I first became dimly aware of this upcoming movie during the MTV awards show. Back then, Samuel L. Jackson said, while presenting the award for best movie of MTV Movie Awards said,
"I'm here tonight to present the award everyone's been waiting for: best movie. This award holds a special place in my heart because next year I'll be winning it for Snakes on a Plane. Now I know, I know that sounds cocky, but I don't give a damn. I'm guaranteeing that Snakes on a Plane will win best movie next year. Does not matter what else is coming out. New James Bond... no snakes in that! Ocean's 13... where my snakes at? Shrek the Third... green, but not a snake. No movie shall triumph over Snakes on a Plane. Unless I happen to feel like making a movie called Mo' Motha-fuckin' Snakes on Mo' Motha-fuckin' Planes."
Needless to say, I was speechless.
Turns out, SoaP(Snake on a Plane) had quite a internet follow after a blog entry was made by screenwriter Josh Friedman, who had been offered a chance to work on the script.
In it he said:
"Snakes on a Plane. Holy shit, I'm thinking. It's a title. It's a concept. It's a poster and a logline and whatever else you need it to be. It's perfect. Perfect. It's the Everlasting Gobstopper of movie titles."
You should read the actual post, I just don't do it justice.
http://hucksblog.blogspot.com/2005/08/snakes-on-motherfucking-plane.html
At one the movie studio wanted to change the movie title to something less campy, but good Samuel Jackson would have none of it. In August 2005, a perturbed Samuel L. Jackson told an interviewer, "We're totally changing that back. That's the only reason I took the job: I read the title."
Sam Jackson's pretty sure he's doing a movie called SNAKES ON A PLANE. And if Sam Jackson thinks he's doing a movie called SNAKES ON A PLANE...you're doing a movie called SNAKES ON A PLANE.
In another interview in early 2006, Jackson claimed that once he learned about the movie title being changed he said: "What are you doing here? It's not Gone with the Wind. It's not On the Waterfront. It's Snakes on a Plane!"
In recognition of the unprecedented Internet buzz for what had been a minor movie in their 2006 line-up, New Line Cinema ordered five days of additional shooting in early March 2006 (principal photography had wrapped in September 2005). While re-shoots normally imply problems with a film, the producers opted to add new scenes to the film to take the movie from PG-13 into R-rated territory and bring the movie in line with growing fan expectations.
Now, with like this, you just know its going to be silly. You just know its going stupid, corny and predictable. But it might just be fun. Hell, the movie has just to got be cool especially with Sam Jackson saying:
"That's it! I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!". |
