One Flight Stand (2003) User Reviews

cute, if a bit corny

[lifedoesntimitate · 8/10 · 9 December 2005]

I just caught this little short on HBO. Being a big Buffy fan, I was mostly interested in it because of Marc Blucas. I wanted to see if the man was perpetually Riley Finn, or if he was actually a decent actor. Turns out, a little of both.

I was also interested in the concept. Being an actor myself, who up until the point of this writing, has mostly done small short films, I was curious about how they would cover this material in this context. Turns out, they pretty much thought of everything. The puns and metaphors are aplenty, and for the most part, they worked for me. Some of them, obviously, were a bit corny, even for the already corny premise. However, the film's awareness of itself and how corny it was really helped it along quite well.

Marc and Aisha really did quite well, given the circumstances. The writing was fine, given the corniness that sort of had to be there. And the very end gave me a chuckle. All in all, I really enjoyed this short. I recommend it. And you know what? If you see it and loathe it, it was only fifteen minutes of your life.

8 out of 10

A full relationship in 12 minutes

[jasonrandjunk · 9/10 · 29 July 2006]

This short embodies the ups, downs, and quarks of a relationship in the analogous form of an airplane flight. The relationship is on speed, so the characters make the moves, fast. I caught it on a premium movie channel as a filler between features. It is short and entertaining. If you get the chance, check it out - it's funny, and chances are you will be able to relate to it in one way or another, be it from the relationship that forms to the experience of traveling on an airplane.

For anyone that liked Aisha Tyler in "24" you will see a different and much more pleasant version of her in this flick. The rest of the actors and actresses in "One Flight Stand" are, to the best of my knowledge, unknowns, yet perhaps this is what makes this short more entertaining - you are not distracted by the popularity of the performers.

I tended to notice the errors in the travel experience. For one, sitting in an unassigned business or first-class seat is near impossible, let alone even standing in a different fare class other than the one purchased. Headphones used for entertainment systems are no longer those funky stethoscope-looking ones but the standard over-the-head earphones that are distributed today. Minor details like these will become all-too-apparent to an aviation buff, although to the casual observer, such details will not be noticed.