pffft .

Snakes on a submarine!

An American submarine leaves Tierra Del Fuego, and one of its crew has secretly brought aboard a container full of poisonous snakes which escape storage and bite key personnel on the submarine, causing an accident that cripples the vehicle so that it drops to the bottom of the Southern Ocean. Worse still, the snakes are still at large on the submarine and complicate the efforts of the crew to escape the sunken vessel.

The latest joke-sequel? Nope, a real movie: [link] (A 1974 made-for-TV movie.)

Wow. Those people should sue!

"Fer-de-Lance"? What kind of unimaginative title is that?

Snakes on a Sub would have given too much away.

Snakes on a Sub would have given too much away.

Yeah, because until the end of the movie, neither the characters nor the audience knows that snakes are on the sub. People keep dying with these puncture wounds, so naturally everyone assumes that there's a vampire onboard.

OK, I made that up.

"Fer-de-Lance"? What kind of unimaginative title is that?

Ripoff! Bastards. If there's no Archie Goodwin, then it's not allowed to be called that.

Just came back from seeing Inside Man, which may have been the most fun I had at the movies this year. I don't think the plot holds up, but I didn't really care, because it was such a pleasure watching these awesome actors uttering sharp, witty lines and obviously having a ball. Denzel Washington's been in so many deadly earnest movies in the last decade, I'd forgotten how charming and charismatic he could be when he's at ease. Clive Owen and Jodie Foster are fabulous as well.

I think my favourite thing about the film was the local colours. Yeah, there are a bank heist and smart crooks and determined cops and secrets to keep, etc., but the city of New York--no, the people of New York all together are sort of like the fourth lead. The movie doesn't sentimentalize or white-wash the less savoury aspects of the city and its people, but it regards them in such vibrant afffection, it makes me kind of want to move there. Another great thing about it is that this is not one of those formulaic knuckle-biting crime capers with predictable tension. For a genre flick, and I suppose, a thriller, it's terribly relaxed. The story digresses delightfully lopsidedly at times--there is a great bit about a woman trading a certain service (I won't say what) for parking tickets--, which keeps the flick off-kilter in the best possible ways.

Really, the only complaint I have is that they had Clive Owen on the screen and had him cover his face up for most of the film.

I, on the other hand, just got back from seeing V for Vendetta. So much discussion of the movie focuses on its politics, so I'd just like to say that it's pretty fantastically directed. Lots of great visual/aural moments.

Interesting, Vonnie. Because that trailer is for the most BTDT movie ever. Glad it was wrong.