The Anaconda has been framed but who did it!? The silly singer, the ice cubes, or the power legs? phelous.com / phelous Originally Released: September 22, 2010
"They discover why the anaconda has been so pissed and that's because Voight has been strangling everyone with his legs and framing the anaconda." I think I like your version of this movie more than the actual film.
"Boyd's been strangling everyone with his legs and framing the Anaconda" The sequel would have been better if it starred the son of the Anaconda trying to clear his fathers name
Would it have been better if she had died between the legs of Famke Janssen (she played a villain who's modus operandi was strangling victims with her legs, in GoldenEye)? I think Owen Wilson would've preferred to be killed by her.
When I saw this as a kid, I came to the conclusion that the reason for John Voight's face in that scene was him "trying to summon the anaconda with his mind". And to this day, I still believe that's what he was trying to do.
I remember it too. I didn't start getting really cynical until I was older, but that wink was corny AF for that time period, and thats saying something. I think my other theory was that he was so bloated and fucked up that it was an involuntary wink, which would have made it creepier, but I don't think thats what was intended.
In order to salvage Anaconda, I'd re-write it that the snake isn't actually an anaconda. In my alternate fantasy version of this film, the snake is actually a demonic creature that is either guarding something or simply here to feast on humans for a time. The group slowly come to this realization partway through the film and though some want to simply leave, others decide they must stay and fight the infernal creature or else this thing will continue to "go on a RAMPAGE". • It's freakishly huge and yet moves with lightning fast precision even by anaconda standards. • It attempts to eat full grown people, which anacondas don't do. • After it has killed and eaten someone, it should slow down and rest somewhere, but it keeps going and seems to digest people far quicker than a normal one could ever hope to. • It screeches. • It shows heightened awareness, problem-solving, and has a creepy sense of determination to maim and kill everyone. Jon Voight's character knows what it really is and he's the only one that knows how to stop it, but the problem is that he doesn't want to kill it. Not yet. He's on to some great discovery, perhaps you could somehow work this whole "fountain of youth" thing in there from the Blood Orchids that were introduced in the later films, but just axe all this super-science-silliness that never made any sense. Just have the flower (or, if you wish to get biblical, we can make it "forbidden fruit") be the MacGuffin, Voight wants to capture the "demon" perhaps because he knows its true nature and wants to steal its power or make a trade with it? This would give him a vastly more valid reason to go all crazy with the crew, but not want to outright kill it even when the opportunity presents itself. As for all the other flaws in this movie? I don't know, just make the dialogue and characterizations less stupid. The FX of the flick aren't bad, especially the practical ones. The cast is overall much better and I genuinely like the look and "feel" of this film, it's just a shame that they never address the fact that the anaconda doesn't behave anything like a real anaconda. Could have been the supernatural "Predator" of giant creature features. Still the best one of the whole series.
I remember seeing this movie being advertised on TV when it was coming out in theatres. I thought it looked scary, but after seeing clips of it on TV, and watching this review for the first time, I discovered it was anything BUT. 1:32- Cough, The Haunting, cough. 2:07- I know how that worked. When Owen caught Voight, Voight's weight made Owen turned a full 180, which caused Voight to land on his back. I love how you pronounced Kari Wuhrer's name. 5:04 to 5:07- For some stupid reason, your Jon Voight reminds me of Marlon Brando saying "I'll make you an offer you can't refuse."
I love this film. It is shamelessly schlocky and silly. John Voight is amazing in it. Even though he's a insane hunter, etc. He's still the most sensible there. The video is funny though.
10:45 - Phelous missed it here, but they actually killed the anaconda when saving Ice Cubes. The anaconda that shows up afterwards is a second, bigger snake.
I come back to this review sometimes as it makes me laugh so much. Particularly the Jon Voight acting casual and legs of steel moments. And the review ending is the best!
I lost my shit when you made that face at 5:04!! Haven't laughed that hard in a while! Especially since I've had a lot of bad luck recently. Thank you Phelous :)
i like how there were no bugs on their amazonian adventure and i like how the snake just keeps eating people even though it takes a snake days or even weeks (depending on the size of it's meal) to digest. if it's a big enough meal the snake can go without eating again for a long ass time so the fact the snake eats a human whole and then in like 4 hours eats another one is total BS, that thing woulda exploded
@imblefoot In the sequel it was established there are many giant Anacondas from consuming that "rare" flower in the Amazon, but I'm sure they thought "slasher movie with ONE snake" was the best selling point.
I'll never forget seeing this film in the theater with my older brother and it was only us and two other people for the film! My brother and I were happy because we got to put our feet up on the chairs in front of us.
1:39 I think the joke was that she was responding as if he meant, "Is it me or the jungle that makes you horny?" But that might be giving the writers too much credit, so iunno.
HUH. Reading the wikipedia, it seems they DID kill the snake when shooting it in the head (you can see parts of its brain flying around) and the snake that shows up at the end is... a different, bigger snake. They never even explain this, or hint at there being more than one giant snakes
4:59 The Voight Face. Jennifer lopez's reaction shot was probably inserted later, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to stop laughing. I know I wouldn't.
In all seriousness. I really hold thisone close to my heart. It's a guilty pleasure. Though I don't mind the second one, but I think that the sequels are shit.
I actually saw part of this in my best friend's basement when I was like seven or eight. All I remember is walking in when give the guy a tracheotomy and the snake fence getting blown up. So wish I'd known Fred from Scooby Doo was the snake back then. Would have probably resulted in me remembering more of the movie.
I just referenced 'Stupid Surprised [noun]', then realized I couldn't remember where it was from and wound up back here. Why, of all things, has THAT phrase stuck in my vocabulary?
Well the line was "is it just ME or does the jungle make you really horny". She answers with "its definitely the jungle" I guess indicating that she is horny as well and its not just HIM. I also believe the "how can you forget about the wasp" line is a joke on Void's part making fun of her claiming this as all a setup.
Just for the sake of documentation, heres a link to the original piece of music that played when John Voight used his "Old man legs of steel!" in the original version of this review ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qaBk631mmgA.html Always loved this review Phelous!
Oooo, good catch. I'm usually on top of my animal facts, but this one slipped by me. Although a black panther isn't actually a species. It's usually a black leopard. In this case it's a black jaguar. Sooooo… hmmmm, maybe it could still be called a panther? (not being sarcastic)
Anacondas only eat once a year. So, why would it need so much food in like a few days? Oh, what am i trying to do? It is Anaconda I am talking about. Silly me...XD
Phelan Porteous Cool. When are you gonna get around to uploading it to RU-vid? I'm not sure why, but something possessed me to play the 2009 Ghostbusters game late last night and it's like something was possessing my PS2 controller for a bit to make Rookie moonwalk on his own. I am wearing my Ghostbusters shirt right now.
Well, to be fair, it was Voight who told them what's-his-name needed medical attention, so he could have just been bullshitting to get them to go where he wanted.
I remember this being out in theaters and my brothers and their friends went to see it, but I couldn't go because I was too young so I stayed home and played Shadows of the Empire. Those were good times.
Um, didn't you see that Owen turned as Voight jumped on him? Thus landing on top of Voight instead of vice versa? Anyway, I don't see much wrong with this movie as I do with the last two horrible sequels (what were you referring to with the beginning credits?).
Even though this was unprompted, but I feel like I should bring it up; The Larger snake, it would be more sluggish in its movement, so, not much of a threat. They can't scream/roar, mostly they can hiss. Anacondas can eat people, but they have to be lucky as fuck to ambush a human, but if the human is quick enough, they can outrun the damn thing, because they can only slither at 5 mph, or swim at 10 mph, and they pretty much give up when they fail the ambush. So, this movie's antagonist can only work if it was Voight the Snake Poacher, because Snakes maybe scary, but they're not fitting threats to use in movies. Poisonous snakes make more sense. So, in short: Voight should've been a crazy poacher who hijacks a documentary crew's boat and wants to hunt a rare giant Anaconda, and yes, he uses his legs of steel to murder everyone to continue his insane quest of poaching animals, after everyone dies.
He's got legs! And 3:25 - Stupid Surprised Panther! (Which shouldn't be in the Amazon unless it's a black Jaguar, and btw boars aren't native to the Amazon either)
It's almost certainly supposed to be a jaguar: black panther refers to both leopards and jaguars. Boars actually are an introduced invasive species in South America like they are elsewhere in the world BUT they live in Argentina, not Brazil! There are javelinas in the Amazon, but not boar.
I don't know if you made the comment for a joke or not, but in case you weren't, when Wilson lands on top of Voight, if you look when Voight leaps to him and Wilson catches him, the pair spins to the side as they move back
Phelous: Ice Cube is apparently unfamiliar with the concept of food! Toby Fair: It was a boar, and Ice Cube is a Muslim, and his religion forbids eating pork.
