Rating of
3/4
If you like it bad, this snake will make you moan
Topher - wrote on 07/22/07
This movie's knows just how bad it is -- and it couldn't get worse. There's something respectable about that. Something noble.
Viewers who take this film at face value will miss what it's all about. I read this movie as a statement about every bad genre-specific, situational movie you've ever seen. In this respect, it's more subtle than spoof films like Scary Movie or Loaded Weapon: it's satire.
Every year Hollywood feds us ridiculous scenarios that are supposed to "take us for a ride" or "thrill" us. A giant meteor is coming. The sharks with brain implants are going to eat us. I'm stuck on a bus that could explode at any moment, but some super cop is here to save me.
Think about it. The situation in each is just as stupid as "Snakes on a Plane," but at least SoP knows it.
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Alex - wrote on 07/22/07 at 07:29 PM CT
Snakes on a Plane Review comment
My problem with SOP is that people heard about the title and knew it would be a cult movie. They tried to make it "stylized" based on their already shitty script. You know they were going to actually make this movie try, but then with the script sucking so bad, they just left it. If "shit" is what people want, they should do it like Grindhouse - where it is paced well, has incredible style, and knows how to be bad with out being bad. Just my opinion though.
