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That about sums it up. Is it a mind-blowing, existential experience? Of course not. Does it deliver after months of hype and a summer full of less than stellar theatrical releases? Better believe it. It ain't perfect, but damn if it's not entertaining as hell.
I'll be seeing this later. I'll get back to you on it. You can always check the IMDB.com thread for snakes. People usually ask what's in it, in the message board.
Unfortunately, Bert, the boobs and drugs are actually present together in the same scene when a randy stoner couple decides to join the mile-high club.
I saw this last night and boy does seeing it in a packed theater really make a difference.
Everybody was cheering when the title came up, and when Samuel would say a catch phrase. It was a blast to watch with all the commotion.
As a movie it's pretty much what the title suggests: snakes on a plane. If they're hadn't been so much counter-hype about the film what is percieved as campy in the movie would have probably been seen as dumb. Had it not been for it's title and the power of the internet.
I hope this movie makes a crapload of money. It shows that you can still have fun in Hollywood.
I only want to see this at a midnight showing with a bunch of potheads cheering everytime Samuel L. Jackson says "There are snakes on the mothaf***in plane!" That would just make my day.
Well, this was, to say the least... phenomenal! Probably the most chaotic movie I've seen in a long time. These critters unleashed more hell than I could've imagined and the bites! Oh, the bites! The nastiest was when they suck open the little kid's arm to suck out the venom. That was certainly cringe-worthy. My favorite part was the introduction of the python. I was led to believe it was only small snakes so that part was definitely awesome.
The theater wasn't packed (I'd say only a fourth was filled) but people were still going nuts. They cheered at Jackson's name, at the title, at Jackson's introduction, hell, they actually shouted the "mothaf**kin' snakes" line with him. People were having a ball and I was too. I can't believe a movie so Hollywood could be so good.
I just got back from it. Wow. Very good. Very good. I jumped a couple of times due to surprises. It was great. You could predict a couple things though.
SPOLIERS:
Man going to bathroom - snakes bites dick -Predicted.
One of the kids would get biten
Dude at end almost biten.
Someone would take over as captain
Well thats not many predictable things but all and all the movie was awesome. Samuel Jackson swearing, hot chicks and chaotic fighting.
Thanks Syco and Andrew for the tip. The scene in question was indeed a bit much, and I would have had to listen (yet again) to the "poor judgment" lecture -- and nobody needs that...
But this film absolutely delivers on every promise it makes. The set-up drags on a bit long, but once we are in the air, the payoff is good enough to forgive all that.
I jumped a couple of times -- very seldom does that happen. And I can't think of a single body part that doesn't end up with a snake latched onto it at some point. For me, the biggest cringe was the eye-bite. Lord, that was just gruesome.
The main guy (not Jackson, the other guy) was a pretty poor actor. He isn't very likable and that drags the film down a bit. The main bad guy is also kind of weak, and he has very little screen time. And putting the kids (even a baby) in danger like that is kind of a cheap device that might turn some people off.
But all in all a great summer flick. One of the best, for sure. And this will definitely play better in the theater with a fired up audience -- you should see it there -- as the film will probably be diminished watching it in your quiet livingroom in a few months.
And did anybody notice -- they never catch the main bad guy??
So we'll be seeing another one of these. I would bank on it. If anybody caught Jackson on The Daily Show, he was already talking sequel....
I hate Asylum Entertainment so freakin much. I swear to god that as soon as they hear a title for a big horror movie they have a way to put their garbage spin on the story and sell it straight to DVD almost immediately.
Check out The Slaughterhouse Massacre that they put out last year. Talk about funny as hell and I think they have a movie called Chaos that is coming on DVD in Sep that was an obvious rip off of Last House on the Left....yeah...like we need a remake of that.
EDIT: Here is the synopsis of the plot for Asylum's Snakes on a Train:
Under a powerful Mayan curse, snakes are hatched inside a young woman, slowly devouring her from within. Her only chance for survival is a powerful shaman who lives across the border. With only hours to live, she jumps on a train headed for Los Angeles. Unfortunately for the passengers aboard, they are now trapped, soon to be victims of these flesh-eating vipers.
LMAO! And with Asylum, I can only guess where the Snakes exit the woman's body. Yeah, it's like that...
I hope the Snakes on Plane sequel uses this title though. I think it would be kinda cool. The area would be a little bigger and maybe the train is going so fast that it is on a crash collision course with something else. And Samuel L. Jackson saying, "Now there are snakes on the mothaf***in train!" would just be icing on the cake.
Guy, I completely agree with you. I think my "favorite" Asylum title was "Post Impact," released around the same time as "The Day After Tommorrow." Because, you know, the world really needed two versions of the same crappy movie.