and here with some commentary is a grumpy old man

[rone]

You know, there was this dumb gorefest film in a claustrophic setting that counted Samuel L. Jackson among its stars and scary animals as the nemesis.  It was called "Deep Blue Sea".  It sucked and it did poorly.  Now we have "Pacific Air 121", with all the same core qualities, except this time it's been hyped to death, given a stupid yet catchy title, and somehow you people think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread.  It isn't.  It's still a stupid movie.  The whole "so dumb it's fun" thing has been done to death by pro wrestling, Norm McDonald, and the Bush Administration.  So if that's what you like, sure, go watch the movie.  But let's not pretend that somehow this dumb movie is better than other dumb movies.  I didn't see you people lining up to go watch "Dungeons & Dragons", after all.

Comments

[zonereyrie.livejournal.com]

The problem with Deep Blue Sea is that it seemed to take itself seriously.

Snakes on a Plane doesn't take itself seriously at all from all impressions. It is a Hong Kong movie made in the US. Not all bad movies are created equal.

And it has Samuel L. Jackson, one of the best scenery chewers in the business. He makes movies like Formula 51 fun.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

Indeed -- my initial comment on walking out of the theater was "this is the STUPIDEST thing I have ever seen that wasn't made in Hong Kong." And I say this as someone with a deep and abiding love for intensely stupid HK flicks.

DBS was entertaining enough, in a big dumb action flick movie sort of way. But it didn't seem to realize it was nothing but a big dumb action movie, while SOAP positively revels in its campy over-the-top dumbness.

(And it had the best gratuitous yap-dog scene I've seen since "Blade 3", which was also pretty damn stupid.)