ironyengine wrote:Snakes on a Plane is an unabashed attempt at prefab populism, and (maybe) this gimmick will work once. But it won't keep working, and it will almost certainly make filmmaking worse.
Discuss. Or, you know, don't.
Ya know, whatever. This article stinks of Chuck Klosterman falling too much in love with his own pop pop-culture analysis.
Yes, SoaP is an unprecedented piece of populist filmmaking. Yes, it will likely lead to studios trying to catch lightning in a bottle twice with horrible ripoffs like "Sharks in a Subway" or "Hobo in my Bathroom." These movies will fail, the studios will look like idiots, and we'll move on. But we'll still all have Snakes on a Plane. The end.
Still hoping and praying that the Highway 18 Outdoor Theater between madison and Milwaukee carries SoaP.
