THE MEG

THE MEG: B-

It was a fun, action packed suspenseful ride. Nothing about the film is going to be up for an academy award, but it was far from the Razzie fest that I feared it might be going in.

I was pleasantly surprised to view a film with an inherent nature to be nothing but senseless action actually have a story. Not only did it have a story but it had a compelling story. A story with interesting characters.

Did it have its flaws? Of course it did. I can only imagine how painful it would be for a scientist or a biologist to sit through the enormity of inaccuracies displayed in this film. I'm not a scientist nor am I a biologist. I don't demand absolute accuracy to actualities when I watch a film. I only demand that a film be within the rules that it sets upon itself, and I feel that THE MEG did.

The subplots were as distracting as they were unnecessary but the main plot itself was rather strong. There was little to no need for a romance between Jonas and Suyin, and the tension between Jonas and Celeste was completely unneeded.

It wasn't that the film had difficulty focusing, it was that the film had difficulty in what to focus on. The sense of urgency at times was greater than what it should have been and at others not near as great as it should have been.

Nevertheless it was a fun film and Jason Statham did a great job of playing the no nonsense badass that he is uncanny for portraying.

As I watched the film it made me think of how I would have structured the story had I been in charge of writing the screenplay. I think I would have had a tie-in to an aquarium that housed Orcas. How there was an animal loving oceanographer who wanted the animals freed. Had it to where upon an agreement, the Orcas would be trained to attack and kill Megs, and if they succeeded they would be permanently released into the wild. And yes, it may take ten or fifteen of them to do it, but a large group of Orcas, as quick, strong and intelligent as they are could kill a Megalodon.