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And now, a review:

"Snakes on a Plane";

What can I say? The hype, the cliches, the tiny purse dogs--they're all there, and they all do exactly what they're supposed to do. So, what does that mean? Is this a good movie? A great movie? A terribly silly movie with a too-oft-done-style? Or is it a movie so awful, so disgusting, so gloriously predictable and surprising at the same time that it completely "blows the mind"?!
It's that last one.

Samuel L. Jackson is a cool fed, tough but amiable. Nathan Phillips is Jackson's charge, a protected witness against a sick little bugger, played by Byron Lawson. Julianna Margulies is a flight attendant with enough of a sense of humor to handle working with David Koechner's irritating but funny pilot. All of that said, this movie was amazing.

The snakes were slithery, the festering bites were revolting, and a few of the attacks were even rewarding. (There were maybe two people I didn't like being killed... just TWO... that's a record for me). The people who survived were interesting enough to keep the movie going even after the initial excitement of HOLY CRAP SNAKES ARE POURING OUT OF THE... HOLY AAAA, SNAKES EVERYWHERE!

If you're anything like Indiana Jones, then you probably don't want to see this movie. But to anyone who can deal with a couple of creepy crawlies, even if you don't like horror/panic movies, this is a fun one. The cast is fantastic, even if it clearly isn't their best acting. The characters are as fun as they are annoying, and some are even as likeable as they are supposed to be, and in this sort of movie, that's amazing. It's gross, exciting, even nervewracking at times, and in the end, people came out of the theatre smiling... and for once, I think the smiles were ALL thanks to the movie.

I'm not a big fan of this type of movie. The only reason I saw "Towering Inferno" was for Paul Newman, and "Poseidon Adventure" and any subsequent remakes give me the willies. Somehow, though, this movie was just fine. Maybe it was the idea that Samuel L. Jackson had it all under control--maybe it's like my friend said: "Samuel Jackson is everyone's dad."

Whatever the reason, I don't care what other reviewers may say. The most fantastic moment in that movie was when Samuel L. Jackson yelled his eagerly awaited line: "I've had it with these mother f-ing snakes on this mother f-ing plane!" Doesn't matter who you are; that line, from that man, makes this movie a hit!

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(I'm trying out this not actually swearing thing... what do you think?)