Blue Demon

Are you familiar with those straight-to-"video"/made-for-tv shark movies? I don't see how you couldn't be, there's like a hundred of them. This one isn't special. It's boring, has only a few deaths, and whenever the sharks appear all they do is swim towards the camera. The acting is bad, but it could be a lot worse, so be thankful, it's actually watchable. The story is silly and filled with cliches and rip-offs from everything, but again, it could be a lot worse. One thing I really love, however, is the title! Blue Demon sounds so cool and promising yet this movie does not live up to that promise.


It isn't all bad though. Overall, this film is not the worst choice for a fun night with friends, but you could do better...


Critical Rating- 3.5/10
Entertainment rating- 6/10 (there's lots of laughs, some even intentional!)
SHARK MOVIE RATING- 5/10

CAST
Deedee Pfeiffer
Randall Batinkoff
Danny Woodburn
Josh Hammond
Jeff Fahey
DIRECTED BY
Daniel Grodnik

Deep Blue Sea

Deep Blue Sea, one of the more famous shark movies, and one of the better ones... The story is alright, and works well. It puts the sharks in a human environment, and most of the time it works. It's pretty scary seeing sharks swim through flooded corridors to attack humans. Imagine if this happened in Titanic or Poseidon Adventure, it would've been cheesy(and historically inaccurate for one), but pretty scary.

Perhaps the film's greatest asset is its production values. The sharks all look great, thanks to a good blending of practical and visual effects. The shark attacks are well done and unexpected. It's a fun game trying to guess who's going to be killed next.

"Please don't kill me!"

I really enjoyed this movie, it's one of the more well made shark movies out there. It's a solid, fun action/adventure movie.

Critical rating- 5/10
Entertainment rating- 8.5/10
Shark movie rating- 8/10

Cast:
Thomas Jane
Saffron Burrows
LL Cool J
Michael Rapaport
Stellan Skarsgård
Samuel L. Jackson
Jacqueline McKenzie

Director:
Renny Harlin

Writers:
Duncan Kennedy
Donna Powers

Jaws

The one shark movie that basically everyone knows about...Jaws. This is one of my favorite films of all time. It's truly scary, and some parts freak me out every time. Like the Kinter boy attack, and the shark-in-the-estuary scene. The story is so good, everything works perfectly, the acting is awesome, some of the best. The shark itself looks pretty good for the time, and through Spielberg's masterful directing we never think twice about this thing being real.


The most haunting image in the film. 

Jaws changed films. It introduced us to the concept of the Hollywood blockbuster. Big budget action movies made for a wide audience. It also changed the way people thought of sharks. The great white became a symbol of terror, and for many it scared them away from the ocean for years. More recently Spielberg and author Peter Benchley have come forward as supporters for the great white and the movement to take back the portrayal of a violent killer. It is after all just and animal, and not one very interested in human flesh.

In any case, it's too late now. The image of a brutal killer is cemented in movie-goers minds, and many films continue to capitalize on this image.

Critical rating- 9/10
Entertainment rating- 9.5/10
Shark movie rating- 10/10
It doesn't get any better than this!
CastRoy Scheider
Richard Dreyfuss
Robert Shaw

Screenplay
Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb
Music
John Williams
Producer
Richard D. Zanuck & David Brown
DirectorSteven Spielberg

Hello and Welcome to Great White Films

Hello there, I'm Sen and I will be your guide through the many movies about sharks, and possibly movies that just happen to feature sharks in them! I've moved from an old website, www.sharkfilms.4t.com, which I found hard to keep up with and FULL of nasty ads, so I decided to create a blog to post my feelings about the various shark movies out there!

So... hello... welcome...