- Directed by David R. Ellis
- Starring Samuel L. Jackson
- This movie pretty much delivers on all its promise. There are a lot of snakes... and they're on one plane...to be used an assassination weapon... Anybody still taking this movie seriously from this point on shouldn't even be watching this movie. The concept is out of this world, the movie internal logic doesn't make any sense (the story development towards the end comes out nowhere), the acting senseless and unbelievable (most characters are created just to be disposed off in gory ways), the special effects 10 years behind its time (neither the snakes or the plane look even close to real). In short, this movie is totally ridiculous. The thing is, the movie also knows that it's totally ridiculous, so it never pretends to be something it's not, but rather tries to maximize its cheapness for comedic effect. Snakes on a Plane is great in a 'It's so very bad it's so very good' kind of way (reminiscence of "The Core"). So when Samuel Jackson's character exclaims "I'm sick of these mother%#$@# snakes on this mother&@#*( plane!!!!", you don't ponder about who the heck wrote this crap, you laugh and yell "Now bring on the next mother*&(@$ snake on this mother*&(@$ plane!!!!". Great campy fun. If you're the type who can have a good time laughing at a bad movie, see this now. -Comment written by Dear-
- Directed by Paul Greengrass
- Starring Polly Adams, Nancy McDoniel, Susan Blommaert, Ray Charleson
- Director Greengrass chose not to choose any well-known actors for this movie, which is a very risky decision. Usually when tragic events are adapted into movies, the temptation is to create central characters with interesting backgrounds for the audience to relate to. There are no such characters here, but this ends up working well for this movie. When you see nameless passengers desperately trying to survive, the impact is much more real and traumatic than seeing A-list actors pretending to die. Perhaps because of this, the movie side-steps the usual trap of making the main characters sacrifice his/her life for his country or whatever. The characters here aren't attacking the terrorists to save the people on the ground, but to save their own lives. They may not be heroic or patriotic as the media usually claimed them to be, but they are also wonderfully human, and that is what makes this movie memorable. -Comment written by Dear-
- Directed by Alejandro Agresti
- Starring Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves
- Adaptation of a famous Korean romantic fantasy "Il Mare", this movie is about a love relationship between two people in different time spans. This time-travel thing causes a few confusing plots and sometimes doesn't make sense. Somehow the chemistry between the two leads helps it work. Romantic and sweet with happy-ending. It is rather strange, though, for Sandra Bullock to play a serious and calm girl, rather than funny and clownish in her other comedy movies.
