Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus

Bubs101

Has anybody else seen this yet? The trailer has been out for ages but I watched the full thing last night and it's much better than your usual standard B movie fair, mainly because the Shark vs. Plane scene is even better than you could imagine. Other than that it has awful Japanese acting, a dodgy Irish accent, equal parts Cork and Finglas and an over the top military guy who disregards his scientists. Definitely worth a watch

ScumLord

Might have a look for this one, I love bad B.

niallon

Couldn't tolerate it enough to watch it start to finish. I can tolerate B but this is well and truly C!

Spunge

:pac:

mike65

Brilliant!

The Guardian ran an article on the company who churn these out - needless to say the title is the starting point. The average budget is 1 million dollars I think.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/jul/30/asylum-hollywood-z-movies

grimm2005

I saw this mentioned on jonathan ross last week and they showed the plane scene. Looks ridiculous but i must see it!

Galvasean

Could this replace Boa versus Python as the ultimate Vs movie?

Bubs101

Galvasean wrote: »

Could this replace Boa versus Python as the ultimate Vs movie?

Is that the one with David Hewlett (Stargate Atlantis and Cube)? That's definitely a better movie overall but it lacks the epicness of Mega Shark and no scene is as good as the plane scene. In this film they clearly used all the budget on one or two scenes and alot of other ones look awful but Boa vs Python was very consistent in terms of the generated snakes

Blazer

At least in Boa v Phyton they had 2 hot looking chicks...
<snip>(Mega Shark) but reading all the comments on imdb just puts me off

NeilFrenzy4Ever

Spunge wrote: »

:pac:

Shark got them good!

ziedth

Spunge wrote: »

:pac:

I MUST own this movie :D:D:D

Kiith

Thats the best thing that i've ever seen.

ScumLord

Spunge wrote: »

:pac:

That looks awesome!

"I'm getting married in two days" Slightly irrelevant but ok?

Testament1

ha man its so **** that its brilliant! id say definately up there with boa vs python!:D

Otis Driftwood

Cheese a la Gingerdead Man is great but that looks intolerable.

sky88

Spunge wrote: »

:pac:

that is the best movie clip ever i must see this film

Rb

Need to see that film, looks amazing.

Galvasean

Any further discussion of aquiring movies through illegal means will result in bannings.

3nero

this movie is a cheeseburger

lots of meaty bits with a thin slice of cheese.

and a guilty pleasure

I loved it:D

mike65

Galvasean wrote: »

Any further discussion of aquiring movies through illegal means will result in bannings.

Fair enough of course but would anyone pay to see this? :pac:

Maximilian

mike65 wrote: »

Fair enough of course but would anyone pay to see this? :pac:

Why would anyone want to see it for free even?

If it were Ultra-Squirrel vs. Terra-Donkey, that would be a different matter.

ScumLord

I watched half of it last night but fell asleep. At times it looks quite good but the special effects are dire to the point they're amassing. The CSI style lab scenes are some of the greatest moments in cinema history. It's like they had a list of things they wanted to happen in the film and quickly jump into these scenes no matter how improbable or unlikely. A true B movie masterpiece. Will watch the rest of it tonight.

Bubs101

ScumLord wrote: »

I watched half of it last night but fell asleep. At times it looks quite good but the special effects are dire to the point they're amassing. .

I love the way they use the same **** renderring of the shark swimming, ocassionally mirroring it but never ever a new animation

stlay

crazy video :eek: ^_^

Galvasean

mike65 wrote: »

Fair enough of course but would anyone pay to see this? :pac:

If I ever spot te DVD for €10 or less consider it mine. Of course I'm a fan of teh 'so bad its funny' monster movie genre.

Maximilian wrote: »

If it were Ultra-Squirrel vs. Terra-Donkey, that would be a different matter.

I'd also watch that

The Recliner

Galvasean wrote: »

If I ever spot te DVD for €10 or less consider it mine. Of course I'm a fan of teh 'so bad its funny' monster movie genre.

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/10361180/Mega-Shark-Vs-Giant-Octopus/Product.html

And yes I bought it

faceman

I cant wait to see it, i love cheesy B movies. Flight of the Dead was equally awesome.

My only flaw with the clip shown is the external shot shows a Boeing 747 and the internal shot looks more like a 737.

TerrorFirmer

faceman wrote: »

I cant wait to see it, i love cheesy B movies. Flight of the Dead was equally awesome.

My only flaw with the clip shown is the external shot shows a Boeing 747 and the internal shot looks more like a 737.

Flight of the Living Dead was a good movie though that kept nicely within its means. Asylums films involve hollywood scripts with z-grade production values. The funny thing is that Asylum make some very good original films - I thought King of the Ants and Killers were really great. Even some of their cheaper films that rely more on prosthetics/make up are pretty decent, like Hillside Cannibals. Their cash-ins/epic films that involve CGI are just predictably horrendous and form the bulk of their releases.

3nero

faceman wrote: »

I cant wait to see it, i love cheesy B movies. Flight of the Dead was equally awesome.

My only flaw with the clip shown is the external shot shows a Boeing 747 and the internal shot looks more like a 737.

it's nice to see the wings on a 747 in the correct postion for flight
most films just show them with flat wings, which is how they look when they are grounded.

Even the Harrison ford movie Air Force One got that bit wrong :rolleyes:

I agree about the interior shot though..
the groom to be should be in the middle row of seats in a 747 so he can't see out a window:o

BopNiblets

That shark has excellent timing to catch the plane like that.

Redonkulous

Lamper.sffc

Nice to see her career has gone from strength to strength

mike65

Weirdly enough her Mall-pop rival Tiffany (I think we're alone now) is also in a cheap piece of drek - Necrosis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlf9wwyFyao

ScumLord

Bubs101 wrote: »

a dodgy Irish accent, equal parts Cork and Finglas

The Irish guy in it is actually Irish his accent was to normal to be a fake one, it's all the lassie stuff that makes it sound fake.

Galvasean

BopNiblets wrote: »

That shark has excellent timing to catch the plane like that.

Redonkulous

Behold the power of science!

http://www.iwatchstuff.com/image.php?path=/2010/01/27/mega-shark-infographic.jpg