Seen any good movies lately?
Read any good reviews?
Here's a review of Snakes on a Plane that's worth reading even if you have no intention of seeing the film.
Perhaps especially if you have no intention of seeing the film.
Scroll up to see the first paragraph. There is some (dear, dear) language.
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Primula Baggins
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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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superwizard
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See it. I went to the sneak preview last night at 10pm and it was SO awesome. "Enough is enough!! I've had it with these #$^$%& snakes on this @$%$ plane!!!!" 
Of course, if you're hoping for delicately structured character development or a complex, original plot, Snakes on a Plane will probably not be very satisfying. It's definitely not like any other horror/action movies I've seen, though. The characters are quite stereotypical, but it works to the film's benefit. If you want to see my thoughts of the movie just after I saw it, you can read it at the b77 thread here. Warning - I did not censor myself there as I would have here, and there are some spoilers although I think I labelled the only spoiling spoilers and put them in white.
I would recommend it highly, though, if you're looking for a fantastic theater experience.
Something along the lines of Rocky Horror, as SOAP had a huge cult following even before it hit theaters.
Of course, if you're hoping for delicately structured character development or a complex, original plot, Snakes on a Plane will probably not be very satisfying. It's definitely not like any other horror/action movies I've seen, though. The characters are quite stereotypical, but it works to the film's benefit. If you want to see my thoughts of the movie just after I saw it, you can read it at the b77 thread here. Warning - I did not censor myself there as I would have here, and there are some spoilers although I think I labelled the only spoiling spoilers and put them in white.
I would recommend it highly, though, if you're looking for a fantastic theater experience.
Something along the lines of Rocky Horror, as SOAP had a huge cult following even before it hit theaters.
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Primula Baggins
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She's my favorite film reviewer. Her utter demolition of the last Matrix movie was a thing of beauty and a joy forever (ETA: though it is apparently not the version she chose to archive on her site. 
). And I never even saw that one, either.
). And I never even saw that one, either.
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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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superwizard
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My sons had about the same reaction.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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superwizard
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Really the thing is that even for people who praise themselves to like 'mentally stimulating movies' want to know what happenes in a movie they watch. Telling the audience to "think about it yourselves" is ok as long as at the end they tell you! I don't want to spoil it for anyone and say how it ends but suffice to say anyone that's seen it knows what I'm talking about.