Snakes on UneasySilence

Ahem… okay okay, in the coming months we have heard PLENTY about “Snake On A Plane” (SoaP). I have seen everything from T-shirts to recieved phone calls from Sam Jackson making fun of my car and telling me to quit my job. Basically the underground buzz phenom this movie has become due to its sheer lack of origionality or word play in the title is truely astounding.

Now all of the above aside, I have admitadly been following the film since I stumbled upon it on IMDB … nearly 2 or 3 years ago because I thought it was a huge joke or some hack. After discovering that this WAS indeed a real movie, and Sam Jackson was really going to be taking part in it I was instantly a fan. I believe I may have been the first person in the world to say in the privacy of a friends “computer room” shortly after reading the title and making up “dude I can only imagine…” lines “I can’t wait for Sam Jackson to say something along the lines of ‘There are Snakes all over this Mother Fuc*kin’ plane’” (unoffical statement, and factuality may be skewed), little did I know my dreams would later become reality.

NOW with all that bias aside, I did indeed see the movie on opening day, and was reluctant to write anything about it, due to the sheer amount of “O M G W T F B B Q” involved. After alot of thought I have officially buckled and am offering up a review of sorts.

after the jump.

The lights dim, trailers start, people in the crowd begin to yell “SNAKES ON A PLANE!” various jokes are yelled amongst the crowd. People of various ages enter the theater some sporting SoaP T-Shirts and others looking at their friends saying phrases along the lines of “I can’t believe you actually dragged me to this stupid movie”. The overall feel of room is excitement with a twist of sarcastic skepticism.

Finally, the moment of truth the movie starts.

Right out of the gate the sheer lack of planes and snakes is almost confusing; the movie doesnt seem at all related to the title. How in the world is this going to lead to a plane full of snakes?! Then the plot begins to build, and as you find yourself thinking wow, snakes on a plane is a pretty outrageous idea it all seems to come together and it dawns on you its not crazy or twisted, its sheer genius!

I wont be a spoiler and let you in on the juicy details, go buy a ticket.

Anyways, once the snakes have begun to assault the passengers with a full frontal attack things get crazy! Watching people being bitten by 5 or 6 snakes at a time is brutal, every time a snakes strikes you find yourself cringing. The crowds going wild, people are jumping and screaming. Youll hear the occasional DAMN! or OH SHIT!, as you sit watching you begin to realize how horribly inconvenient a situation such as the one on screen would really be, basically being trapped in a big tube with a bunch off pissed of snakes, the title doesnt do the situation justice.

So the terror ensues and continues, and the sheer amount of people getting killed makes you think the movie is going to be over in 10 minutes, its a real bite fest, and its truly entertaining. People are laughing and screaming, cringing and twisting in their seats, others are yelling out to the screen YEA!

As the movie continues on the absurdity of the situation is comically lightened with the actors in the film pulling a lot of wow, you gotta be kidding me, this is something out of a bad horror movie kinda lines that keep the crowd laughing and detached from the sheer outlandishness of the plot.

Finally, after waiting Sam Jackson finally drops THE LINE!

There are Mother Fuc*ing Snakes on this Mother Fuc%ing Plane!

AND THE CROWD GOES NUTS! Clapping, yelling, cheering, the theater has been waiting all movie for that line, some of us have been waiting 2 years and it JUST happened!

Finally after a few other twists in the plot problems are solved and a resolution is met, at which point everyone in the theater turns and looks at the people they are with and for the most part says something along the lines of wow, that actually was a pretty good movie.

In Summary:

Snakes On A Plane was all about the hype, and isnt going to change the industry, cure cancer, or stop male pattern baldness. However it is an experience as much as it is a movie. I suggest you take some friends that have been following the online hype, get a late showing with a bunch of rowdy teenagers and early 20s and just sit back and enjoy.

If you go in as a skeptic and try to analyze the movie youll hate it, youll over criticize and over calculate every aspect of the plot, plan, and tactics. But if you really just go in and enjoy the experience of it all and watch the movie, you wont be disappointed.

I can safely say I would rather watch Snakes on a Plane on repeat for hours than watch ANY M. Knight Shamalon movie, or Scary Movie, etc.

Thanks for reading;
Chad

P.S. if you have seen the movie, what did you think?… hit up the comments