The Worst Film Ever

Let's be realistic.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Blistering performances.

I watched this movie a few months ago on my grandmas VHS tapes ( I'm 12 ), and when I saw the first scene ( the sound barrier scene ), I quite enjoyed it. But then I finished the first tape ( the movie was split into two tapes because it was too long for one ), and I never wanted to watch the second tape. Nothing happened. Literally... nothing. All that happened was sitting in a bar and training to go up into space. This movie is The Wrong Stuff.

By flying higher and faster than any other man had ever dared before, Chuck Yeager set the pace for a new breed of hero. Those that had just one thing in common...The biggest issue this film has is its length, coming in at over three hours. That may deter a lot of people from actually sitting down and watching it, which is unfortunate, because every minute is great. It could probably be cut down (and probably has been for television), but there is nothing that makes the run time seem too long.The plot, the emotion, the acting... all great. The story is more or less familiar to a lot of people, but it is an important story to tell, how Yeager breaking the sound barrier directly affected the space program. And such a great cast: Ed Harris, Lance Henriksen, Jeff Goldblum. Wow.

Director Phil Kaufmann and Producer Alan Ladd brought to the screen a movie masterpiece in The Right Stuff. Starring Sam Shephard and a roster of great actors such as Ed Harris, Charles Frank, Barbara Hershey a truly ensemble cast. Two cast members stand out the superb Kim Stanley one of the great all time actresses and Dennis Quaid who is memorable as Gordon Cooper. The ending is one of the best ever of all time. I also want to mention the thrilling score of the film. Memorable!I love this movie and as a Veteran of our Armed Forces, the greatest in the World, it is a paen to Aemrica and to the valor of the American Military!. Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!This Movie should have won the Academy Award, not its competitor Terms of Endearment.

This is one of my favourite movies but it is not perfect but that has more to do with the book on which it is based. Tom Wolfe doesn't seem to be sure about whether he wants to write about breaking the sound barrier or the early days of the space program which makes it somewhat bi-polar. I tend to view it as two movies in one and can separate and appreciate both aspects.On the whole it is very well executed and certainly the desert scenes bring a realism to the early test pilot days.I am not sure about some of the acting in the astronaut sequences. I find Dennis Quaid to be especially irritating but don't know whether he is playing character to type, or over-hamming it. I thought his role could have been throttled back somewhat. I also thought the character of Lyndon Johnson was also a bit over-cooked although quite entertaining. My favourite line is when he asks Werner von Braun whether or not 'we can beat the Ruskies?' to which WVB replies 'of course, our Germans are better than their Germans'. Classic.Highly recommended and makes a good companion piece to Apollo 13 and From the Earth to the Moon.