The Meg (2018)

[WingedSerpent]

After being in development limbo for almost a decade, Steve Alten's novel about a modern day encounter with a Megalodon shark has arrived and I can honestly say...it was decent enough.

The best way to describe this movie is that it feels like a straight to video killer shark movie that managed to get itself a real budget and some star power.  Something you might see on Syfy would have almost the identical script, but with worse spfx.

I read the book a while ago, and this adaptation does make a lot of changes.  Some for the better some for the worse.  I would have loved if they kept the original prologe of the book and shown a megalodon attacking a T-Rex that had waded into the ocean.

Sadly, at no point does Jason Stalehem 's character use a karate chop against the giant shark.

Not a bad way to spend an evening, but I'd say wait for it to be on televison, or streaming or however you watch movies when they leave the theater.

[Alex]

Yeah, enjoyed it but it wasn't amazing. I kept wanting to see more parts from the book. You could see a few parts here and there (the clear plastic shark cage, helicopters crashing into each other) but it really did bear much resemblance to the novel.

[Svengoolie 3]

So they didn't go full metal moron and have the navy bring in the Nautilus?  Well that's something...