Snakes on a Plane
posted at 12:52 am
on Aug. 19, 2006
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I came, I saw, I cringed.
It’s really not that good a movie.
BUT…
But, I didn’t expect it to be. But, it offered something more: the audience participation was excellent. People are saying that it’s the first “Internet”-enabled film. That’s totally missing the point. The more relevant point is that this was the first movie I’ve seen in ages where it was OK to talk back to the screen, to express yourself, talk to your friends, make jokes, etc. When else do you get to do that?
I’ll tell you: watching at home, on the couch with your pals. Some people spend tons of money to recreate the movie theater experience at home. This was the first movie in ages that actually took the home theater experience to the big screen. And I loved it. (Not just because I saw Julianna Margulies when she was in town filming it.)
I’ll go see any movie that encourages the audience to participate, have fun, get dresses up in snake-covered T-shirts with home-made wing sleeves. That make the movie theater into THEATER, not just a big screening room. There’s only a few movies that have done that recently. The Star Wars films. Batman Begins, to a certain extent. Pirates II, to an extent. Harry Potter.
So, Hollywood: craft more movies that let us play along, join in and participate. Tell us when you market those films that you want certain films to be ours, to have fun with, to share. Because most events are more fun when people get involved, when they feel connected, when they share the experience in and among themselves.
And that’s the motherfuckin’ truth.
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