Bria Lou Reviews

  When two best friends (Paul Rudd and Jack Black) who dream of remaking their favourite movie, Anaconda, finally get the opportunity, they travel to the Amazon jungle to begin filming. But they soon find themselves in their own movie when they start being stalked by a giant bloodthirsty anaconda. I like the original Anaconda movie, so I was interested in seeing this one. And I was even more interested to see that it was meta, set in a world where the original movie already exists, rather than an entire remake. I liked this film, though that's not to say it was an amazing movie. As I said, I loved the idea of the characters themselves remaking the original, rather than this being a straightforward remake, mostly because the film really didn't need a traditional remake. The actors and their characters are so much fun. The film wouldn't have worked if anyone involved took it slightly more seriously than they did - it was a great balance of humour and drama, leaning much more ...

  This was one of the biggest surprises on the bucket list for me. Because while I really like this film, just from a fun creature-feature perspective, I had no idea it was a cult classic, and so when I saw it on the list I was just really confused! But nevertheless, I was really happy to give it another watch. The thing that made me watch the film in the first place was how interesting the cast is. I mean, when you think of a cheesy movie about a giant snake, you don't picture JLO, Ice Cube, Owen Wilson or Danny Trejo, but it just works! They're so much fun to watch and work really well together. I loved the setting - the visuals are great! And speaking of visuals, while the visual effects aren't amazing, they're fun and really entertaining. Every time you see the anaconda, you just want to see more of it! I think it's written well, particularly the 'villain', who could easily have just been thrown in for the sake of being evil. Even though we don't get...