It’s a piece of crap, but it’s my piece of crap. I love this movie.

Why did I wait to see this until now? And why did Jon Voight not win another Oscar for this movie? “Anaconda” follows a group of highly intelligent and not at all oblivious documentary filmmakers as they search for a hidden tribe in the Amazon. Along the way, they find a not at all creepy snake hunter played by Jon Voight, whose tries to help them but completely by accident takes them into a forbidden area of the Amazon where resides giant, completely realistic-looking snakes that move at entirely believable and not at all unrealistic speeds. Trust me, you won’t believe how realistic the CGI is. You’d swear the snakes were right there with the actors. The characters are in no way infuriating. At no point do you ever root for the snakes to win and all the human characters to die in horrible ways. You feel genuinely upset when a character dies and don’t want to laugh or cheer at all. Trust me, you need to see this movie. It’s easily on par with such masterpieces as “The Room” or Kirk Cameron’s “Saving Christmas."

An entertaining B-Movie with a fine cast.

Anaconda is far from a great movie, and it knows it. The effects are dated, the performances are heightened, and age hasn’t been particularly kind to it—but none of that stops it from being a fun, campy animal-horror flick. The jungle backdrop is engaging, the premise is simple and effective, and it delivers that late-90s creature-feature energy that’s hard not to enjoy. It’s been a while since I last watched it, and while time hasn’t helped its polish, I’d still happily revisit it. Movies like Deep Blue Sea may execute a similar vibe more cleanly, but Anaconda remains a memorable, entertaining slice of the genre. Rating: 2.5/5 – 70% – Worth Watching

This used to scare me as a kid but then watching this years later and still can’t get over Jon Voight accent. CGI of Anaconda sort of doesn’t hold up but the animatronic one still fine. Eric Stoltz isn’t in movie for almost majority of runtime but Ice Cube still provides some comic relief. Still better than the sequels and that one alligator crossover.