[quote]PGA200X wrote:
The “interviewer” trying to be funny.[/quote]
Ok, OK, so I must be a douche too, cos I thought he was alright 
[quote]molsonman wrote:
You know a movie is bad when they refuse to let any media people into the preview. [/quote]
Going by the responses of the people who have seen it, that may have been the smartest move. Now, any critic who tries to paint this movie in some serious light that doesn’t match the tone, they’ll look like the fuckups for not getting it. I think I stopped listening to critics…well, I never did.
[quote]daven wrote:
Saw it at an advance screening last night. SoaP is one of the most entertaining movies I have seen in a long time. When the entire audience is cheering, laughing, and gasping simultaneously, the movie did something correct. Plus, the Snake-o-Vision camera shots are funny. Yes, this movie has Snake-o-Vision.
High-brow? No.
Intelligent? Not in a million years. Scientificially accurate? Is Prof X a 100# white boy?
Fun and worth seeing? Is Jelena Abbou hot? (that is a ‘hell yeah’, by the way)
And there is one scene during which Pulp Fiction was emulated. Sam Jackson talking to some guy in the same tone as the Jules “English motherfucker, do you speak it” cadence. Which prompted one audience member to say “Do they have snakes in what? Snakes motherfucker, do you have them!”
Besides, you only need two reasons to go see this movie.
- Snakes
- On a motherfuckin plane[/quote]
I also saw it last night and I agree. It was hilarious. The first two/three death scenes are awsome. I don’t care if it has ‘cult’ status and I don’t care about MTV, this just takes me back to good, hard, gory, cheesy, gimmick movies. I loved it.
SoaP and Descent are the most fun I had at the movies this summer, and I went to almost all of the big (and many small) releases.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
PGA200X wrote:
Professor X wrote:
What do you expect today? Can anything truly gain “cult” status anymore the way info gets out? Remember when “Hackers” was a cult classic? I don’t think you can really have those anymore.
What happened to the good ol’ days of Plan 9, John Waters (not a huge fan though), Evil Dead 2, American Psycho, Donnie Darko? I miss those days! (quick list)
Now everything is so MTV glorified its sickening. God, I hate current day pop-culture (except for Jackass). When I direct my first film and audtion actors and actresses the first thing I’ll ask is if they have ever appeared on MTV. If they say yes, they’re done. I hate the MTV generation.
On to SoaP I’ll probably have to go alone as nobody I know whats to see it. Maybe I’ll get drunk as all shit and walk to the theater.
I think part of the problem…is that you watch MTV at all. The rest is the problem of increasing technology. Donnie Darko didn’t get watched in a movie theater. It got watched at home…long after there was any hype, and it stuck in your head for some reason. The same goes for American Psycho (even though I personally didn’t like that movie at all).
Maybe you should be mad at Sam for pimping his own movie. I don’t know…but I think I would do the same thing. Pulp Fiction just put him on near “living legend” status and he may be one of the most well known personalities in film lately. The only other guy who can get people to watch nearly any crap he puts out…is Sean Connery.[/quote]
MTV is literally deleted (blocked) from my TV for the past 4 years since I have been able to do that with my cable box. When I hear little cousins mention this movie who are MTV robots, I cringe.
I saw American Psycho in the theaters 3 times!
[quote]Professor X wrote:
molsonman wrote:
You know a movie is bad when they refuse to let any media people into the preview.
Going by the responses of the people who have seen it, that may have been the smartest move. Now, any critic who tries to paint this movie in some serious light that doesn’t match the tone, they’ll look like the fuckups for not getting it. I think I stopped listening to critics…well, I never did.[/quote]
CNN gave it 3 and 1/2 stars!
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Going by the responses of the people who have seen it, that may have been the smartest move. Now, any critic who tries to paint this movie in some serious light that doesn’t match the tone, they’ll look like the fuckups for not getting it. I think I stopped listening to critics…well, I never did.[/quote]
From CNN:
Ordinarily this makes critics very cranky. But in the case of “Snakes on a Plane” (or “SoaP,” the cutesy acronym by which it’s become known) it was the perfect choice. Because this isn’t the kind of movie you want to see in an intimate theater with a handful of people. This is a movie that is uniquely, ideally suited for the rowdy, crowded communal experience, the likes of which we haven’t seen since “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
I am getting more pumped to watch SoaP with every post on this thread…
[quote]PGA200X wrote:
Its being too heavily promoted and forced to us to be a true cult classic. Its loosing its appeal as a “bad” movie. When MTV viewers are saying “we have to see this movie dooooode. Its sooo the worst its soooo good. Ya kno waaa I meeeeen!” its lost its cult status immediately.[/quote]
Those are my exact thoughts. When I first heard about the movie I thought it would probably be pretty funny. But now I’ve been hearing about it on every friggin’ message board, radio and TV station out there…I’m sick of hearing about it.
Yesterday I heard some radio station promoting a web site where you can have SLJ call your cell phone and leave you a message, bitching you out about skipping work to see the movie and how it’s going to be the best movie of all time. Ridiculous.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Maybe you should be mad at Sam for pimping his own movie.[/quote]
That was my first inclination. Not to be mad, but to be disappointed that he would even feel the need to do that. His status alone and the simple fact that he’s in the movie would seem to be enough to carry the media machine for this movie, IMO. That and the title.
But…the guy has earned a free pass to do whatever he motherfuckin’ wants to do. The MTV Movie Awards speech was pretty damn funny. I still didn’t care for the cell phone thing, though. That was just a bit much…
i don’t have tv at home, so i had no idea what you assclowns were talking about. now though, i am totally going to see this.
[quote]CC wrote:
PGA200X wrote:
Its being too heavily promoted and forced to us to be a true cult classic. Its loosing its appeal as a “bad” movie. When MTV viewers are saying “we have to see this movie dooooode. Its sooo the worst its soooo good. Ya kno waaa I meeeeen!” its lost its cult status immediately.
Those are my exact thoughts. When I first heard about the movie I thought it would probably be pretty funny. But now I’ve been hearing about it on every friggin’ message board, radio and TV station out there…I’m sick of hearing about it.
Yesterday I heard some radio station promoting a web site where you can have SLJ call your cell phone and leave you a message, bitching you out about skipping work to see the movie and how it’s going to be the best movie of all time. Ridiculous.
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LOL. So, they have hyped you out of seeing it? WEAK.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
No.
Samuel L., what the fuck were you thinking…[/quote]
They say nobody swears as much as the British, except people from New Jersey and Samuel L. Jackson !
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Donut62 wrote:
I’ll wait till it hits the cheap seats. Morbid curiousity demands that I see this movie, but it doesn’t demand that I spend 8 bucks on it. I have a feeling this a movie college kids will be getting drunk to for many years.
It is actually getting great reviews from people who have seen it. I go by those more than the critic reviews. Yahoo does a good job of seperating the two categories.[/quote]
I agree but I’m sure as hell not seeing it. Maybe I’ll rent it.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
CC wrote:
PGA200X wrote:
Its being too heavily promoted and forced to us to be a true cult classic. Its loosing its appeal as a “bad” movie. When MTV viewers are saying “we have to see this movie dooooode. Its sooo the worst its soooo good. Ya kno waaa I meeeeen!” its lost its cult status immediately.
Those are my exact thoughts. When I first heard about the movie I thought it would probably be pretty funny. But now I’ve been hearing about it on every friggin’ message board, radio and TV station out there…I’m sick of hearing about it.
Yesterday I heard some radio station promoting a web site where you can have SLJ call your cell phone and leave you a message, bitching you out about skipping work to see the movie and how it’s going to be the best movie of all time. Ridiculous.
LOL. So, they have hyped you out of seeing it? WEAK.[/quote]
Probably wouldn’t have wasted my money on it, anyway. It takes a lot for me to see a movie in theatres, considering how expensive it is these days. The trailers look terrible, IMO, and not in a “so bad, it’s funny” kind of way. The hype machine just confirmed it for me.
I’m sure I’ll probably still see it on DVD…that is if someone else has it and I’m at their house.
[quote]CC wrote:
That was my first inclination. Not to be mad, but to be disappointed that he would even feel the need to do that. His status alone and the simple fact that he’s in the movie would seem to be enough to carry the media machine for this movie, IMO. That and the title.
But…the guy has earned a free pass to do whatever he motherfuckin’ wants to do. The MTV Movie Awards speech was pretty damn funny. I still didn’t care for the cell phone thing, though. That was just a bit much…
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Based on this post and your previous one, I think you take things way too seriously man. Sit back and let yourself laugh a little.
BTW, I can’t wait to see this movie.
Weird… saw a brief paper ad about this one a couple months ago and the first thought that popped into my mind was “huh… Snakes on a MOTHERF*CKING plane! whaaat?” hahhah. Guess it wasn’t that weird afterall.
Gotta go see it.
[quote]SprinterOne wrote:
Based on this post and your previous one, I think you take things way too seriously man.[/quote]
Think what you want. I think it’s ridiculous that you make an assumption about my personality based on two posts on a message board.
I laugh all the time. Comedies are by far my favorite genre of movies. I don’t think this movie looks funny at all, simple as that.
Thanks for this thread guys. I thought it was gonna be the stupidest shit ever (it kinda is, which is great) when I first saw the trailer. I really didn’t consider how much potential for a fun time this movie has. Today’s strong words keeps getting funnier for some reason. Anyway, I’m gonna go see it for sure.
Are you fucking kidding me!
My wife and I have been waitning for this movie for months!
I am a huge Sam Jackson fan, I’ve seen Jackie Brown about 8 times.