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Blogs > Canus2011 > Adventure my ass!

Living up to the hype  

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7/27/2013 6:08 am
Living up to the hype

Many movies are cursed with the inability to live up to their own hype, but then you have movies like "Sharknado" with headlines like:

"Something went horribly, horribly right"

and

"Gloriously incompetent and gleefully terrible"

...when you set the bar like that, it's always amazing when you find a cinematic gem that stands out from all the rest. I think the words of this reviewer said it well:

"Regardless of genre, most movies are a construction of thoughtfully planned scenes, each of which presenting plot points and character motivations that, together, form a plausible narrative, allowing for the proverbial "suspension of disbelief." Such careful craftsmanship is never more important than at a film's beginning. The creators of Sharknado didn't bother with any of that."

This is a movie that's really meant to be watched in groups ...for those of us that remember the good old days of drive-in movies, that probably would have been the ultimate venue for this particular score. The full effect of something like this is somehow better when you can have a running group dialog while it's all happening.

I started out rolling my eyes a lot, but by the time it got going I was cackling like crazy and stomping my feet in maniacal glee. After the shark attacks in (literally) ankle deep water, I kept waiting for the cast to give wide berths to drinking fountains and sinks when perusing aisles looking for<b> supplies </font></b>to blow up tornadoes. (I'd really have loved to have been on the set while they were making this thing, but I suspect it was a blast)

I'm really going to have to start sifting through my old VHS stuff and see if I can dig out "Blades" and "Rabid Grannies" for the sake of comparison (I think "Blades" MAY have been slightly better, but it's been a while).

Fun!

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