Anaconda

I almost didn't watch this due to the trailers looking pretty bad and I expected the worst. The first half hour or so was surprisingly better
than expected. The comedy was more subtle and seemed like it was going in the right direction. However as it kept going I started to wonder
when the horror would kick in. An hour into it and there is very little snake screen time and all the opportunities for horror elements are played strictly for laughs and comedy. Where the original is a horror monster movie with comedic elements this is a comedy all the way. The final 30 minutes when horror should of taken over completely for a big finale they went the complete opposite direction into full over the top slapstick silly comedy. The original cost 45 million in 1997 versus the same budget for this one. With inflation the original would of cost 91 million today so this had half the budget that one did and it shows. The fx look bad, everything from the snake to the obvious green screen shots are very poorly done. It's not an overly woke movie but the 4 main characters consist of 3 white men and a token black female. There is also the typical badass female character thrown in. Toward the end there is an obvious scene of the 3 white male's cowering in fear getting saved by
the black female character. There is also a very weird awkward unfunny scene where a male character attempts to pee on another male character but he has anxiety and can only pee sitting down. It goes on way too long and is completely random and out of place. It's in the middle of what should be an action sequence and screeches everything to a halt for a long man peeing on another man joke.