The SyFy Channel may finally have achieved what appears to be its self-imposed objective - to create the ultimate bad movie! Having done so, we may all hope that SyFy will simply stop making movies and save the world from more of its seemingly unending video trash.
At first, the very idea of the movie seemed to be too stupid to be believed (three people refused to believe that there was actually a movie with this name). Viewing the first few minutes with the atrocious acting and ludicrous concept suggested that it was actually a farce or a parody. This seemed to be reinforced by having Josh Gates (from Destination Truth) act as host to the movie, making sometimes amusing comments during the commercial breaks. Also, there were a few scenes when it did seem to be playing for humor (ex. The "There is no sharktopus" scene with Captain Jack) and over-the-top lack of believability. Unfortunately, the writers forgot to include either humor or farce in most of the final version of the script; or perhaps they simply confused stupid for funny. Regardless of the reason, Sharktopus comes off as actually taking itself seriously through most of the movie.
Only the chance to watch what should go down in history as one of the worst movies ever made kept attention on the screen after the first five minutes. In that short period of time, the movie provided the viewer with at least seven flat out factual errors, a couple of severe improbabilities, a level of acting which would not be acceptable in a high school play, and absolutely no reason to suspend disbelief or like anything about the movie. A less masochistic person would undoubtedly have changed the channel before the first commercial.
The one interesting scene in the movie (excluding the obligatory bikini beach scenes) was Captain Jack apparently reprising the concept session in which the movie was first proposed - that is, a drunken fool spouting a ridiculous plot which a five year old would have rejected as the subject for a few minutes of unimaginative play.
This movie may be taken as probable cause for the authorities to raid the offices of the SyFy Channel, as someone would have to be on some serious drugs to ever have thought that this was a good idea. It is time to replace whoever is making these decisions, and for Roger Corman (the producer) to stop making movies.
At first, the very idea of the movie seemed to be too stupid to be believed (three people refused to believe that there was actually a movie with this name). Viewing the first few minutes with the atrocious acting and ludicrous concept suggested that it was actually a farce or a parody. This seemed to be reinforced by having Josh Gates (from Destination Truth) act as host to the movie, making sometimes amusing comments during the commercial breaks. Also, there were a few scenes when it did seem to be playing for humor (ex. The "There is no sharktopus" scene with Captain Jack) and over-the-top lack of believability. Unfortunately, the writers forgot to include either humor or farce in most of the final version of the script; or perhaps they simply confused stupid for funny. Regardless of the reason, Sharktopus comes off as actually taking itself seriously through most of the movie.
Only the chance to watch what should go down in history as one of the worst movies ever made kept attention on the screen after the first five minutes. In that short period of time, the movie provided the viewer with at least seven flat out factual errors, a couple of severe improbabilities, a level of acting which would not be acceptable in a high school play, and absolutely no reason to suspend disbelief or like anything about the movie. A less masochistic person would undoubtedly have changed the channel before the first commercial.
The one interesting scene in the movie (excluding the obligatory bikini beach scenes) was Captain Jack apparently reprising the concept session in which the movie was first proposed - that is, a drunken fool spouting a ridiculous plot which a five year old would have rejected as the subject for a few minutes of unimaginative play.
This movie may be taken as probable cause for the authorities to raid the offices of the SyFy Channel, as someone would have to be on some serious drugs to ever have thought that this was a good idea. It is time to replace whoever is making these decisions, and for Roger Corman (the producer) to stop making movies.