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17 Apr 2009, 7:48 pm

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Am I the only one who actually enjoyed it, LOL?

I laughed my a** off. Yes, it was really bad, but that's what made it so friggin funny.



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18 Apr 2009, 12:54 pm

i hate this f***ing movie! my name is samuel jackson. my parents named me that for no reason. all my friends make snake jokes. it is so annoying.


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18 Apr 2009, 1:55 pm

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Jesus.


What is he movie about?
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It's something about a witness to a crime who is being flown from Hawaii to California on a commercial flight. He is being escorted by Samuel Jackson. The crime lord or whomever tries to kill the witness be smuggling a crate full of snakes onto the plane, whom are released from the plane mid-flight to kill the witness.

Sam Jackson vs. snakes, basically. On a plane.


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18 Apr 2009, 2:53 pm

It was horrible, utter rubbish. It was a total waste of time watching it.

I think that the film threw away a large number of chances to do good things and just made a dire movie. I would love to know if it got any goldern raspberries.


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18 Apr 2009, 5:36 pm

Woodpecker wrote:
It was horrible, utter rubbish. It was a total waste of time watching it.

I think that the film threw away a large number of chances to do good things and just made a dire movie. I would love to know if it got any goldern raspberries.


The film didn't win any awards; good or bad.

The Golden Raspberry for best picture 2007 went (more deservedly) to: Basic Instinct 2 with the other nominees being (again more deservedly);

BloodRayne (2005) - Romar Entertainment
Lady in the Water (2006) - Warner Bros.
Little Man (2006/I) - Sony; Revolution
The Wicker Man (2006) - Warner Bros.

If you seriously think that this film is bad, you need to watch some of those to broaden your horizons.

Heck, even Steve Martin's Pink Panther wasn't nominated (for worst picture - though it was a nominee for worst remake) and that's one of the worst kind of stuff that belongs in a toilet.

Budget-wise. Snakes on a plane made its money back, plus an extra 1 million in its first 71 days of release in the US alone. Global receipts and DVD receipts are obviously a lot higher. It's considered a "Hit", not a flop.

If you consider that the following cult classics were flops (financially), you'll be surprised that "snakes" did better; (some pretty amazing things at the bottom of the list).

Fight Club (1999)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Office Space (1999)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Donnie Darko (2001)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Blade Runner (1982)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Duck Soup (1933)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Night of the Hunter (1955)
Vertigo (1958)
The Shining (1980)


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