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SNAKES ON A PLANE Talkback
SPOILER ALERT !!
Hey folks, Harry here... I'm heading out... I see SNAKES ON A PLANE at 10pm tonight at Alamo South - where there will be live rattlesnakes in the theater, snakes on the plate and snakes on the mutherfucking screen! I'm so fucking jazzed. Love the new animated head in the corner. Where are you seeing it? What do you think you'll think? Have you seen it yet? The word that's leaking out everywhere is that the dirty secret is... the movie is a blast. I hope so, I'm there tonight, just like some of you!
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then I will fucken love it.
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YEAH! for the first time EVER!!!! IM FIRST!!!!
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... because that's the only option I have.
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Go on admit it; you wished you'd thought of it first.
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muthafuckin snakes on a muthafuckin plane. That's it.
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Nevertheless, SoaP will Pwn. God Himself actually did pull some strings on this one. Snakes on a Plane will indeed be the in-flight movie for souls heading through the tunnel of light to the Pearlies. He thought it was that good.
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no previews = shit. Make no mistake about it
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hows it taste mutha @#$%A?
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You are a genius.
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Best animation in a minute. Love it!
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Preplanned crapfest. You bitches never learn.
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Jump the Shark. Hope it's a blast and a half, after all this anticipation. Next up, Hedgehogs on a Hovercraft.
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He promised me that as long as we got baked out of our gourds he'd go see it opening weekend. I can't wait to see his stoned ass piss himself in the middle of what is sure to be one of the worst movies ever. That alone will be worth the price of admission. Good times for everyone.
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Records (both at the B.O and the talkbacks) may fall. Not sure if I'll see this; too many images of fellas wrestling with long, thick-bodied snakes. Makes me uncomfortable for some reason.
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Well, It can't and it won't. A funny premise and Sam Jackson thats about as good as it gets. This movie is going to be serious and that is what is going to make it bad. If this movie was way to serious that it would be laughable, and not laughing WITH YOU but laughing AT YOU kind of funny. Be prepared to see eveyone in the world making fun of this movie, and about half through every show making fun of it will everyone hate it because everyone will be sick of it. This movie can't be good all signs point to no. I understand the studio making it for the fans and not let any critics see it first, but only one trailer? The studio is trying to operate on internet buzz alone and it isn't going to work. I really hope it will be good but it won't. Sorry Sam. Oh and by the way You would be cool as Nick Fury. (Interview at SuperHeroHype) For those who don't know.
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My next door neighbor, Oscar, just came over to borrow some 'sugar'. Man, did he stink.
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...that it's so hyped up it'll be a let down and I'll hate it. I think it may be a DVD rental, unless I hear otherwise...
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It's how can you have a bad time during this movie??? Seriously, I know it's been said a million times but let me just repeat....snakes... on a plane... with a cursing Samuel L. Jackson. The end.
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Once I realized this the joke became old...
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I had a pass to see a screening on the morning of the 12th which they cancelled and rescheduled for AFTER the release. Never a good sign. I am sure this will rot and they know it. I had planned to send in a review, but the powers that be obviously didn't that exact thing. No faith. Bad sign.
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next time I'll put down my champagne fizz before typing. I left out a few words in the last post. Try to guess which ones.
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I can't wait. It will be amazing. I'm gonna be there at 10 PM tonight with my girlfriend and two best friends... I wasn't even this excited for PotC2.
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Aug 17, 2006 3:29:26 PM CDT
i know someone who saw it a week or so before Comic-Con
by iamnicksaicnsn
and she said it was garbage. Weird cuts, horrible plot (granted), and just not as fun as we were all hoping. Hopefully it was an early cut.
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It was funny when they first announced it and then the hype machine began. Now whenever I hear someone say something in regards to snakes on a plane I want to punch them in the fucking mouth. I don't care if it's so bad, it's good type of thing. That got tiring a long time ago when we heard the title and obviously knew it was going to suck balls.
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They aren't even screening this for critics! Harry will probably like it though.
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He keeps pushing this movie like its gonna be good! Who you fooling?
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This is not a movie. Its a film! Its a piece of cinematic history unfolding before us to treasure.
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.......otherwise I'd kick ass for a refund. The movie is a bomb. However the real treat is seeing this with a packed theater. Some guy pissed himself and a lady puked her popcorn on the people in front of her. Oh and two other people starting throwing small rubber snakes at people at random. Then they got ejected, the people around me cheered. Only a handful of people walked out. Thats entertainment.....
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You know the one with the angel and the madness and shit. The MoH that could have been great had it not looked like an episode of the 90's version of the Outer Limits.
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look at the negative comments above. What on God's grren Earth is wrong with you people? This film is a film afficiado's wet dream. Are you people on the right website? This is a site for film geeks: exactly who this film is geared for. So unappreciative. What do you like? What the hell do you want?
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I don't get a lot of these posts "It's gonna suck" etc etc. Um yeah isn't that the point? The movie is called Snakes on a Plane for fuck sake if you actually expect it to be good you're a moron. You're suppose to go and laugh and cheer when Sam steps on Snakes it's not suppose to be over analyzed like Superman Returns or X3 or any of this shit. So maybe some of you guys should take the stick out of your ass if you you don't want to pay for that FINE don't no one cares but don't try and sour the good time. Oh and stop with this shit "My friend saw a sneak preview/screening and said it sucked" idiots it's barely had any screening for the people in the studio and no screenings for anyone else. So stop trying to be haters or whatever the fuck you're doing and relax and if you hate it so much go see The Illunionist or World Trade Center this weekend instead. I'm going to to see it twice just to piss some of you people off.
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Snakes in a Dame. i'm already working buying the rights
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If it's boring. If it's bad, people will have fun. It it's good, people will have fun. But if people don't have fun? That'll sink it.
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ROCK! This is what im talking about. Im so pumped that you have a talkback all set up for this movie. I have been amped since the day I heard there was a script out there called snakes on a plane. Since then, I have convinced a lot of people to also be as excited for this shit. It's been a while since there was a theatrical release of an outright, upfront, baaaddd movie. I mean bad as in black "bad" and white "bad". YES! ROCK AND FUCKING ROLL! The only way im going to be disappointed is if, by chance, there aren't any snakes, or planes, and its all some kind of weird euphorical metaphor. ... actually, that would be funny too. Okay, so no matter what I'm pumped. I'm gonna go out and buy a snake today. RIGHT FUCKIN Now, baby. Im gonna go buy a snake, and bring it to the theater with me (im sure they'll make an exception this one time. *even though they had a shit fit when I brought an actual wolverine into the X-3 screening*) Yeah, if anybody wants a snake, call me up, because i wont need mine anymore after tonight. If you don't want it will probably die, cause I don't want to feed it. I heard they eat mice, and thats just rude.
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The Wolverine line made milk shoot out of my nose. And I'm not even drinking milk right now.
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Whats his mantits over at Chud is bitching and moaning and saying the film will suck, and its all due to the fact that if he wants to see it, he has to pay for it. kudos, harry, for taking the high road and being a film fan first.
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Saw ten minutes of it at Comic Con. This movie will own you! The director said they didn't screen it for the critics because they wanted to show the film to the fans first. They even played a montage of fan made art and videos with a special thank you to the fans. Just have fun when you see this film, if you are expecting some Oscar material just stay home and drink anything you find underneath the sink. I'm going to go and have fun and throw some rubber snakes at people, make it like the new Rocky Horror Picture Show but sans gayness.
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If you do manage to pull yourself away from Masterpiece Theatre sometime this weekend to go see this flick and find yourself picking it to pieces because it isn't the timeless "film" classic you imagined it to be, then I cordially invite you to choke on the shit of a thousand dead mules and drop dead, you joyless fuck. Leave the black beret, striped shirt, and clove cigarettes at home for once, and see if you can remember how to laugh and have a good time just for the hell of it. Even if you don't have a good time and wind up hating the world more than you already do, don't fret - I'm sure there will be a coffee house open somewhere so you can join Open Mic Night and play Ryan Cabrera covers until your cold, abandoned heart finally stops bleeding. As for the rest of us - SNAKES ON A MUTHAFUCKIN' PLANE, BITCHES!
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That nobody makes decent movies anymore.
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The Man? 51st State? This is goona stink - and not in a good way
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Ummm yes they do. Little Miss Sunshine, Brick, hard Candy, The Descent. I could go on.
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If Uwe Boll was making this movie would the internet morons still love it?
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No, it will not explode.
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so what should film geeks do with this movie? Just accept that it's bad and go and enjoy the badness; laugh and throw popcorn on the screen? Was it made specially for that or did they just make the movie, trying to be serious, and then the studio got lucky because most people thought it was hilarious, therefore labeling it "camp". Yelling "Snakes on a mutherfuking plane" is getting as old as "I'm Rick James, Bitch!" So, personally, I can't go and enjoy this movie as a joke because I'm fucking tired of the joke. I can only hope it's a fun and badass movie...which, I'm not really scared of snakes and I don't really care if I see a bunch biting people. Oh, I'll see it, but I think I already spoiled my appetite for it.
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..and not buying into this fad doesn't automatically make you a "film snob", that accusation is almost as tired as the gag of a movie it's defending.
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no crap--came out Tuesday--bet it sux ASS! how fast did they make that movie?
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If he's says it's as great as Superman Returns, Nacho Libre, Pirates 2, in his other totally accurate summer movie reviews, you know it's a fucking winner!
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at the mothafuckin' DRIVE-IN! The party will rock. It will also rock. I really hope they say the word "fuck" in the movie.
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But for this movie I am going to make a execption. I mean we all know this is not going to win the Oscar for best picture ever made (as that honor went to Highlander)but it is going to be a Motherfucking good time at the Motherfucking theatre.
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Hate for the sake of hating. Also you are a film snob if you make statements like "buying into this fad..." wtf it's a movie for god sake relax. You're not "cool" if you try and ban this or dis it or whatever you're just a moron. If you don't want to see it that's cool but don't try and make it seem like people who are seeing it are tools, they just like to have a good time unlike some people.
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Fucking great. This movie is going to be a good time. My buddy Herb and I should be cracking up throughout.
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The fake bad movie will never work.
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This mother fucking movie is going to be the mother fucking bomb!
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Who swears a lot.
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Everything about this screams multiple Razzie winner but why is it that I feel the NEED to see this movie?
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Id pay good money to see them
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It is freakin awesome.
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only works when the doesn't know that its bad. If you want a good B-Movie about snakes: watch Anaconda. It trys to be a good movie and fail. But it fails on a grand level with giant snakes eating Jon Voight whole and reguritating the semi-digested mass to make room for J-Lo and her massive ass. That is good-bad filmmaking at its best. Not when the movie winks at you from the screen and lets you know that "yes, we are indeed supposed to be bad. As indicated by our viral marketing campaign." I would ask how many people are actually are interested in this movie and not just because you're SUPPOSED to like it because it was made for you?
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People will and won't like this movie. Their reasons for either is their own business but I don't think we should be putting down people for wanting to get into something so bad or liking something we dont(or disliking).
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Aug 17, 2006 6:06:52 PM CDT
I'm so renting PTERODACTYL (Tagline: Ptowering Pterror)
by eighteenseconds
featuring the serious acting talents of the man we all know as Coolie prior to seeing this. Terror from the skies, and terror IN the skies!
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Why? Because there is no mainstream audience. I asked my brother if he wanted to go see it with me tonight and he replied "No! That looks like the stupidest movie ever!" His friend answered the same way. See, us internet geeks make up a small percentage of the movie-going audience. Look what happened with Serenity. That was hyped on the internet and it opened #2 and didn't break even (or it barely did. I can't recall). Just because we're all in on the "joke" that SOAP is supposed to be so bad it's good doesn't mean that Average Joe Moviegoer is going to shell out the $89 (or whatever it costs to see a movie these days) to see this movie because, just like my brother, they think it's stupid.
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A bad movie was always supposed to be a good one. The effort and hard work was always there but it went wrong somehow. Nobody wants to make a bad movie....nobody
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i swear.
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If you tease them and some are poisonous, so dont even do it.
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I'm not a film snob by any means (Hell, I have frickin' BRAIN DONORS in my collection), but SoaP is internet hype generated crap. Christ on a crutch people, it's the TBers that complain the most of how studios try to use the internet and movie forums to manipulate people into paying money for crapfests... Now they succeeded BIG with SoaP and a large number of you are swallowing shit, line and sinker. THEN have they gull to turn around and criticize people who aren't being taken in by it all. By the way, here's a link for the trailer to TAIL STING from 2001. A movie about SCORPIONS ON A PLANE!!! (Sadly, not the heavy metal band) http://tinyurl.com/molam I'm guessing anyone seeing SoaP first weekend is A) Using it as an excuse to bring beer/drink heavily/smoke out before/during the movie B) Under 30 C) Thinking you
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Let's try this again(f'in keyboard)....Im not paying for it. I have a free pass to see but I would probably pay anyways though not because of the hype but becuase well...I want to.
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Hope you enjoy Material Girls with the Duff sisters this weekend... post a review would you?
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that being said me and my friends are meeting at a local bar in about 20 minutes to drink til 9:30 then wander over to the 10pm "premiere" of the film BOO CREEPY SNAKES!HOORAY BEER!
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how many jackass inspired frat boys will be bitten by snakes or die from alcohol poisoning in the next 2 weeks thanks to SoaP and Beerfest? My guess 2.
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Unless you're girl wants you to take her to see Material Girls with Hillary and Hailey Duff... post a review along with that other dickhead, Anchorite. thanks.
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I'd rather spend $10 to see a Hillary Duff movie than have to dance to PussyCat Dolls with your fat assed girlfriend. From that stand point Snakes on a Plane is going to be a riot.
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irony jumps the shark
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"I'm sure there will be a coffee house open somewhere so you can join Open Mic Night and play Ryan Cabrera covers until your cold, abandoned heart finally stops bleeding. As for the rest of us - SNAKES ON A MUTHAFUCKIN' PLANE, BITCHES!"-Zarles..........................Nothing Else needs to be said. All you haters have just been fucking pwned.
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Just because everyone and their mother is stoked off this film, you have to turn on it. Oh, sorry it's not a super secret fanboy inside joke anymore. Relax. You'll always have Firefly/Serenity.
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That's right; while you're getting ready to go to the movie, I'm stuck home with Mr. Rooter in the basement snaking out my drain. Fucking roots.
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Just find a cool one. Actually - that subject line was just for the scanners... of course I knew about it... but as a fairly intelligent person I did not tell her about about my knowledge of this movie... then she calls me cracking up a few days later: "...called SNAKES ON A PLANE HAHAHA! WITH SAMUEL L. JACKSON!! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT!!!"
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZHN8qVpXls
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I love the morphing!!! Great work Harry.
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IS THIS GONNA BE A MUSICAL TALKBACK???? I THINK IT SHOULD BE A MUSICAL TALKBACK! THIS TALKBACK NEEDS SOMETHING SPECIAL TO CELEBRATE SUCH A SPECIAL EVENT OF A SPECIAL MOVIE!!! SO EVERYBODY BREAK OUT YOUR BEST SPANDEX AND SING SING SING!!!! OOOOOOOOHHHHH!!! I LOVE MYSELF! I WANT TO LOVE ME! WHEN I'M FEELIN' DOWN! I WANT ME ABOVE ME! I SEARCH MYSELF! I WANT ME TO FIND ME! I FORGET MYSELF! I WANT ME TO REMIND ME! I DON'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE! WHEN I THINK ABOUT ME! I TOUCH MYSELF! I DON'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE! OH NO, OH NO, OH NO! I
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Who in their right mind would make it a point to see this movie tonight? Harry's willingness to succumb to manufactured hype only proves that point.
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Its not very good, let me put it to you this way, "Anaconda" is more fun, Snakes doesn't take advantage of its own concept, VERY DISSAPOINTING....
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God, some of you are degenerates. If you see the movie and don't like it, fine. If you don't want to see the movie, fine. But if you haven't seen the movie and you're trying to slag it off as crap...just shut the fuck up. Everyone on these boards knows damn well that your "opinion" is the product of trying to be anti-trend, which in turn actually makes you trendy because you're making yourselves part of an artificial participatory movement against trendiness. In fewer words, you're an amazing collection of douchebags who are actually counterproductive to your cause. Due to abject stupidity. I want to end with something generic like "get a life", but in reality I would just mean "you're never going to have sex with a woman", so I'll just say that you're never going to have sex with a woman. But by all means, enjoy masturbating to your WARCRAFT screencaps.
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everyone going to see this movie knows what to fucking except, just some lame snakes on a mutha fucking plane, i dont need a storyline, action climax, all i need to know was shown in the trailer and that's enough for A FUN MOVIE, have fun watching material girls ( don't even get me started on how retarded that shit is) or sitting at home wacking off to fag porn.
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...and it was glorious! no seriously, just go in expecting exactly what the title hints at, and youll have a lot of fun, promise, especially the two "bathroom" scenes. those are gonna be large crowd reaction gold. oh and also look out for "puking in a bag" scene. overall to be honest though, i think the cg snakes steal the show away from sam jackson, he's actually kind of bland here and the best scenes are of snake attacks, not the smack down (or lack thereof) that sam puts on the snakes.
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Who said that this movie is too self-conscious about its lack of quality. A movie that purposely tries to be bad and knows that it's bad is REALLY bad - for the audience, the filmmakers, and even the industry.
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Now that would be a scary movie. Before fags like ZombieSuckDicks start flapping their mouths about Iraq, I hope you recall the recent plot broken up in England was a retry of scheme the religion of peace tried in 1995. Plus, where is all the oil in India? Why were they bombed? Ooops, try again you yellow belly bastards.
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I kid you not. Where I work I saw a listing for a movie coming out on DVD "Snakes On A Train". Here is the site for that movie:
http://tinyurl.com/p4ueg
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That also sums up the majority of films that have been released this year as well! The reason why great movies were made up until the eighties is that the majority of people were educated and talented. Sadly, today's studios are lacking that. This is nothing but a $60 million dollar Roger Corman movie and Roger did them better! Hell, he could have made this film on $500,000 and still make a profit!
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you caught that pretty fast, it usually takes people 5 or 6 posts before they realize they just said the same thing someone else said
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It usually takes people 5 or 6 lines before people realize they just repeated something that was already said
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There's no place those snakes won't cause havoc in. ;)
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in a talkback for a movie called Snakes on a Plane...Surely a sign of the apocalypse...
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The commercials on TV for Snakes are utterly shite... it'd be better if they actually marketed it as a serious film rather than the planned stupidity it's supposed to be, takes away so much...
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Einstein Biopic
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True story, see pics. http://tinyurl.com/hh78z Just thought I'd share it with you all. Hey Ancorite wassup.
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Not that that would take years of observation to figure out, but sweet Crisco, sometimes the fact that some motherfuckers need to keep bringing themselves down to stay happy is so damn present, something's gotta be said. Oh, and Mr. Winston? I'm calling the thread in your favor.
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on. Well done!
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Know what's cool? This is cool! http://www.gametrailers.com/umwatcher.php?id=10895
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Aug 17, 2006 10:11:05 PM CDT
I'll see this cuz Sam Jackson said a snake bites a tit!
by kampbell-kid
I mean that made me laugh so hard in the interview. His whole speech about a chic getting bit in the titties was hilarious. I can just imagine him being so calm, cool, and uncooth talking about it seriously.
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...it was called United 93.
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as Mace Windu. God what a wasted opportunity.
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That was a remake. The original Muslims on a Plane was called Delta Force.
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The story of the Enron execs.
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The single campiest line ever in an action movie...
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Besides being a cheesy action flick, that is. It's timely! Think about it: the snakes are terrorists, suicide bombers, you name it; they're our fears converted to reptile form! What is more cold or unable to be reasoned with than a snake? You CAN'T talk em down or negotiate, but you CAN KILL THEM before they KILL YOU! I find it similar in many ways to the recent remake of Hills Have Eyes, which was an absolute perfect example of a revenge movie. It's all about abandoing the ideas of cease fire, detente, whatever--the "monster" is identified, you kill it, that's it. SoaP is just as timely as all those giant bug movies of the 50s, a time when everyone was scared to death of the idea of atomic energy. How were all those giant bugs created? Through nasty atomic accidents, THAT'S how! And now, most folks I know are scared to death of flying, because of what might be on that plane with em...hell, some woman caused the landing of a plane the other day simply because she pissed on the floor and made "cryptic" statements that may or may not have been related to al Qaeda. Twenty years ago they woulda knocked her out, shut her up and strapped her into a seat in the back; today, they land the entire fucking plane! If there was ever a time for Snakes on a Plane, this is it! Political allegory and gratuitous sex & violence, all at once!
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Yeah that line sticks in my head and I never even saw the damned movie! Stupid commercials from my childhood ...
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Are you actually making those comparisons?? Sam Jackson to Gary Coleman? WTF are you smoking?
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This is an important film, there's a lot at stake here for film geeks everywhere. The general perception is that all of us film geeks are behind Snakes on a Plane (and it seems at least most of us are), but how will all that translate at the box office? That 'Sam Jackson calls your phone' thing was a good bit of advertising, but most of the people I know who've used it thought it was funny but aren't going to see the movie. Will Joe Theatergoer decide to see the patently silly Snakes on a Plane? Or will the theaters be half-full with the unwashed clans of basement-dwelling movie geeks (I include myself in this woefully stereotypical crass generalization)? Do the geeks truly rule the world? We're about to find out.
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I just got home and it rocked face
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I'm stunned to see how many people have talked to friends that aren't seeing this movie. I've heard the exact opposite - everyone I know is going to see it. Fifteen people I know are hitting up the 10PM show. But I'm not just talking LA - Midwest, East Coast; you name it, there are people going. Perhaps my experience is unique or I just hang with a bunch of people that dig reptiles a little too much. Hell, I'm excited but I won't even get out to see it until next weekend. I wonder if this Talkback is a good barometer of the overall hype level. I'm inclined to guess that this has just become a sounding board for joyless hucksters over the last few hours (by the way, whoever started using the term "joyless" today was a genius and I'm totally hijacking it...it's the new "hater"). Anyway, my prediction for the weekend is $33.3 million. Anyone else got a guess?
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I'm stunned to see how many people have talked to friends that aren't seeing this movie. I've heard the exact opposite - everyone I know is going to see it. Fifteen people I know are hitting up the 10PM show. But I'm not just talking LA - Midwest, East Coast; you name it, there are people going. Perhaps my experience is unique or I just hang with a bunch of people that dig reptiles a little too much. Hell, I'm excited but I won't even get out to see it until next weekend. I wonder if this Talkback is a good barometer of the overall hype level. I'm inclined to guess that this has just become a sounding board for joyless hucksters over the last few hours (by the way, whoever started using the term "joyless" today was a genius and I'm totally hijacking it...it's the new "hater"). Anyway, my prediction for the weekend is $33.3 million. Anyone else got a guess?
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i long ago tired of the whole s.o.a.p. internet blitz, to the point where i was rolling my eyes every time i saw it mentioned on a message board. but you know what? i had a great time with it in the theater. go opening weekend and you'll get a geeky audience who's in on the joke. my theater usually sucks, but tonight everyone was laughing their way through the snake attack scenes and cheering when the big lines were spoken (you know the ones i'm talking about). if you're on this talkback complaining about why anyone would want to see this though, it's probably not for you. man tonight made me wish i lived closer to austin so i could go to more screenings like this.
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That's OK, anchorite. I know that you REALLY LOVE BATTLESTAR GALACTICA!!!
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and like a lot of people are going to report, i too cringed during the credits sequence, but then i told myself it was a (most likely unintentional) pet semetary homage and i felt better about it.
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If the title "Snakes on a Plane" makes you want to see the movie, you will not be disappointed. If not, you still may end up having fun.
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wow...i thought this movie was going to blow like the little gag i thought it was...but that was so fucking cool!!! i love this movie!
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Maybe Adrian Paul or Christopher Lambert will star as a sword-wielding, immortal serpent slayer. But that might actually be good. Damn, talk about great movie ideas......
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So...were the snakes supposed to look real?
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ZARLES was the first guy who said "joyless". Damn, sorry about that.
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THAT MOVIE KICKED!
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I totally dug this flick. Fun as hell B-movie ride. If the title makes you want to see the film, then you know what to expect. Take it for what it is- a fun B-movie. This has to be as close as I've ever gotten to a grindhouse experience. People were laughing, clapping and every now and then somone would yell at the screen- it was a blast (and I'm one of the biggest sticklers on people behaving in theaters, and I still loved the experience).
Go see with the right frame of mind and enjoy.
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ummm it's awesome
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shrieked like female
gf said it changed her life
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I wasn't sure what to expect other than a few good SLJ lines and cool snakebite deaths, but that kicked way more ass than I expected. I had maybe one very short "I wonder what time it is?" moment, but otherwise I was entertained for the whole thing. The friend I went with pointed out that this could be the next Rocky Horror, and I could totally see it having a long life at midnight screenings.
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Some of you guys make me sick. I can understand being embarassed by the marketing blitz that the horned up guys at New Line have been bombarding everyone with, but are some of you actually not planning on seeing the movie now? You guys are the reason the marketing has been so heavy, cause you GEEKED THE SHIT OUT OF THIS MOVIE and New Line listened. They're waiting for you to go see the movie they thought they custom made for you. And now that (god forbid) a studio actually delivered on it's promise, to give you exactly what you asked for (down to actual lines of mutherfuckin' dialogue), you're not interested? You are all some seriously picky bitches. It'd hate to have to pick out a present for you for Christmas.
"Oh....an actual, honest to god working light sabre that can cut through anything.....pfft....Phantom Menace sucked you know"
P.S. I saw it last week & it kicks ass. The movies a bit slow at first and the scripts pretty cheesy. But it's all about the snakes bitin' into every body part you could ever want a snake to bite (dick's included). And Champ Kind is the fricking pilot!!! "So this big ole rattler comes and starts a' chompin on my arm........WHAMMMYY! I let him have it right in the piss slit" -
this has got to be a total grindhouse experience. Personally, we have too many "bad" movies released every week. In fact, you can you go to your local Blockbuster and rent fucking twenty shitty B movies and laugh your ass off if you want to. I'm sorry to burn everybody's boner for the movie, but I would be more hyped to look forward to actual good movie being released( yes, I understand what your attitude is "supposed" to be when your going to see SOAP). Go see Descent.
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That's what my friends and I were yelling before and during the movie, and we still can't stop saying it now!
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I went. There was a plane. There were snakes. AAAHAAHAH! YES! The snakes bit everything that I wanted to see bitten. Let's go down the list here. Fuckin, a nipple. Fuckin, a tongue. Fuckin, a penis. Fuckin, an eye AAAAH AN EYE! Fuckin, a child. Fuckin, an old lady. Fuckin, a cat. Fuckin, a dog. Fuckin, a british guy (well, truth be told, I never knew I actually wanted to see a British guy get bit by a snake until I saw this movie.) I couldn't be more satisfied. I think I'm gonna go down on myself to top the night off.
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To a third world country where she cant have access to the internet, thus prohibiting her from using the AICN talkbacks system, and therein, putting me back to hurling insults at the one Cunt I already cant stand, Alexandra Dupont! THANK YOU AND G'NIGHT!
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Just got back from a 10 PM screening near Philly. The audience was GREAT. People throwing rubber snakes, one guy actually dressed up like a plane (cheap cardboard wings really) and put snakes on himself. As for the movie, it was actually GOOD. It made sense and is not nearly as bad as everyone thinks it'll be. No awards of course, but not pile of shit. BRING ON THE SEQUEL!!!
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Just saw it and yes...the haters have to eat HUGE CROW!!! THe crowd was off the hook. Far better than Star Wars or X-Men. People had snakes everywhere......started throwing them at one point during the end credits! People were chanting SNAKES and HISSING through the whole film. First appearances by the snakes, Jackson and David koechner got HUGE applause. The deaths were great, it wasnt campy at all--but had decent humor....'SNAKES ON CRACK!'.....aand it even had the music video in the end. And I have no words for the infamous line. Half the theatre stood up and EVERYONE screamed it out along with Sam!!! THen it got a 2 minute cheer!!! By far one of the best films of the year and THE best theatre expierence Ive ever seen. Oh....did I mention the crowd was so into it that NOT ONE cell phone rang! And better yet.....people LOVED it! Take that haters! I do recommend people try and see this with a HUGE crowd. It makes it so much better. And finally......Sunny Mabrey is so beyond hot! That guy from Empire Records has an awesome wife!
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I haven't had that much fun at a movie in a long time. The audience was totally into every disaster/cop movie cliche, every snake attack, and every sam jackson moment. It delivered what the hell I wanted and I don't think anyone in the theater was disappointed. I would never go back, I'd never buy the DVD or even rent it, but I had more fun tonight with Snakes on a Plane than with any movie I would see multiple times or add to my collection. And I don't care if that makes any sense or not!
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Just saw the ten o'clock showing and it was a very funny and enjoyable movie. If you go in expecting shakespeare ur an idiot. this movie was made to entertain in a very non serious way.
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Anyone who doesn't have fun at a late night showing this weekend is a humorless wetrag. Saw it tonight and it was an absolute blast. One of the best times I've had at the movies in recent memory... people yelling out, cheering, shrieking, oohing and aahing the whole time. Sam's "moments" were fucking priceless. Go see it, you worthless fuckheads. And if you don't like it, you suck.
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Well, two weeks ago, I was kinda looking forward to this film, but since then I got real turned off. overkill maybe, or maybe i just got tired of seeing samuel l saying the same shit everywhere. regardless, i hated it. why are we celebrating what is clearly a shitty movie? like vinceklortho said above, there are a million shitty cliche-ridden films with lame special effects and horrible dialogue every year, but they aren't celebrated like this one is. why? because sam is in it? maybe. because it is something that people attach to because they feel that they're responsible for it? i'm sure i'll be ridiculed as a snob or something for this tone, but why celebrate a clearly bad movie? why not a good one, that you can respect. i have no idea, but all i know is that i sat through the thing embarassed that this tripe was what everyone was so looking forward to.
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It is an ok movie, here is what pushed it into greatness...The audience. My crowd made that movie the most fun I have had in a theatre for as long as I can remember. If you don't see this drunk or with a fun sold out crowd you will hate it. In fact I doubt I'll rent or buy the dvd cause this movie is fun with people.
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the flight originates in Hawaii, which doesn't have any snakes? That's what I heard. Brilliant.
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Might be the greatest movie ever made. The audience at the Alamo Drafthouse was electric. I've not seen anything like it. In the lobby, it was like a party! Everyone was smiling and cheering and quoting the movie and asking "when can we see it again!"
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YOu must not see many films!!! Hell, its not even the worst film of the year,....which could be given to either Date Movie, Ultraviolet or Nacho Libre. THos movies sucked ass.
I think its clear you went into the film hating it and thus....you hated it. I went in hoping it would be good...and not so bad it would be good, but GOOD! And it was. How anyone can say they didnt have fun is beyond me. I wont call you a snob, but I think its clear you went in to hate the film. Like half the people on this site went in to HATE X-Men 3. It makes no sense to me, but okay. There may be hundreds of cliched films out every year, but most are a chore to watch. THis one knew how to have fun with the cliches and thus, made it fun to watch. If you did indeed see it tonight, then you saw it with a big crowd. How you could be a grump with a crowd like most are saying they had..........man, you must hate a lot of movies!! I think it would be impossible to not get caught up in the fun at some point in this movie. -
They even do say that NO snakes are there. THe bad guy gets them through a dealer, who collects them from all over the world! If you were trying to take a rip at SOAP, try again!
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...lighten up you crap twats and have FUN at the movies. SOAP looks to be a riot.
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who have enough geeks in your country to fill theaters with. I'm all alone here. Noone even heard of this movie. I want to see SOAP with my people.
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Here's why this film is to be celebrated... it's the one COMPLETELY HONEST film I've seen all year. You go see X3... everybody involved blows smoke up your ass about how it's exactly the movie they wanted to make and it's all great... but when you see it it's so obvious it's been rushed through production with all kinds of corners cut. Every movie is like that these days... they present themselves as one thing, but when you see them they're not what they claimed. Snakes on a Plane was EXACTLY what it advertises it would be. It never insults its audience. It doesn't do anything half-assed (thanks to the very well-advised reshoots). It's motherfuckin Snakes on a motherfuckin Plane, with Sam Jackson. The honesty is absolutely refreshing.
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Its the perfect example of a movie that's so bad that its good.
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Didn't like it as much as Slither, though.
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What a fu**ing fun ass movie!! Stupid? Yup. Corny ass dialogue? Yup. Awesome motherf**ing snake kills? HELL YES. Just a big ol dumbass fun movie. I saw it in the theater with Harry and QUENTIN TARANTINO. Rosario FINE AS HELL Dawson was also there. Damn, I love Austin.
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POINT BLANK...if you have any interest in seeing this film, see it with an audience. Personally, I enjoyed it. It was the first time in a long time that I was actually squirming in my seat (not to mention the neck snapping jump-frights) I'll be looking forward to the sequel......Clowns on a Bus
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i agree that this movie was extremely fun but, im guessing, ONLY if you go to a packed theater or with your loudest and most obnoxious friends. there are some truly awful awful awful aspects of it as a movie (ie the whole b- story about the FBI dude and the snake expert) but as a rocky-horror type spectacle it's quite a wild ride with some cool surprises.
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The 10:00 pm show at the Star Southfield was less than half full. My friends bought advance tickets, but I showed up 10 minutes beforehand ('cause Stangers With Candy was no longer at the Main) and got right in. It was entertainingly bad, pretty much exactly what I figured it would be. Coulda used more than one real snake amid all the absolutely horrendous, laugh-inducingly fake cgi. My white friends had fun yelling at the screen like they were born and raised below eight mile. I had to go out and drunk afterwards to enjoy it retroactively.
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....comes more tragic whoring of a movie aimed solely at less discriminating 14-year-old boys. I want this film to fall flat on its face at the box office and remind Samuel L Jackson that he can't coast on "cool" for his entire career.
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Probably the best of all time.
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Without a doubt, this was the most entertaining movie I've seen this summer and maybe even all year. The crowd was amazingly lively and into it and that made it all the better. I don't think I've laughed that hard at a movie in a long, long time. The fact that the movie doesn't take itself seriously definitely adds to it, with some of the most over the top deaths I think I've witnessed on screen since maybe the original Final Destination. Crap, where else can you see fucking snakes eat a annoying ass little dog AND get Sam Jackson!? The Man was definitely awesome, and made for some great moments. I'm planning on seeing it again tomorrow, only this time going armed with a shit load of rubber snakes... hehehe...
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Hands down the best theater experience I've ever had in my life. Easily. The movie's pretty good, too.
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Sorry buddy but the other sites I'm reading have people loving this movie. This site has so many haters, you'd think they live to hate.
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Bruce and Sam reteam in 2008!
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Early on the extreme sports guy is seen chugging a Red Bull. Then back in his apratment, you see THREE CASES of Red Bull, prominently displayed right next to the TV he's watching. Best of all, later on Sam the Man says, "What kinda garbage are you giving us?" and slams down an evidence bag with a Red Bull can in it. Get it? Red Bull is garbage! Fucking classic. Do people still drink that chemical swill?
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SoaP will do big business. It was entertaining. Its convincing that they didnt show anyone anything of this film because the studio didnt want to spoil how over the top this movie was. I wouldnt dare ruin anything to anyone. Just go see it, hopefully with a good crowd. This will probably be a word of mouth hit.
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Just send Chuck Norris into Iraq! He have the whole mess cleaned up by Monday!
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I just got out of a midnight show in which I took my ladyfriend, and we both pissed our pants loving this movie! The audience cheered no less than five times. This movie is a riot. Check it out!
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If you are dumb enough to watch this sober... you don't deserve to call yourself a movie geek. This movie is a rollercoaster... plain and simple... it's a rated R rollercoaster.
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Can a movie like this make me question reality? What have I been doing all my life that I have not wanted to see a dude get his naughty bits chomped off by a freaking batshit SNAKE!
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Best line ever: "SNAKES ON CRACK!"
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Yes!
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Yeah, I thought that was the best line too.
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Snakes on another Plane
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Seeing it Sunday. I want to know.
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This movie fucking ruled. In many ways, it played every cliche out of the book and turned it into an artform. The defining moment is, of course, Sam Jackson's immortal line "I'm tired of these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!" To me, this truly defined the essence of the film. I think that, as a society, we are all tired of the same bread and circuses, cliched, blockbuster, market-researched, PG-13, mall multiplex ready bullshit. To me I feel that Sam was speaking to all of us. I felt a connection; "I'm tired of these motherfucking snakes too Sam! Let's end this fucking movie!" And sure enough, the movie launched straight into its finale following that line. I think it's a brilliant commentary on the current state of pop culture. The fact that they shot it afterward in a reshoot actually helps the scene; it's almost as if the movie steps back and Sam is commenting on the movie itself. Anyway, beyond the postmodern interpretation, this was the best movie I've seen in a theater all year, except for maybe the Hills Have Eyes remake. My only complaints: 1) When I saw the big boa constrictor king snake, I wanted to see Sam personally kick his ass at the end. Since he didn't I was kind of disappointed. 2) It could have been a lot crazier and more absurd; maybe they should have had Stephen Chow (or Ronny Yu like they had originally lined up) direct instead. Nitpicks aside, this movie was totally fucking awesome, and I am still riding high despite reading some negative reviews. Four stars. I loved the snake biting the guy on the dick. That really made the movie right there. "Get the fuck off my dick you bitch!"
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... the best part of the movie for me was the entire audience counting down to the release of the snakes. Holy Shit.I'm going to be honest. I was really psyched about this movie and expected total crap. But even without the crazy audience, the man in a banana suit, the standing ovation for "the line", the constant applause for Kenan and the co-pilot (who comes close to being as badass as Samuel L. Jackson), even without all of that, I thought it was a good movie. A fun MOVIE. Not a film. A MOVIE. It scared me, I laughed, I'm going to say I even cried a bit when the Grandma died. It was hands down, the most fun I have had at a theater this year, and not because the movie was bad. The movie knows what it is, and yes it lives up to the hype. It was everything I expected and more. I will be able to watch it without the audience I was with and be able to say it's a good, enjoyable, well made, scary, funny (not un-intentionally) movie.
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sorry about the half fulls, mine was sold out (AMC burbank, CA). one guy was dressed as a plane but they made him take it off (he got it back after the movie). great crowds, fun movie. nothing more or less than what was promised.
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Is anyone else here p*ssed off with this movie as much as I am?
You know this wil ldo for the Snake population what Jaws did for Sharks - it will kill off huge percentages of it!!
This is yet another ignorant example of Hollywood stupidity portraying Snakes in the wrong light and as vicious evil killers of humans and nothing else, which is entirely untrue by my first hand experience and knowledge of them. The fact that such a 'tough mother*****er' and ego headed ignorant actor as Samuel L Jackson is endorsing this idea is another insult to my intelligence and absolutely infuriates me. But most of all it just makes me very very sad.
I am very very sad, that people will see Snakes demonised by this film, and therefore it will encourage hurting, hunting and culling of Snakes as a result, wether it be in America or South America or Australia etc. Fear and hostility will rise toward Snakes, many species of which are already extinct because of these views, and more and more Snakes will be killed, ending many species that are already on the endangered list. I have seen this done before to other demonised animals in film.
Snakes are nowhere near as cold blooded killing machines that ATTACK humans as they will be portrayed in this film. In real life, they flee when they hear the human vibrations of human footsteps from a 1000 metres away. They only attack in self defence, when they feel we are threatening them, and definitely in this instance of the film which will be horribly unaccurate, they in real life, would only flee to a cool and dark corner or part of the plane - and HIDE from us! That's right, hide from humans, not ATTACK!!
I just hope that people won't be so one minded when they see this film, but I know they will, and they will see Snakes as the new 'MONSTER' movie species of this year and regard them as more 'evil' than before, and thus, it will result in more Snakes being killed, than ever before.
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While I understand your concern for snakes... I have to say... dude, a snake bites a guys dick after slithering out of the toilet bowl and being peed on. I really don't think you have to worry about people feeling like snakes should be killed because of watching this movie. Not only is it not realistic at all... it actually makes the snakes cool and likable. I mean... what guy didn't want to get his mouth on that girl's tits in the bathroom?! Snakes are one of the guys in this movie. People are more likely to walk away from Beerfest and fear drinking as they are of walking away from this movie and fearing snakes. Which... everyone already does... because you never know when a snake is going to bite your dick when you are innocently peeing on it. Who wouldn't be afraid of that?!
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YOU FUCKER!!! You are hilarious!! But a bastard! Heehee. Nice one.
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We must be kind and loving to snakes...and all creatures of the wild. Love is the only answer to stop the harsh treatment of snakes and other similar life forms which are purely misunderstood. For example: Why couldn't this movie have been called...Our Friends On A Plane...or Our Reptile Companions On A Plane...or even Kind & Loving Pet Snakes On A Plane??? But no...Hollywood only wishes to kill snakes...and vilify them!!! Where is PETA when you need them to protest such cruel films??? Ultimately...Samuel L. Jackson is to blame...He could have hugged a snake and made friends. But no, instead, he chose to call them Mutha Fuckas...and then is surprised that he and all the other passengers were attacked by the snakes??? Can't we all just, get along???!!!
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too true, do you not feel that labelling the snakes with negative language prevents them from achieving all that they could? When will people realise that snakes are kind sensitive reptiles and don't deserve to be denigrated through profanity? I think we should start a collection, or at the very least a support group.
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thats really all I want to know. i want something over-the-top stupid, funny, and loud. otherwise, whatever. of course its stupid; but is it FUN stupid?
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For those who watched it ... how did they get around shooting guns in a plane? What about puncturing the cabin and depressurizing the plane? Was it a special plane? Were they special guns? I refuse to spend money on a film until I know they have covered every possible plothole.
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Shakes the Clown 2: Shakes on a Plane
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the dumber and more inept it is, the better. i mean its called "SNAKES ON A PLANE" for chrissakes! i hope theres a scene where Mace Windu shoots the snake with a rocket launcher, then the snake turns into a Super Giant Robot Mutant SuperSnake, and they have a crazy jedi-matrix sword fight on the pieces of the plane as it goes hurtling to the ground. then, at the end, a giant HowdyDoody/Dubya face fills the screen and laughs and spits as fractured atonal carnival music blares and the screen distorts for like 10 minutes whikle he screams "STAY THE CORPSE! SNAKES ON A PLANE! BRAIN ON THE DRAIN! LET US PREY! AMEN!!! MWOO HA HA HA HA!!! (at this time, the movie ushers will be directed to lock teh doors and not let anybpdy leave until the credits roll...)
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Hmm, well this movie is gonna portray all Snakes fetured in it as human cold blooded killers. In fact only about 20% of Snakes are dangerous to humans, and the Black Mamba Snake, the most dangerous of all, not all THIS species can kill humans too. BUt this film shows ALL SNAKES as human killers and attackers. This is just detremental to the image of them. Now this may be a dumb fun movie, but the peopel who will go to see a dumb fun movie are dumb fun people, people who don't have a clue about what is real or not in this film. These people will take the impression of Snakes, no matter what part of the body they'll bite (Let's face it, Snakes will attack any part of the human body that is most accessible) for real and they will end up acting on this. Fundemantally, it will kill Snakes. The knock on effect. Cause and reaction. Snakes are the ultimate creature on earth to suffer this 'Monster' image. the more dangerous it is thought to be, them more danger to come to IT! Humans are a selfish lot, they are naive and don't use the free will and choices that they are given, to a good, repsonsible effect. Like Jaws lowered the numbers of all Sharks in general, and had such an effect on how the public viewed Sharks or simply swimming in the water (The phrase, 'Just when you thought it was safe to back in the water' was not imagined by me, it does exist, and it was uttered because of the power of influence the movie had on people, so it is proof that people do believe the images they see on film) this film will lower the numbers of Snakes. Especially in 3rd world countrries where Snakes are most rife and people there are not so educated, at least in how safe snakes actually are. This film will lower the Snake population, even making many endangered species become extinct, mark my words. It makes me sad. It disheartens me.
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it started with the Bible and its led us to this. LET MY REPTILES GO!!! We shall overcome... we shall overcome...
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Just the thought of snakes biting human dicks and titties makes me hate them. The snakes better hire a good PR firm to deal with the fallout from this movie.
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Now I just want to eat snake soup. I hate snakes. This movie will unite us against the snakes. We must rally together and destroy the snakes before any of our own dicks get bitten. BTW, my dick is a friggin python.
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brokeback- what's wrong with you. I thought you were meant to be liberal. What's with the persecution of our friendly reptile friends. You Ziosnakey, pah!
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For all those who give the film a pass because of plot holes and character development, yeah i get it. But at the same time you have to realize that if this film was made in the 1970's, it would have been made and released in about a three month period by a couple of schlockmeisters and starred some no-name guess stars on Family Affair. This is a multi-million dollar and rather huge (comparitively speaking) film with and even bigger marketing plan. Sure, maybe it works and I'm going to check it out tomorrow night during a break from the Yankees series. But I just think you have to go into the theatre and take it with a bigger grain of salt and a sharper critical eye because the filmmakers were essentially copying a style that was not intentionally bad but was largely bad because producers and directors had little time, little money, and wanted to create a film that would bring the largest possible audience into the theatre. To me, that degree of authenticity makes a difference.
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EAT THE APPLE, BITCH!!! EAT THE APPLE!!! WISDOM IS YOURS!!! AIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
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Hey look, the Zoners are having fun in TalkBack! Yeah!
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double pah! don't know what came over me- arguably the humble snake is the worlds first feminist- He freed Eve from her subjugation to Adam! vive la Snake!
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The snakes don't deserve respect. Has your dick ever been bitten? It fucking hurts like a mutherfucka. That's why they are muthafuckin snakes! Snakes are Godless creatures who only want to bite titties. And a tittie with a snakebite loses its charm. So now I will go find a snake and try to negotiate a peace agreement. Maybe we can live in harmony, but I don't know. I fucking hate snakes. See you later, wish me luck.
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Look if this movie is responsible for one snake death, that's bad and tragic right? Well it will result in thousands more Snake kills, especially in countires like Africa nad Australia where Snake population is the greatest and people out there are nothing but educated in how nasty Snakes are, when in fact they're not. Not all of them are even venemous anyway. Take things a bit more seriously when you look at the deeper implications of the film. Already you're all talking about Snakes like kids in a schoolyard. Imagine what you'll think of Snakes the next time you see them in real life. You'll fear them more. Therefore, if everyone feels this way, you're all more likely to take a rack to it's head if you could, etc.
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Trash is trash. Of course, I see what you mean, McGsStepson, in terms of it being a comparitively bigbudget, market driven, intentionally campy movie rather than a more "folsky"/indie and *truly* inept one, but, in the large scheme of things, does it really matter? Trash is trash. In addition, what it lacks in economic "folksiness," it makes up for in cyber-weirdo-geek-fanbot-folksiness; they actually changed the movie based on the input from filmgeek bloggers and other assorted wackos! Of course, that was all a cynical marketing ploy too, but, who cares? Trash is trash. Ohm Shanty; Shanty-shanty; Shantayyo.
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HA! fascist. I think that progress can only be made if all the snakes have the right to vote on whether or not we should be allowed to co-exist with them. Then, and only then can there be a permanent ceasefire between the human and reptile camps. I thank my lucky stars that I have never been bitten on the cock by a snake. That does not sound like fun. But we surely have to look at the provocation that the snakes were on the receiving end of. Maybe we should seek a UN resolution.
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I drank a little Jameson last night while watching. It made me tingly. The movie fucking rocked. God bless Samuel L. Motherfucking Jackson.
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For too long innocent snakes have been manipulated and made to look foolish by these cruel bastards! How dare they mock the majesty of the snake with their cool sounding atonal flute playing! All as a cheap way to make some extra coin from hapless western tourists! How dare they pimp our reptile brothers and sisterssss... How... dare... th.. sssssssss...oowoooowoowooowoo
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so many people are falling for the fake cult-status the studio so meticulously built up. Oh wait. This is AICN, a site run by the biggest studio shills on the net. Yes, I can.
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In response to Cpt Kirks, I saw we enact a measure that's become a trendy cause on the Internets: The Adopt-an-Animal-Rights-Activist Program! If Cpt Kirks continues to be an unbearable douche, we shall each go out and kill three snakes: one snake for ourselves, one for Cpt Kirks, and one to spite him for being a pee-face. You see, Kirks, your unwelcome, pointless, mewling love of slithery reptiles is just too frighteningly lame not to exploit. If you keep up with your crusade, we will see to it that MORE snakes die at your hands. You will be responsible. I might incapacitate a few baby seals and wipe my ass with some live rabbits just to top it off. My midnight screening of SNAKES ON A PLANE convinced me that snakes are evil creatures invented by the Devil herself and that they don't deserve to live unless they're working as my belt or a pair of fine, supple boots. So join me, Talkbackers, and slaughter three "innocent" snakes this very day! Yes those snakes deserve to die AND I HOPE THEY BURN IN HELL!!!!!!
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I had a meeting with a snake. I conveyed to him the depth of my hatred for his kind. I told him, snakes are snakes. He said to me, if a guy gave you a golden shower all over your face without your consent, wouldn't you bite his weiner? I personally wouldn't retaliate in exactly that fashion, but I sure saw his point. As for the tittie biting, he said, haven't you always gotten just a little bit too excited and bit harder than you should? Well, fuck yeah. And he said, snakes don't wage wars against innocent people, steal their land and resources. And he made a pretty good point that the snakes in the movie were in captivity, and just wanted the hell out. They don't know a plane from a boat, WTF they are snakes! So when I see SoaP, I will be cheering for the snakes and hope they bite Sam Jackson in his ass. Right on, Capt Kirk!
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Which is pretty amazing. I guess you could say this "Barely qualifies as news", but I'm pretty shocked.
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That has everybody talking about.
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The line is ... "There are Muthafucking snakes on a muthafucking plane!" Dam, they even showed it on Good Morning America with Joel Siegel. This movie is going to make monster BO.
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Listen, man, you want to get weepy about baby seals and spotted owls, knock yourself out. I live and work in the woods of the Southeaster U.S., and every poisonous snake I see is a dead one. I killed two this year. South Easter diamondbacks. Call me a redneck if you want, but if I drop you off in a forest and let you stopm around long enough, you're going to come across one face-to-face, bub. And sitting at a computer arguing for snakes' rights is one thing. That motherfucker rared back and pissed of in your face is something else altogether. And before you start in with your "we're invading their turf" routine, prior to cities and subdivisions, we roamed the earth just like them. So far as I'm concerned, when we civilized ourselves, we didn't give up the right to keep doing that same thing. Be that as it may, if you really want to help snakes out, burn down your home, your subdivision, your schools, and stop puttung buildings where they live. That would be good start anyways.
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By the by, I'm scared shitless of snakes, and I loved this movie. And the Line is "I'm tired of these motherfuckin' snakes on this motherfuckin' plane!" So obviously the didn't say it on Good Morning America.
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Fuck those evil godless bastards! Riddle me this, if they are so great, then why don't they have legs...think about it! Lead us, oh Samuel of the Jackson!
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Nice to see "Zoom" holding steady at a solid zero percent.
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At the 10pm SOAP screening last eve somewhere in Manhattan, a crowd of about 10 wasted white frat boys showed me the answer. They decided they were going to do their version of Chappelle impersonations from opening credits to end credits. That means everything they yelled was in a pseudo "black" accent. Being a drunk mick myself, I can handle a decent amount of film hooliganism and am the root of it on occasion, but the joke went too far and these douchebags weren't funny. I only mention this because I can imagine their ilk in every theater (outside of the Magic Johnson Theaters) playing SOAP. They were strictly lowest common denominator - which always sucks for any movie fan (they're always present) but which particularly sucked for the rest of us SOAPgoers because the audience participation on an enjoyably collective scale (that we had come to experience) was foiled. After about the hundredth time one of them yelled something about giving someone AIDS (in a "black" accent whenever Sam J. was on screen with a white woman) - someone hilariously yelled back "Hey, why didn't you guys bring your girlfriends??" Very funny indeed. The girl I was with didn't appreciate these assholes either. SOAP as a film was ultimately worse than I could ever have imagined - a terrible movie. You know how bad it is in the first 5 minutes of extreme sports footage segueing into the cheesiest bad guy dialogue ever heard. But that's what I went to see and that's what I would have wanted to see if I had been able to experience a moment of the film without my ears being raped by these cocksuckers behind me. Take note: The film is fun, but it's a new low. It isn't on the level of a great exploitative fun ride because of the dreary lack of characters but it's one to have a great time at yelling at the screen with your pals - as long as you're not drunken racist frat boys screaming "AIDS" or "Rape her" with no comic timing or wit literally every ten seconds for the duration of the film. (I swear to god I was having fantasies of spraying an uzi back there) At the end of the screening, as my viewing experience had been so fucked, I asked for - and got - my money back. (4 tickets) Long live Chappelle. Enjoy SOAP and don't be an asshole.
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They have a massive python in the film that eats ONE PERSON then flies out the window. (The matching exterior shot of the plane was goofed several times - shoddy workmanship on this film from beginning to end). If there was one fucking snake to have SJ battle at the end, it should have been this fucker. But no. I was shocked at the lack of imagination in this script. Dialogue was boring overused catch phrases. But I can handle that. What I couldn't handle is a set up like the big snake without the pay-off. Your film license has been REVOKED - and no diplomatic immunity this time...
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"Why did it have to be snakes?"
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With all the hatred for what it clearly a movie just trying to have fun this would have been a good title.
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could learn a thing or two by watching this film. Learn how to inject some energy into a film. If Supes had more fun in the film it probably would've become the blockbuster it was suppose to be. You know I'm Muthafuckin right!
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Aug 18, 2006 11:12:30 AM CDT
Is it just me or is Julienne Margolis getting hotter?
by r.c. the "wise"
Since leaving E.R. I thinks she's gotten better looking. I love her unique look. Damn sexy if you ask me!
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Yeah, I know. This is Snakes on a Plane talk. Which was a fun flick. I'd prefer Lake Placid over it though. Anyway, this was taken from Hollywood Reporter: "'Superman Returns' will be profitable for us," says Warner Bros. production president Jeff Robinov. "We would have liked it to have made more money, but it reintroduced the character in a great way and was a good launching pad for the next picture. We believe in Bryan and the franchise."
But Singer does know where he has to go with the sequel. He told Comic-Can fans that he would add more "scary sci-fi in the next movie." "We can now go to into the action realm."
While some "Superman Returns" viewers objected to the addition of an illegitimate child of Lois Lane and Superman (which never appeared in any of the comic books), Singer intends to proceed with that story arc. "There's a lot of room to go with that character and his upbringing and human background and Krypton heritage," he says. "He's the genetic material of both parents. Superman doesn't have that. It's hard to write for Superman. He's a tough character to create insurmountable obstacles for. This one is unique and insurmountable." For the sequel, Singer will be able to expand and play around with what he's introduced, and "bring in more of the energy" of the contemporary comics, he promised.
Singer likely will do another movie before the sequel to "Superman Returns," according to sources, possibly Warner Independent's "The Mayor of Castro Street" or "Logan's Run" at the big studio. Finally, though, Warners president Alan Horn and production chief Jeff Robinov want this tentpole director to be making movies on their lot -- and not Fox's. And that may, in the long run, be the real payoff to their "Superman Returns" investment.
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Yeah, 'cause what you should be seeking when you sit in a movie theater is reality. Movies cost between eight and fifteen bucks, plus you have to drive to it. Reality is right in front of you and is absolutely free. I was under the impression that you were looking for entertainment, slick. So don't tell me what you didn't like about the big snake, tell me if you dug the movie..
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doesn't he fucking learn? we do not give a toss about the character development of superbrat. Who shouldn't be in the film anyway. If it's that hard to write about Superman- then here's a novel idea for you: don't. Either hire someone that can, or leave the property to someone that won't fucking ruin it. SAVE THE SNAKE. I hereby nominate brokeback to the special UN ambassadorial post to the snake nation.
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They didn't use the big snake properly?? The big fucker ate a dog and then swallowed a big guy whole, starting with his head!!! That, my friend, was uber-payoff.
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I was laughing the whole time. Has there ever been a movie that is more self aware? The movie knows the title is Snakes on a Plane and loves it. This whole movie is pure gold, go see it before you bash it. "Oh great, Snakes on crack!"
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Or are the Brits/Japanese/etc. gonna get to ride the serpent? Just curious...I'm betting the Japanese will really dig it. Also, there's a RAVE on MSNBC.com, but Roeper didn't like it (read his review on the SunTimes website).
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I got to see one of the first sneek peak showings last night, and let me just say: IT WAS AWESOME! Samuel L. Jackson kicked serious ass, as did the snakes! And the revews coming in are awesome, too! http://www.dreadcentral.com/index.php?name=Reviews&req=showcontent&id=1024
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When the snake expert was being driven around,theyd show the SUV driving down the street or whatever, and it looked a lot like DV to me. Anyone else notice this???
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Heh, sounds good so far, can't wait to check it out soon!
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It's fucking excellent.
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It's fucking crsp.
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I said it.
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The movie is really FUN! All you 'movie lovers' forgot how to just have fun at the movies. They didn't make it to be anything but silly, dumb fun and it was!
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was just bulshitting us in an entertaining way, but this has gone on too long to be TB gameplay. Dude, I respect your efforts in trying to shape perceptions, but you're going to have zero success here. Actually, the movie may help snakes b/c people will steer well clear of them, lest they have their tits or dicks bitten, as in the movie. You know, Cap'n Kirk is a funny guy; in one tb years ago, he suggested that some worn starlet (don't remember who)"probably had a cunt like a wizard's sleeve". Funny stuff, that's why I thought he was kidding here, but I don't think so.
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back when i was a teenager my friends and i would pore over the neighborhood video store for fucking unbelievably bad movies that we would watch and tear apart, laughing all the while. isn't the point of movies like that that you have found them, yourself, they are special to you and you can show them to people and be like, can you believe how fucking terrible this is, etc. now comes a movie that we all have known about for literally almost a year, from day 1, that it is supposed to suck and you are supposed to go simply to laugh at how ludicrous it is. where is the fucking fun in that? lining the pockets of the studio execs. and whoever said the thing about "film snobs" up there, give me a god damn break, nobody is angry that this isn't citizen kane. people don't like having bullshit crammed down their throats with an unsanded wooden spoon, that doesn't make me or anyone else here who sees through the rusty machinery of this movie a snob. haters have at it. this movie is fucking bullshit.
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that caricature of samuel l. jackson up top has to be the worst caricature of anyone i have ever seen. practise drawing people other than harry knowles, whoever draws those things.
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Seen the 7:10pm showing in Croydon, South London. Probably about half full (as it's clashing with the grand finale of Big Brother), but not only was SOAP a huge amount of fun (and not _excessively_ self-knowing fun), but I ended up caring about the characters a lot more than I did, say, in Red-Eye or Flightplan. And there were plenty of youngsters who knew a few of the more famous lines. I don't think that quite so many people will come out of a cinema grinning quite so much as after seeing this film.
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especillay if you see it with a good crowd.
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Be certain that I am your undoing. I am everything. There were three things in my beginning: my interrupted biological sleep, a birth, and the end to a warm darkness and silence. And now I am here with you. And a reckoning is coming, that
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He threw them into the crowd during the scariest part. Everyone got up and screamed. the theater lights came on. It was the greatest thing ever. They stopped the movie. We got kicked outta the theater. but it was worth it. one girl fell though and hit her elbow. ah fucker. a good scare is a good scare. you wanted snakes. you mutherfickin got snakes!
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Julianna Margulies is HOT. Thought so ever since she hosted SNL (never got into ER). And the Scrubs episodes with her were awesome.
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you are annoying..and thus not funny..
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It was a lot of fun but I too was dissapointed that they didn't have a final showdown between Jackson and the large badass python.
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This may be a bomb in the making...However, we can't be sure until the close of Friday box office, but Thursday night's late night screenings only brought in a little more than a millon dollars at the box office!!! With all the hype and advertisements for Snakes On A Plane...this movie should have at least brought in between 4 to 5 million last night, alone, or more!!! Perhaps word of mouth from last night's performances will help it, or hurt it, in respect to the weekend showings, who knows. Anyway...I for one hope this mess bombs, or we'll all be served up this type of junk for years to come instead of Hollywood making and offering us important film fare like Black Snake Moan!!! The other Sam Jackson movie with a snake title!!!
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Yeah it was $1.4 million. That's not great, but it was also only in 2200 theaters. Talladega Nights was in 1200 more on Thursday. SOAP is expanding to 3500 on Friday apparently. You also have to consider it's budget. How successful a film is is relative. If SOAP makes 100 million bucks it'll be a huge success cause it only cost $30 million to produce. $100 million for Superman Returns would be considered a catastrophic failure.
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On the one hand I don't really want to pay ten bucks for a B-movie, and it would probably be the perfect drinking film (why is it that only the art theatres serve alcohol?). However, it could be a blast to see this thing with a huge crowd. Decisions, decisions. My personal favorite B-movie might be the Dolf Lundgren classic "We Come in Peace." I'm hoping Snakes is half as funny.
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And you'll go in pieces. Great line, even if Dolph Lundgren said it.
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I was very satisfied; this movie did what it set out to do. The audience loved it, and clapped at the big line. The theatre was about 50% full, but it wasn't the main 7PM showing. There were lots of people in line for the 10PM showing when we left.
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It had some moments, but petered out well before the end and the end itself was the worst part of the movie. Maybe my hopes were a little high, but the entertainment value was well below say, Freddy v. Jason.
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sorry, havn't seen the movie. but was shocked to come home and listen to my answering machine. Freaken Samuel L Jackson, promoting his movie.
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At least in the UK cut. The evil british wanker throws it to the anaconda (which swallows it) and when the other passengers berate him, he utters the immortal line "I just did what any of you people would have done in the same situation" (sic).
Cabbageheat, you've been punked. Check the website.
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And it suggestst that it was a Burmese python and not an Anaconda as mentioned above. Was anyone else surprised that there wasn't a bigger snake in the 3rd Act? I loved the deconstruction of good storytelling here.
And did anyone else think that the funniest moment was at the start in Sean's apartment when he looks through the peephole and realises how much shit he's really in?
"Get off my dick snake!"
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And anyone who says otherwise is deserving of a reading form Ezekiel 25:17 before bein shot in his motherfuckin head!
Remember the original Die Hard? That, to me, is how SoaP plays when watching it "straight"...that is, without a lot of Rocky Horror-ish audience participation. From what I understand, it's a whole new experience that way: next time I see it, I'll catch an evening show with a large crowd. I hear that when Sam finally cuts loose with "THAT is IT! I have HAD IT with these MOTHERFUCKIN SNAKES on this MOTHERFUCKIN PLANE!!!", most of the audience chants it right along with him, and then gives him an ovation. Also, people are supposedly throwing rubber snakes at the screen and so forth. It'd be very cool if they include an audience participation track on the dvd, again a'la Rocky.
Regardless of how it is seen, though, it's a good, solid action thriller: it is not played for camp; they clearly weren't trying to make a so-bad-it's-good kinda film. And when you think about what's going on in the world right now, the movie is incredibly timely: the snakes could easily be seen as a terrorist metaphor. (They're cold hearted! They can't be reasoned with! They're NOT HUMAN!) The only thing wrong with the film, to me, is that the baddie responsible for putting the snakes on the plane in the first place is never shown getting his comeuppance; it's just "Now let's go lock this guy up for the rest of his life." No, no, no: in the novelization (also quite good), the guy is done in by his boss' chief assassin, one Lulu Fang, who injects him with cobra venom after she's fucked him nearly to death. Hell, woulda been a great cameo for Lucy Liu (remember her role in Payback?)!
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I just had a great goddamn time with this movie. I feel like it was a better experience than a movie. If you're ever going to see it, I say see it this weekend or next with a crowd. On HBO or video it will probably just be a fun, silly flick instead of an awesome goddamn time. Goddamn. The whole theater was ecstatic.
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Then that's a whole shitload of plants. I guess even USA Today is a plant, cause it got a good review from them. It's a shame to know a tiny publication like USA Today can be bought with an action figure :)
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Best scene was when the co-pilot pokes his head up from the undercarriage of the plane after everyone thought he was dead. "The line" was fabulous, but the undead pilot really stole the show for me. Z-Grade 1970s disaster movie cheesiness at its finest. If the last four pieces of shit that Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler cranked out can make a $100 million apiece, then there is NO reason why SOAP shouldn't do the same. I want a motherfuckin' sequel right motherfuckin' NOW! SHAFT ON A PLANE!
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The movie was fine but from peoples comments you would think its the second coming. Its not that good. Some guy said its like the first Die Hard which is ridiculous.
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Can Mori and Massa also post
their analysis of the Snake on a Plane film, when they get to see it.
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I run a movie theater and let me tell you....I put SOAP in the biggest auditorium expecting it to do some business. NO WAY! Accepted did better. Barnyard did better. Step Up did better. It barely beat out Pirates of the Carribean on it's 7th week. No way this movie opens at $30 million like they said.
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I'm curious - where are you? I know that Snakes will probably open big in the larger cities, but otherwise, I'm not sure.
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Professional reviewers are going to look at this movie as a movie. That's the wrong angle. It's not 400 Blows and it's not even Die Hard. It's an over the top hella good time.
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maybe thats why itsmediocrity stood out.
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Yet everyone here seemed to hate despite the fact that its premise is just as silly as this except its a more well put together B film. Vastly underrated yet since it doesnt ahve the internet buzz its forgotten.
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absolutely positively have to kill every last MoFo'ing snake on the plane...
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I had been worrying that it was a terrible movie that was just being covered by a manipulatively viral marketing campaign, but man it was definitely custom made for us movie nerds. It was definitely in the "so-bad-its-good" category, had lots of really funny and over the top shit, and was a blast to see in a relatively full theatre. Sam Jackson's "big line" got a huge ovation. Go see it while the theatres are still crowded!
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at a movie in awhile!!! granted i was drunk and cheering the whole time. see it with a crowd = good time. see it in a nearly empty theater or wait to rent it, probably just a passable B-movie with lots of good one-liners. pretty much what i was expecting. plus, snakes on a boob!!!
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...but there werent many people there. The possibilites for a great ghetto experience was there (pee smell, kids, rats) but people didnt show. Had fun still.
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Snakes on a Plane Review
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9:55 pm friday night showing
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I loved it when the lights went down and everyone in the crowd began to go "hisssssssssssss hisssssssss". Priceless!
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...with cheesy cgi and some shitty dialogue. I dug all the gore scenes. I wanted every mother fucker to die.......oh, and the playstation playin brotha who landed the plane? I didnt believe for one second his fat ass would even fit in the chair.
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What a load a crap that was. although it does get a point for Jessica Biel. she is fit.
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that's what I want to see
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I haven't had that much fun in a movie theater since Deep Blue Sea. Midnight showing last night with a packed house and we had a blast. I don't think I'll ever watch it again because it was pretty fucking terrible and I'm not afraid of flying, or claustrophobic, or snakes but I admit to laughing and clapping my ass off. Total theater experience. If you're not going to watch it with a crowd don't even bother.
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Yes the premise was ridiculous but it didnt take itself too seriously and it was well put together. Like this movie has a more plausible premise.
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The best part of the experience is when a theater employee came out and read a disclaimer asking the audience to follow the "Silence is golden" theater policy. That was funny, but unnecessary, because the theater was pretty silent throughout most of the movie. They did clap at various kills and cheered at SLJ's now famous line. But overall I was pretty disappointed that it wasn't nearly as wild of an experience as Harry and some TBers evidently had.
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the most original idea since shakes and fries. that was the emmy nominated c.e.c toon with billy shakesphere, chuck dickens and others as fast food employees working at burger queen and ollie twist with a cartman/butters accent. that was funny stuff. i, too, recently got a customized sam jackson message promoting this flick and i love the clip where he says his famous line and i may wait for this on dvd to maybe rent.
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http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/snakes-flakes/
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Friday estimated gross: $6.13 mil.
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Exactly what I wanted to see. A move like this you rate by the number of, and manner of deaths. Quality kills throughout, and constant comic relief from the everyone. An absolutely hilarious movie actually - it hit the note "Club Dread" was trying for but couldn't hit.
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A very fun, bad movie. Stay for the equally tacky music video at the very end. A very fun time!
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I haven't laughed this much during a movie in a while. For Reals. I swear i'm not lying. I really laughed and had a good time. Did you guys see when that guy got the heel thru the ear? lol That was gross. I like how Playstation saves them lol. I just wish at the end they showed that Kim guy get his. Yeah the snakes were so fake and the killings were so over the top. The oneliners. It was just funny as hell!
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You just see her hawt feet almost get bitten and she looks around and you never see her again.
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The crowd at the Vista last night made the movie better. Sam is the man, really carried the flick.
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That helped as well.
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The director of Snakes did a great job with both Final 2 and especially Cellular. I had a blast with these two and think they were very well made and entartaining movies. So I never expected Snakes to be bad. I fully expect it to be good when I see it here in Norway in a few months.
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I was surprised my 11:15 showing last night was only 60-70% full, that took a little bit of the fun, but people still had a good time, hissing, cheering, being retarded. It was a great time, and I never have to see the thing again.
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It was comedy gold! Actually It was bad, but bad in a good way. Not Nacho Libre bad, in a real bad way. Bad as in cult classic goodness. Many of the situations in 'Snakes on a Plane' are so contrived. That It's laughable and about 95% of the snakes are computer graphics and you can tell so much. So the snakes do abnormal things that real snakes wouldn't do.
Without spoiling too much. The snakes bite the passengers in the most gruesome and funniest of places hehe. There's some real gross moments in this movie. Like in the panic the passengers start running down the aisle and a lady steps on a guys head with her heel and the heel goes all the way in his ear and breaks off her pump. leaving the heel stuck in his ear with blood spewing out. fun stuff lol.
In reality it's your typical disaster movie. with all the right ingrededients. you have your scared kids. you have the mean guy. you know he's gonna get it. the snobby celebrity. The flight attendants who do anything to help the passengers. the brave hero. the unlikely hero. All that stuff. Oh and great oneliners. The crowd I saw it with was laughing so much. So it's infectious and you start laughing. You really can't go into this movie with a serious out look. think of it as a comedy or a fun ride.
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The only reason I went to see it was because I was taking a chick on a date. Otherwise, I would have avoided it which would have been smart.
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The movie only made 6.1 on Friday!!! Laughable, considering all the interviews, all the press, and all the other bought publicity...and advertisements for Snakes On A Plane!!! They had to have spent well over 40 to 50 million dollars pushing this joke of a movie!!! New Line Cinema Punked themselves!!! Ha-ha-ha!!! Joss Whedon's Serenity, got close to no real support from Universal Studios in terms of publicity...no big talk shows for its actors to be interviewed, no real support from television news
or radio news organizations, and certainly not a lot of tv commercial adds as compared to Snakes On A Plane...yet, Serenity did over 10 million in its debut weekend despite not having a summer box office opening!!! Snakes On A Plane has opened with little to no competition in the thick of the summer and judging by its Friday box office figures of a low 6.1 million dollars...Snakes...which unlike Serenity, has several major stars in it...will only mange to take in about 17 to 18 million dollars by weekends close!!! Hell, since they only spent 30 million dollars on its budget...New Line took the other money which they should have spent on screen to make this a better movie...and spent it on ads and promos...As I said, to the tune of about 40 to 50 million dollars...making the over all cost about 80 million dollars if you add that cost to the cost of the film's budget. What have we learned here??? Studios need to spend their money developing good movies, not trash!!! If you want to see a good little movie, rent Serenity!!! The plants will deny it, but that film, a real film, kicks major ass!!! Fuck Snakes On A Crashing Plane!!! -
They showed this before SoaP and it looks interesting...Christina Ricci looks fucking hot in it and Sam is in it too. Best of all, it is by the same mfer who made "Hustle and Flow" which was a very cool film.
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There was a guy sitting behind me laughing at every dumb little thing in this movie. I guess it's tough to fault someone for having a good time, but it is clear that most of the positive posts here are by people who were determined to enjoy this movie regardless of what it was or wasn't. I find that rather pathetic, but that's just me.
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I find it pathetic that you went into this thinking it was going to be serious action movie. That wasn't dumb and made sense. Obviosly if you go into a movie called 'Snakes on a Plane'. You're going in there for shits and giggles. bad or good. It's just a dumb fun movie. Not the second coming. If you fell for the hype. That's your own damn fault. You need to be more laid back like me. Some of you are just way too serious for your own good. Stop taking it personal.
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and it is the best movie i have seen in a long time.In a time were every movie is the sequal to the remake of the comic book video game. its refreshing to have a movie that is very different.All u haters who diss the movie soley on the title need to go see the movie and have thier mouths shut..the movie is excellent and its a shame many people wont see it just because of ignorance
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had a great time at this film and I wasn't even drunk. i went in with the "proper" expectations and had fun - more fun than i expected. ok, so my favorite line (albeit a cheap laugh) - "This plane's gonna go down faster than a Thai hooker."
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Whammy! When I saw he was one of the pilots. I just started laughing out loud.
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If you actually see the movie and don't have a good time you may in fact have a bug up your ass.
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Internet buzz defeated again.
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Just.
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I wanted to love this as much as anybody, and for the first thirty minutes or so, I thought that we'd be getting the penultimate B-movie that we'd all been waiting for. But because the hype for this movie has been so enormous, the filmmakers involved apparently decided that they didn't need to make an actual movie to go with it. There's no wit here, no scares, no real humor, the sets don't even look cheesy... nothing about the movie lives up to its campy title except for Jackson's amusing, deadpan performance. The snake attacks just happen... they aren't scary and are only rarely funny. The film itself is bland and forgettable... by the time Jackson delivers his signature line, everyone is too bored to care. Except for a few performances, the actors and characters are all cloying, one note, cliched. They mill about aimlessly in a movie without a real story, waiting to be eaten... as Roeper stated, there're only so many times you can watch a passenger be killed by a snake before it gets stupid and depressing. My advice: go see The Descent instead.
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I feel sorry for anyone who saw this movie and didn't enjoy it. I really do. If you can accept the premise before you see it, you'll have a blast. Period. I honestly don't know how a movie this ridiculous could be any better than "Snakes on a Plane" actually turned out. If you're at all intrigued by what this movie promises, go see it and decide for yourself. Don't listen to all the idiots who feel compelled to spew bile at it just so they can feel smarter than everyone else.
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It's desperation time for New Line Cinema, Samuel L. Jackson, and all of the cocked up fools behind Snakes On A Plane!!!
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Saw it with 5 of my friends, we were laughing and yelling things out and having a great time. That's what this movie is, a fucking great time!
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This movie is SHIT. It has no idea what it wants to be. It's not funny, and morons were laughing at scenes that weren't funny. It was as if they were forcing themselves to enjoy this film. This movie didn't rock. They underutilized Sam Jackson when he could have been spitting out the best shit, instead he spent most of the time quietly killing the snakes and moving on to the next scene.
If i'm a poor bastard then your a fucken idiot, cuz if you can let this shit overhyped movie slide only because the title of the film begs to forgive its plot holes cuz im not supposed to take it seriously? The thing is the movie is not a parody, it takes ITSELF seriously. It wasnt a fun movie, nothing was fun about it.
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Okay, to the poster that has no idea what he's talking about. The budget WAS 30 million and I have no idea how much they put in PR...neither do you. I didnt see a whole lot of ads on TV, so it wasnt a KING KONG sized ad campaign like you claim....so yes, you are wrong. THis was a film made for GEEKS, so its no chocker that NORMAL folk arent seeing it. They dont get what a B movie is. End of August is not 'the thick of summer.' Generally if a movie makes over 20 million TOTAL in August thats amazing! Taladaga Nights was very rare. August is generally considered a dumping ground, as kids go back to school & people work more.......so movies do less until October/November when the BIG winter films hit. Please, actually know what you are talking about before you speak. I loved Serenity too, but Im not a SNAKES hater. Loved the the film. ALSO, it was only predicted to do 15 million and its already halfway there. Only a handful of you haters are complaining about it and it really is sad that you guys cant like anything. ALSO. Look at Clerks 2. It barely made 20 million. But it WILL sell a shit load of dvds, as will Snakes. I dont think anyone expected SNAKES to make Pirates/X-Men type numbers, just modest ones. And Ruben......Snakes was funny. If you didnt think so, then go watch whatever it is you find funny and shut the fuck up! If you want a deathly UNfunny comedy.........rent Nacho Libre when it hits. Now there is a film that sucked all kinds of suck! When did Snakes take itself seriously? THe part where the snakes attacked people like they were on crack....which canthappen. The part where a guy uses video game training to land a plane........probably couldnt happen. Where they pull the plane up at less than 200 feet........yeah right! That someone could get 500 deadly snakes on a plane in this day in age in a state in the USA........no frickin way! It NEVER took itself serious, but like I said........a handfull of you aholes with not one once of fun in you, went in wanting to hate it and guess what.........you came out hating it. You really are a poor bastard if you sat in a loaded crowd like many had and REFUSED to join in on the fun. Im sure you HATEd the FInal Destination films as well huh? Maybe you just arent able to have fun at the theatres.........sucks to be you!
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Yeah, I said it. I had a blast. I'm glad that it took itself seriously when it had to and threw in the "audience appreciation" lines when it had to. I'm glad that Sam Jackson took the threat of snakes on a plane seriously yet delivered the line. I'm glad that ***spoilers*** the English wanker got crushed and eaten yet the flight attendant was straight! But most of all, I'm glad I saw Snakes on a Plane. Theater was pretty empty, maybe 50 people, but there was a 50 people having fun. And, sometimes, that's what a movie is good for: having fun. Oh, and MetalWater? Jesus Christ, dude, Serenity is gone, man. Get a grip. You are the very epitomy of Devin's column on CHUD.com, you scary, scary nutcase. Fine movie, some good lines, lines I remember more than the movie, and that's it for Serenity. Now move out of your parent's basement, stop trying to justify your insane behavior (because that's what it is) and go out and meet people. Hey, if you love Serenity, good for you, but do me a favor and go and be a nut on a fan-site just for that film. Because you are scaring the living crap out of everyone here.
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YES!! My favorite part is the begining scene when he looks thru the keyhole. That was all kinds of hilarious. That's the moment that I knew that this movie was totally tongue in cheek. That scene was killer.
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and friends i talk to online say their theaters were pretty empty too. 5 maybe 10 people. it seems like few people knew about this movie. only internet geeks with the inside info saw it? the TV hyped the shit out of it though. odd its not making that much money.
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I was expecting like blood to fall down the screen and say SNAKES ON A PLANE! Then a snake bites the screen! But it was a simple opening.
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You need to look up the definition of the word "penultimate." It doesn't mean "most ultimate." BTW, saw this tonight in a three-quarters empty theater and realized it wasn't going to be the box office phenomenon people wanted it to be - but I still thought it was tons o' fun.
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I just don't get the excitement over this movie. It's a lame-ass stupid premise in B-movie style. And that name . What a stupid name. It couldn't have been any worse if it had been named "Butter on Some Toast", or "Wax on a Car", or "Curls on a Whore". Still, despite all that bitching and whining I just did, something inside me wants to see it...
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Not to mention that Snakes is a horror film. It opened very well for a horror movie. Only 2 R-rated films in the last year broke 30 million in their opening weekend. SOAP will have earned its whole budget back by the second weekend, and will sell millions of DVDs. And there was not an ad campaign for the thing. You heard a lot about it, but that was from the media, not the studio. There weren't even full trailers for the movie. People can spin and say it's not successful but it is. There's no way a movie with as small of a budget as it had can fail.
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The moment the movie took itself seriously was when the snakes bit the guy's dick and he screamed "Get off my dick, snake!" That was a totally serious moment ;) It took me all of 5 seconds to realize this movie was a joke. It's supposed to be stupid. At the beginning when they're killing the guy you know it. I just can't believe people are going to a movie called SNAKES ON A PLANE and expecting a first rate balls to the wall thriller. What do they want.. Seven? It's fucking SNAKES!... on a plane!
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History will not come down on the side of those that hated this film.
SoaP isn't a parody, it's just a straight-ahead action movie that is in on its own joke and gives you the thrills. That's it. That's why it has that "stupid" title. The title is telling you EVERYTHING there is to say about the movie. It doesn't promise you social commentary, or artistic innovations, or even good acting. All it promises is that you will see SNAKES. ON A PLANE. And Sam Jackson cursing. It more than delivers on what it promises. SoaP is not a "great film" but it is almost a perfect film of its type, well-written, well-paced and well-directed for maximum thrills. I predict this film will be studies in film classes in the future. -
Just watch... good word of mouth will spread on this fucker. You guys have to remember. There were no reviews of this movie. I've been reading the reviews on RT and it's not just a 63% positive rating... that 63% are saying it's the most and possibly first seriously fun movie of the summer. You wait and see. This one will be a sleeper this summer.
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Snakes On A Plane will drop considerably at the box office during the upcoming week and certainly next weekend!!! Now, as far as the 63 percent critic's approval rating...that was from critics who didn't want to seem un-hip if this movie happened to blow up big. They wanted to appear cool and in on the (over hyped so called) internet buzz. Even the fake ass LA Times bought into this bullshit...practically guaranteeing the movie was the next big thing. This morning those assholes must be pulling their hair out in shame and embarrassment!!! How is it, that I, a mere internet poster, was able to call this one better than them???!!! If you remember...I said this turkey would bomb...and it has. So much for those weezles at the LA Times!!! Others in the media proclaimed the film to be a block buster even before its release. What? Hello...a block buster??? Based on what information??? It was all based on the hype, which panned out to fizzle right before our collective eyes!!! Wasn't this film predicted to have at least a 30 million dollar plus weekend? Well, what happened to that??? Snakes On A Plane will now be lucky if it makes the same amount at the box office as that ballet/hip-hop dance movie Step Up which came out last week, and took in 21 million dollars!!! Fuck the LA Times!!! Your writers are a joke!!!
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This is from the LA Times' GoldDerby Forum. Talladega Nights drew 6.13m for the overall Saturday lead,
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$15,250,000, counting Thursday's sneak peeks, just beating out Tallageda's $14.1m. WTC was 3rd (10.8m), Accepted 4th (10.1m) and Step Up ended in 5th (9.86m). Not what I was expecting (hat tip: Boxoffice Mojo)
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53 seconds faster. :D
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Like any pop culture zeitgeist. Like 40 Year Old Virgin last year and Napolian Dynamite before it this film will slip in under the radar. All the geeks have seen it but more importantly the "regular" dullards will see it and tell their friends "you have to see this fucking movie it's awesome". Snakes will only do bigger box office next week. Mark my words.
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Since when does an opening weekend make the difference between a good and bad movie? Assuming that the sources for this information are right, so the hell what? The grosses make it a good or bad film? A 30 million take on "Clerks 2" makes it a bad film? The relatively poor showing of "Superman Returns" makes it a bad film? I saw it Thursday night, and had a blast. The flick was scary, and fun, and that puts it miles ahead of so many movies that have come out this summer.
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Oh, you mighty legions of the great unfucked! You built it up and you let it down.
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This stupid flick couldn't even take the top spot. That what you get you take a script from the SciFi Channel and try to make it into something great
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It got so much hype. Dice got banned from SNL. He even cried on Arsenio to sell it. Plus the news media sold the shit outta Ford Farelane. Yet for all it's hype. it flopped bigtime. No one cared. That seems to be happening with SOAP.
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All hiss and no bite!
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Is going to be huge - anyone who really wanted to see it saw it this weekend. Snakes on a Flop.
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I haven't seen 'Snakes' yet...
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...I think you can definitely call yourself the winner this weekend. The number of dollar bills SoaP made this weekend is almost as many as the number of exclamation points you've typed in the last two days. Congratulations!
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Meaning, the final word, which can be used to mean something really cool (as I meant it). Choke on that, slapnut.
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Seriously the amount of time spent discussing the box-office for films on this site is ridiculous. As if it is the last word on success or failure of a film on both artisitc and economic levels. Come on guys. Could you imagine music or TV fans having these conversations and judging the success of an album solely by its place on the billboard music charts? Or that a television show is judged merely by its Neilsen rating? Sure they are a factor and ultimately a barometer for success on some level (especially TV ratings though many shows exist with sub-par ratings for seasons especially when they are well done like VERONICA MARS IMO). But to the degree to which some discuss box-office on this site, the similar reaction should be lets all have three cheers for Mariah Carey and "Two and a Half Men" and everyone else is unfit to work in the business. I just don't get this fixation on box-office unless you are some junior level hollywood development executive or own points on SNAKES ON A PLANE. Was it a smash hit? No. Does it make it any worse of a film for me? No.
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I seriously can't tell if you people are joking. Budget of SOAP is around 30 mil. First weekend domestic it pulls half that. And this is going to be a flop? What?!! Love SOAP or hate it, creating these absurd realities and sheer mis-use of the english language either points to appaling ignorance or autism on a mass scale. Or perhaps the jokes on me, but you can't all be pulling the same bizarre prank. Can you? Or by flop do you mean "Didn't have X-Men 3 numbers like some people were hoping?" Someone please clarify. I know we have a lot of people from England who post here, but damn your education system can't really be THAT much worse than ours.
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Pretty cool. That guy almost makes me laugh on site. When he told Juliana Marguiles that he was going to need her shirt too I laughed pretty hard.
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Superman Returns
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Aug 20, 2006 3:51:01 PM CDT
"Who cares about the boxoffice?" That's what losers say
by monkeybutt2000
Winners get to fuck the prom queen
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It is a shitty film and it disappointed compared to expectations, but it will still make an easy profit after DVD, etc.
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If you rip on certain talkbackers here, they e-mail you at your private address to tell you how much they got their wittle feelings hurt. Awwww.
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...(and to paraphrase) "I'd don't know if the movie was good or not, but it was just fun being in a crowd watching it. People cheered when the title came up, cheered the snakes, cheered Sam Jackson and cheered at all the big lines from the commercials." So the hardcore Netniks run out and act like Ivan Pavlov's dog hearing the dinner bell and the movie only garnered 15 of the estimated 30+mil it was to make. Someone above mentioned how much Net-hype was good for in the end and I think he nailed it at topping around 35mil. And SoaP (as mentioned above) looks like an over blown Sci Fi channel movie. "MUTANT MAN-GATOR starring Bruce Boxleitner will be back in a moment..."
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...due to marketing costs, distribution, etc. Learned that in a film business class I took in college. I think SoaP will drop big time next week, and end at about $45M domestic (with a $33M budget). DVD will give it a boost, but the execs at the studio are mighty pissed off at the opening weekend #s, I can assure you.
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Sam Jackson will be applying for Hollywood welfare any day now!!! Read the numbers and weep bitches!!! Snakes On A Plane is deader than a door nail at the box office!!! One service is saying it came in at number 1 this weekend with 15.3 million, while another estimates that the film only made 13.3 million dollars for a number 2 finish!!! Ha-ha-ha!!! Bullshit film making and Hollywood hype goes down the fucking tubes again!!! This movie has crashed and burned!!!
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Ask me about my weiner!!!
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Are you dumb, a teenager, or just European? Given that Sammy Jack's movies as a whole have grossed almost 4 billion dollars to date, I doubt he'll be filing for any kind of welfare anytime soon. How many exclamation points do I need to put on the end of that sentence so that you'll understand it?
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saw it this afternoon. it was sort of worth the price. everyone went crazy at sam the man's money shot. i didn't think it was all that scary, though. and i don't think it lived up to all that hype because it's not a movie you want to see again and again and it's not a must have on dvd. but so worth a "snowed in" rental and again, i hadn't seen anyone go crazy towards the end of a movie since barbossa appeared at the end of pirates 2. but what the hell was kenan and champ kind doing in that movie? and why does sam the man mention the incredibles in his "phone call"?
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A crap film is a flop. Maybe there is hope for the world!
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For those that saw it, it seems like it was enjoyable (my brother being among you). Personally, you couldn't pry the money from my cold, dead, hand. But to each his own. Despite my dislike for the movie's concept, I'm not looking to fist fight people in talkbacks to prevent their entry. I will say that the hype machine generated around this film has certainly deflated. I thought it would hit the $25 mil mark opening weekend and then call it a day after about $32 mil. Since it barely scraped past the halfway point ($13.5 mil according to most estimates)...talkbacks don't prove to be the make or break medium that some people think they are, from a dollars perspective. They're just another link in the chain...not the treasure chest for filmmakers that some have suggested it is in previous talkbacks and newspapers. However, I do feel that they help prevent development hells in the making like, "Green Lantern: A Comedy for the Whole Family".
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So, let me get this straight. A film that made #1 at the box office is a FLOP? A film that will make back its budget in two weeks is a BOMB? Yeah, we're not talking X-Men or Spiderman numbers here, but COME ON! The only reason you people are so disappointed is that you all were SATURATED with internet hype. I get it. The hype was ridiculous, and you're pissed off. But the movie is a nice cult action movie. And most of the general public is not aware of the movie, knew nothing about the internet hype, and will go to see it based on word of mouth if they like action films. 62% critical approval on Rotten Tomatoes, and 88% user approval. You want to see a BOMB? Look at MATERIAL GIRLS, that got a rating of 6%! Ouch!
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Snakes opened during the summer block buster season...had an avalanche of publicity behind it. Its commercial campaign was seen and heared everywhere!!! It had several major stars including Sam Jackson in it!!! And was promoted on all the big news programs... and its stars even received the big interviews on all the big talk shows!!! Serenity got none of that!!! They, its cast was not invited on any of the major talk shows...or any talk show at all as I remember...their movie was a none summer release...the movie had no major stars in it...There was no big press hype...at least via television, for the film. Hell...you even had to go some to find out, if you didn't already know, that the film was being released on its opening weekend...and yet, in spite of little real promo and advertisements by the studio itself, it managed to bring in upwards of 10. 1 million dollars in its weekend box office debut...but Snakes On A Plane, however, only brought in 13 to 15 million dollars after being promoted and advertised like a block buster, with a block buster ad and promo budget...during the summer season when teens are available to go to the movies all day and all night long...and yet, with all that going for it, Snakes On A Plane only mustered 3 to 5 million more than Serenity??? That's a fucking joke...one which proves that if Serenity had received that type of proper promo and avertisement treatment...as well, if it were released during the summer box office season, that film, a real film...would have opened at about...25 to 30 million dollars at the box office, or higher...but Universal blew it, thanks to, again as I said before, not getting its actors booked as guests on the big talk shows, and thanks to failing to release the film in the summer!!! All in all...Serenity was the little movie that could...People had to respect that...Snakes On A Plane however, will be laughed at for years to come. What a complete and utter miscalculation by New Line Cinema, Sam Jackson and all involved...with the worst offenders being the media who championed this piece of trash of a movie and guaranteed it would be a hit, from the very beginning!!!
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I hope you earned credits for that class, because that number is way off. Plus, distribution costs and a certain percentage of advertising is built into the overall budget. A perfect example would be the take home pay that Jack Nicholson reaped from Batman. To date, well over $60 mil. If movies had to make 2.5x their original budget to make a profit, I doubt that they would ever offer percentages to the actors. And SoaP has relied heavily on internet traffic and a few well placed ads in the cheaper sections of new print and meda guides. Despite all of that, they still won't break even. Also, DVD sales can rival box office numbers because of their low production and distribution cost.
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Although not officially confirmed until tomorrow, it was beaten (according to estimates) by Talladega Nights. And if it loses 50% of its audience next week, it won't make its budget back ($33 mil). I don't think it's a bomb, though. Just a disappointment from a HYPE persepctive. I think the predictions were at least looking for SAW like numbers. And sorry, MetalWater...but Serenity just wasn't very good IMHO.
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He got 2 lines of dialogue in Jurassic Park...He was a side man and token black in the Star Wars prequels who only got 6 lines between all of those films...and yet, Sam Jackson counts those films among his personal box office successes???!!! Hello...no one went to see those movies to see him...or to see a guy who only got a mere glorified cameo in those movies!!! Sam didn't star in those movies...he was just a fucking background player!!! That would be like me claiming that if I worked at Wal-Mart, as say, a checker, that I am personally responsible for making billions of dollars...knowing full well that its Wal-Mart, the company that made, and is responsible for generating those billions of dollars, not me!!! People please...give Sam Jackson his Hollywood welfare check now...before it's too late!!! His career is falling fast!!!
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If you had told me two years ago a movie called Snakes on a Plane would make even fifty cents I would have thought you were crazy. The fact that this movie did any business at all is a triumph...I think this film makes a solid case for adjustable ticket prices. Who is gonna pay 10 bucks a pop for a movie they know is bad? At five bucks I think more people would have seen it. As is, I think a lot of people took a look and said, eh, I'll wait for DVD or cable. Ironically, this movie is probably a lot less fun without the benefit of an audience...And no, I haven't seen. I was tempted, but had shit to do.
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That 2.5x number is actually LOW compared to the traditional Hollywood benchmark of 3x, reduced in recent years because of the profits that DVDs make. And hardly any studios offer percentage incomes to actors anymore.
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If it would have made a ton of money they would all be saying "I told you so." But now that it did below expectations, they are saying "So, who cares about the money".
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You have illustrated my point that most of the AICN posters who care so much about box-office are insecure morons with zero sense of perspective about their world view and would go so far as to quote "The Rock" to illustrate their feeble and unsure point. I'm guessing that the only prom queen you've ever fucked came in a cardboard box with "Barbie" marked on it. Now get a life and please don't make up any stories about your fantasy sex-life in a predictable response post.
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I never thought this film would make money and actually in Harry's talkback thought this would be pretty shitty and laughed at how much money the studio had spent on marketing this. I was wrong and I had a good time.
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Elmore. If a movie had to make 2.5 - 3x its mone back...Hollywood would be bankrupt. And VHS/DVDs have been on the market making a profit for roughly 15 years. The math is simple. If you double your budget in net earnings, you've made a lot of money. If it cost so much to distribute a movie, Hollywood wouldn't work in the black. To have to make 3x back would be financial suicide.
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What is your deal? Why are you singling out Sam Jackson? Those movies do count on his personal resume of successes. Harrison Ford gets credit for the first 3 Star Wars films. Did anyone see those cause of Harrison Ford? It's not just a Sam Jackson issue as you seem to want to believe.
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yeah, lighten up, Metal Water. In the 1990s, he appeared in fifty movies, and he's appeared in at least twenty more since then, so I don't think he's too worried about being late to the soup kitchen.
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Sam Jackson has to be having crack head flash backs...that's the only reason he could have been dumb enough to do Snakes On A Plane!!! Remember children...Whitney once warned that crack is wack...or was it better said by Rick James?: Cocaine...that's one hell of a drug!!! Hate to say I told you so but...damn it feels good to be a gangsta!!!
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even though the net hyped the hell out of it does not mean that the net is not a powerful tool.... in the right hands it coan be quite the weapon .... just hope the next thing the internet hypes, really does well.....
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Talladega Nights jump in BO was under age Fanboys who paid for that movie but saw Snakes instead. Same thing happen with Team America , it was packed with kids at the Saturday show but the BO went up for the older PG movies playing. Snakes probley did $20+ mill but had to share it with Talladega Nights and the other PG movies kids paid for but didn't see...
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Talladega Snakes in a muthafuckin Barnyard! Whammy! David Koechner mania running wild!!! http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0462712/
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Speaking of snakes, impeach Bush.
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CRANK with uber-action-megastar Jason "The Transporter" Statham. September 1st I will be there! Now THAT trailer kicks some serious ass! That's all, I'm off to In-n-Out for a double cheese.
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Just had to finish my header. That is all - as you were. (Yes, even you with the modem between your legs...)
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Rigby may be right about the "I told you so's " that would've been coming had the film creamed the B.O., but you forgot to add how you would've bitched about how the film, had it made mad coin, was still a bad film. Huge box office for SOAP would've simply been a reflection of the continuing dive in the tastes of the masses. It cuts both ways, slick. Besides, you really want to go through the list of great movies that found their audiences after the theatrical releases and the list of flicks that made huge money that sucked? "Armageddon?" "Scary Movie 4?"
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Do you work at a rival studio or did you get shitcanned by Sam Jackson or something? You sound like an anti-plant. I've heard most people who didn't care for this movie and all they ussually say is that they just didn't see the big deal. You seem out on a mission to deflate the movie. What's up with that? Do you work at a rival studio or what? Cause I smell something unkosher about the way you talk about this movie.
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Thanks for the compliment...but no, I don't work at a rival studio, and I'm not against Sam Jackson...however, I am against bad movies and coked up movie executives...the latter of which are jumping out of their executive office windows right about now!!!
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...is to take down bad Hollywood movies one website talk back at a time. His main weapon? Rampant exclamation points. Unfortunately for you Hollywood is going to continue to make "bad" movies because the "bad" movies make a ton more money that the "good" movies. People want explosions and violence, not emotion and drama. That's just the way it is. That's why movies like World Trade Center aren't big hits. People go to the theater to be entertained, not depressed.
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You guys aren't much fun to talk to at parties, are you?
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Here's another way to look at this. I liked "Snakes on a Plane" about as much as I expected to, which was enough for me. I didn't love it enough to passionately defend it, 'cause it's not that good. But it's not bad enough to warrant the attacks it's getting. And here was a big, well-publicised instance of a studio actually listening to its internet fan base, and what do internet geeks do? Try to sabotage the film by slamming it on opening weekend! The next time they hand an "Alien vs. Predator" to some shithead to direct, know that you're not helping that by hurting this.
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Now that's a fuckin movie
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In 6 or 7 years when you go to your first high school party and actually SEE cocaine for the first time, then and only then can you bitch about how much you hate it.
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hey guess what fuckers, some people can actually have FUN, have fun watching fucking material girls
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I doubt New Line will hurt much. I mean, I hardly saw any commercials at all, and there was nothing massive in terms of the print ads. So this'll peter out at around 30 mil (unless word of mouth is terrific) and do decent to very good business on dvd. it'll be an adequate performer overall and will just prove that internet geeks and media hype do not a big movie make.
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Dan O'Bannon's earliest concept of Alien dealt with gremlins on a WW1 bomber.
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...and so on, because it's the same post. Just wanted to make sure everyone saw it! The subject line was "So positive SOAP comments=New Line employee, eh?", and what followed was this:
Guess what, dorks: I work at a fucking Lowe's, I don't plan on mysteriously disappearing anytime soon, and I don't give a good goddamn WHAT the box office was! The movie was terrfic; and, as I said before, right up there with the first Die Hard. For the mentally challenged: I am not saying it was LIKE the first Die Hard at all--Die Hard's writing was, of course, better; and the acting was aces all around--but I caught the same VIBE off SoaP that I did off Willis' first action pic. Both movies grab you by your figurative lapels from the very beginning, demand your attention...and hold onto it for two hours. That is all you can ask of a good action thriller. Honestly, does anyone think that just because one film makes more money than another, it's automatically a better film? Are all of you Adam Sandler devotees THAT dumb? -
Be careful of the college film course. Those numbers that they "taught" you are vastly wrong because there are so many variances to consider. Granted, I believe you mentioned DVD markets have changed that figure, which is totally on the money (common sense). DVD has changed everything. But as someone said before, if that 2.5x or 3x would be true, the film industry would be on the brink of extinction. Film courses are terrible in most places because they offer very dated or generalized information from people that aren't in the business anymore (or never have been). USC tends to be an exception in most cases because of the direct contacts they have to the industry. Anyway, SOAP and Serenity have proven that sites/communities like AICN don't really have the power they think they have. Sure, Serenity turned a profit thanks to DVD. Sure, Snakes will do the same. But the studio, as well as the media, expected waaaaayyy more. They took a gamble and its too bad it blew up in their face. At least they learned a lesson that quality matters. The fanboy collective does not and will not dictae the success or failure of any film, no matter how many Comic Cons studios visit. The majority matters, and that is why movies like Transformers will play well if the filmmakers come up with an fun, action packed flick with great effects (have to wait to see the trailer to have ANY opinion on the quality). Fanboys that are unhappy with Prime's colors (typical AICN shit) or whatever will not put a dent in the success or failure of this flick. If it plays well to the majority, it will earn big success.
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Movie costs $25 million to make. Marketing costs $25 million. Other costs are around $10 million (distribution etc). That makes a movie reported at a cost of $25 million actually costing $60 million. Then, the movie is released and in the first week the studio takes 75-90% of the box office total. Let's say it is 80% on average, and the movie pulls in $30 million the first week. That means the studio keeps $24 million. The following week the studio gets a 70% cut and the movie pulls in $15 million. That means that so far the studio has taken in $34.5 million. The third week the studio gets 60% and pulls in $9 million. Studio now has a total of $39.9 million. In the following weeks it gets another $10 million and shares less than $2 million with the studio. The movie ends up with a Box Office total of $63 million but the studio only takes in $42 million, losing $18 million on the movie and $21 million in revenue sharing. AND THESE ARE GENEROUS NUMBERS in favor of the studio.
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Read it and weep: http://tinyurl.com/nyzpg. Can't believe anyone thought that the in-jokes of a bunch of dweeby fanboys were actually worth a damn. If they wanted this to do well, they should've hired Renny Harlin, made some decent commercials, and done it up right a la Deep Blue Sea (which is like this film, only good). Instead, we get a lame turnout for a lame effort... pretty sad.
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GREATNESS IN A MOVIE
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A movie DOES need to make at least 2 times its overall budget to make its money back..and yes DVD sales have helped the studio's get to that goal. SOAP will need to have 80 to 100 million in combined theater and dvd sales to see a profit. Dont argue this well established point.
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these dorks don't get invited to parties. ... Basically, the complete failure of SoaP (ignoring whether or not people are entertained by the film) means the death--for now--of believing places like AICN or Comicon are viable outlets for drumming up business. In the end, not matter what we may think, we're no more relevant than the idiots at the freep or DU. SoaP (and Serenity, to a similar extent) have proven that a small rabid fanbase will not a blockbuster make. The vast majority of moviegoers don't know/care that AICN exist.
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it didn't make any freakin' money....you all suck....all talk no action...could the geeks have been home gettin' laid instead? nope doubt it.
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Flop or not, my wife and I enjoyed our night out watching SoaP. Sure it was cheesy, but we definitely got what me paid for.
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It is my heartfelt opinion that if you saw this movie (as I did) and are commenting negatively; (or worse) you did not see this movie and are commenting negatively you are a massive leaky bag-a-douche. The scenes involving snakes on a plane far exceeded the boa curled up in the crotch of Dr. Jones
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Snakes on a Plane had a great opening for a rated R non-teen filled horror movie. You guys who are comparing this movie box office to PG13 summer fair are way off base. And as for the numbers you spouted there... YOU don't know what the fuck you are talking about with those numbers. WTF?! 75-80%?! It's 50%.
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The film is decent fun. Not brilliant, not amazing, and not bad either, just good fun and mayhem. Every last one of you above me, and below before long, however, is a whiny f*cking maggot. "Wah, it's brilliant anyone who disagrees is a b*tch" or "Wah, it sucks, anyone who disagrees is a b*tch" type posts get a bit much after a while. So all of you, shut the f*ck up. Anyone of you wants to post, forget it. I'll tell you all when you can post again - you've all lost your free speech priveledges for the time being because all you do is whinge, b*tch and moan. Now get to your rooms and keep quiet while I pork your mothers.
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That's actually part of the point. One of the reasons SOAP was reshot as an R was because fanboys demanded it. And now it's paying the price in the boxoffice. If they had stuck to PG-13, they would've gotten more of the young teen crowd (I'm not so naive to think there weren't any young teens in the crowd) and posted better numbers. But the studio listened to forums like us, and now they're paying for it. This is the lesson studios will gain from SOAP: the fanboys are not a viable market and probably should be ignored.
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In hindsight, Lord of the Rings should've never been made. And superhero movies are destined to flop. Every single one of them. Come on, no one supports movies like fanboys do. They just didn't happen to support this one. Truth is, SoaP was an Internet phenomenon. There was more excitement in the buildup to the movie than in the movie itself.
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LOTR was made due to the efforts of PJ and company -- the fanboys had nothing to do with it. Heck, it was New Line that wanted to do 3 films when PJ originally brought the proposal for 2 to them. ... As for Superhero films, it's not the fanboys that bring in the money. The fanboys hated X-3, remember? Yet it went on to make a ton of money. The only movie that fanboys have significantly impacted the take on is Phantom Menace. Spider-Man did not make its money on people who read the comic book.
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The fanboys may have had nothing to do with getting LOTR made. But they fueled the box office of that and many other movies. Just look at these talkbacks. Which movies generate the most posts? The comic book films. The fantasy films. In other words, the fanboy films. And before you can talk about them and debate their merits, you have to see them. Right? And that translates to big box office.
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you are all gay.......
Sam Jackson rules! but everyone with a hard-on for this movie couldn't get out the door because of their resepctive stiffy's!
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This reminds me of the sort of situation that occurs the morning after you do something sexually experimental with your lover, that you both wake up in bed feeling entirely ashamed of the next day...That's how Sam Jackson and New Line Cinema execs have to be feeling right now. They could have made beautiful love together on a project that meant something, but instead, however, they chose to fuck each others brains out...with the thoughtless, gross-out, meaningless and degrading sex that turned out to be...Snakes On A Plane. Now, both are silently contemplating getting an AIDs test...just in case. This, proving once and for all, that sometimes unprotected anal, bondage, rough sex and even group sex, etc., may seem like fun at the the time...but in the morning, when you wake up...you may find yourself regretting it, for the rest of your short life!!!
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You are all whiny scumbags. All of you. Not one of you is exempt, and you are defying my will by continually posting here. So, stfu. Now, dirtbags. Or else.
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The kind of guy that laughs in your face when the running back on your fantasy football team breaks his leg. The kind of guy who ridicules you for twenty minutes simply for missing a parking spot. The kind of guy who's absolutely no fun to hang out with and, therefore, has very few friends. And the ones he does have secretly call him "Buzzkill".
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I am simply daring Hollywood to give Sam better material...and I'm daring Sam to take it!!! He's the finest actor of his generation, but all he gets is Snakes On A Plane??? What the fuck...there is something really wrong with that???
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homework. Garbageman33: We're going to have to agree to disagree. Outside of the fans that packed TPM for some unknown reason, I don't think you can deliberately point to a successful box office gross simply because of the message boards and geek sites. But to be honest, that's not what I'm really declaring here. My point is that Studios (at least the main ones) are no longer going to consult places like AICN for their input on projects, because they've just been bitten on the ass. Places like this may drum up interest in a project, but they shouldn't be handed creative control. If this movie wasn't made an R film due to fan input, it would've cleared at least 25, if not 30 million this weekend.
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That film also used the internet extensively. But, in my opinion, they did it in a much savvier way. They used the internet to create a sense of mystery around the film (was it a documentary? was it based on actual events?) They left it so you had to see the movie to find out for yourself. With SoaP, all the internet buzz didn't create any real desire to see the film. OK, I get it, there's a plane and it's got snakes on it. End of story. Now why do I need to see the movie?
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Forgot to delete the parts I didn't use. Maybe I should lay off the Dewar's in the workplace.
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When the movie was getting ready to come out, I heard a lot of buzz from the (female) assistants in my office. The whole 'mystery/doc' aspect, as you pointed out, got them talking. And women drag boyfriends/husbands/best friends(if single) to films (while most men are forced to go with other men or themselves to films like SOAP). A geek interested in a film is worth one ticket sold ... maybe (if they decide not to torrent). A woman interested in a film may be worth five or more.
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...evidently you weren't listening, it was in print after all. Reading is what you were doing, you complete twat. Now shut the fuck up, I'll tell you when I'm finished with your mommy. You can come down and wipe up. As for the rest of you, This was a decent film - but it wasn't as good as it was hyped. But then as we all know, very few films that are hyped for any long period of time rarely are. And as for you columnists at AICN, you guys are going to kill the Transformers movie....I might have been interested in seeing it at some point for a laugh if nothing else, but the constant exposure here has already pissed me off. It's a year off. I can live without reading about it every few days between now and it's release. And another thing - why isn't Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell III out yet? It's something to do with you bitches, I know it, and don't try to deny it. Bastards, all of you.
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They're releasing Bat out of Hell III on HALLOWEEN, dumbass. But they already got the video for 'All Coming Back to Me Now' up at meatloaf.net, and it blows Celine Dion's version completely out of the water. So get the fuck over there and watch it.
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...I didn't ask why was it out at Halloween, tossface, I asked WHY ISN'T IT OUT YET? Get it, moron? In a perfect world, all albums by Meatloaf would already be out, whether he's recorded them yet or not. But it's not, damnable linear timeline. And by the way, when you take that cucumber out of your arse, don't put it back into the vegetable rack like last time, your mother has warned you about that before you disgusting article. Unfortunately she can't speak at the moment and indicated I should tap this out for you, while she cranks one out for me.
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What is the name of the blonde stewardess? very hot!
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Who gets very naked in the awful Species 3. Not that I only watched it to see her nude or anything, that would be very ...pervy. Hmmmmm, pervy....
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WHen was the last time Sam Jackson, the supposed badass you all think he is, made a movie you enjoyed? I'm going on record as stating that is was "Unbreakable". And that was 7 years ago. My point is Sam DOESN'T deserve better than SoaP. This is exactly the kind of crap, along with that Oscar winner "The Man", that he is becoming know for. Are you people still sucking his dick for Pulp Fiction? Please.
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Just to get my geek bona fides out of the way: I love goofy, animals going nuts films. I could watch "Anaconda" and "Deep Blue Sea" over and over. I have no problem with B-movies. Some of them I love.
That being said, "Snakes on a Plane" is a mean-spirited dud. Surprisingly gory and predictably plotted with characters that we don't care about. The movie also commits the usually unforgivable sin (SPOILER ALERT) of having a novice land a jet.(END) What does this movie have going for it? A fantastic title and Samuel L. Jackson. The rest of this unwieldy genre in-joke will be tedious for those who aren't trying to hard to love it. I saw it in the ideal circumstances: a late-night opening weekend crowd full of folks who have been anticipating this movie for months. They were demonstrably stoked. If critics were seeing this movie in a vacuum--without any knowledge of the hype--the reviews would be far less kind. Liking this movie right now is akin to smoking in high school.
What killed this movie for me? It takes forever to get on the plane. The opening twenty minutes are unforgivably awful, no fun, and immediately prepare you for the hack job you are about to witness. The gore in this movie is intense, out of place, and gratuitous: (SPOILERS)a man being trampled to death gets a high heel right in the ear then writhes in pain, several folks get impaled after falling off a staircase, snakes jump into throats and eye sockets.(END) This film should have been a goofy romp and may have worked if it had been able to remain buoyant, but the gruesome violence clashes with the feel good moments and intentionally laughable dialogue. Tonally, this movie is a mess. Also, the CGI is pretty horrible and the snakes ridiculous. These effects would have been forgivable and even charming if the movie wasn't a mean-spirited gory spectacle.
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Just to assure folks I'm not anti-gore. "The Descent" was fantastic, but that was a movie with some integrity. "SOAP" has gore shoehorned in and it really does clash with the movie tonally.
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Movie had some serious directorial, continuity and characterization problems but Sam Jackson held it pretty much together and kept it interesting. Give the man a good script and he could work it out. No doubt. His best work usually comes from playing some far afield character, like in Unbreakable and Pulp Fiction.
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Right now...Sam Jackson and several Niw Line Cinema execs are taking Snakes In The Ass at the hands of Warner Brothers' head honchos (Warner Bros. being the parent company of New Line Cinema)over the debacle that is...Snakes On A Plane!!!
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Teenagers saw this movie alright... by sneaking in. Maybe that doesn't translate to BO, but who gives a shit?! You guys forget that only shitty summer movies make big BO. Just because a movie doesn't bring in the bank doesn't mean it's not successful?! You guys are studio or media plants who are trying to dump on the idea of internet buzz being worth BO and you are trying to protect the idea that advertising sells anything. Which it doesn't. It's just the biggest con ever.
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Serenity's net buzz was real...but unlike Snakes On A Plane, that movie was unfairly screwed over by Universal. Serenity's cast members were not invited on the big talk shows...including the Jay Leno Show and Conan O' Brien, which are owned and produced by NBC Universal. No help from the Today Show either...nothing from Dateline NBC...and nothing from Extra or Access Hollywood...all shows owned and produced by NBC. Nope...Serenity was all on its own...and thrown on a non summer release date to boot...But even with its legs and hands tied behind its proverbial back...it only made 3 million less than Snakes On A Plane...if you don't add in the padding of Snakes' Thursday night opening!!! That's saying something about real internet marketing...And if Universal had done its publicity and advertising job...the film would have probably opened up at about 25 to 35 million dollars...and a lot more if it had a bankable star the calibre of Sam Jackson in some capacity!!!
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This was the most fun I've had at a theater in a long, long time. If you go in expecting Citizen Kane, you're gonna be let down. But if you go in expecting a goofy, fun movie that doesn't take itself too seriously, you're gonna be in for a real treat. I don't care how much it did or didn't make and I don't care how many people who haven't even seen it bitch about it. I motherfucking loved Snakes on a Motherfucking Plane, motherfucker!
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This was the most fun I've had at a theater in a long, long time. If you go in expecting Citizen Kane, you're gonna be let down. But if you go in expecting a goofy, fun movie that doesn't take itself too seriously, you're gonna be in for a real treat. I don't care how much it did or didn't make and I don't care how many people who haven't even seen it bitch about it. I motherfucking loved Snakes on a Motherfucking Plane, motherfucker!
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This was the most fun I've had at a theater in a long, long time. If you go in expecting Citizen Kane, you're gonna be let down. But if you go in expecting a goofy, fun movie that doesn't take itself too seriously, you're gonna be in for a real treat. I don't care how much it did or didn't make and I don't care how many people who haven't even seen it bitch about it. I motherfucking loved Snakes on a Motherfucking Plane, motherfucker!
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Serenity was awesome! WTF is wrong with you?! Do you hate every movie?!
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And fuck you about Serenity not having any movie stars in it. Enough is enough dude. Leave the fucking movie alone. Serenity had kick ass actors in it.
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What I was pointing out...was the fact that if Universal had shown Serenity the same red carpet treatment that Snakes On A Plane got at New Line Cinema...in terms of aggressive advertising and promotions (including talk show appearances for its cast and director) I feel that it would have opened up at about 25 to 35 million dollars, or higher, in its opening weekend...especially if it was a summer release!!! The possibilities are endless!!! My point is...if all those things were done...and they found a way to add a star in the cast somehow, maybe as an old friend or enemy of Mal...well, all bases would have been pretty much covered in terms of turning out as high a box office return as possible!!! Universal failed to do those things, and thus cheated the fans, the online community that worked so very hard to push the film, Serenity's director Joss Whedon and the cast of the movie...who all, collectively speaking deserved much better. If you love great film making...writing and science fiction...Serenity is highly recommended!!! It makes me wonder what Joss Whedon would have been able to do with Snakes On A Plane had he written the screen play and directed the film??? Mmmmm??? trust me, it would have been leaps and bounds better than what you got on screen...for real!!!
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Have you ever seen a grown man naked?
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It's the movie stupid! I speak as a Firefly fan, and Serenity wasn't even the strongest episode if considered part of the series. The fan reactions were like Star Wars people after Phantom Menace, no one wanted to admit the movie was weak, although not to quite the same degree as TPM, to be sure. Serenity was okay, but it tried to do too much. It should have gone Wrath of Khan route and played to the fans rather than try to include a broader audience, because it would probably have been a BETTER MOVIE. As it turned out, fans got a movie that wrapped up the series, sort of, Universal broke even and Joss got some directing experience that will certainly make his next "real" film better than it otherwise would have been. No one lost on Serenity, it just wasn't what it could have been and that's the painfull truth most fans aren't willing to accept. Don't blame the media, promotion at Universal, the talk shows, or whatever, blame the movie.
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WITH AN INFLATED VENOM-INJECTED POPEYE ARM. that is all.
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Just got back, and boy did it suck! I mean, its really, really awful, but its also really, really funny. My biggest complaint is that Sam Jackson didn't yell or curse enough. Also, the baby should've been eaten. You know I'm right.
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Personally, I thought SERENITY was great. It got me interested in watching the tv shows, which I also thought were great. Its done now, though. Too bad, too, because it was easily the best sci-fi show I've seen in a long, long time. Hopefully Lucas will hire those writers for the STAR WARS tv show. Anyways, the reason why the movie failed was because it was based on a cancelled tv show nobody knew about and it featured no big name stars.
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It opened number one at the box office. Raked in 15 mil. Nothing named "Snakes On A Plane" should even be in a theater; it should be a Troma straight to DVD. So ya know what? The internet buzz did work. That 15 mil represents all the people who were buzzing about it who would EVER shell out money for a movie with that title/plot. But I'll bet it gets good word of mouth as a fun flick to see in a largegroup, so who knows? Maybe snakes has legs...fuck I turned into Jeffrey Lyons at the end there, didn't I?
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Sometimes just the name of a moving picture tells us what to expect. It's going to be a 'movie', or it's going to be a 'film'. I've known from day-one that SOAP was gonna be a movie, and as such my expectations are entirely different from, say, Broken Flowers. Read a review by a noted regional critic who said in essence that this movie makes no sense, is definitely lowest-common-denominator low-brow storytelling, topheavy with 'you want cheese with that?'; and you know what? He had a great time! And something else, I work at a 'major video rental chain', and a week BEFORE 'SOAP' hit screens, the direct-to-DVD thriller (I swear) 'Snakes on A Train' dropped in our stores... Now, call me pragmatic, but SUIT$ aren't gonna make such an obvious knockoff if they don't think the knockee (sorry) is gonna make some bank.
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Serenity delivered all the way as a film...and as Joss Whedon's directorial bow in motion pictures. However, if the studio that releases your film fails to give you a good release date, doesn't book your cast on talk shows, and fails to give your film proper promotion and advertisements...it is ddomed to fail before it has even had a chance to fly!!! That's just a fact. Serenity was given a handicap even before it managed to get out of the gate...Where as Snakes On A Plane ads and promos where everywhere!!! Its actors on all the main talk shows...and they even had plane flying around dragging a Snakes On A Plane sign behind them!!! Again, Serenity got none of that kind of attention from the studio...or the mainstream televised or radio press.
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Sorry for posting again, but I accidently sent my last post earlier than intended...including typos. Oops!!! Now back to what I was saying...As I pointed out before in previous posts...Serenity would have been helped tremendously with a higher ad and promo budget...but I also feel that its cast would have been better assisted in the promotional stage if a star or two had been cast in the movie--i.e., somebody like a Jodie Foster (a star proven to be able to open a film) playing an ex-lover of Mal's who has something to do with the Operative's scheme...and another star playing the Operative's villianous tasking officer...or the head of the Alliance, etc. Still, with all of the mistakes Universal made in terms of marketing Serenity...the film only made 3 million dollars less than Snakes On A Plane, if you compare the Friday to Sunday opening box office of the two films...not including Snakes On A Plane's Thursday night opening. Truth is, Snakes got all the big publicity and advertisements and should have...at least if the public was truly interested in it, made 3 to 4 times as much as Serenity. The difference between the two films is simple...Serenity's net buzz did bring in people...its fans...However, it needed a healthy ad and promotional campaign to reach beyond its audience, to the mainstream masses. Snakes On A Plane, on the other hand, clearly brought in a crowd, mostly made up of the curious, who heard about it via its ad and promo campaign...not a so called rabid net buzz oriented fan base. Those people never existed. No, those were New line Cinema plants out to dupe as many people as possible into buying the false hype which they were stealthly self generating!!! Ah, the big net buzz...Sure that was the media's selling point for the film...claiming that there was a major audience out there who wanted to see Snakes On A Plane...but that net buzz was courted and sold by New Line Cinema from the start...It was an artificial one, not a genuine grassroots movement, like the one surrounding Serenity!!! No the buzz for Snakes On A Plane was manufactured to seem exactly like the real net buzz Serenity had received, more than a year earlier. Yes...the whole S.O.A.P. internet push was one big sham...and nothing but a prolonged faux advertising campaign that was being manipulated by its puppet masters at New line, all along. The buzz behind Snakes On A Plane was as fake as the studio's attempt to make the film into an instant B movie classic...by crafting the picture to be dumbed down, stupid and cheap looking trash!!! But what they didn't count on...was that, the smart people weren't buying what they were selling!!! Damn...MetalWater is a bad ass!!!
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What the hell does Serenity have to do with Snakes on a Plane? Is MetalWater's entire anti-Snakes campaign based on the failure of Serenity and jealousy of the attention Snakes got that Serenity didn't?
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All this week the ads for Snakes will brag about being the #1 Movie in America plus the RT critics give it 67% fresh rating a week in , not bad for a movie called SoaP. This could lead to another $10 Million weekend at the BO. Sometimes you win by default. Not a big win but better than losing $.
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What Serenity has to do with Snakes On A Plane is that they were both said to be net buzz darlings...but both failed to capitalize on the net buzz...or at least we are led to believe that Serenity should be looked at as a failure along with Snakes On A Plane. However...again...Snakes got all the big press, the infamous champagne toast, the king sized fried shrimp, the roasted duck, the wine, the beer, and the chocolate cake for dessert...to go along with it!!! Oh wait, that's the Snake who was on the plane that confessed to killing that little girl. But you get what I mean...Snakes got all the media push, was released in the summer, had all the turkey trimmings and yet, it tanked!!!...Serenity...got little attention, but still managed to only do 3 million less than Snakes on its opening weekend...again if you don't pad the figures with the box office from SOAP's Thursday night opening, that is!!!
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Snakes will see at least a 50 to 65 precent drop from its opening weekend...in its second frame bow...coming up this weekend!!!
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You had to be a fan of the show Firefly to want to see that movie. And Firefly got cancelled because no one watched it. People whine all the time about Fox cancelling their good shows.. They wouldn't cancel the shows if anyone watched them. If a show is fantastic and it gets shit ratings a network has no choice but to drop it cause they're losing money. There just isn't much revenue in critical acclaim alone. Sure Firefly had a diehard fanbase, but that fanbase was too tiny to save the show or the film. The X-Files movie made a nice chunk of change cause the show was a huge.
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I never seen a ep of Firefly but I went and saw Serentity
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Firefly failed to appeal to a movie audience beyond its tv fandom because NBC/Universal failed to properly promote it...as I keeping on pointing out. As you may know...NBC/Universal is owned by a government defense contractor...GE. I really think the top execs at GE saw the film and disagreed with its message. Fight the man...fight government...fight the power...and pulled the plug on any serious promotions for the film. I mean...when you fail to have the cast of one of your own movies, as guests on your own talk shows, including...Jay Leno, Conan O' Brien, Carson Daly, The Today Show, and Dateline NBC...well, something is up folks. And let's not forget Extra and Access Hollywood...both shows are also owned by NBC...and neither covered Serenity's release or the buzz behind it!!! NBC/Universal had the star of 40 Year Old Virgin on some of those same shows promoting his movie...also produced by the same company (NBC/Universal)...and that was an R rated film, plus its lead wasn't a star, at the time, either!!! So there goes the argument about big talk shows not wanting to book non stars as guests!!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoD8fnZsK38
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Yeah but you're a rare case. Non-fans in general didn't go...... Obviously.
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last night. I loved it, cheesy as hell, but also funny as fuck and fun to watch. ;)
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Of these MOTHERFUCKING GRIZZLY BEARS on this MOTHERFUCKING HOVERCRAFT!
Holy shit, they showed the Crank preview...Which looks pretty sweet...then...they showed me something that made me so happy, this movie could have been "SHIT in MY MOUTH" and I would have been fine with it. They showed the 'Pick of Destiny' before the movie. PICK OF DESTINY....Sasquatch is in it...Dave Grohl as the Devil...Man. Gass with Long Hair...Holy shit. After that, I was pretty much happy with the pile of crap I saw. Though, I'd like to point out that unlike other Horror movies: Spoiler Alert:**********************************************************************************No Black Main Characters Die! Wewt. Anyway, I enjoyed myself...especially the bastard with the plugs just throwing that teacup dog at the fucking boa! That was great. Is this movie good? No. But the entire time before the snakes' cage opens, the entire audience is chanting 'SNAKES SNAKES SNAKES'. Could this be the new Rocky Horror...God I hope so. -
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And It was awesome. I mean, It was so shitty, but so purely shitty, so honestly shitty without trying to not be shitty. Thats the kind of shitty I can deal with, the kind of mind fuck I can follow. Samuel L. Jackson saying Fuck, A Plane With Snakes, Tits, And Stupid, poorly conceived and woefully shit-tacular special effects = FUCKING OWNAGE! This and Lone Wolf Mcquade will be my winter time snowed in, order a pizza and grab some blankets movies.
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This movie was hilarious, plain and simple, snakes bitting titties, schweins, eye sockets, eating dogs, fat albert was in it, what more does one need for $9.50?
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Barbara Billingsley leaves "the home" to serve up some jive talk on Sam Jackson's ass, David Zucker style.
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This is my first and probably only time reading 'Talkback'. How depressing is it to find so many losers in one place with absolutely NO LIFE. Just so happens I have some for sale on eBay! Lives, that is, losers. I'll bet the combined times you all have gotten laid equals ZERO!!(0+0=0) No, clowns, Inet porn doesn't count! Oh yeah, I also have acronyms for sale on eBay, one's that are better than SOaP...
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how much the studio is paying Harry to keep this stale talkback and the equally dull articles he wrote featured on the front page.
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and people still complain. Goddamn. Film is about entertainment, not everything has to be the godfather or lord of the rings. Sometimes things are just fun, and characters just being badasses is fun to watch. Everyone wanted to see Sam Jackson act like a badass ala Sam Jackson, you get it and everyone bitches. This movie will do good on word of mouth.
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Having read a number of conflicting reviews, I was uncertain what to expect from the well-hyped "Snakes on A Plane" but was pleasantly surprised by this fun movie. So the burning question remains, is this film over-hyped? The answer is yes, but only to a certain degree....it's not a splat fest and it's played a little straighter than you might expect.
Could this movie have been better? Yes, the movie doesn't really get into gear until the second half of the second act. For the first 40 minutes I was beginning to think that this movie was not going to deliver but rest assured...once it gets rolling, snakes on a plane does offer some guilty pleasure and will definitely make you jump out of your seat. The secret of this movies success is balance.
The movie gets serious when it needs to be and yet manages to be campy enough so that the concept is easily digestible and thoroughly entertaining.
It's not "airplane" or a spoof that throws one-liners and sight gags at you ad-nauseum and unlike inferior movies such as "Anaconda," "The Relic" etc, Snakes is well-structured and surprisingly well-acted. In terms of tone, I would liken it to the movie "Critters," although it's not quite as smart, and a tad merrier. Not enough of Sam Jackson?! Are you kidding?!
Jackson turns in a great performance and is the glue that binds the whole movie together...although having said that he's almost upstaged by none other than Kenan Thompson, who as it turns out has developed impeccable comedic timing....
Whilst "snakes" could have delivered quite a bit more gore, a few more laughs and a few more scares, it pretty much delivers what you could hope for. The snake fx are a little cartoony but given the tone of the movie work perfectly. Snakes On A Plane is a great piece of entertainment, that with the wrong direction could have easily mis-fired.
I'm not a great fan of gore for the sake of gore and I'd like to think my taste in film is pretty refined, so you can trust me if you're confused about whether to see this movie or not.
Snakes on A Plane won't turn your stomach, or force you to go somewhere you don't want to go. It won't make you groan and it certainly won't turn you into an ophiciophobic.
Much better than that, Snakes On A Plane.....will make you smile!
I'd rate it at a solid 6/10
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Looks like Snakes On A Plane will fall by about 65 percent this weekend, judging by its Friday box office!!! Whoa...how the so called mighty have fallen!!!
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It made 6.4 million according to Box Office guru, who I find to be the most accurate of the BO sites.
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My prediction proved accurate, once again, as you see!!!
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You said $5 million or less. I'm pretty sure 5.8 is more than 5. And Box Office Guru and IMDB both say it made 6.4, not 5.8. Final numbers tomorrow so we'll see.
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So far we are all seeing estiments from studios and box office analysts (essentially guessing). However, final B.O. figures will be out by noon tomorrow...reflecting the real final results...instead of New Line's phony posted B.O. figures.
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You're the one who said "It will make $5 million or less." Then you said "It made $5.8 million so I was right!" Which makes no sense, cause you completed contradicted yourself. And even tomorrow when the final numbers are out if they're not below $5 million you'll say New Line paid off the box office trackers and websites.
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If the figure is in the 5 million range my prediction remains on the money. If it goes over over the 6 mil mark then I would be wrong to within a million dollars plus. Still, that is a damn good analysis of the box office on a film. Damn, I'm super bad...meaning, super good!!! Bow down to MetalWater!!!
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Regardless of the specific amount, a 58% drop on your second weekend is pretty prolific. But by now, all the shills and fanboys have seen it. No one else bought into the carefully manufactured studio hype.
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Snakes on a Plane made $6.1 million according to Box Office Mojo.
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Is this the movie about the snakes on a plane? Screw that, in the next few months i'll be shooting T-Rex on a Boeing. It'll be subtle, good characters and none of that cg shit.
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