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This movie seems to have ignited a minor controversy. The "sides" seem to be those prejudiced enough to not pay to watch it and those who have seen it and find it hilarious.
I am wondering if anyone who has seen the movie believes that it poses a serious threat to the welfare of snakes. Any other thoughts about why this movie is bad are also appreciated. I happen to have loved the movie.

I just saw the movie last night. Whether it's good or not is a matter of whether you think the concept itself is funny enough to carry the whole thing. I thought it should have been campier.

I was not disturbed by *most* of the violence toward snakes in the movie, since it was so cartoonish and silly--CGI cobras getting tased and stuff like that. In one scene, though, somebody picks up a milk snake (obviously intended to look like something venomous), throws it in a microwave, and cooks it till it explodes. Though it's obviously not a real snake in there, this scene brought to mind all those horrible newspaper articles you read about teenagers torturing cats and gerbils. I would be surprised if some sickos somewhere didn't try this one out after seeing the movie.
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Thank you. I think we are on the same page. The best we can come up with is that milksnakes can be added to the list of animals (which includes human babies) that can be thrown in a microwave oven according to an old urban legend.
If someone were to actually do this, I would not buy the argument that they were not individually responsible because they saw it in a movie.
Now that the fervor is dying down I would like to observe that a good time seems to have been had by all. Some of us enjoyed a good laugh and some with a "snake" up their arse got to enjoy being all self-righteously indignent. A win-win situation.

It wasnt as good as I expected and I didnt expect much.I really wanted to see more shots of the REAL snakes, Im not so good at identifying that a mere glance is enough except for the corns and kings.At least there were no ball pythons attacking people that would have been just too much..I would have thought the computer graphics could have been much better, the snakes didnt even move right.
Sam Jackson was okay at best and I really do like his acting.I did however like the music short at the end during the credits.I think that was the best part..
I give it a 3 out of 10..
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