tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31771970.post115613301188329618..comments2024-03-23T14:45:50.362-05:00Comments on The Moving Picture Blog: Not so great "Snakes"Joe Leydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16480093833915945352noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31771970.post-1156308660222774402006-08-22T23:51:00.000-05:002006-08-22T23:51:00.000-05:00I wonder if they might yet change the ads to incor...I wonder if they might yet change the ads to incorporate some praise from reviewers. It will be interesting to see if that happens.ThinMehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395476912558232038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31771970.post-1156202325977421242006-08-21T18:18:00.000-05:002006-08-21T18:18:00.000-05:00I wonder what the response would have been if they...I wonder what the response would have been if they'd started running ads quoting a critic saying: "Hey! It doesn't suck!"Joe Leydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16480093833915945352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31771970.post-1156195953368671772006-08-21T16:32:00.000-05:002006-08-21T16:32:00.000-05:00I wonder to what extent the decision not to screen...I wonder to what extent the decision not to screen SoaP for the media affected its weekend performance. Yes, yes, I know, I know, I know ... these movies are supposed to be critic-proof. But I think this film may have been an exception to that general rule due to its unprecedented amount of buzz. That buzz included a lot of awareness for weeks before the release date that the studio intended to hide the movie from critics. As a result, an atypical percentage of the audience was handed weeks before the release date a solid, buzzing reason to conclude that SoaP must suck.<BR/><BR/>Which would be supremely ironic given the surprisingly positive reviews SoaP ended up getting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31771970.post-1156147390477194032006-08-21T03:03:00.000-05:002006-08-21T03:03:00.000-05:00Or maybe it didn't sound scary *enough* to the har...Or maybe it didn't sound scary *enough* to the hardcore horror audience. To me, "Snakes on a Plane" sounded like a film that would be campy, crazy, sorta-scary fun, which I found appealing. The whole concept didn't really sound like it would be too frightening or I wouldn't have seen it...I generally avoid films that seem as though they will be too scary (The Ring) or too gory (Saw). So was SoaP it too scary...or not scary enough?ThinMehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395476912558232038noreply@blogger.com