NY Times Likes "Snakes on a Plane"

The much-hyped, much-buzzed-about and much-anticipated film "Snakes on a Plane," which opened nationwide this past weekend, was suspiciously not available for press screenings ahead of the theatrical release. This led many to speculate that the film was really, really bad after all. The title and trailer didn't exactly suggest "Oscar-winner" to begin with, but it was reasonable to expect a competent, original and entertaining film worthy of at least few good or generous reviews.

Now that the film is out and critics have viewed it, the reviews will start flying (or slithering) in. The New York Times review of "Snakes on a Plane is already in, and the verdict is, well, "positive." That it's the New York Times is a very good sign. To quote the Old Gray Lady:

As it happens, "Snakes on a Plane" isn't just about rubber reptiles and Mr. Jackson spewing pearls of profanity; it's also a solid, B-movie-style entertainment crammed with "Boos!" and lightly scented with a whiff of social metaphor.

Nothing, however, quite beats the aggregated verdicts and the at-a-glance collective wisdom of film critics on MetaCritic. So far "Snakes on a Plane" has earned a MetaCritic score -- or "metascore" -- of 60 out of 100, which means "mixed or average reviews." This tally was based on 28 reviews at the time of this posting. The movie also earned an "8.4" average out of 10 from 224 MetaCritic user votes.

The highest score of 100 came from Film Threat magazine. The L.A. Weekly review was scored at 90. The lowest scores, 25 and 38, were given to reviews from The Onion A.V. Club and Rolling Stone magazine respectively.

What can we say ... snakes on a plane, mutha'fuckaaaa!

Posted by Robsam at August 19, 2006 08:47 PM