So Samuel L. Jackson called me tonight. No seriously! He wanted to make sure I was planning to go see “Snakes on a Plane,” the best motherfuckin’ movie ever! Actually he was a bit threatening, but that’s Sammy for ya! “My name’s Pit and your ass ain’t talkin’ your way out of it.” -one of my favorite Jules Winfield lines, i almost have “the Bonnie situation” from Pulp Fiction memorized, i’m a pretty big Sammy fan!
Yet I have tried to resist the marketing phenomenon that is “Snakes On A Plane,” it is utterly ridiculous how much hype there is for this movie based on the name (tho it is a great motherfuckin’ name). But I swear the closer we get to the opening, the more I think I have to see it! How do they do that? Rumor has it that Sammy signed on without reading the script based on the name, which I really don’t have a problem believing because I saw an interview with him years ago when they called him the hardest working man in hollywood because he said at that time, just after Pulp Fiction, he had never ever turned down a role. Which could explain why he’s been in quite a few stinkers (aka “Deep Blue Sea”). Surely, by now he occasionally says no, but then again I saw “The Man,” at the drive in just last year, p-u!
Anyway, even the movie studio execs are blown away by what’s going on with SoaP. I read they actually went in and re-edited to add more camp because that’s what people are expecting and they were actually taking it semi-serious when they filmed it. And while it’s not expected to make PotC:DMC ca$h, with a budget of a mere $30+ million, it will probably set some kind of crazy record for profits. God I hope it plays at the drive in. In the meantime I’m staying far, far away from the whole Ricky Bobby business, I soo don’t get the Will Ferrel thing.
Anywhooo.. I bet movie execs will work harder to come up with more clever movie titles instead of just sticking the word Lethal in front of something -seriously, do a search on imdb.com (one of my favorite websites) on the word Lethal. There are like 60 movies that come up. I mean would people be as excited to see “Snakes on a Plane,” if they had gone with “Lethal Landing” or “Lethal Air”? I think not. Although, Lethal Snakes on a Plane might have worked out well.
** Potential plot hole warning!: My understanding is that this infamous plane filled with snakes takes off from Hawaii… There are no snakes in Hawaii! Seriously, I used to live there and once in awhile they actually would find a snake on a plane, usually a cargo plane, and usually from Guam where there are no birds because there are so many snakes. Anyway, I am curious to see if they will address that issue, not that it matters… It’s Sammy, and it’s Snakes on a motherfuckin’ Plane! (of course it’ll be no “Superman Returns”)
ps: Sammy can call you too, or you can have him call a friend from the website. but i honestly have no idea who told him to call me.
