Snakes on a Plane
Aug. 18th, 2006 12:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kybearfuzzWell, class has been mostly a mix of boring lectures and questionable usefulness. A good lecture will appear, but most are mediocre at best. I've stressed out a lot this week over it. So to heal the wounded soul and troubled mind, I did the unthinkable, I went to see a movie about snakes and flying, stressful things in themselves and even more so together.
Samuel L. Jackson plays it cool in Snakes on a Plane
The movie theater across the street from the hotel was playing Snakes on a Plane tonight at 10 PM. The theater was full of local teens and I was sitting next to a girl who was just as squeamish about snakes as I am. I expected the kids to be true to form, talking through the flick, but they were actually pretty fun, laughing when appropriate, screaming when appropriate, and clapping when appropriate. It was a great experience.
As for the movie itself, Samuel L. Jackson plays an FBI agent who is traveling with a witness to a murder from Hawaii to Los Angeles. The murderer is in the mob and arranges for snakes to be sent with the cargo and devises a way to release them during the flight. The passengers have to deal with poisonous snakes at high altitudes, keeping from being bitten while getting that plane back on the ground.
The plot is relatively simple, but there are few slow moments in this movie. It starts and just keeps on going at a very tense pace. Now I hate snakes, they scare me to no end, so this movie had me jumping and cringing left and right. I've not been startled this much since I saw A Nightmare on Elm Street for the first time when I was a kid. There are some truly dark comedic moments in the movie when people are being bitten in some very tender areas and in unusual situations (slight spoiler hint -- "mile high club").
It's now late and I have another day in class tomorrow, bright and early. I'm going to be a real mess in the morning, but I don't really give a flying f**k (as apparently it can get you bitten by a snake).
Did I enjoy the movie? Every moment, especially those through my fingers over my eyes.
Would I watch it again? Oh, heck yeah....
Buy the DVD? I don't think I could avoid it.
Samuel L. Jackson plays it cool in Snakes on a Plane
The movie theater across the street from the hotel was playing Snakes on a Plane tonight at 10 PM. The theater was full of local teens and I was sitting next to a girl who was just as squeamish about snakes as I am. I expected the kids to be true to form, talking through the flick, but they were actually pretty fun, laughing when appropriate, screaming when appropriate, and clapping when appropriate. It was a great experience.
As for the movie itself, Samuel L. Jackson plays an FBI agent who is traveling with a witness to a murder from Hawaii to Los Angeles. The murderer is in the mob and arranges for snakes to be sent with the cargo and devises a way to release them during the flight. The passengers have to deal with poisonous snakes at high altitudes, keeping from being bitten while getting that plane back on the ground.
The plot is relatively simple, but there are few slow moments in this movie. It starts and just keeps on going at a very tense pace. Now I hate snakes, they scare me to no end, so this movie had me jumping and cringing left and right. I've not been startled this much since I saw A Nightmare on Elm Street for the first time when I was a kid. There are some truly dark comedic moments in the movie when people are being bitten in some very tender areas and in unusual situations (slight spoiler hint -- "mile high club").
It's now late and I have another day in class tomorrow, bright and early. I'm going to be a real mess in the morning, but I don't really give a flying f**k (as apparently it can get you bitten by a snake).
Did I enjoy the movie? Every moment, especially those through my fingers over my eyes.
Would I watch it again? Oh, heck yeah....
Buy the DVD? I don't think I could avoid it.
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