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| Abnormal Freak Posts: 68/87 |
Originally posted by Arwon This kind of movie is hardly new. Escape from New York? |
| Ziff Posts: 822/1800 |
I've never not proclaimed it's unawesomeness.
It is all summed up by the simple theorum Snakes + Plane = Snakes [on a Plane]. |
| Arwon Posts: 146/631 |
Snakes on a Plane is going to be huge, I think. Whoever came up with this is a genius... this is a movie PERFECTLY aimed at the current pop culture zeitgeist. It's UBER ZEITGEISTY and many many many people will go see it. Honestly, something intentionally, gleefully, seriously, self-consciously terrible is pretty much bound to succeed given how much genuine shit there is out there. This might be the start of a new genre of "terrible/awesome" movies. The tone needs to be right, of course... utterly serious and earnest, not a winking comedy, no Mel Brooks farce. That stuff's obsolete and we demand something subtler. No, this NEEDS to take itself seriously, and I suspect that it will, I suspect anyone with the balls to pitch a movie called "Snakes on a Plane" and the follow-through to draft Samuel L Jackson knows what he's doing. If this does hit that tone, it really is film-making gold.
Yep, irony continues to eat itself, double-back in on itself, layer in on itself and everything else until no-one knows where the parody stops and the seriousness begins. If anywhere. It's not just "cheese" any more, it's not just a MST3K-inspired train-wreck fascination with terribly made movies, I think the trend represented by the excitement for SNAKES ON A PLANE goes beyond all that. One Bruncher said that it must be an elaborate ruse by the Hollywood elite (a break from Homosexualising America, perhaps?). I suspect they may be right... how big is this absurd little "fuck you to actual standards" culture getting? How far could the in-joke go? Could Movie Critics get in on it and start praising the brazen originality and the way it flies in the face of the convention that movies have to be good or make sense? Could Samuel L Jackson win an Oscar? In the post-Simpsons world, is there ANYTHING that can't be layered with irony and satire and double-irony and deadpan humour to utter saturation point? Is nothing sacred!? Will it still be funny if EVERYONE starts proclaiming how awesome it is? "Dude, are you being sarcastic!?" "I don't even know any more!" |
| Valcion Posts: 244/585 |
I'm guessing at the end of the movie Samuel L Jackson and Kenan thompsan will combine and form Mr. T and then he'll go up on top of the plane to fight some giant snake.
That would be badass. |
| Abnormal Freak Posts: 67/87 |
Originally posted by Everybody Wang Chung I thought of the same thing too while typing it. :P Samuel el Jackson. :o Makin' him higher than the common man. But yeah, Samue L. Jackson is fitting. |
| Sin Dogan Posts: 435/861 |
I think it would be hilarious if Samue L. Jackson(L left out intentionally) was playing himself in the movie. Then we would have lines something like this:
"Holy shit, it's Samuel Motherfuckin' Jackson! He'll save us!" Followed by a bitch slap from Samue. Samuel El Jackson? Hahah. I know you were spelling it out for phoenetic reasons, but I'm thinking "Samuel the Jackson". Genius. |
| Apophis Posts: 401/734 |
Originally posted by Abnormal Freak Umm... everything I've seen is the exact opposite. |
| Abnormal Freak Posts: 66/87 |
The movie looks downright hilarious. I'm guessing this is the intent, but, with some filmmakers, you never know. Props to Samuel L. Jackson (why is the L there? It's always pronounced "Samuel Jackson," not "Samuel EL Jackson") for threatening to quit if they changed the title. |
| Apophis Posts: 389/734 |
OMG! MOTHER FUCKER HIT THE SNAKE WITH A TASER! |
| Pikawil Posts: 113/135 |
Here comes THE TRAILER! |
| Skydude Posts: 22/2607 |
Now what really needs to happen with this is a huge box office surge. If people organize and actually go see the movie, no matter how bad it is, that will encourage them to make more movies with such wonderful titles and premises, because they'll think that's actually what people really want to see. And it'll be wonderful. |
| emcee Posts: 198/867 |
It's genius. Why didn't Hollowood think of this earlier? Why bother with confusing nondescriptive titles? Just explain exactly what the movie's about right in the title. Scent of a Woman? Blind Obnoxious Depressed Guy. The Shawshank Redemption? Guys in Prison. The Silence of the Lambs? Cannibal Helps FBI Agent. Dude, Where's My Car? Dudes loses his car. Ok, I guess that ones already done, but you get the point. |
| drjayphd Posts: 250/1170 |
Originally posted by Apophis Braveheart. William Wallace is the hero, but he gets tortured and killed at the end (ZOMG SPOILER!). But since he's played by Mel Gibson and His Martyr Complex, that shouldn't really count. |
| Sin Dogan Posts: 321/861 |
Originally posted by Thoughtless Hmm....And Ice Cube survived in Anaconda(another shitty movie). Seems that if you're a former badass rapper turned actor, you will live in such movies. Yay? |
| Thoughtless Posts: 638/2405 |
Originally posted by Jin DoganOriginally posted by Thoughtless Oh, I meant, LL Cool J survives. Should've made that known in my previous post. Silly me. |
| Apophis Posts: 342/734 |
William Wallace? wtf are you talking about? |
| Sin Dogan Posts: 319/861 |
Originally posted by Thoughtless What's that supposed to mean? Didn't you mention how he died in deep blue sea? Apophis: William Wallace. |
| Apophis Posts: 340/734 |
Originally posted by Thoughtless umm... he's the star of this film. |
| Clockwork JB Posts: 74/267 |
Anyone know when this movie is scheduled for release? |
| Thoughtless Posts: 631/2405 |
I bet Samuel L. Jackson will be killed off in an unexpected way.
Same thing happened in Deep Blue Sea. Where as, for the first time, a black guy survived. |
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