting especially for it's first 45 min or so thanks in no small part to amazing flying and crashing sequences. Technically this was the best I've ever seen in a movie, at least a full factor better than the next best plane crash sequence I can remember in "Fearless". However, the movie is not really about the Flight, but rather about the main character Whip Whitaker( Denzel Washington) and his simple but continual alcohol and drug dependence. By the end of the movie I felt like I'd been watching an AA collaboration hijack an earlier great movie I was watching. Substance abuse and it's melodrama is not really what I enjoy watching in movies, especially as the focal theme. So I Felt disappointed, misled, and tired of that continual theme almost non-stop for last 90 min of the movie. I didn't want to watch "Clean and Sober" with a plane crash thrown in. Will give it 6/10 for it's fist 45 min though.