This is a testament to the power of Snakes on a Plane. I talked two of my fuddy-duddy friends, Tech Master Paul and his wife Holly (and she was an especial coup) into napping Friday after work and then hitting the 12:30 AM showing at our local Woodfield theater. I figure the sort of retards that would stay up until 12:30 to see Snakes on a Plane on opening night constitute exactly the sort of audience I want to see the movie with.
By the way, we went to see Pirates 2 last night, and in the lobby the theater had a standee ad for SoaP that was in the cartoon style of an airplane emergency manual: “If bitten by a poisonous snake, please alert the nearest flight attendent.” If the movie is half as hilarious as that ad, it will be awesome. I stared at that thing for a good five straight minutes, and think I was literally crying at how funny it was. Then, when we left after the movie later, we saw a bunch of 16 year-olds spot it and have the exact same reaction (like Paul, one girl immediately took a cell phone picture of it). If kids that age are excited about the movie, too, it’s going to make huge money.
And really, is *anyone* a better match for this movie than Samuel L. Jackson? I think not.
Two more days.
