Have you seen the movie, "Flight of the Phoenix"? I have a question about it-- (see below...)?
In "Flight of the Phoenix," how come all the characters who are stranded in the plane crash, suck up to the macho Dennis Quaid character, and despise the unassuming & helpful Giovanni Ribisi character? I realize it's just a movie, but the fact that the screenwriter thought to shape the characters this way, makes me think that he/she thought that this is the way things would naturally work out, in real life. I could see them all disliking the Ribisi character, if he was this selfish, arrogant, know-it-all, but he seems nice-- quiet, but nice-- he just wants to help everyone re-build the plane, & get out of the desert; he only turns out to be jerky later, after weeks of the other characters pushing his buttons, and being nasty & ungrateful, for (what it seems to me) no reason... why do they all continually bust the Ribisi character's chops, and then end up practically worshipping the macho-asshole Dennis Quaid character?
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I think these attitudes by the book and movie writers just reflect what they think is typical middle class American values. These well defined but different characters also provide some "meat", substance to the story which might be a bit boring to non-aviation viewers. There were two movies made of this and I really enjoyed both, although the first one with James Stewart as the pilot was my favorite. I also was rooting for the intellectual guy, the designer, and a bet many other viewers were also.
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I liked this movie, and to tell you the Truth, Dennis is the captain so naturally they all look to him for help, and Ribis to me in my opinion was kind of annoying even before he turned out to be this know it all/ not real plain builder guy, but to tell you the truth I think the screen writer was going with the original movie, because it was a remake of the older flight of the Phoenix, so i believe it had nothing to do with how he or she thought people would act naturally.
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Did we see the same movie? Dennis Quaid saved their lives twice-first by landing a crippled plane and second by flying an experimental plane. He was looked to by all as their pilot therefore he had the power. Once it was discovered Ribisi's character could put out-faith was restored. Ribisi's character was one of the most arrogant character's I have ever seen portrayed. And he was a murderer.
