The Meg (2018)

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BackFire Blood. It's nature's lube

Saw this a few days ago. Was ok. Decently fun and entertaining. Probably should have been a little shorter.

Flyattractor Senior Member
Originally posted by BackFire
Saw this a few days ago. Was ok. Decently fun and entertaining. Probably should have been a little shorter.

...MMmmmYeah. Pretty Much.

Insane Titan Senior Member

Originally posted by BackFire
Saw this a few days ago. Was ok. Decently fun and entertaining. Probably should have been a little shorter.
agree , was better than I was expecting though.

Esau Cairn Contagious

I didn't mind the length of the movie...for once I felt like I got my money's worth out of a movie ticket.

I just wished they used the time to show more of Meg rather than character interaction.

Patient_Leech Perfect Organism

I put together a YouTube Movie Review for this film. Saw it at the cheap theater this past weekend...

YouTube video

NemeBro Senior Member

Shut up

Flyattractor Senior Member

I had fun with this movie, but I would have liked to see an more close to the book adaptation.

Patient_Leech Perfect Organism

I actually liked the climax where

Spoiler:
Statham stabbed the beast through to eye
. It gave me a good chuckle. You can kind of see how they had to change that from the book. Apparently in the book
Spoiler:
he is swallowed and cuts the aorta.
There were some fun sequences in the film, for sure. But the excessive and poor comic relief kept it from being great, imo. Oh and the stupid scene I mentioned in my video review.

Impediment Endless

The book is leagues better than this film but I enjoyed the campy cheese, nonetheless.

Patient_Leech Perfect Organism
Originally posted by Impediment
The book is leagues better than this film but I enjoyed the campy cheese, nonetheless.

Leagues... I see what you did there, you clever bastard.

Esau Cairn Contagious

That's the thing about shark movies...the fact that they don't make a sound. They don't growl or snarl or bark for that matter.

It's a fine line between instilling fear or just looking ridiculous when a creature is literally silent & deadly.

Kudos to a great soundtrack.

Patient_Leech Perfect Organism

Apparently the sequel is in early stages, but not actually officially green lit yet...

https://deadline-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/deadline.com/2018/10/the-meg-2-early-development-warner-bros-china-1202492498/amp/?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadline.com%2F2018%2F10%2Fthe-meg-2-early-development-warner-bros-china-1202492498%2F

janus77 Banana Genius

What really tells you the level at which they're pitching this movie is the monosyllabic contraction they used for the title "Meg".

They expect their audience to struggle to pronounce Megalodon? Or do they think their audience won't know what one of those is? Or both?

Anyway, this kind of crap is best left to tpb. When it's too stupid to waste your money on or you can't get to sleep, download and watch.

Maybe this generation's Anaconda/Snakes on a plane/whatever b-movie drivel you can think of. that features a predatory animal (no, not Bill Clinton!).

Flyattractor Senior Member

Well this movie was mostly aimed at the Chinese...and you know how much trouble they have at pronouncing Big Words...

janus77 Banana Genius

The ultimate shark-fin soup?

I can see the appeal, I guess.

NemeBro Senior Member

Originally posted by janus77
What really tells you the level at which they're pitching this movie is the monosyllabic contraction they used for the title "Meg".
Alternatively, get this, they might have pitched that as the name because Meg is the title of the series it is based on.

janus77 Banana Genius

What series? Is it as vapid as the film?

NemeBro Senior Member

Originally posted by janus77
What series? Is it as vapid as the film?
Probably. I've read none of the books nor have I seen the film.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg:_A_Novel_of_Deep_Terror

Flyattractor Senior Member
Originally posted by janus77
What series? Is it as vapid as the film?

The first is def the best. 2nd practically has a bond villain and the 3rd has it centered around a reality tv show, but it is still pretty fun. 4th is pretty shit tho.

Patient_Leech Perfect Organism

Pretty cool shit...

YouTube video