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mountain_laurel) wrote2007-04-22 11:29 am
mountain_laurel) wrote2007-04-22 11:29 am
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sometimes bad movies do good things
Deep Blue Sea is a fairly typical (although refreshingly self-aware) example of the 'superintelligent genetically modified shark wreaks bloody vengeance on the scientists who created it, destroying their high-tech undersea lab and instigating a Poseidon-Adventure-style escape sequence' genre, but it has quite a few good moments, including Samuel L. Jackson, eaten mid-soliloquy by a shark.
the truly great moment, however, comes at the end.
there are the three survivors: the tough guy, the hot scientist chick, and the token black cook who used to be an alcoholic preacher. they've made it to the surface, but they're still being menaced by the evil shark. what you expect of this genre, of course, is for the token black guy to nobly sacrifice himself so the sexual tension twins can survive.
they do feint in that direction, mind you. the black guy gets grabbed by the shark, but he uses his cross to stab it in the eye, which makes it let go. (nice touch, that.) they bandage him up and make an exploding harpoon by emptying flares into a pipe. once the tough guy shoots the shark, the scientist is supposed to connect the trailing cable to a battery to set off the charge.
but no! the shark is escaping! they need to lure it closer... and the scientist chick, tormented with guilt over what she's done, cuts her hands and leaps into the water to serve as bait. tough guy jumps in to try to save her, but he's too late! the shark snaps her up in a single bite! it circles around for him, but he catches onto its fin and hangs on for dear life.
black guy picks up the harpoon gun and shoots the shark, but the harpoon goes through tough guy's leg and into the shark! oh no! tough guy, of course, being tough, tells him to set off the charge. he hesitates... but finally does it.
BOOM! shark chunks everywhere. but wait! tough guy managed to tear himself loose at the last minute! and so our two heroes survive: the tough guy and the black cook. the only thing missing is the romantic kiss at the end.
and you know, it really would be great if there had been one. isn't it about time we had some gay action heroes? i mean, honestly.
the truly great moment, however, comes at the end.
there are the three survivors: the tough guy, the hot scientist chick, and the token black cook who used to be an alcoholic preacher. they've made it to the surface, but they're still being menaced by the evil shark. what you expect of this genre, of course, is for the token black guy to nobly sacrifice himself so the sexual tension twins can survive.
they do feint in that direction, mind you. the black guy gets grabbed by the shark, but he uses his cross to stab it in the eye, which makes it let go. (nice touch, that.) they bandage him up and make an exploding harpoon by emptying flares into a pipe. once the tough guy shoots the shark, the scientist is supposed to connect the trailing cable to a battery to set off the charge.
but no! the shark is escaping! they need to lure it closer... and the scientist chick, tormented with guilt over what she's done, cuts her hands and leaps into the water to serve as bait. tough guy jumps in to try to save her, but he's too late! the shark snaps her up in a single bite! it circles around for him, but he catches onto its fin and hangs on for dear life.
black guy picks up the harpoon gun and shoots the shark, but the harpoon goes through tough guy's leg and into the shark! oh no! tough guy, of course, being tough, tells him to set off the charge. he hesitates... but finally does it.
BOOM! shark chunks everywhere. but wait! tough guy managed to tear himself loose at the last minute! and so our two heroes survive: the tough guy and the black cook. the only thing missing is the romantic kiss at the end.
and you know, it really would be great if there had been one. isn't it about time we had some gay action heroes? i mean, honestly.
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I like Samuel L. Jackson getting eaten in mid-speech, too.
I actually rented it once (yeah, yeah), and the commentary by Jackson was hysterical. Basically, he was in the movie because there was golfing nearby, or something. Once his character died, he checked out of the commentary. Talk about phoning it in!
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One question, though: did the parrot survive?