The Meg trailer

Other than being the next movie with a big threatening shark, it is no way the next Jaws.


There is another trailer with a somewhat more serious tone, without the light and fun song choice, that features the Chinese costars much more.. Naturally to bring in that asian box office revenue:




Can't tell if a more thriller-style approach is better, or if the dumb fun of the first bodes well for it. But one thing is for sure: Too much god damn CGI everywhere. 

Which trailer looks better to you?

I read about that somewhere. This property has been a commodity for a while now for whatever reason. I'm not familiar with the book or its sequels, but apparently people like them and that's why it's never really been dropped, I guess. 

I suppose at that time, maybe they were going to try to do some of the movie with real locations and some practical effects, but the budget probably came down from just saying 'fuck it, let's do everything in CGI other than Jason Statham's face.'

Doing a goofy giant shark movie wouldn't be the worst thing for Eli Roth, but I'm certainly thankful that we were spared of him trying to direct himself as an action hero.

This does look very dumb, and I don't know what the tone of the book is, but the best approach seems to be to go the Deep Blue Sea route and hope to get to cult status as a somewhat self aware silly pseudo horror action movie.

I'm aware of the book, but I haven't read it, so I can't make a judgment on that. But the reception from some of the fans and the log line for the book; 'a novel of deep terror' would suggest that it's meant to be taken seriously and not the campy fun absurdity that the trailer, at least the first US trailer and not so much the international one, makes it out to be.

On the other hand, if the subject matter was taken overly seriously, I could see it being inadvertently comedic, and that could have been far worse. It's kind of a silly premise.