Reviews

I'm not sure what I can say - this is a tour de force! Samuel Jackson cursing up a storm while fighting snakes! ON A PLANE! IT'S BRILLIANT!

Okay, here's the serious review - this movie is everything it claimed it would be and more. The premise is so bad it's laughable - a mobster, after having "exhausted all possible options" (yes, he actually said that), decides the only way to kill a witness testifying against him is to release a bevvy of venerable, poisonous snakes on his flight. Little does he know that his precious snakes will be up against the likes of Neville Flynn, a hard hitting, hard cursing FBI agent that refuses to fool around. People die (predictably and laughably). People run (predictably and laughably). Samuel Jackson acts like a bad*ss muthaf*cka (predictably and laughably).

Look, you already know if you're going to like this movie or not - everything you're expecting to happen "Snakes on a Plane" does to great effect, good or bad. If you want to see it because it'll suck hard, you won't be disappointed and will enjoy laughing at every horribly cheesy, badly delivered line and every over-the-top snakebite and death. That's the long and short of this movie - you know exactly what you're getting because they've told you from day one what you're getting (and even reshot a few scenes to satisfy fans - how many Hollywood movies would go so far?), and for that, even naysayers should be appreciative.

I'm hoping this movie does well - it will show Hollywood that, perhaps if they actually give people what they want and ask, their movies will actually be successful and make them money. Hopefully this movie will start a trend of movies delivering what they say they will.

The only gripe - too much romance, not enough snakes :)

This movie is mockumentary at its finest - never so outlandish that it's implausible, yet significantly funnier and wittier than what happens in day to day life.

The movie as a whole centers around the trials and tribulations of a would-be Hollywood power couple as they struggle to start a nonprofit organization to help the homeless, with only their naivety, narcissism, and good intentions to guide them. Jenna, the self-proclaimed "Martha Stewart" of fund raising, and her obsessive-compulsive egomaniac "artist" husband James are looking to help the homeless thru "inspirational" art wrapped around lollipops but just can't seem to get the idea off of the ground, whether it be a lack of support from others or an internal tiff or two in their marriage. Absolute hilarity ensues as they work to conquer both. It's not that they don't know that there are problems in the world - it's that, being of well means, they have no idea how to approach the problems at hand. They always innocently see the world through the eyes of the well privileged and are left wondering why nothing seems to go right.

Their naivety is, more than hilarious, touching. As narcissistic as their idea of inspiring the homeless is, you want very much for them to succeed, because in a less-than-perfect world where nobody helps the homeless at all, you at the very least appreciate the seemingly sincere (though misguided) efforts of these two, and you want not to ruin the dreams of those so innocent.

The movie on a whole is a bit rough around the edges - many parts were improvised, and this shows through on a few of the more inconsistent scenes. It sometimes helps scenes to come across as more natural, but more often than not it feels like somebody forgot a line and was trying to cover up. Still, on a whole, this movie is hilarious, touching, and very much worth your time should you come upon it at your local video rental store.

Three amazing slightly intertwining story arcs make for one of the best movies I've seen in recent memory. This is a stylistic powerhouse of a movie - from beginning to end, almost every shot was taken directly from a frame within the pages of "Sin City." This is evident in some rather unconventional camera angles and color accents that add up to a refreshingly new and different viewing experience. The amazing black and white accents in blood and on Kevin's glasses and other such nuances are nothing short of impressive and really accent the few bits of color strewn about the movie, making clear the character's realities are, for brief moments in time, something more than the black and white, live or die realities they've grown all too used to. The dialogue is occasionally a bit campy and overdone, but this is understandable and almost necessary given the moody backdrop. Every actor and actress plays their part to perfection, and it doesn't hurt to have had a few scenes "guest" directed by Mr. Quentin Tarantino either (when you go see it, try and guess which ones! Not that it's very hard to tell). All this makes for one of the most unique, consistently stylistic movies I've ever seen, and (thus far) the only comic book/graphic novel adaptation really worth seeing. For that, I give a 10/10