I think I still am in a state of shock.
“Snakes on a Plane” was like a massive traffic pile up on the interstate. You slow down to gawk and then you keep driving.
No, seriously, a state of shock.
The movie lives up to its hype depending on which hype you heard. I heard the hype that billed the movie as the campiest/worst movie ever and that it was. I realize this as soon as the snakes started biting people on every part of the human body that would make people go, “eeewwww!!!”
The title is all the summary you need and any further explanation is unnecessary. In fact, my friend David and I turned up late, but we didn’t feel like we missed anything. I mean, there are these snakes…on this…plane. The CG effects, which are used constantly, are terrible and the difference between the real and fake snakes are pretty obvious. The scare factor relies completely on snake-striking-a-the-screen devices that get so annoying after a while. Several of the deaths were so ridiculous that they left the theatre laughing rather than creeped-out.
The acting was terrible, but it’s not like they had anything to work with, so I guess you have to cut them some slack. The movie occaisionally came up with some one-liners that were genuinely funny, but most of the humor came from the absurdity of the plot.
All in all, the movie doesn’t pretend to be anything its not. There are snakes. On a plane. Everyone enjoys a good traffic accident.
Rated R: For everything for which they give R ratings.
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I hadn’t heard of the movie until this morning on my drive to Tuscaloosa. I was listening to Beaner and Ken and they were asking this lady a bunch of questions. She was getting married and they said “Will you be wearing white or have you had snakes on your plane.” I thought it was clever until I realized they were referring to the title of a lame movie. How do these things get financed anyway? Gives you hope, huh? Also, R? Clint, I’m disappointed…wait…no, I’m not.
This is the part I don’t understand… well… I actually do… sorts of… Everybody, like yourself, knows what kind of crap we’re talking about, but yet they make sure to make their “donation” so they can say what they were saying before, which is: It’s a crap! :) God bless Hollywood!! hahaha