A lot of people bashed this movie, but I watched it for the first time last night and I thought it was a good one. I thought it had good suspense, like out on the ice, and also a good storyline and good acting. The shark that was made for the movie in CGI looked good too.
shareWell, the acting isn't too bad for such a b-movie, and the story is nothing to go crazy over, but it does what it is supposed to do, it entertains. I also like the fact that the shark itself is realistic, unlike most such films. About 45 - 50 feet was the lenght of the Megalodon, some people seem to wish it was larger though...
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I watched this movie expecting a thrilling and cool movie bout the megalodon ( which I find very interesting)
I must say I was badly surprised.
The acting is quite bad, the computer effects are terrible.. it looks like they put a plastic shark in their bathtub and moved it with a stick on the back and then removed that.
I mean honestly, the old starwars movies have more convincing effects.
And how why would a megalodon be up by greenland?
They're assumed to have died because of the iceage which made their hunting waters too cold and the southern warmers parts lacked pray and thus they were extinct.
So, this movie sucks badly.. Don't watch it.. ever.
Actually, there is rather a lot of debate about this subject.
1) Professor Bashford Dean in 1909 estimated a length of up to 98' (30m)
2) Hawaiian Icthyologist John E. Randall in 1973 estimated from two tooth samples a length of 43' (13m)
3) Michael D. Gottfried, Leonard J. V. Compagno and S. Curtis Bowman in 1996 estiamted a length from samples they had of 52' (15.9m)
4) Dr. Clifford Jeremiah in 2002 estimated from the largest tooth he had a length of 51' (15.5m)
5) Dr. Kenshu Shimada of DePaul University in 2002, once again from the largest tooth he had (do you notice a pattern here?), estimated 55' (16.8m)
Currently the consensus on the subject is a length of more than 52' (16m). Although some consider a maximum length of 67' (20.3m) to be about top whack, but some others have also suggested, in the 1990's, that it could have reached, in extraoridanry circumstances, some 82' (25m). As you can see, the debate still continues, and will very likely continue till the end of time, as more teeth are found, as these are, of course, the only part of a shark that is likely to fossilise as there skeletal structure is more cartilage than bone. I suppose the only definitive proof we will ever have is if one is in fact found alive. This is possible as we know very little about our oceans, although probably unlikely.
As an aside, the largest tooth that is currently known is around 193mm in length, which, using the most considered method, would yeild a megalodon of some 57.6' (17.46m). So take from that what you will.
My real problem with this film, is the small fish they pull out of the tube. They call it a Dunkleosteos, which didn't strictly speaking have teeth, but extensions from it's bony skull. the fish in the film has teeth like needles, which would lead one to another species entirely, possibly more recent.
I actually liked it. The CGI was pretty good. The ending sucked though... like a lot.... like a whole lot.
Sign upon the bloody line, drop of yours, drop of mine... nothing's free.
We didn't get this in the UK, but I saw it on Sky last night... not great. The first 30 mins or so was dull, the only really realistic looking thing was the little alien-looking fish they found in the tube. Agreed, the ending was just crap, but the very last bit with the second Meg under the yacht was pretty good. The CGI shark looked better than Shark Attack 3, but the entire movie probably used more computer graphics than Shrek!
I just hope the upcomin Meg movie isn't such a let down.
I have a bunch of random thoughts about this movie:
I've seen a LOT of low budget monster movies, and this one I must say had good special effects.
The movie severely lacked in suspense and horror.
I would say bad editing overall.
I think the movie needed some more shots and scenes regarding the people being killed in the submarine vehicles. I was like...are they dead? and then the movie ended and I just had to assume they died cause I never saw them again.
The acting was decent enough.
Being low budget the standards are lower and this movie actually went above my expectations, because most low budget movies are way worse than this.
I was expecting some lame shark movie where they mix in shots of real sharks with people trashing around, etc. This was not that thankfully. You actually saw the shark AND the people in the same shot sometimes!!! holy cow, tell that to Jaws 3.
This movie did appear to spend a lot of effort computer animating the entire building and the other fish, when they could have maybe put more effort into the SHARK.
If you've never seen a low budget shark movie then yea this will suck to you. But if you've seen them all then I think you'll appreciate the detail put into this one.
The ending was anticlimactic. Don't their CGI people know how to animate an explosion? That was the worst explosion i've ever seen in a movie, even if it is under water. Fire underwater would have looked better, haha
It was horrible.
Acting, story, effects, all of it.
Effects in particular, now that I think of it.
The shark itself looked quite a lot like a plastic model someone put on a stick and submerged in the bath tub with a camera.
Now that I think of it, that may have been how they did it.
The ending, although I am a bit fuzzy since it was two years ago that I watched it, was also horrible.
"I'm gonna sacrifice myself to kill this evil evil shark"
Sharks kill what? A handful people a year. Turn the damn thing around and leave it be.
I saw this movie because I'm a Mark Sheppard fan.
I was expecting a lot of really bad CGI when the shark showed up but I was pleasantly suprised. It was near as bad as what I was expecting. (Ever see a Monster movie on the SyFy network? That's BAD CGI.)
I didn't think the movie was bad overall. It did take a long time for the action to start up though. Also, it didn't end like I would have liked.
Overall though I didn't think it was that bad and it was worth watching just for Mark Sheppard.
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This was decent up until the adult Megalodon showed up. After that, the story and HORRIBLE special affects killed it.
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