I assume most of you have
heard of this movie. It got tweeted all over the internet because of
it funny/stupid name and the name went viral. First of let's talk
about the production company behind the movie. The asylum is well
know for making mockbusters. For you who don't know, a mockbuster is
a film created with the apparent intention of piggy-backing on the
publicity of a major film with a similar title or theme and is often
made with a low budget(yes i copied that from Google). Some examples
of this is Atlantic Rim(the real one is Pacific Rim),
Transmorphers(the real one being Transformers), Almighty Thor(the
real one is Thor) and of course Snakes on a Train(the real one being
Snakes on a Plane). So besides having mockbusters they also have
their monstermovies, these include Mega Piranha, Mega Shark Versus
Giant Octopus, Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus and Mega Shark Versus
Mecha Shark. These are movies are made on a low budget, straight to
TV. These movies are well know to be extremely bad. So over on to
Sharknado.
The plot of Sharknado is
explained in the title of the movie. There is a tornado and it has
sucked sharks up from the sea and are coming towards town. I kind of
like the idea behind the movie. It could have been something weird
but excellent. Sadly it's just weird. With a very lazy written script
and no character development there isn't much of a movie left. When
your special-effects are insanely bad and you are reusing shots like
a crazy person it's barely watchable. Story is silly and i was
actually hoping for more.
We got some real actors in
this movie too(i use the phrase lightly). You get both Ian
Ziering(Beverly Hills 90210) and Tara Reid(Van Wilder, American Pie).
I have to say, even though Ian is not insanely good he does what he
can with the role he has. It kind of works. However, Tara could not
act herself out of a plastic bag. If you have seen any of her later
work, like Alone in the Dark, you will know what i mean. Her
character is borderline useless too, only one that is worse is
probably her daughter that is just whining and bringing up problems
she have at the worst time. It's like raining sharks and she wants to
discuss family-problems. Damn woman, if you don't focus on the sharks
you wont have a family to have problems with soon. There is also a
son in there somewhere but he's busy being bland so there is really
nothing to say about him. There are also some other people with them
but none of them are very interesting. But guess what, I'm not here
to watch the people, I'm here for the sharks. Make it rain. Since I'm
here for the sharks every minute without a shark on screen is boring,
and it truly is. Clunky and bad dialog, stupid people saying stupid
things. Luckily there are more fun parts then bad parts(thanks to the
sharks) so it may be kind of worth a watch, with friends, and lots of
booze. Now, they just need to find out how to kill a tornado, or
rather, a sharnado. When the 86 minutes are up and the movie is over,
you feel like a changed man.
But wait, there's more.
Because everyone had to checkout what this was it got a goddamn
sequel. And not only one, no, it get's two sequels. One of theme is
already released and it's called Sharknado 2: The Second One. Come on
people, you can do better than that. The third one is just called
Sharknado 3 for now. I'm so hoping for a great undertitle on that
one. Hopefully the sequels are good though, right.
TL;DR
Stupid stupid movie, with
a stupid script, stupid characters and stupid effects. Sharks in a
tornado is good and all but the execution of this movie is so bad
it's cringeworthy. If you don't like bad movies this is not for you,
if you don't like sharks this is not for you. This is not for the
average moviegoer. It's bad in all the wrong places. If you are going
to watch it make sure you don't do it alone and you should not be
sober. This is a bad movie and i bet the sequels is not going to be
better.
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