Poor Samuel L. Jackson. I thought his career was going well for a while, but I guess not.
Looking back, I guess it wasn't really going well at all. Other than Pulp Fiction and Star Wars, it's been mediocrity right along.
I was singing his praise for his role in 'Driving Miss Daisy', but it turns out he wasn't in it. Apparently, that was Jessica Tandy.

His latest, called "Snakes on a Plane" has got me perplexed. Guess what it's about?

Here you go. It's about SNAKES!... SNAKES ON A PLANE!

I KNOW! Who would've guessed?

Since I'll never see this movie, I'll have to extrapolate the plot from the trailers I've seen.

Sammy appears to be some kind of agent. Probably a secret one and he's probably doing one of the following:

• Protecting a witness to something, maybe a jaywalking violation
• Transporting a prisoner. A lone agent transporting a dangerous criminal. I'm sure that actually happens a lot.
• Posing as an airline food critic to get a free ride.

This is where it gets interesting. Somehow, snakes end up on the plane (See title of movie). After that, you can imagine how innovative the plot gets.

They must have thought that the movie was SO good that it didn't need a catchy title. I'm going to bet that they were wrong.

Some ideas that didn't make it past the intensive title screening process:
"Boa, Boa, Boeing?
"Andy and the Airborne Anacondas!"
" Coffee, Tea, or...Oh My God! Snakes On a Plane!"

Like all great movies, this one will probably spawn a few catch phrases. Here are some I'd like to see.

Hero opens the plane door and snakes get sucked out the opening. Hero looks at sexy flight attendant. "See...I told you snakes can't fly".

Better yet, he opens the cockpit door and sees a snake on the pilot's lap. Naturally the pilot is dead. The hero looks at the Co-pilot and says "Wait a minute, Snakes can't fly".

That could be a little comic relief. As much comic relief as you can get on a stupid snakes-on-a-plane movie, anyway.