Snakes On A Plane Impressions
 

So did any of you guys have the good fortune to see the 10PM showing on Thursday night?

I just came back not-too-long-ago from the screening at my local theater. All I can say is, is that it was an experience.

Of course, the movie itself isn't great by any means; hell, the plot hardly makes any sense. Though, the movie itself is much more violent and explicit than I had orignally thought.



The crowd definitely made the experience all worth-while though. Everyone in the theater knew what to expect heading into this movie, and they all went into standing ovations and going nuts whenever Sam Jackson appeared on screen, when he gives his now-infamous line, and when the snakes first debuted. One funny moment was



I highly suggest you guys check out the film. It's great, mindless fun, and it's a well-deserved breath of fresh air after all of these summer flops that we've seen thus far. At least you won't go away disappointed if you go into the flick knowing that it's a B-Movie Horror Film. And hell, it's fucking called Snakes on a Plane, so you can't possibly expect a masterpiece of film.

I'm fairly sure it'll do great at the Box Office on opening weekend, and it pretty much has attained cult status.

But for you guys who've seen it, how was your experience? And more importantly, how was the crowd?

What was the audience like?

I just imagine rows upon rows of neckbears using laptops while updating forums about the movie IN REAL TIME (possibly updating the soap wiki)

Well, there was one crippled guy who sat in the back corner; perhaps he was the guy updating his blog...

A couple people in the crowd were wearing Snakes on a Plane T-Shirts, and they looked official. Some others had shirts that said Sam's famous line. The majority were all high school/college kids. There were a few adults; I'm curious to see what they were thinking.

I have to say though, I was VERY annoyed that this faggot-ass Mexican fucker decided to sit in the row in front of me with his 2 girlfriends. Those two little cuntbags of his were all angry that people were going nuts for the movie; really, can't those illegals find the joke in a movie with the name Snakes on a Plane?

The gay Mexican actually walked into the theater with one of those man-purses and all. The worse thing though was that this quy actually found the movie scary and was screaming in Spanish whenever the snakes showed up. Had I been in the room any longer after the film, I would've called the INS to deport his bitch-ass.

But besides that, the theater was filled with fans of the film, and it was a very energetic crowd.

I saw it last night and came away satisfied. It was as I imagined it to be, that blend of campiness and serious thriller (with much more of the former).

That being said, the experience was better than the movie. The audinece in my theater was exactly like Shin described. We cheered for Sam Jackson, the snakes and clapped for those moments when



And like Shin's audience, we all gave a standing ovation when Sam Jackson when Sam Jackson uttered his most famous line. We also cheered for Keenan Thompson as well, but no Goodburger chant. I did however yell out "where's Kel?" There were some other great zingers being thrown out, too. When the couple were having sex in the bathroom and breasts were shown some guy yelled out "Hey, titties." Some other guy said "use the Force" when Jackson was trying to repair the air conditioners.

I don't think I'll ever have a movie experience quite like this again. Everyone there knew what this movie was about and just didn't care and had a good time. I don't even think that'll be possible if you want to see it this weekend. All the enthusiasts saw it Thursday.

It's the day! Yay!
 

I can't see it yet because I'm not from the United States. :( But I want to know more about it, I've hearing about SoaP since early this year. It's good to hear the audience went there knowing what to expect and could enjoy it for what it is! :D

One question: does Samuel Jackson's character actually shoot the snakes? This is the biggest question I have about the film, *how* does he fight them? :confused:

Damn I already envy an audience like that. I highly doubt I'll be the same here. I don't think this movie will flop as expected, hell, it may start a new trend. ;____;

That was probably the most disgusting thing I've ever read in my entire life.

I really enjoyed the atmosphere more then anything. It was a big group of my geek friends and honestly, it was everything it sounds like it would be. It's not the type of movie that I'd rent in order to watch it with my family or anyting, it was definately an "opening night" kinda thing. I expected a little more comedy, though it was still funny, it was only if you've heard about it before. There was this couple behind me in the theater who clearly had only come to see the movie becasue someone they knew had heard about it before and they didn't get why everyone was cheering and whooping at certain points, I kinda felt bad for them.

Was Keenan Thompson ever even in a GoodBurger skit :confused:

I think so, though he WAS in the GoodBurger movie. So it works out anyway.

http://www.cinemas-online.co.uk/films/goodburg/logo.jpg

Yes, sir, he was.

Okay, he was in the movie.

I still don't think he was in the sketches on All That; not as one of the employees though.

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What is "Sam's infamous line" that you folks keep talking about?... Pardon me for not memorizing every inside-joke the internet has about this weird flick =p

Well, Sam Jackson's famous phrase is 'mother-fucker' and it's used in this film.

Nuh uh, it was always Kel making an ass out of himself in the Goodburger skits. I don't remember Kenan in them at all.

He says, "I've had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane."

emphasis:

"I've had it with these MOTHERFUCKING snakes on this MOTHERFUCKING PLANE!!!

no it's MOTHAFUCKING =]

I was actually in a theater, that by chance, was filled with 4chan participants. They shouted pools closed a few time. I have a picture of me with the snakes on a plane movie poster that someone tagged with the "pools closed" logo. It was great. Ill post when I get them off my friends camera phone.

I even had the token black guy sitting behind me. He was a fucking riot.

NOW that you mention it, I think you're right. It was him and the fat chick as employees and the old white guy playing the manager. I think Kenan was regularly a customer in the skits.

Regardless, I am very happy there was an excuse to put that image up.

Hahah I just saw it. Loved every moment of it, definitely the crowd makes it a whole lot better than it should be and even better...is bringing your idiot friends (haha I say it in a friendly way) in which they will just crack jokes about this B rated film over and over throughout the night. It doesn't get old for me.

Hahah an interesting thing is...when he is going in to turn back on the electricity...definitely reminded me a lot like an older movie that he was in (but he gets owned. Jurassic Park anyone?)

This movie was legendary.

I foudn myself cracking up for the majority of the movie as the "serious" events took place. It was great. For what it was, I found no glaring plot holes* in it either once you accept mother fucking snakes on a mother fucking plane. Freaking awesome.

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No glaring plot holes? I found quite a few, but I can't even be arsed to remember what they were now, since that's totally not the point. Great motherfucking movie, though. I found the part where Kenan (no idea what the character's name was) says "This shit is BANANAS" to be hilarious. And I really winced when that one guy got a heel broken off in his ear.

I am sure every guy could say they winced at that one special scene...

The heel thing was pretty crazy, I covered my mouth and everything at that.

Damn that was a funny movie, but I wish my audience was more enthusiastic. There was just one other person that was into it and not even her boyfriend was enjoying it as much as she. Out of a crowd of 20, only three people were really getting it.


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Much better than I expected. Honestly, I was expecting a terrible movie. For example, I expected the sets to be shoddy, bad acting and just overall poor production value. I have to say, I rather enjoyed the plot, I thought the casts of characters (however ridiculous) were interesting and of course I found the movie hilarious. Internet hype aside, I think I would have thought the same of the movie.

Your ticket was printed upside down.

Just letting you know.

Whoa, that's pretty cool, I never would've realized that.

I saw it opening day and it was everything I expected it to be. I really loved the gore effects in there. So good to see some great special effects.

Some of the snake CGI was pretty bad, though.

I agree, but I am not an expert on anacondas, but in the movie it looked like the snake had the teeth of a dog...it was quite odd looking.

Aren't anacondas supposed to have really sharp, tiny teeth inside their mouth? Or maybe that was a different species of snake, I dunno... I wish there was a Komodo Dragon. They kick ass. Then again, if there was one in the movie, they'd have to change the title to "Snakes and a Komodo Dragon on a Plane".

I went to a midnight showing of Snakes on a Plane. We got in there an hour early, and as everyone walked into the theater the people that were already in there were yelling "SNAKES ON A PLANE" at them. "What do we want?" "Snakes!" "Where do we want them?" "On a plane!"

I missed a lot of the dialogue because the audience was screaming so loud.

-We missed the first thing Samuel L. Jackson's character said to the kid because everyone was screaming for him.

-We screamed everytime Samuel L. Jackson came on the screen.

-We screamed everytime the damn plane was shown.

The audience's reactions were wonderful, and there was a guy in the back of the theater yelling out Pulp Fiction quotes the entire time. The movie would have been funny without the crowd, but it was a million times better because of them. I'll probably buy the movie, but I probably won't watch it unless there are a bunch of friends around to watch it with me, because, really, it won't be much fun to watch alone.

I saw the movie saturday night with two friends. 'My audiance' was pretty tame compared to what you guys have said. Altough I remember at the beginning someone was like "oh shit, snakes on a beach!" and the audiance laughed.

The whole movie was awesome, and towards the end someone else was all "PS2 Westside!", at Jackson's PSX comment. I even joined in when I shouted out during the ...uh... second bathroom scene "Sucks to be him!", getting a general laugh as well.

Some dude kept yelling 'Snake Vision' during the movie. God it was hilarious. The venom effects were kinda "ew" and some of the attacks were "Ah shit!".

Much better than I expected. Honestly, I was expecting a terrible movie. For example, I expected the sets to be shoddy, bad acting and just overall poor production value. I have to say, I rather enjoyed the plot, I thought the casts of characters (however ridiculous) were interesting and of course I found the movie hilarious. Internet hype aside, I think I would have thought the same of the movie.

I can so imagine that happening. Just thinking about that is hilarious. "It's the snakes!"

I can't even say a "token black guy" was in the theater since me and some of my group were probably the only not-nigga people in the theater. It was hella fun though.

I didn't get to see it until Saturday since I was out of town for Friday. A buddy of mine and I went and enjoyed it with the other 20 or so people there.

We found some things hysterical, but I'm sure the movie would have been a much better experience had I still been in Denver. Some of us did hiss every once in a while and cheered when a snake would do something sexy. I didn't have a shirt with me like I wanted to, so I did the next best thing I wore one of my DragonForce tour t-shirts.

One thing I wasn't happy with at the theatre was the girl who sold me my ticket. After she did, she just bugged me about saying that this movie was stupid and was a complete waste of time for anyone. I wanted to stand by and ask her what her idea of a funny movie was, but, didn't have time to. That's the part that really sucked about seeing Snakes on a Plane in motherfucking Riverton, Wyoming.

I'd say the movie was a masterpiece. It had damn nearly everything I love about cinema: Samuel Jackson (Muthafuckin' SHAFT, I can dig it), some intense animal fighting, boobs, that guy who played Champ in Anchorman and some amazing quotableness not seen for a while now. We saw the movie with about 30 some people and it was great, the audience was really into it and we cheered when Samuel Jackson's name flashed dureing the opening credits. All the "oohs and aahs" were well placed and it had some great gorey effects for good measure. I was very pleased with this one.

I like how this movie failed at the box office. It barely made 15 million.

Considering it was made for 30, I don't think anybody is complaining.

This movie will be a huge DVD seller, methinks, and word of mouth seems to be pretty good, so it might do similar business next weekend.

Well, it looks like David Tuckerman is complaining. But yeah, I predict good DVD sales, at least. And the movie's not out of theaters yet or anything.

That's a good prediction. One of my friends who likes movies but hates the whole theater atmosphere said he would check out SoaP once it comes out to DVD, so you know more people are going to check it out since its usually more convienient to watch it at your leisure at home.

So what's the usual amount of time for movies to come out on DVD after a theater run? 3-6 months?

I couldn't stand this movie. I went into it expecting more of a self-effacing parody, but what I got was a bipolar mess. It alternates between the ridiculousness and balls to the wall spectacle of snake biting, and trying to tug at your heartstrings.

The movie fails because it doesn't carry the B-movie theme out far enough. It tries to be genuine, and in doing so it turns into just an overblown, unnecessary action flick, rather than the subject of comedy that all the marketing made it out to be.

One and a half stars, max.

i just watched this movie today i totally loved it. Its one of those movies where you either love it or hate it. After watching the movie though, i can say that i would never watch this movie by myself cuz it just takes all the fun and laughter away. Some very disturbing scenes, although they were hilarious if you're with people. Cant wait for the sequal :)

Saw this in movie gallery 2 days ago.

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117...&cs=1&nid=2562