Film critic Jonathan Sim's review of Big Shark, a new disaster horror movie directed by Tommy Wiseau, creator of The Room.
. I feel like calling the performances in this movie “acting” would make Stanislavski roll in his grave. Big Shark manages to make the acting in pornography seem Oscar-worthy in comparison. Wiseau’s lead performance is completely off-kilter as he mumbles through the entire movie. However, we were all expecting him to underdeliver in the acting department. In The Room, he stuck out as the worst actor in a movie where everyone else is giving half-decent performances.
Now, for the writing. I want to take the screenplay for this movie and frame it. It belongs in a museum. We live in a time where writers are worried about A.I. taking over their jobs. This movie feels like it was written by A.I……from 1999. The dialogue is so hilariously horrendous that there is no excuse. It feels like a teenager watchedand decided to make his own movie with his friends, despite not having seen any other movie in his life.
This movie has the most illogical plotting I have ever seen in a movie. Wiseau has no idea how to craft an action set piece. There will be scenes where the characters are chased by a giant 35-foot shark and a moment later, the shark vanishes and the characters don’t seem perturbed by any of it. They just move on with their lives. Big Shark has no sense of narrative structure.
You’ll break out into applause whenever the heroes vow to save New Orleans. You’ll break out into song every time they sing their dumb national anthem. You’ll laugh harmoniously with your fellow audience members in a movie that is just as funny as The Room, if not more so. Big Shark is an atrocity. The lighting changes drastically between each shot. The best thing I can say about this movie is that parts of it are in focus.
It is easy to worry that Wiseau won’t be able to replicate what he did with The Room. Part of the reason why The Room is so charming is that it’s trying so hard to be a good movie and taking itself so seriously, but it’s hilariously bad. Big Shark seems to know it’s a bad movie — the CGI made by a D-average middle schooler is a giveaway. But even though this is obviously a horrible film, you’ll find yourself wondering how much of this is intentional.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Conference realignment shakes up recruiting landscape as Big Ten, Big 12, SEC widen footprintsConference realignment has widened the recruiting footprint for Power Five college football programs long before many teams open play in their new league homes.
Read more »
Conference realignment shakes up recruiting landscape as Big Ten, Big 12, SEC widen footprintsConference realignment has widened the recruiting footprint for Power Five college football programs long before many teams open play in their new league homes.
Read more »
How did supermassive black holes get so big so fast just after the Big Bang?'It's like seeing a family walking down the street, and they have two six-foot teenagers, but they also have with them a six-foot-tall toddler.'
Read more »
$17 million jackpot-winning lottery ticket sold in DallasA lucky lottery player from the Big D won big on Wednesday night.
Read more »
Donovan Jackson, Mike Hall Jr., JT Tuimoloau and Tommy Eichenberg Land on Lombardi Award Watch ListDonovan Jackson, Mike Hall, JT Tuimoloau and Tommy Eichenberg were among 80 players named to a watch list for the Lombardi Award on Tuesday.
Read more »
Movie Review: Meg 2: The TrenchIt's Jason Statham versus a giant, ancient shark again
Read more »