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But whos the alpha among this league of killers?
How Realistic Are Shark Attacks in Movies?
Whats the fun of a shark if its not tearing anyone limb from limb?
Awayfaring seagull nicknamed Steven (get it?)
For all of his failings of self-control, Bruce doesnt fully fall off the wagon.
Total damage:For the alleged kings of the underwater jungle, these are some pansy Great Whites.
Theyre light on charisma, but at least theyve got the crowds support.
There must be something about shark-related peril that makes people want to stop everything and reassess their personal lives.
Sharknado
Physical specs:The combination is greater than the sum of its parts.
The hazards of the sharknado are twofold.
Plus, the rain of sharks has an added shock-and-awe effect, a certainje ne shark quoi.
Bonus points:Ian Ziering chainsaws his way out of a shark.
That will be all.
Theyre not the focus of their film, but they play their parts serviceably enough.
Deep Blue Sea
Physical specs:Genetically.
What more could a person possibly want?
(The reasons are as dumb as they are difficult to explain.)
But the truest sign of these sharks intelligence lies in their refraining from needless chaos.
More unsettling than a stone-cold killer shark is a plotting, scheming shark.
Regrettably, he is not permitted to wear his customary Kangol.
Its simply not practical headwear for underwater conflict.
Orca
Physical specs:Yeah, yeah, orca whalestechnicallyarent sharks, or even in the same family.
As he goes on a bloody spree of vengeance, he puts the killer back in killer whale.
The orca makes the shark fromThe Shallowslook like a schoolchild.
Theres a frosty indifference to its wanton carnage, as if the creature knows only rage.
Total damage:All together now Youre gonna need a bigger boat!
Oh, cmon, its not a spoiler if the movies over 40 years old!
Bonus points:Where to start?
The Meg
Physical specs:Now were getting to the big leagues.
The title refers to the megalodon, a prehistoric species of shark thought to be extinct.
What this movie supposes is … it isnt?
For scale, the Meg would still have a considerable advantage on a Jaws triple the size.
Fortunately, for all of us, the dog lives to tell the tale.
Peerless, the Meg can only find food large enough to subsist on in the weaklings of its brood.
Giant Octopus
Physical specs:Mega Shark is the Meg without limits.
Mega Shark has only hatred in its heart.
Perhaps theres something apropos about the jerky, unnatural computer-animation that brings Mega Shark to life.
Too pure and too mighty, he could never be of this world.
