{"id":4038,"date":"2023-07-14T02:00:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T07:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/?p=4038"},"modified":"2023-07-13T17:21:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T22:21:07","slug":"blog-pcr-talks-shark-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/?p=4038","title":{"rendered":"[BLOG] PCR talks Shark Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hey Somethings, PCR here.<\/p>\n

So, I recently ended up watching “The Meg” and, I went into it wanting to like it more than I did.\u00a0 Afterwards, I was left sitting there thinking about many of the shark movies I’ve seen, and, with Shark Week approaching, I decided to touch on 3 of them specifically.\u00a0 Let’s start with the one I already mentioned..<\/p>\n

The Meg<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The concept of “how” was actually pretty original… there’s a section of ocean BELOW the deepest section of the Mariana Trench, separated by super, super cold water.\u00a0 They find things down there that have never been discovered, and inadvertently bring something back up through it.\u00a0 The movie does give you some twists, but honestly, they’re not anything we haven’t seen from other shark movies.. just… bigger.\u00a0 The CGI wasn’t the worst I’ve seen, but, the story hinged on the fact that the shark was the size of a skyscraper.\u00a0 Once that sinks in, you’re really just in it to hear Jason Statham say “megalodon” over and over.<\/p>\n

Jaws<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is pretty much where it all started, and, the most realistic of the 3 I’ll talk about.\u00a0 \u00a0Great White Shark wreaks havoc on an idyllic town’s beach.\u00a0 Sure the shark is ‘big’, but still within the realm of realism.\u00a0 It’s also filmed in a ‘realistic’ way.. like.. all that shit could happen.. which made it’s impact that much stronger.\u00a0 Sure, other shark movies have taken concepts and paid homage to Spielberg’s classic, and it’s well earned.<\/p>\n

Deep Blue Sea<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This movie is kind of a guilt pleasure of mine.\u00a0 It has one scene of the worst CGI scenes I’ve seen in a shark movie, but the cast is amazing.\u00a0 Sam Jackson, LL Cool J, Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, Michael Rapaport… how can it NOT be fun?\u00a0 Are there silly parts in it?\u00a0 Absolutely.\u00a0 Is it still a fun movie with an original twist?\u00a0 To me.. yes.\u00a0 Most other shark movies lean into the shark being ‘huge’, or ‘evil’.\u00a0 This one made them smarter<\/em>, and that made all the difference.<\/p>\n

How about you Somethings?\u00a0 What are some of YOUR favorite shark movies?\u00a0 Sound off in our socials and let us know<\/p>\n

-PCR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Audio Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

Hey Somethings, PCR here.<\/p>\n

So, I recently ended up watching “The Meg” and, I went into it wanting to like it more than I did.\u00a0 Afterwards, I was left sitting there thinking about many of the shark movies I’ve seen, and, with Shark Week approaching, I decided to touch on 3 of them specifically.\u00a0 Let’s start with the one I already mentioned..<\/p>\n

The Meg<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The concept of “how” was actually pretty original… there’s a section of ocean BELOW the deepest section of the Mariana Trench, separated by super, super cold water.\u00a0 They find things down there that have never been discovered, and inadvertently bring something back up through it.\u00a0 The movie does give you some twists, but honestly, they’re not anything we haven’t seen from other shark movies.. just… bigger.\u00a0 The CGI wasn’t the worst I’ve seen, but, the story hinged on the fact that the shark was the size of a skyscraper.\u00a0 Once that sinks in, you’re really just in it to hear Jason Statham say “megalodon” over and over.<\/p>\n

Jaws<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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This is pretty much where it all started, and, the most realistic of the 3 I’ll talk about.\u00a0 \u00a0Great White Shark wreaks havoc on an idyllic town’s beach.\u00a0 Sure the shark is ‘big’, but still within the realm of realism.\u00a0 It’s also filmed in a ‘realistic’ way.. like.. all that shit could happen.. which made it’s impact that much stronger.\u00a0 Sure, other shark movies have taken concepts and paid homage to Spielberg’s classic, and it’s well earned.<\/p>\n

Deep Blue Sea<\/strong><\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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This movie is kind of a guilt pleasure of mine.\u00a0 It has one scene of the worst CGI scenes I’ve seen in a shark movie, but the cast is amazing.\u00a0 Sam Jackson, LL Cool J, Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, Michael Rapaport… how can it NOT be fun?\u00a0 Are there silly parts in it?\u00a0 Absolutely.\u00a0 Is it still a fun movie with an original twist?\u00a0 To me.. yes.\u00a0 Most other shark movies lean into the shark being ‘huge’, or ‘evil’.\u00a0 This one made them smarter<\/em>, and that made all the difference.<\/p>\n

How about you Somethings?\u00a0 What are some of YOUR favorite shark movies?\u00a0 Sound off in our socials and let us know<\/p>\n

-PCR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[215],"tags":[238,216,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4038"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4038"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4046,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4038\/revisions\/4046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somethingcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}