Really, anyone who thinks this film is racist clearly has no capacity to look beyond the blatantly obvious and try to understand the real meaning of this stunning story. The fact that a film maker can be so bold and provocative as to verbalise the issues that are explored, and really go deeper into the race question than just "he's wrong he's right", and that someone can ignore political correctness and risk offending people in order to really get down to the gritty issues behind racism and race stereotyping is a testament to what can be done with film these days. I think that this is an intelligent, important and very brave piece of work, that will undoubtedly incur criticism, but that at the very least will remind people that race IS still an issue and that it requires more thought and understanding than is generally applied to it. I think that this is as cinematically close to Studs Terkel as possible.
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Snakes on a Plane
(2006)
kickass
22 August 2006
I wholeheartedly agree with every view expressed above, except one. I am personally offended at the claim that this film has no appeal to girls. My female friend and I watched the movie this evening and thoroughly enjoyed it, and I do believe we cheered and/or clapped more vehemently than anyone else in the theatre, apart from one couple who we think were having sex in the back row. But fair enough, if a film where Samuel. L. has the henceforth immortal line "I've had it with these mother******* snakes on this mother******* plane" doesn't get you riled up, I don't know what does. Oh, and I would pay double just to see the microwave scene again. So on behalf of non chick-flick chicks, S.O.A.P. will go down in history as a fine piece of cinematic entertainment that will definitely not disappoint (there is even a little boy named Tommy.)
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