Fucking lol
Jan. 2nd, 2007 10:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
croikSo just the other day I was complaining to TK about movie critics (every review for The Descent complained about it either being too feminist or not enough, which, regardless if you like the movie or not, is a ridiculous reason to put down a HORROR FILM). And then Jekka sent her this FUCKING BEAUTIFUL review of Snakes on a Plane. Which, I'll add, I just finished watching a few hours ago, for the third time. Here's a snip of brilliance:
For this reason, I feel SNAKES is more emotionally and culturally important than the recent WTC or UNITED 93. It's using a horror movie to help us cope with the imcomprehensible horror of 9/11. And it also triumphantly reminds us of the fact that there hasn't been any successful plane-related terrorism since 9/11. Not even pissed-off poisonous snakes in a confined environment can bring down the U.S.A.
U-S-A!! U-S-A!! U-S-A!!!!!!
"This is the best 9/11 movie ever made. WORLD TRADE CENTER and UNITED 93 are too blunt, too intense, and too soon. They confront the event too directly, making them too painful to properly digest. SNAKES ON A PLANE allows us to view the tragedy from a distance, with the snakes as a metaphor for the terrorists from that sad day. But unlike 9/11, the good guys actually win this time, making this a cathartic and ultimately healing American experience. Stories we tell ourselves as a culture sometimes matter more than the true events.
For this reason, I feel SNAKES is more emotionally and culturally important than the recent WTC or UNITED 93. It's using a horror movie to help us cope with the imcomprehensible horror of 9/11. And it also triumphantly reminds us of the fact that there hasn't been any successful plane-related terrorism since 9/11. Not even pissed-off poisonous snakes in a confined environment can bring down the U.S.A. Yes, it's a schlocky b-movie monster junk film. But its true cultural value is its ability to help us as a nation come to terms with the tragedy of 9/11. It effectively reopens that wound and, in its own strange way, administers just the right antivenom.
This movie is far and above BETTER than they are making out that it is; it is not merely the best movie of our generation, but a testament to our humanity. Snakes on a Plane is the tale of one man among many facing the trials of more than four hundred snakes--on a plane. This epic will go down as the height of mankind."
I can't confirm if it's in jest or serious, but either way my amusement is unending.
For this reason, I feel SNAKES is more emotionally and culturally important than the recent WTC or UNITED 93. It's using a horror movie to help us cope with the imcomprehensible horror of 9/11. And it also triumphantly reminds us of the fact that there hasn't been any successful plane-related terrorism since 9/11. Not even pissed-off poisonous snakes in a confined environment can bring down the U.S.A.
U-S-A!! U-S-A!! U-S-A!!!!!!
"This is the best 9/11 movie ever made. WORLD TRADE CENTER and UNITED 93 are too blunt, too intense, and too soon. They confront the event too directly, making them too painful to properly digest. SNAKES ON A PLANE allows us to view the tragedy from a distance, with the snakes as a metaphor for the terrorists from that sad day. But unlike 9/11, the good guys actually win this time, making this a cathartic and ultimately healing American experience. Stories we tell ourselves as a culture sometimes matter more than the true events.
For this reason, I feel SNAKES is more emotionally and culturally important than the recent WTC or UNITED 93. It's using a horror movie to help us cope with the imcomprehensible horror of 9/11. And it also triumphantly reminds us of the fact that there hasn't been any successful plane-related terrorism since 9/11. Not even pissed-off poisonous snakes in a confined environment can bring down the U.S.A. Yes, it's a schlocky b-movie monster junk film. But its true cultural value is its ability to help us as a nation come to terms with the tragedy of 9/11. It effectively reopens that wound and, in its own strange way, administers just the right antivenom.
This movie is far and above BETTER than they are making out that it is; it is not merely the best movie of our generation, but a testament to our humanity. Snakes on a Plane is the tale of one man among many facing the trials of more than four hundred snakes--on a plane. This epic will go down as the height of mankind."
I can't confirm if it's in jest or serious, but either way my amusement is unending.
