Snakes on a Plane

[Dwight Schrute]

Anyone gone to see Snakes on a Plane this weekend?

Most fun I've had in a theatre in a long, long time. One of the few times a movie-going crowd gets into the movie vocally. Really, really awesome.

I'd recommend going to see it. It's worth it, even if it is a very very lackluster "movie." It's very, very enjoyable.

[Will Lavender]

In the Salon review I read this morning, the critic hated the movie but loved the crowd energy. Said that people cheered all the way through it.

I saw a movie like this recently. I mentioned it on another thread: An American Haunting. The theater was packed, and everyone -- mostly teenagers -- chatted and cheered and jeered and laughed for the entire 90 minutes. If the movie hadn't been complete crap, I would've been irritated at this behavior. But since the cheering was more interesting than the movie, I kind of liked it. I kept having the feeling that I had traveled backwards in time and was watching a B movie in the 1950s. I thought that any time I'd look up and see the blue smoke of somebody's cigarette wafting through the projectorlight.

Instead, I saw a bunch of flickering cellphones as kids texted one another.

But still, it was culturally significant. To me anyway.

[Buddah]

must have been at an art house will, because if i am not mistaken, american haunting was relased straight to video or very limited relase.. this was on the one with donald sutherland, correct ? i could be wrong...

as for snakes on a plane, it harkens back to a different time... it is a shclock film, a b movie with a few a-list stars, but it seemed to have built a word of mouth for a long long time.. i am glad of that...

[Will Lavender]

Buddah wrote: must have been at an art house will, because if i am not mistaken, american haunting was relased straight to video or very limited relase.. this was on the one with donald sutherland, correct ? i could be wrong...
It has Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek in it. Who knows what they were doing in this clunker.

And I saw it at a multiplex in Somerset, Kentucky. It was probably on for a week or so before the theater managers realized that nobody wanted to spend 10 bucks on total crap.

[TrueblueCATfan]

Man I would love to go see this movie but I am going on a trip in about a month and I just can't bring myself to go see it before I get on that plane:cool:

[Wildcat Larry]

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[capitolkatnorm]

My wife and I saw it Saturday- and same reaction in our theatre- I laughed out loud so many times as the action was intended to be over the top and it really was- going in you could tell who was going to get bitten and in some cases where before it happened. Now for some folks I'm an old guy and my 23 year old daughter and I talked about it and she was worried Ihad a screw loose when she asked me" Dad, when you were laughing was anyone else laughing?":shock:

My wife- the Sunday school teacher was a little put off by the language but she laughed out loud at Samuel Jackson's statement when he got fed up with thesnakes. :>

[BOURBON TOWN CAT FAN]

And snakes in the theater, too!


PHOENIX - Life imitating art is all very well. Unless it's a movie about deadly snakes on the rampage.
Pranksters released two live diamondback rattlesnakes in a Phoenix AMC Entertertainment movie theater during a showing of the film "Snakes on a Plane" last Friday, officials said.
"One [snake] was found in the parking lot during the show, and the other in the movie theater," said AMC spokeswoman Melanie Bell. "They were both removed, and no one was harmed."
The snakes were later released in the desert. Russ Johnson, president of the Phoenix Herpetological Society, said the joke was no laughing matter.
"The snakes' bite carries a powerful venom that could have seriously injured someone," he said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/story/445996p-375378c.html

[trublu]

Snakes in the theatre!:shock: Now, that's just mean and scary!

[freethrow]

I saw this movie at a Drive In and was not happy with it. Poor animation of the snakes and the obvious blunders were just too much for me to accept it as I would need to in order to enjoy the action. I am sure it was a lot different in the Theater with people getting all wired up though. Snakes don't bother me unless I know their venom is deadly so that may be part of the reason I was ready to take a nap and wait for Miami Vice to start in the second movie. :)

[Will Lavender]

BOURBON TOWN CAT FAN wrote:
And snakes in the theater, too!


PHOENIX - Life imitating art is all very well. Unless it's a movie about deadly snakes on the rampage.
Pranksters released two live diamondback rattlesnakes in a Phoenix AMC Entertertainment movie theater during a showing of the film "Snakes on a Plane" last Friday, officials said.
"One [snake] was found in the parking lot during the show, and the other in the movie theater," said AMC spokeswoman Melanie Bell. "They were both removed, and no one was harmed."
The snakes were later released in the desert. Russ Johnson, president of the Phoenix Herpetological Society, said the joke was no laughing matter.
"The snakes' bite carries a powerful venom that could have seriously injured someone," he said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/story/445996p-375378c.html
Appears to be a hoax.

http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/0822talker-ON.html

[Wildcat Larry]

freethrow wrote: I saw this movie at a Drive In and was not happy with it. Poor animation of the snakes and the obvious blunders were just too much for me to accept it as I would need to in order to enjoy the action. I am sure it was a lot different in the Theater with people getting all wired up though. Snakes don't bother me unless I know their venom is deadly so that may be part of the reason I was ready to take a nap and wait for Miami Vice to start in the second movie. :)


You mean they still have drive-in movies? Wow. :lol:

[freethrow]

Wildcat Larry wrote: freethrow wrote: I saw this movie at a Drive In and was not happy with it. Poor animation of the snakes and the obvious blunders were just too much for me to accept it as I would need to in order to enjoy the action. I am sure it was a lot different in the Theater with people getting all wired up though. Snakes don't bother me unless I know their venom is deadly so that may be part of the reason I was ready to take a nap and wait for Miami Vice to start in the second movie. :)


You mean they still have drive-in movies? Wow. :lol:



Yeah, I have been to this place 3 times now. I can't tell you the name of it because I didn't even notice. I can tell you where it is though. If you are in Lawerenceburg and head down 127 toward Harrodsburg you go about 10 miles and it is on the left. :) I just looked for info. I think this is it, Twin Hills Drive In. It says Louisville Road though? Is that the same as 127?

Update: Just called my lady friend. I got the right Drive In and 127 and Louisville road are called the same in that area.