Snakes On A Mutherfuckin' Plane

[A Matter Of Chance]

Honestly, this was the most genuine 'fun' I've had at the movies in a long time. In a summer of duds, I think this will come out on top. And, yes, the audience was great.

[Gamblour.]

Wow thanks Noyes. Too much comedy for one night, I'm going to bed.

[Ravi]

I watched this today in a theater with very few people in it.  I was entertained, but then again I like airplane-peril movies, and snakes on a plane was a pretty crazy idea for a threat.  So I was feeling charitable towards it.  You know what to expect when you watch a movie like this.  Name a cliche, its probably there. SPOILER It even has a flight attendant who dies and she went for one more tour before retirement END SPOILER

At least the film wasn't constantly winking at the audience, though some stuff was clearly tacked on, such as the bathroom sex scene.  And by the time Samuel L. Jackson says his motherfucking line, it was too late in the movie to care.  This should have happened somewhere in the middle.  And why didn't the kickboxer kickbox the snakes?  The CG snakes were pretty fake looking, and reminded me of a 1999 Indian film with CG snakes in one song:





I'm not surprised that it didn't have spectacular box office.  The anticipation for this film was facetious at best.  That, or the people doing those "Snakes on Cocaine" parodies aren't old enough to buy tickets.  No film could live up to this "hype."  I haven't seen a popcorn movie in a long time, so I liked Snakes on a Plane.  I won't ever see it again, though.

[polkablues]

SNAKES ON A BLAME
08.20.06
By Devin Faraci (Chud.com)

Here's the spin you're going to be reading about Snakes on a Plane's underperforming opening weekend: internet buzz doesn't equal box office. It's the easy answer to draw from the situation, because the film's "cult" started on the web a couple of years ago, and that fanbase was an important part of New Line's marketing campaign. Hell, in a lot of ways that was the marketing campaign, and it certainly was the main story whenever you read anything about Snakes. But the problem is that the idea that the internet is somehow to blame for Snakes' underperformance is sheer nonsense, borne completely out of mainstream media's utter lack of understanding about the online buzz for Snakes.

Here's the big secret: nobody who was in on the early buzz was looking forward to this movie. The discussion and the jokes weren't about the movie but about the absurdity of the whole thing. No one who was in on the joke early on felt that they needed to see a movie called Snakes on a Plane. They just couldn't believe how hilarious it was that someone was making a movie called Snakes on a Plane.

But of course the message was somehow lost. Maybe our sarcasm was too dry. At any rate, the print media and New Line themselves got the wrong idea: people were slavering to see this movie. And so New Line maneuvered the movie as the Cult Sensation the Internet created and the Entertainment Weeklys of the world were all too happy (and quite intellectually lazy enough) to go along with it. Hey, it made for good copy.

What's funny is that Snakes' modest showing now positions it to be a legitimate cult movie. You see, a cult movie can't be touted as such by the studio. It can't be designated as one before release by glossy Time-Warner magazines. And it certainly can't be a big hit. By not breaking through to the mainstream, Snakes may actually become the cult movie New Line always thought it would be.

There is one angle on Snakes' opening weekend that you may be able to blame on the internet: by the time the movie opened, the joke was done. It had been so driven into the ground over the last year and a half that by the time the mainstream media picked up on it, the whole thing felt as overdone as Edward Woodward at the end of Wicker Man. The movie was simply released too late, long after the buzz had turned into a boring drone. But really, that's all New Line's fault. It's their fault for making the film be PG-13 in the first place, and then going in for reshoots to bump it to an R – and going into reshoots seven months after the SOAP mania had really begun to get widespread, with Mr. Beaks' seminal Samuel L Jackson interview at Collider.com (the one where Jackson talked about how he hated the then-current title change to Pacific Flight 121). If New Line had struck sooner they could have gotten the film out in the spring, where it was supposed to land in the first place, and they would have hit while the iron is hot.

So what's the lesson here? It's that we live in a world where the lifecycle of buzz is faster than ever, and certainly faster than the production and post time for a major motion picture. And it's also that irony and sarcasm on the internet can really mess with the heads of studio marketing types. Sorry about that, guys.

[MacGuffin]

Live Rattlesnakes Released In 'Snakes On A Plane' Theater

Two live diamondback rattlesnakes were released in an Arizona movie theater during a showing of the new film "Snakes on a Plane," according to Local 6 News.

Authorities said pranksters released the young venomous rattlesnakes in a dark theater at the AMC Desert Ridge near Tatum and Loop 101 in Phoenix.

The two snakes caused a panic in the dark theater, according to the report.

"That to me is very scary," herpetological association representative Tom Whiting said. "I would hate to be watching a movie about snakes and have a rattlesnake bite me."

Wranglers were called to collect the snakes, the report said.

No one was injured in the incident and, so far, the culprits have not been caught.

Officials believe the snakes were smuggled into the theater in backpacks.

"This thing is under someone's chair and they go to sit and they just push your foot in the air and startle it -- obviously all they got to do is startle this thing," Phoenix Herpetological Society spokesman Daniel Marchand said. "It's dark. They can't see you, you know that well. If it's scared, boom it strikes."

The snakes were released into the desert.

[elpablo]

My friends and I joked about this happening while waiting for the movie to start. That's awesome that someone actually did it, but stupid that they used poisonous snakes. And only 2.

[children with angels]

 Unfortunately ...

From IMDB-
Police Refute Rumors of Snake Cinema Scare

Phoenix, Arizona police have denied reports live rattlesnakes were released in a cinema during a screening of Snakes On A Plane, insisting the claims are a hoax. Local news reports on Tuesday said cinema-goers were terrified when two live venomous rattlesnakes were released at a showing of the Samuel L. Jackson film last Friday. Phoenix police sergeant Joel Tranter admits there is a shred of truth to the story - a 10-inch rattlesnake was found on Friday in a hallway at the movie theatre, but is thought to have slithered there on its own. A security guard swept the snake up outside and trapped it in a plastic container until a member of the Arizona Herpetological Association could haul it away. Snake handlers had also been called to the theatre earlier in the day to retrieve another rattlesnake from outside.

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As for the film itself: it was properly, genuinely fun! I was really pleasantly surprised by how un-smug and self-conscious it was: it really had a bona fide B movie mentality. The added scenes I would say even made it more true to its roots: you couldn't have made this movie be a PG-13 and it have the same charm - you need gratuitous nudity, nasty imaginative violence and ridulous one-liners. And let's face it - it's not as if your average B-movie takes itself particularly seriously either. It's actually probably the most enjoyable action/thriller I've seen in ages! Plus an absolutely beautiful last line/scene combo that had me smiling all the way home.

[SiliasRuby]

I watched this today in a theater with very few people in it.  I was entertained, but then again I like airplane-peril movies

Same, ya. There was a wiff of anticipation for the signature line and it was just very very fun to watch. The Snakes Did Not Stop. Just when you thought they would, they didn't. OooooOOO So Awesome.

[MacGuffin]

I checked my brain, I laughed, enjoyed, put brain back in.

It was fine; you can't really think of the logistics though. Just go with the flow. The movie was more surprise than suspense, with the too-many-to-count shots of snakes coiling and striking the camera; in fact, that would have worked so much better if the movie would have gone all out camp/B-movie and be shown in 3-D. While it had some deliciously gruesome kills, it didn't entirely live up to the hype, but it was worth watching for Jackson elevating concept to title.

[modage]

"It's called 'Snakes on a Plane.' The second they told me the storyline I said I want to do this movie. It's about a plane on the way from Honolulu to Los Angeles, and when they're halfway [into their flight], 500 poisonous snakes get released, and the first one to get killed is the pilot. As the audience I say, how the hell can they get out of the situation? I'd like to see it! So I said I want to do that. Hopefully we'll start shooting soon."

hahahahahahahaha, that sounds like THE WORST MOVIE EVER!!!! haha, instant camp classic.  hahaha, fucking SNAKES on a PLANE?!?!! haahaha.

almost 3 years later, i actually saw it.  i wonder if i was actually the first person on record to laugh at the title/premise?  but i thought it was pretty awful.  and not as fun(ny) as i had thought, because they seemed to be in on the joke a little bit, more depressing awful.  i probably should've seen it opening night or not at all.  along with Manderlay and Lady In The Water, probably the worst film i saw released in 2006.  atleast bryce dallas howard stayed away from this one.