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please don't mind this windbag letting off a bit of steam . . . i
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just want to warn all of y'all not to waste your hard-earned $$$ on anaconda .
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it's not even worth a 99-cent video rental .
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don't listen to ebert on this one ( he has no clue what he's talking about ! )
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btw i accompanied my friend to this one because she was * required * to watch it on assignment ( she reviews movies for a local paper ) .
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now i'll actually back up my huffing and puffing .
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here goes :
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movie : anaconda rydain's bottom line : wait for it to come on usa up all night .
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even then , i doubt it's worth the price of jolt ( to help you stay up that late ! )
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why do i hate anaconda ?
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let me count the ways . . .
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first of all , this movie gets way too many snake facts wrong .
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as an ophiophile ( snake lover ) , i can tell you that a ) anacondas would never reach a length of 40 feet , b ) they're scared of people , c ) cases of snakes eating adult humans are extremely rare because human shoulders are too wide to fit in a snake's mouth , and constrictor snakes don't kill what they can't eat , d ) people can outrun snakes with no trouble , especially heavy ones like anacondas , e ) if an anaconda did eat a human , it would need at least 6 months of sitting on its butt to digest the huge meal , therefore it couldn't run around gobbling up everybody else in the cast , and f ) snakes have no vocal cords , so they can't make funny squealing noises .
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whew .
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i was prepared to suspend reality if the movie would have been worth it .
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unfortunately , anaconda was about as suspenseful and exciting as watching paint peel .
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my friend and i even successfully predicted who would live at the end .
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anybody can tell the bad guy is going to die eventually .
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that was a pity because his character was one of the few reasons my friend and i didn't give up and fall asleep .
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he was the most likable character in the movie .
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who wouldn't enjoy somebody who looks like a deranged walt whitman ?
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anaconda did have its cute moments : arguments between ice cube's character and the british guy , for instance .
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however , those small flashes of wit were not worth the other hour and twenty-eight minutes of boring schlock .
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the writers had - and blew - a multitude of opportunities to insert funny lines .
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i was quite disappointed with a scene where a young guy tells a young lady that the jungle makes him horny .
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did she retort with a clever , ego-withering comeback ?
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of course not !
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" i'm trying to work ! "
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gee , that's even dumber than the crap comebacks i come up with .
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she could have told him to go find a knothole or something . . .
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; p but i will admit , there was just one scene where i was surprised at the outcome ( hint : it involves the evil guy and miss crap comebacks ) .
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as for the plot , i'm still trying to find one .
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this movie was basically an excuse to get a boatload of people into dangerous territory where they could get snarfed by ridiculous , computer-generated anacondas with the eyes and fangs of vipers and the faster-than-gravity downward acceleration of a harrier jet .
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( harrier snake ? )
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not to mention instant digestion so they could go snarf countless other victims .
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the writers tried to throw in some sort of plot twist ( should i call it a plot knot because it made no sense ? ) in which the sick guy's g-friend kisses the evil dude and suddenly everybody hates said evil dude and starts trying to kill him .
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that was about as clear and understandable as mission : impossible .
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( if someone could explain that movie to me , i'd be most grateful !
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all the old-guy double agents looked the same ! ! )
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i wasn't inspired by the acting , save for the evil dude .
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i can't blame the actors , though .
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it's not their fault they had a cruddy script to work with .
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this concludes rydain's diatribe on a shameless exploitation ( and perpetuation ! ) of public fear of snakes .
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comments , flames , anyone ?
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-rydain the atomic cheese , fresh from chernobyl dairies !
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