Ok clearly this is not the best movie title ever. In fact it sucks. But it sucks very well. But maybe this is a good thing. I was at work today, a little bored and overheard 2 customers talking about the movie title and it occured to me that without any real knowledge about this movie everyone is talking about it.

Radio shows are talkin about it, people are makin fun of it, and according to the old marketing addage there is no such thing as bad publicity (well unless its really bad like to do with nasty rape or something like that but its not so we can leave that alone). Clearly without Samuel in it it wouldn't have had a chance, then it would have just been a terrible movie title that no one would have ever heard about, but the big name actor puts it in the public sphere and the terrible name gets people talkin about it. What other current movie is getting this much publicity, in the absense of a cult classic such as LOTR, star wars etc, which if snakes on a plane had been released at a similar time as would have led to it flopping cause everyone would be talking about said cult classic, its created a stir, and stirs lead to bums on seats -> ticket sales etc.

Personally i havent decided whether to go see it yet, i mean you have to with a name that bad dont you, or to wait for it to come out on dvd and then be selling for ultra cheap at which stage i will buy it and watch it on my mates widescreen hd tv, which does seem to be the more sensible option. Although this leaves another question... can my dvd collection take having a movie called snakes on a plane in it, at least if i see it at the cinema there is no lasting proof of it...