Smokedog Blog: Snakes On A Plane

There were only four movies I really, really wanted to see this summer. We already saw three of them (X-Men: The Last Stand, Nacho Libre, and Clerks 2), and finally, we saw the last one: Snakes on a Plane. I was not disappointed. Ah, life is good.

Unless you've been living under a rock, it was hard to escape the hype of this movie. The title alone had the internet buzzing at the beginning of the year, because it perfectly captured the gist of the movie. Actually, Bad Motherf**cker Samuel Jackson Fighting Snakes On A Plane would more really capture it.

This obviously is not a movie for the highbrow crowd. It's a big, dumb movie, and it isn't ashamed of it. The key is to have low expectations before you see this movie, and just be swept away by the sheer spectacle of it.

You get Samuel Jackson yelling in his uniquely Samuel Jackson way. You get CGI snakes moving a whole lot faster than real snakes could. You get Nurse Hathaway from ER (Julianna Margulies, who I personally haven't seen since another "classic" movie, Ghost Ship). You get a snake biting a poor guy's johnson. What more could possibly ask for?

Actually, I would ask for a slightly better ending. I thought the whole surfing thing was pretty lame. Also, what was the deal with the music video during the credits? Who were these people? Why did they have to suck so bad?

Beyond that, thumbs up! Bring on the sequel! Ssssssssss!