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NickSo · 08-18-2006, 02:22 AM

OH. MY. GOD. I just got back from one of the most visceral, and enjoyable times I've had at the movies. My friends have all heard me talking about Snakes on a Plane, they KNOW how much I've hyped myself up for this movie. Snakes on a Plane has not only lived up to, but it EXCEEDED all my expectations. This movie is AWESOME. Some of this may sound sarcastic, but believe me, IT'S NOT. This, along with Little Miss Sunshine, is the best movie I have seen yet this year. I am dead serious.

This movie has it all. Action, Drama, Comedy, Gratuitous Gore and Nudity, and most importantly, SNAKES ON A PLANE. It is a comedy (a GREAT one, at that), thinly guised as a thriller/horror film. It takes every cliche in the book, throws it in a huge metal tube, mixes it up with hundreds of poisonous snakes, and delivers a bittersweet cocktail of campy B-rated corniness and hilarity. Like the kid who eats worms just to get attention, with Snakes on a Plane, it doesn't want you to laugh WITH the movie, it wants you to laugh AT the movie.

This film just has so many levels. You feel for the various characters who get bitten. Some you go "YEAAAAH!", some you feel sad for, and just before they get bitten you think "no, not him!" It goes from heartwarming to gutwrenching to belly laughing in a matter of SCENES.

I think this is one of the ONLY movies I would pay to watch again, as its one you HAVE to watch with an audience. I'm still gonna buy the DVD, but I imagine it won't even be FRACTION as enjoyable as in a theater.

Like the title of the movie, I think even the tagline is PERFECTLY suited for this movie. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the Fright.

08-18-2006, 02:22 AM	#181 of 221
NickSo *Nick So* Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Local Time: 11:48 PM Local Date: 09-04-2008 Posts: 5,429	Re: Snakes on a Plane OH. MY. GOD. I just got back from one of the most visceral, and enjoyable times I've had at the movies. My friends have all heard me talking about Snakes on a Plane, they KNOW how much I've hyped myself up for this movie. Snakes on a Plane has not only lived up to, but it EXCEEDED all my expectations. This movie is AWESOME. Some of this may sound sarcastic, but believe me, IT'S NOT. This, along with Little Miss Sunshine, is the best movie I have seen yet this year. I am dead serious. This movie has it all. Action, Drama, Comedy, Gratuitous Gore and Nudity, and most importantly, SNAKES ON A PLANE. It is a comedy (a GREAT one, at that), thinly guised as a thriller/horror film. It takes every cliche in the book, throws it in a huge metal tube, mixes it up with hundreds of poisonous snakes, and delivers a bittersweet cocktail of campy B-rated corniness and hilarity. Like the kid who eats worms just to get attention, with Snakes on a Plane, it doesn't want you to laugh WITH the movie, it wants you to laugh AT the movie. This film just has so many levels. You feel for the various characters who get bitten. Some you go "YEAAAAH!", some you feel sad for, and just before they get bitten you think "no, not him!" It goes from heartwarming to gutwrenching to belly laughing in a matter of SCENES. I think this is one of the ONLY movies I would pay to watch again, as its one you HAVE to watch with an audience. I'm still gonna buy the DVD, but I imagine it won't even be FRACTION as enjoyable as in a theater. Like the title of the movie, I think even the tagline is PERFECTLY suited for this movie. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the Fright.