Yeah, we saw Snakes on a Plane last week. Dani dragged me nearly kicking and screaming to the theatre for this one.
I think she summed it up best when she said "it was everything she expected!" Of course, she meant it in a complimentary fashion, but what I heard was "it really lives up to your expectations," which in my case was more like living down to your expectations.
Let's face it, it's a dumb movie, with an annoyingly dumb concept. I mean, what the hell… let's sneak a bunch of killer snakes on a plane so that it'll crash and kill the government's only witness? Talk about high-concept (and low thought process). And the single justification for this bizarre attempt at mass murder is the throw-away "I've tried everything else" comment from the evil boss man. Yeah, right.
But NO ONE's going to this thing for logical plot development (or, hell, plot itself). They're going to see Samuel L. Jackson kick some motherfucking snake ass… and that they get. It's one big, dumb movie full of snakes. On a plane. And it's exactly the ride you expect it to be (which is not to say it doesn't have it's laughs and high points. But when the bar is set so low, it doesn't take much to have a high point, you know?)
So, now that we've all had a good time and seen the movie (well, a few of us, at least), can we move on to something better? I hear Beerfest was pretty funny…
I think she summed it up best when she said "it was everything she expected!" Of course, she meant it in a complimentary fashion, but what I heard was "it really lives up to your expectations," which in my case was more like living down to your expectations.
Let's face it, it's a dumb movie, with an annoyingly dumb concept. I mean, what the hell… let's sneak a bunch of killer snakes on a plane so that it'll crash and kill the government's only witness? Talk about high-concept (and low thought process). And the single justification for this bizarre attempt at mass murder is the throw-away "I've tried everything else" comment from the evil boss man. Yeah, right.
But NO ONE's going to this thing for logical plot development (or, hell, plot itself). They're going to see Samuel L. Jackson kick some motherfucking snake ass… and that they get. It's one big, dumb movie full of snakes. On a plane. And it's exactly the ride you expect it to be (which is not to say it doesn't have it's laughs and high points. But when the bar is set so low, it doesn't take much to have a high point, you know?)
So, now that we've all had a good time and seen the movie (well, a few of us, at least), can we move on to something better? I hear Beerfest was pretty funny…
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