I do like comedy and spoof movies, and Airplane! is one of the best examples of the genre. The film still holds up well after all these years, with skillful enough camera work, and the direction is smart. The story is simple but well-paced and fun, while the film's cast is a distinguished one. Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty are great leads, and Peter Graves, Robert Stack and Lloyd Bridges look as though they are also having a whale of a time. But I will always remember this film for the late Leslie Nielson, whose comic timing is just genius, and the "don't call me Shirley" is one of comedy's most memorable and quotable moments. Where Airplane! succeeds most is in its humour. The script is brilliant and wickedly funny with very accurate spoofs and purposefully cringe-inducing puns that make me laugh anyway, and there are some inspired sight gags as well. All in all, a classic and how to do a spoof. 10/10 Bethany Cox

AIRPLANE!, a laugh-a-minute spoof of aeroplane disaster movies, is a comedy that still works today. I'm a big fan of spoofs, slapstick humour and surrealism, and all of these combine in a film which is only now starting to look slightly dated. It's also a film notable for featuring numerous 'straight' actors making their comedy debuts, making their deadpanning all the more effective.

The highlight, of course, is Leslie Nielsen, whose latter-day career in comedy was launched thanks to this, but the others are still effective - particularly Peter Graves and Lloyd Bridges as the harassed air traffic controllers. Meanwhile, on board the plane, all of the disaster staples and gags are rolled out to amusing effect. The gag rate is extremely high, and while not all of them are successful, at least there's never a dull moment.

I have to admit that I do prefer the later spoofs by this time - such as the scattershot NAKED GUN movies - but AIRPLANE! is the one that helped to start the trend, and it's a lot of fun to sit through.

Elaine (Julie Hagerty) is a flight attendant. She breaks up with Ted Striker (Robert Hays) who can't get over the war. He can't take it and follows onto her flight. When the flight crew gets food poisoning, surely Ted could save the day.

Abrahams and Zucker have created the iconic satire of a disaster movie. It's a great take on a genre so popular at that time. It's a constant stream of jokes. There isn't any time in between to allow the jokes to hit. That's the point. Just when a joke hits you, the next joke is already on the way. There is no time to take a breath. This constant stream of jokes provide the blueprints for this genre for years to come. I'm not going to list the countless jokes here. There are too many hilarious moments. Just watch the movie.