I'm a sucker for a good shark movie. Heck, I'm a sucker for a semi-decent shark movie. JAWS obviously set the bar pretty high, but there have been some close runners up in OPEN WATER and even DEEP BLUE SEA. So, having said that, I hope that you can understand how much it pains me to say that I couldn't find a single redeeming thing about BLUE DEMON. What's so bad about it? Well, despite the fact that the shark fins are all clearly tied on to a scuba diver's head, the main problem is that BLUE DEMON flounders around in a shallow pond known as: The un-scary, un-funny PG-13 Sci-Fi Channel horror-comedy.
I wish someone would explain the recent trend behind PG-13 horror movies that are intentionally goofy to me. Like Carmen Electra's MONSTER ISLAND or even BOA VS. PYTHON. It's as if there's a whole generation of people that were brought up on Sci-Fi Original movies and R.L. Stine books. Who is the intended audience for these things? No one over the age of ten would find these movies remotely scary, and it seems like the filmmakers know that, so they make the movies intentionally quirky and self-effacing for the thirty-somethings. But the inside jokes and the sarcasm would go right over the head of the few ten year olds that were actually watching the movie to get scared. And then, just to confuse the audience even more, they have these semi-dramatic scenes where people are crying over lost friends or trying to mend their shattered marriage. The end result is a movie that's not scary, not funny and not dramatic. It's like a stew where none of the flavors work well together.
It's impossible to critique anything individually in this latest addition to the intentionally goofy wanna-be scary movie genre - the whole thing stinks. The CG sharks, the acting, the dialog... especially the music, which sounds like it came directly from Ron Jeremy's personal collection of porn scores. In defense of the actors, they all seem to know that they're in DEEP BLUE SEA LITE, and they act appropriately. In other words, they mug for the camera, they make ridiculous faces and stomp around. The only thing missing is a few fart noises. Come to think of it, maybe they should have added some, it might have made the movie better.
I wish someone would explain the recent trend behind PG-13 horror movies that are intentionally goofy to me. Like Carmen Electra's MONSTER ISLAND or even BOA VS. PYTHON. It's as if there's a whole generation of people that were brought up on Sci-Fi Original movies and R.L. Stine books. Who is the intended audience for these things? No one over the age of ten would find these movies remotely scary, and it seems like the filmmakers know that, so they make the movies intentionally quirky and self-effacing for the thirty-somethings. But the inside jokes and the sarcasm would go right over the head of the few ten year olds that were actually watching the movie to get scared. And then, just to confuse the audience even more, they have these semi-dramatic scenes where people are crying over lost friends or trying to mend their shattered marriage. The end result is a movie that's not scary, not funny and not dramatic. It's like a stew where none of the flavors work well together.
It's impossible to critique anything individually in this latest addition to the intentionally goofy wanna-be scary movie genre - the whole thing stinks. The CG sharks, the acting, the dialog... especially the music, which sounds like it came directly from Ron Jeremy's personal collection of porn scores. In defense of the actors, they all seem to know that they're in DEEP BLUE SEA LITE, and they act appropriately. In other words, they mug for the camera, they make ridiculous faces and stomp around. The only thing missing is a few fart noises. Come to think of it, maybe they should have added some, it might have made the movie better.