Seen: July 31st, 2007
Format: DVD
Rating: 6
I can't do this. I just can't sit here and attempt to expound on the virtues and shortfalls of this film. Snakes on a Plane is a bad film, intentionally so. It's a pop culture phenomenon run amok.
The film actually changed during it's production due to it's exposure and fan reaction, a subject in some weird media feedback loop experiment.
It's an intentionally bad film, with just enough writing to hold the whole thing together. It's not afraid of being cheap at times, most of the time, in fact. It doesn't shy away from the throw away moment. It's not afraid to try and fail, and fail again, just to make sure it got it right.
There's no real redeeming aspects to this film. No great dialogue, no great acting, no great development. But there are gags and one-liners aplenty. And if you came for something else, you made the mistake, not the film.
It's all in good fun, and it actually delivers when you take it as it's meant to be received. This is a film best ingested with beer, chips and an impending sense that something will get broken at the party. It's a piece of raw, simple, mindless entertainment that deserves frequent use rewind to see that again.
Grab your buddies and the beer and settle in for some pointless fun.
The Good: Not afraid of it's badness
The Bad: Start to finish
The Ugly: Are you kidding me?
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