I saw Snakes on a Plane. It was a bad idea. I would've seen it anyway, because, well, I wanted to before the hype engulfed it much further, and it seemed like it could be a fun little time.

For most of the film, I didn't have a problem with it. I don't have a problem with snakes; they don't freak me out... I mean, I don't really go for the poisonous ones, but if I saw one in captivity, I'm not going to panic. But I do have a problem with surprises, things dropping out at me, popping out at me, and the idea of me writhing around in pain until I die. Those things were all rampant in the film.

There were the fun moments, too, all with Samuel L. Jackson, and it is commendable that it made a pretty decent plotline out essentially a weak Sci-Fi Channel original. It didn't take itself very seriously, which was also good.

But there were just some parts that really turned my stomach; really made me nauseous. They were all pretty quick. I mean, we didn't stare at people for 30 seconds waiting for them to wriggle to death with fangs in their face. But it was all those jumps and writhing that was unbearable. The dead bodies weren't really that much fun either. Basically... the antagonists of the plot were fine as long as they weren't actually doing anything.

So, it's not really the point of the movie to pull any punches. They will show things that disgust me. I am not their target audience.

I am actually also a little disappointed by the quality of the film, which is at first glance, a laughable statement. It's essentially being marketed as a Samuel L. Jackson showcase with a loose, dangling plot and the only most memorable lines being written in after it was supposed to be done. But I actually really was hoping it to be fantastic, just to spite everyone's (including my own) expectations. Jackson unsurprisingly carried the film, alongside an actually quite surprising Julianna Margulies, and a cast you're too afraid to get attached to 'cause they could die at any moment.

So, a part of me liked it, but most of me just wants to forget any of it ever happened. It was just too disturbing, visually and psychologically. Which, all things considered, is just praise.