Really, there isn’t much I could say about Snakes on a Plane that you couldn’t already guess. Basically, “More fun than you might think” is about all I’ve got to offer. If you think the idea’s hilarious, you’ve already seen it. If not, you probably won’t see I unless your boyfriend has a movie night when it hits DVD (assuming you’re together that long…). There’s snakes, a plane, Samuel L. Jackson and plenty of screaming. This one was all about the audience. All that was missing Thursday night was Chad - Hollywood, as usual beckoned, although he did meet for drinks ahead of time AND managed to sell his ticket (plus another we found) to some fellow moviegoers. The movie and the audience did not disappoint. Both seemed to be acutely in on the joke.
It seems that cable TV’s been preparing for this as well. Pay channels offerings included: Flightplan, Stealth and Red Eye (was Airplane not available?!?!?). Sci-Fi took the cake, however. The marathon included Pythons, Pythons 2, Boa vs. Python,King Cobra, and Snake King; they pulled out the big guns. Curiously absent from the game? Animal Planet. A mini-marathon of Meerkat Manor - a favorite of mine, though hardly related programming – seemed to be the only programming on slate.
All I wasted my time on was Red Eye. Not enough winks and nods, not to mention a total lack of snakes to make it entertaining. And the wanna-be Wait Until Dark ending only served to emphasize how badly they must have wanted to cast Jennifer Garner but had to settle for Rachel McAdams instead.
What was really missing from the weekend was a Sam Jackson marathon. I would have expected Starz to at least have The Negotiator on tap. If that wasn’t available, any movies that prominently feature the word “motherfucker” would have sufficed.
J.
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