"Snakes on a Plane" Talkback (Spoilers)

[Mr Cat Dog]

Sit back. Relax. Enjoy the fright.

"Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherf***in' snakes on this motherf***in' plane" - Neville Flynn​

Director: David Ellis
Screenwriter: John Heffernan, David Loucka
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Nathan Phillips, Byron Lawson, Julianna Margulies, Rachel Blanchard, Bobby Cannavale, Kenan Thompson, David Koechner
Plot Summary: Samuel L. Jackson stars in the intense action feature "Snakes on a Plane" from director David Ellis ("Final Destination 2," "Cellular"). Jackson plays an FBI agent who is escorting a witness on a flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles when an assassin releases hundreds of deadly snakes on a commercial airplane in order to eliminate the witness. The FBI agent, along with a rookie pilot, frightened crew and passengers must then band together in a desperate attempt to survive.

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Comments?

The most anticipated movie of the year is finally upon us. Will it revel in the hype and become one of the most celebrated movies of the year? Will it flop and become one of Samuel L. Jackson's biggest failures? Will anyone get the motherf***in snakes off the plane? You'll have to watch to find out!

I am so looking forward to this... I'm trying to find someone to go with, as I'll be on holiday tomorrow (with no cinemas) and I don't want to wait until next Thursday, but oh well. Vent your frustration. Celebrate your delight. I'm sure that everyone will either fall into one of those two camps. Enjoy.
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[Aaron_bhkk]

I gave it five stars, but not because of the quality of the movie. It's just that I've never discussed a movie afterward as much as I did with "Snakes on a Plane". Good lord. I guess the enthusiastic midnight movie setting with a cheering audience making wisecracks the whole time kind of helped as well.

Best Line: "I've exhausted every other option!" Oh, is that so? You've thought of everything else and the only thing that made sense was to put snakes on a plane?

 

[Golgo13]

Seems I'm the first to give it four and half stars. My reason being I don't think it's a perfect film, but it is an infinately fun film.

I can honestly say this was THE movie event of our generation and it didn't dissapoint. Humorous lines and great kills at every turn. My favorite lines, without giving too much away were:

"Oh great, snakes on crack."

"F'ing dogs, f'ing babies, f'ing Americans!"

"I didn't turn out so bad. Woo!"

"Oh, come on, you were all thinking the same thing."

"This plane will go down faster than a Thai hooker."

"Good luck."

"Sucks to be you."

There were also tons of great visual gags. I might have been the only person who noticed this in the theater, but there two people on the plane who drew pictures in color and were only holding a pen or pencil.

But, speaking as an animator, I thought the animation of the snakes was awesome. Sure, they are pretty poorly composited in some parts, but most of the time they look and act pretty darn real. That alone makes me want to buy the DVD already.

 

[Obi]

This is the best movie I've seen all year. I can only hope it gets the Rocky Horror Picture Show treatment, getting replayed over and over before large crowds of devoting fans, because it's really the fan interaction that makes it so awesome.

 

[Youko Recca]

Man, I had this musty ass dude next to me burping, chomping on popcorn loudly, rocking these ass-high waters, and a lean my way. But I still enjoyed this oddly enough. Not as goofy as I expected, but then pretty much what's left of what I expected. The idea is already bogus, but it transpired in such a weird way. I'll say this though. Some people really took a L on some of those deaths. Gotdamn!

"I've had it--with these Mf'n snakes, on this Mf'n plane!"

 

[AkirQueen]

But, speaking as an animator, I thought the animation of the snakes was awesome. Sure, they are pretty poorly composited in some parts, but most of the time they look and act pretty darn real. That alone makes me want to buy the DVD already.

My mom and I are big reptile fanatics, and we were able to tell which ones were fake because of how fast they were moving (not that we couldn't tell they were fake by how they looked, either). Any movies with fake snakes in them have them moving far too fast. Sue us, we're nitpicky

Anyways, I LOVED it. It certainly was a lot better than what I thought it would be.

[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]My mom told me on the way to the theatre that some sicko somewhere released a snake in a theatre showing SoaP, so I sat Indian style in my seat throughout the entire movie. I didn't believe her too much on that story, but I'm the kinda person that doesn't take chances. My mom even searched the theatre (which was HUGE) for any unwanted company of the reptillian kind.

Her and I knew when to cover our eyes when people got bit in the eyes and neck and whatnot. But for the most part, I found the first "big panic" scene hilarious. She was also confused as to why I kept laughing at some parts. She doesn't really get the internet appeal over the film...

The python scene...oh God...so badly done...but so damn funny...

And did anybody catch what the reasoning was behind the snakes being undetected by scanners? The other FBI officer quickly mumbled something about them being cold-blooded which is why they weren't detected or something like that...

And of course, when Jackson said "The Line", everyone applauded and cheered in the audience (which consisted of about 20 people). It was amazing.
See, the world needs more movies like this! We need more movies that make people do awesome stuff like applaude and cheer during certain parts.

5 stars, mofoe.

PS: PS2>XBOX. Word.
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[MM54]

I went and saw it tonight, and I had a lot of fun. Between the goofy B-movie style deaths, Agent Flynn being a bad***, and Troy (Kenan Thompson's character) making his wise cracks, it was just a fun, senseless film.

 

[Temple Fugate]

***

Audience applause moments: Samuel L. Jackson's credit. Title card. Kenan Thompson credit. (Which was a happy surprise) The dog getting killed. (I clapped the hardest.) The Line. End of the movie.

A friend that saw it with me said, "The minute the title came up, I knew this movie would rock." That delayed title card was the first of many brilliant moves that made this film worth waiting for.

WHAT A ****** ****ING GOOD FILM! I knew it would rock, but not on the level that it did. This film was all over the place. Some deaths I laughed hysterically, others I almost teared up. (The old stewardess' death was surprisingly depressing, which helped sell the movie on a real emotional level.) Plus they killed the damn dog. As an aspiring filmmaker, I completely understand why you should never kill a dog in your film. But sometimes it works. Obviously, this is one of those times. The way she was killed was just awesome in itself. That pompous British guy (I think he was British?) was an a-hole to boot, so you both feel sorry for the dog because of his selfishness and also give a loud holler of enjoyment because the guy THREW a DOG at the SNAKES. That's just funny. And sad. But more funny. Stupid dogs.

The effects were pretty good, too. The re-shoot they did early this year turned out to be an excellent idea, and I bet they upped the CG budget too. The film LOOKED good, and that's hard to pull off on a small budget unless your cinematographers and set crew are good. Which--you can tell--they were.

Kenan saved the day! The cockpit scene with him and Samuel L. Jackson was a highlight of the movie. Actually, there were a lot of highlights. Sam Jackson ain't gonna slide down that ramp all wussy-like! He's gonna JUMP ON IT!

The final attack scene was just "Woah!" Shooting the snake right off the guy was INSANE. But then they reveal the kevlar and I'm going "You guys! You got me good!"

So many awesome things in this movie, I'll be here typing like an idiot for hours. The wait was worth it. If you haven't seen it, SEE IT. If you've already seen it, SEE IT AGAIN. This needs to come on DVD NOW.

Snakes on a Plane - *** out of *****
But I voted ***** just because.

 

[Tobias]

Wow. I haven't enjoyed a movie like this in a long time. Half the fun was betting on who would live and who would die. I was sure the Hilton wannabe and the fem male Steward were going to bite it, so their survival kind of surprised me.

There were only a few people in the theater with me, so I didn't get the audience interaction the rest of you got, but maybe on my next viewing.

 

[The Dork Knight]

I'm highly disappointed that this thread wasn't entitled "Snakes on a Toon Zone Movie Talkback".

 

[Temple Fugate]

I'm highly disappointed that this thread wasn't entitled "Snakes on a Toon Zone Movie Talkback".

Quick, mods, do your stuff!

I agree with the idea that Snakes should get a Rocky Horror-style treatment and start massive fan gatherings. This one totally deserves it. There are plenty of signature moments in the movie fans can anticipate and many quotes they can recite.

The more I think about why Snakes was so good, the more I notice the basic foundations built into this film that kept the movie more on the straight and narrow rather than totally allow every aspect of it to fall into a quagmire of bombastic sensationalism and fan-pandering. The beach bookends were just nice, easy moments where you could breathe. The main characters had their regular assortment of necessities; a small romance subplot between the main characters, individual quirks that define each character, and in the middle of it all was a regular Joe who kept a level head and didn't just act as a fearful target; he made an example of himself and actually had an impact on the other characters, most notably Samuel L. Jackson.

This wasn't a B movie, this was an A movie that tried to look like one. And that, dear friends, is its formula for success.

 

[Classic Speedy]

Eh, the pre-release hype and all the fan creations were better than the actual film itself (and I didn't think it was the best representative in the "plane disaster" genre), though it was still an enjoyable thrill ride. The best scene was shooting the windows so the snakes would fly out, though there were many other good moments like the black celebrity losing it when first class got too hot, taking a fire extinguisher to the snakes, and the British guy getting his just desserts.

 

[Max Mercury]

HILARIOUS movie. 5/5 easily.

 

[Lord Dalek]

If you were to take every bit and piece of every bad movie from the mid-late 90s (Turbulence, Anaconda, Good Burger, etc.) and stick em together in a blender you'd get something resembling Snakes on a Plane or in other words pure awesomeness. I loved every cheesy wretched minute of this flick. The funniest airplane movie I've seen since Flightplan, SOAP gets a mother****in *****/***** *****es!.

 

[The Huntsman]

Looks like Snakes on a Plane didn’t do as good as was hoped.

This CNN article explains what I said in more detail.

 

[Tobias]

I think it's the R rating that kept a lot of the younger audience away. Don't get me wrong, the movie NEEDED an R rating to work, but it also probably worked against it as well. Plus it is late August when the summer movie season is dying down.

 

[Temple Fugate]

I think it's the R rating that kept a lot of the younger audience away. Don't get me wrong, the movie NEEDED an R rating to work, but it also probably worked against it as well.

The R probably did hurt it significantly, but if it was PG I wonder how good it really would have been? That would have kept people from seeing it twice, which is what I plan to do. Maybe three times. My theater was carding everyone going into the movie. Which is weird, since I've never been carded for an R movie before.

 

[mookie75]

The R probably did hurt it significantly, but if it was PG I wonder how good it really would have been? That would have kept people from seeing it twice, which is what I plan to do. Maybe three times. My theater was carding everyone going into the movie. Which is weird, since I've never been carded for an R movie before.

I think the last time I remember seeing someone get carded for a movie was when my younger brother got carded for the South Park movie. I'm guessing they're being a little more cautious due to all the attention the movie got prior to release.

 

[tucsoncoyote]

That's gotta hurt...right in the groin!

Actually from what I know of this movie (and the teaser clips they ran before last friday) you had a lot of scenes that probably were Really R Rated.. It's amazing that one scene that probably showed up in the movie was the guy going to the lavatory (Bathroom) on board the plane and I guess he gets bit in the groin.. (I saw that little tidbit and I go, "Man that's gonna hurt" Another scene show a couple trying to be part of the Mile high club and they get attacked in the Lavatory as well by snakes (and yet another scene shows a woman oblivious to the fact there's a diamondback Rattler in the row behind her and she pulls her feet up just in time for the snake to miss her ankle.. I thought.. Why on earth is she setting herself up for such a death?)

but for an R rated movie? this is campy fun Just like Rocky Horror, and I would not be surprirsed if It bumps Talledega Nights out of the Top Spot..

But as for me going to see it? Nah.. I think I've been brained with enough snakes.. Snakes on a Plane.. meets.. Snakes on your brain...

 

[Mynd Hed]

The best part about watching a movie like this is counting all the little inaccuracies (objects that would NEVER be allowed on a plane nowadays, the magic cameraphone that somehow gets reception a million miles from nowhere a thousand feet above the Pacific, etc.) knowing full well that the creators probably saw all the same nits and just didn't care. (-:

Good fun, although it needed some kung fu fighting. The villain was just such a great cheesy stock Asian gangster bad guy, I was hoping for some real fight scenes. Oh, well.