crawl 2019

[TaliBane]

No it didn't happen. It was a group of smaller sharks (bull sharks I think). There was no giant GW attacking boats and hunting people vengfully. I'm sure somewhere on multiple occasions people were attacked by gators in flood water.

I cite an example where a shark (species and number unknown) hunted/killed multiple people in a small town in the Northeast over a short period of time causing mass panic and you say that because there was no drunken Irishman hired to stop the attacks then it's got nothing to do with "Jaws." I mean it is called "the true story of Jaws" (and similar rashes of multiple shark attacks in the same place have occurred many times) and is cited as Benchley's inspiration, but oookay.

But... "I'm sure" people were killed by gators in flood water - but can't think of any. Not to mention attractive young women battling alligators inside a house during a hurricane.

Let’s not compare this film to the brilliance that is JAWS.

Anyways

First I heard about it being a “group” of Bull Sharks... But yes the 1916 attacks have been put on the Bull shark. The shark swam up a small creek that connected to the ocean.. Bull sharks live in both salt and fresh water so that is why they assume it was a Bull and not a GW.... Nobody knows for sure though.

From National Geographic “There’s some debate if a bull shark was responsible for the deaths in Matawan Creek because they are known to inhabit fresh and brackish waters; however, Burgess says the evidence points to the young great white. ”

 

[Underworld54]

Let’s not compare this film to the brilliance that is JAWS.

Anyways

First I heard about it being a “group” of Bull Sharks... But yes the 1916 attacks have been put on the Bull shark. The shark swam up a small creek that connected to the ocean.. Bull sharks live in both salt and fresh water so that is why they assume it was a Bull and not a GW.... Nobody knows for sure though.

From National Geographic “There’s some debate if a bull shark was responsible for the deaths in Matawan Creek because they are known to inhabit fresh and brackish waters; however, Burgess says the evidence points to the young great white. ”

I wasn't comparing it to the merits of JAWS, but the premise of JAWS. Both premises are equally absurd. But you likely knew what I was talking about but decided to take a shot at this movie. Considering your user name I'd never expect you to look at it with any sort of open mind.

 

[Unclechopchop]

It's a girl and an alligator, what were you expecting?

A better movie....

 

[Wor-Gar]

87 minute runtime was perfect.

This alone makes it brilliant.

I'm so tired of these bloated 2.5+ hour "epics".

 

[rushmore223]

This alone makes it brilliant.

I'm so tired of these bloated 2.5+ hour "epics".

It was fun, tense, and the audience (In my theater) reacted strongly in the appropriate scenes.

There was no fluff, unnecessary exposition, or padding, it was exactly the length it needed to be. The sign of a good director and editor collaboration.

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[Wor-Gar]

Good to hear.

Monster movies should be no longer than comedies: about 1.5 hours. Perfect. Get in, do your thing, get out.


It took 3rd spot at the boxoffice this weekend.

 

[bboy]

This was awesome. One of the best movies of the summer


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[JAWS]

I wasn't comparing it to the merits of JAWS, but the premise of JAWS. Both premises are equally absurd. But you likely knew what I was talking about but decided to take a shot at this movie. Considering your user name I'd never expect you to look at it with any sort of open mind.

Lighten up Francis.

 

[JAWS]

This was awesome. One of the best movies of the summer


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It was yet another summer film released this year that I liked more than Endgame.

 

[JAWS]

Good to hear.

Monster movies should be no longer than comedies: about 1.5 hours. Perfect. Get in, do your thing, get out.


It took 3rd spot at the boxoffice this weekend.

I agree with this... Runtime was perfect for a film like this.

 

[JAWS]

It was good, for what it strived to be. I don't expect meticulous attention to alligator behavior, or movement, but the way alligators attempt to remove meat from a victim was very accurate.

It was enjoyable, and the 87 minute runtime was perfect.

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I may have sounded harsh with my CGI comments. I just feel that with more realistic looking / moving Gators I would have really loved the film. I still liked it... it just could have gone to the next level.

 

[Khev]

I also saw this today. Not bad. Wish the film was more realistic with the CGI movements of the gators. When done right it worked. Other Times it took me out of the movie.

Shoot, as a rule I don't like it when CGI is used for real animals, especially in a horror type film where it's very hard to create palpable tension when you can tell that you're basically looking at something that's a cartoon.

Do they use practical gator effects or real life gator footage ever in the film?

 

[rushmore223]

Shoot, as a rule I don't like it when CGI is used for real animals, especially in a horror type film where it's very hard to create palpable tension when you can tell that you're basically looking at something that's a cartoon.

Do they use practical gator effects or real life gator footage ever in the film?

I'm sure it was CG, but looked pretty real

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[LIBBY1957DOG]

Shoot, as a rule I don't like it when CGI is used for real animals, especially in a horror type film where it's very hard to create palpable tension when you can tell that you're basically looking at something that's a cartoon.

Do they use practical gator effects or real life gator footage ever in the film?

not sure mate as its not releasing in the uk until end of august

but saw a reasonable cam rip ,okay but not clean enough to answer your question about the cgi

loved what i saw though ,as i expected from the trailer ,and the looters part was ace

if you like this sort of movie and one that uses real animals check out black water



small budget ,small cast ,and from what i remember from the special features on the dvd ,they used wildlife footage and cgi ed the back grounds

 

[TaliBane]

Yeah, also "Rogue" from "Wolf Creek" director - a bit bigger budget than "Black Water." Not great, but pushes many of the same buttons.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Rogue was really good.

 

[LIBBY1957DOG]

Rogue was really good.

yeah it was



primeval wasn't a bad flick either ,with the guy from legends of tomorrow

trailer is poor but this music video give you a idea what to expect from the croc

 

[Wor-Gar]

Says video unavailable?

 

[JAWS]

Shoot, as a rule I don't like it when CGI is used for real animals, especially in a horror type film where it's very hard to create palpable tension when you can tell that you're basically looking at something that's a cartoon.

Do they use practical gator effects or real life gator footage ever in the film?

Ummmmm The Shallows

The Shallows had better CGI overall then this film.


There are times the Gators look good. There are other times were the way they move they become obvious CGI and it was those moments I was taken out of the movie.

Still a decent movie overall and one I will revisit.

I also like the films mentioned above.. Though I don't think I cared for Primeval all that much.

 

[TaliBane]

Ummmmm The Shallows

The Shallows had better CGI overall then this film.


There are times the Gators look good. There are other times were the way they move they become obvious CGI and it was those moments I was taken out of the movie.

Still a decent movie overall and one I will revisit.

I also like the films mentioned above.. Though I don't think I cared for Primeval all that much.

The Shallows was so different from the film I was expecting, which was almost like an independent movie version of a shark thriller - one that traded as much on character and drama as it did on thrills. It was a pretty straight down the line hot-girl-in-swimsuit-battling shark movie that had its fun moments but a liberal dollop of velveeta. The ending had everyone in the room groaning.