Monday, September 11, 2006
SNAKES ON A PLANE
Saturday night the wife and I went out to dinner at Arundel Mills, mainly because it was close to work where I needed to grab a file from my computer, and also because it was the only local theater still showing “Snakes on a Plane”. We sat down at Blue Star Grill, which by décor and design specializes in down home American cuisine. She ordered a fish sandwich, which while not really special was not bad. Unfortunately, the cole slaw that was served with it had gone off. It didn’t detract from the rest of the meal, though, and in fact we kept forgetting to mention it to the waitress until after we received our check. I had the meatloaf, which was done perfectly tender and tasty. I was disconcerted to see that the onion rings that the menu said were served with it were only two in number. Just as well, I suppose, as the three slices of meatloaf were very filling all on their own, but let the buyer beware.
“Snakes on a Plane” is just as fun and enjoyable as it sounds. The first movie to proudly advertise that it bowed to internet pressure in its creation, it never tries to be anything more than the outrageous scream-fest that it is. Since it was not a true horror movie, I had a hard time watching some of the more gruesome deaths, and my wife had to get past the fact that she shouldn’t actually be rooting for the snakes, but the movie had so much non-stop energy that both were fleeting moments in our ride through the movie. I’ll need to do a little research to find out exactly which scenes were changed due to the chat room factor, but I’m sure that will be explicitly packaged as an extra on the DVD.
Saturday night the wife and I went out to dinner at Arundel Mills, mainly because it was close to work where I needed to grab a file from my computer, and also because it was the only local theater still showing “Snakes on a Plane”. We sat down at Blue Star Grill, which by décor and design specializes in down home American cuisine. She ordered a fish sandwich, which while not really special was not bad. Unfortunately, the cole slaw that was served with it had gone off. It didn’t detract from the rest of the meal, though, and in fact we kept forgetting to mention it to the waitress until after we received our check. I had the meatloaf, which was done perfectly tender and tasty. I was disconcerted to see that the onion rings that the menu said were served with it were only two in number. Just as well, I suppose, as the three slices of meatloaf were very filling all on their own, but let the buyer beware.
“Snakes on a Plane” is just as fun and enjoyable as it sounds. The first movie to proudly advertise that it bowed to internet pressure in its creation, it never tries to be anything more than the outrageous scream-fest that it is. Since it was not a true horror movie, I had a hard time watching some of the more gruesome deaths, and my wife had to get past the fact that she shouldn’t actually be rooting for the snakes, but the movie had so much non-stop energy that both were fleeting moments in our ride through the movie. I’ll need to do a little research to find out exactly which scenes were changed due to the chat room factor, but I’m sure that will be explicitly packaged as an extra on the DVD.
# posted by Renfield @ 12:50 PM 
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"Snakes on a Plane" was a great experience ... in theaters. It'd be cool if they had a commentary track of an opening night audience reaction!
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