I went to see it last night, and its just your normal movie like anaconda, and a lot of humour thrown in, you see quite a few colubrids and a few venomous one python, couldnt make out if it was a burm or retic..

But anyone who watches this will take this as it is, just a movie, quite entertaning in parts.

Myself as a herper and I hate to say it, quite enjoyed it, I wanted to see it due to all the bad reviews regarding the snakes that it got, and to see for myself, and I see why, but me being a herper new all to well it was far fetched, even though the movie does explain why all the snakes are out of control.

The Movie Rocked!

Haven't seen the movie, but I cracked up when I read the following advice in the Travel section of The Washington Post this morning:

"...on the off chance that you do encounter a snake on a plane, what should you do? Don Boyer, curator of herpetology at the San Diego Zoo, says if you can't tell whether the snake is venemous, 'put distance between yourself and the snake, and alert other surrounding passengers nearby to do the same. But don't alarm anybody.' Right. Boyer also recommends calling out, 'Is there a herpetologist on board!?' "

I think what cracked me up was the fact that journalistic credibility apparently requires that a herpetologist, rather than a layperson, issue the advice to keep your distance from a snake that you cannot identify as non-venemous. (As well as the basic hilarity of offering serious advice about what to do if you find a snake on a plane. Now, of course, I need advice on what to do if I find a duck on my bicycle... I bet the advice will include not panicking.) I like the final suggestion of calling out for a herpetologist.

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You guys are missing the whole premise of the movie.

You take a plane with Samuel L. Jackson on it, then you throw a bunch of snakes on. The script writes itself!

Actually I'd say that if you look at it metaphorically (and rather tackily) the snakes are terrorists, which goes well with the image of them in society as evil. This makes Samuel L. Jackson the politically correct freedom fighter. This all takes place on the number one terrorist target, a plane. Talk about an in-depth B-side movie!

Besides, the way they are depicted in the movie I doubt alot of parents would allow kiddies to go out and buy a rattlesnake anyways.

Wow....guess you never had to deal with untamed iguanas.....they can be dangerous at both ends.

I'm quite sure they could make a movie about them...If Monty Python can use a rabbit......just think of the possibilities......((((mind wanders off....)))

lol, I HATE when that happens. The trick is to not look it in the eyes until you can steadily slow to a stop and back away from the bicycle...



As for Snakes On a Plane...it was terrible. I saw it opening night. I knew it was going to be bad, but felt obligated to see it anyway. I know it's one of those movies that's kind of designed to be horrible, and I'm not a fan of those, but still. It also doesn't help that the CG was sub-par.

Aside from the entire plot of the movie being completely rediculous, I don't think you could have made any of the movie more unrealistic if there were a unicorn in the cockpit. People would die within seconds of being bitten, unless the character mattered at all in the plot, then they lasted a bit longer. People that did die took on the appearance of having just come out of a human-sized microwave on 'high' setting.

The inaccuracies in the snakes' appearances, locomotion, behavior, and sounds reached nearly gag reflex-inducing levels. I swear I saw a creamsicle cobra, lol. I also saw a venomous python (looked to be a Morelia sp.), and a burm/retic that had the teeth and growl of a crocodile. It had fangs too, as did the venomous kingsnakes and cornsnakes. I'm also fairly certain one of the snakes left a slime trail like a slug.

Apparently "cobra" is as specific as that species gets, even for a herpetologist. Oh, and for the record, Antiguan racers (Alsophis antiguae) HAVE been bred in captivity, but at least they mentioned a snake that actually exists. They're generally regarded as the world's most endangered snake. Oh, and by the way, apparently any non-indiginous venomous snake is illegal to own in the US, or so the movie implies.

Overall, it was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. The impact it'll have on the public's opinion of snakes is going to be harsh. Thus far most non-herpers I've talked to the movie about assumed the snakes were pretty accurate. If the general public is "learning" from this movie, this marks a sad moment in reptile history.

That said, you must see this movie, but only once. You won't be able to live with yourself if you don't see it, but you really won't be able to live with yourself once you do either. And that folks, is the end of my strongly opinionated rant

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Havent got to see it yet, though was actually waiting for somone else to start a thread about it, lol. I want to see it, though it will most likely be cheesy and incorrect, based on the reptiles mag article, looks like they acutally put some time into this one, and venomous snakes WERE used anytime there werent people in the scene so thats a plus. Im sure I will be let down by the outcome of me seing it, but as others have mentioned, i wasted money on lesser things, lol.

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"Are you watching closely?"

Yes, but there were people in nearly every scene, so I saw VERY little of any real snakes. The only real snakes I did recognize were a few seconds of a burmese python, a Morelia python of some sort, part of a cornsnake for a few secods, and a few seconds of a kingsnake, lol. There was another scene without people in it that depicted a gaboon viper, but they had to CG it because they required the snake to attack and rip out some stationary wires

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I'm sure I'll see it sometime. Don't have time to go to the theatre though. I fully agree with Matt though, these movies depict inaccurate facts about reptiles. Teaching people that 99.9% of snakes are dangerous and venomous. Every single time someone has seen a snake of mine for the first time they assume it is venomous. I don't hate these movies for what they are but what they teach people about our hobby. It results in some areas banning reptiles and it's only going to get worse. I know some will say lighten up. But talk to me when you have to get rid of your snakes because of by-laws.

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I don't like it for the message it sends about snakes. It only reinforces the myth that snakes are evil, shows them all as aggressive, dangerous animals and says in not so many words that the only good snake is a dead snake.

Yes, I know it's a movie but the message is still there.

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