Snakes On A Plane (SOP) had a brilliant marketing campaign. The producers knew they had a pig on their hands so how could they place a fancy dress on it? The answer?...Revel is the movie's potential badness. This trick only works when its done by accident. A movie is so bad that it's good. The audience laughs at the awful dialogue and winces with delight at the horrible acting. SHOWGIRLS is a perfect example of this. To this day I still believe SHOWGIRLS is one of the most under-rated movies of all time.
The problem with SOP is that it's so bad it's simply...BAD. The premise becomes boring less than half way through the film. We get to see a snake attack a couple during their initiation into the mile high club. We get to see a snake attack a guy using the john. We get to see a snake slither up an old woman's dress. After this, there is a bunch of screaming and standing around. Why? Because how much action can their be on a airplane full of snakes...Surprisingly not much. If the film would have stuck to terror and suspense instead of trying to be funny the film may have worked. Snakes On A Plane gets a "3".
TOP 5 SAMUEL L. JACKSON MOVIES
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Unbreakable
3. The Long Kiss Goodnight
4. Deep Blue Sea
5. 187
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