Trailer Review: Snakes on a Plane

Trailer: Quicktime

Starring: Samuel L. Jackson

Director: David Ellis

Release Date: 24 August 2006

Rating: M15+

First Impressions: Just when you thought Hollywood couldn’t come out with a shittier movie, BANG! Out comes Snakes on a Plane. While that may seem a bit harsh, I have very little expectation for a movie with a name that is so shit. I mean if the producers couldn’t even come up with a creative name, then what chance does the storyline in the movie have? Seriously? I can’t imagine myself sitting and watching people getting attacked by snakes for 105 minutes. If I wanted to see that, I would watch a nature documentary or something like “When Snakes Go Bad”.

After Trailer: Well, I have to say that the trailer certainly makes a better impression on me than expected. It starts off saying “They are the deadliest creatures on earth.” Talk about hyping it up! I don’t know about “the deadliest”, I think a shark can be pretty deadly as well. It would be better saying “one of”. I think the director of this movie stuck to a simple formula. Plane + Thunderstorm + Snakes + Screaming = Movie. The director’s a genius! All the chaos that happens on the plane is apparently caused by snakes. How is that possible? I mean where was the pilot? Glass cracking by itself? These are some damn smart snakes! They must be using mind control or something! As for the trailer, they do a good job of intensifying the situation by using quick cut scenes and a heartbeat which forever beats faster until everything goes “deadly” quiet and a snake lunges at the camera. One question still remains though, how the hell did they get on the plane?!?!? For those of you who are saying “But its got Samuel L. Jackson in it so it must be good!” Sorry, he went down a notch in my book after he made a dick of himself at the Emmys. I hope this movie isn’t a hit otherwise we’ll end up with a whole bunch of movies called “Sharks on a Boat” and “Bombs on a Bus” (aka Speed 3).

“Arrrggh! I can’t believe how shit the
name of this movie is”

Man Quotient: 4.39 (Derived from a complex formula of explosions and babes)

Chick Flick Quotient: -1.46 (Derived from a complex formula of emotional scenes and Hugh Grant)

Final Recommendation on Trailer: It is a pretty well done trailer which does exactly what it sets out to do, entices you to go and see the movie. Watch the trailer as it’s pretty intense.

Final Recommendation on Movie: Well, from what I’ve heard from people this movie seems to be alright and the trailer sure makes it look that way (given that I had really low expectations). The trailer certainly doesn’t give too much of the story line away. Still the trailer would have had to be absolutely brilliant to convince me to see this movie and it fell well short.