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Snakes on The Net Fail to Put Butts in the Seats
Lev13than writes "An article in The Globe & Mail discusses the disappointing performance of Snakes on a Plane. Despite extensive Internet hype and unprecedented audience involvement in the movie's development, it barely slithered into first place with a meager $13.8M weekend box office. 'The Internet stuff was just fun that people were having with it, but I don't think that necessarily meant that those people wanted to see the movie... those who had made that decision based their decision more on the traditional marketing than on all this Internet buzz.' Was all of the hype about blogger power just that — hype?"
apparently there are snake in the Mother F***in Theater as well
Did any of you actually see the movie?
It was hilarious!
I don't like scary movies and I really don't like snakes. A friend dragged me to this movie and I don't know the last time I has such an emotional roller coaster. I was scared (the surprised kind) but laughing the entire film.
I was physically hurting when I got out.
Also SoaP is filled with great one liners.
I can't wait to see Snakes on a Plane on a Plane (in flight movie). That will be the day!
Joel
Burn Bright or Fade Away
Large production? $10 million went to make this movie, $20 million went to marketting.
Yes. It wasn't spam.
You got it because someone deliberately sent it to you.
Somebody had to go to the SoaP website and make the message, which could either be sent to a mobile phone, or email.
Too bad you didn't listen to it more closely, you might have been able to tell who sent it. Each message could be customized, for example, to have Samuel L. Jackson say something like: "You and your girlfriend Rebecca are on a plane, full of snakes! Listen to me and you'll survive!"
All in all, it was pretty nifty, motherfuckin' snakes and all.
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You must not have seen this movie in theatres. It was an incredible experience. The entire audience was into it, and this movie will be lost if you do not see it with a good audience. This is not something that can be duplicated anywhere else. I was in a theatre full of people, ready to see snakes on a motherfucking plane, and bringing that energy with them. Watching this alone on DVD would NOT be the same. At all.
Not that its not a bit whacked out, but the reason the snakes were going nuts was due to pheromones sprayed onto the leis (the flowery things) that the passengers were wearing. Also, they had them crew through the AC wires early in the movie. It was still a great, but cheesy movie.
Crappy boring movie does marginally well at the box office despite having been laughed at by people on the internet for quite some time now.
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A friend (or, possibly, an enemy) of yours signed you up for that. They had a web site where you could put in a phone number, and then a few things like what the person does for a living, a hobby, a method of transporation, a noun and an adjective (no, sorry, the last two are Mad-libs.) and you'll get a call from Samuel L. Jackson's voice with the appropriate things filled in. (So, I guess it pretty much is a Mad-lib.)
As an interesting aside, the caller ID should have been your friend's phone number (or whatever number they entered on the web site). I don't know by what method they spoofed the caller ID - I didn't even know it was legal.
If the masses can keep you down, you're not the Ubermensch.
Lets compare this to some other movies that have a similar target audience (source: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/):
Anaconda:
MPAA Rating: PG-13 Production Budget: N/A
Opening Weekend: $16,620,887
(2,456 theaters, $6,767 average)
% of Total Gross: 25.2%
A's: 38 5.7%
B's: 175 26.1%
C's: 261 38.9%
D's: 118 17.6%
F's: 79 11.8%
Anaconda THE HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID:
MPAA Rating: PG-13 Production Budget: $20 million
Opening Weekend: $12,812,287
(2,905 theaters, $4,410 average)
% of Total Gross: 39.7%
A's: 33 12.9%
B's: 33 12.9%
C's: 64 25.1%
D's: 46 18.0%
F's: 79 31.0%
Snakes On A Plane:
MPAA Rating: R Production Budget: $33 million
Opening Weekend: $13,806,311
(3,555 theaters, $3,883 average)
% of Total Gross: 82.9%
A's: 159 54.8%
B's: 72 24.8%
C's: 15 5.2%
D's: 7 2.4%
F's: 37 12.8%
I'm guessing that if this would of been pg-13, it would of done better. Skip the nude, and add the catch phrase.
It might of also helped if people like me that went to the first local showing weren't forced to respond with a 'meh' as far as the movie goes. It was pretty obvious this wasnt originally intended to be R rated. The CG was very good, and I did get suprised a couple of times, but I wanted more snake killing (with associated gore). I found it odd that when the snakes attacked people it was gory, but the people didn't really actively fight back they just screamed and ran.
I know this is post 9/11 airplane stuff, so its not like everyone has a huge knife or a sword, but they could of fashioned clubs and went on a beating spree. Toss in a couple more tense search/rescue missions and let a main character get picked off next time. After the intense coverage of this movie I just spent most the movie waiting for what I knew was going to happen (catch phrase, nude scene, etc) which made it pretty hard for me to sell to others.
Also, the interview with the director twit where he downplayed the internet influence on the movie (the reshoot/reworking of it as an R title) almost made me skip it all together.
I have sat through all sorts of boring/painful recitals and local concerts because I knew the people involved, and felt involved since I knew them. Maybe next time you get all that positive buzz, you shouldn't down play the people that gave you the buzz and they'll pay their 20$ for a ticket and a soda.
Funny. I didn't see any of the commercials. I just kinda skipped over them.
I knew about the film from Overcompensating.
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Funny, according to this article:
Of course, if you think that that website® is too liberal you could just google it.