A Break from the Art-House Films

One of my former roommates before I got married is Peter McFarland. We have kept in touch over the years and frequently will go to movies. We have the same tastes so we tend to go to the more off beat types of films or those that typically play in South Bend for about a week before disappearing. More of the art-house type films, or documentaries and foreign films. We occasionally go to the big blockbusters too, because we aren't movie snobs, disdaining anything that makes gazillions of dollars.

But last night, we went to "Snakes on a Plane." This is a movie that promises nothing more than what the title delivers. Not a movie that we'll be seeing on the ballot at our Oscar party next spring. How was it? Well, not all that bad really. Some rather intense scenes at times, combined with some fairly good humor. Not quite the low budget, bad acting experience I was expecting. But no, it wasn't Shakespeare either. If you know anything about all the hype about this movie, then you know about Samuel L. Jackson's big line, that was suggested by internet bloggers and actually incorporated into the movie. He says something along the lines of wanting these darn snakes off the darn plane.

Hey, what can I say? Sometimes you are just in the mood for some silly fun at the movies.