Anaconda (1997)
Gary: There's something down there.
Paul Serone: That right.
Gary: No, I really mean it.
Paul Serone: I really mean it too.
This is such a guilty pleasure of mine... I saw it at the theater when it came out, and it's so over the top and awful it's hilarious. If I had one reason to watch it, that reason is Jon Voight and his out of control South American accent. The special effects were "ok" at the time; Spielberg still dominated that field when this was released. But Jon Voight totally steals the show with his raspberry awarded performance. Despite the many negative reviews and rewards this film got, it still did well at the box office, bringing in triple it's budget, so of course the green light was on for less than stellar sequels that tried to be serious when they ended up being jokes to laugh at, not with. At least the first film didn't take itself too seriously.
Gary: There's something down there.
Paul Serone: That right.
Gary: No, I really mean it.
Paul Serone: I really mean it too.
This is such a guilty pleasure of mine... I saw it at the theater when it came out, and it's so over the top and awful it's hilarious. If I had one reason to watch it, that reason is Jon Voight and his out of control South American accent. The special effects were "ok" at the time; Spielberg still dominated that field when this was released. But Jon Voight totally steals the show with his raspberry awarded performance. Despite the many negative reviews and rewards this film got, it still did well at the box office, bringing in triple it's budget, so of course the green light was on for less than stellar sequels that tried to be serious when they ended up being jokes to laugh at, not with. At least the first film didn't take itself too seriously.
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