'Snakes' couldn't bite after too much hype
The big Hollywood story this week is the underperformance of New Line Cinema's "Snakes on a Plane." After months of wild Internet hoopla, the kitschy thriller starring cult icon Samuel L. Jackson opened to a dismal $15.4 million -- far below even the most pessimistic estimates.
Was the film itself to blame? I went to North Haven to find out.
I plopped down in an empty cinema, munching Gummi Snakes and ready to pan this fantastic flop. My verdict? "Snakes on a Plane" is a B-movie creature film, retrofit with extra dialogue and camped up to sate its swollen Internet fan base....
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