can’t leave this one alone
After watching it again (without the assistance of allergy medication), I can definitely say that Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus is all the fun I expected. I mean, where else can you see Debbie Gibson drop the F-bomb, make out with a Japanese oceanographer in a utility closet, punch out a Naval Officer, and do….
And yeah, there’s a really big shark and a giant octopus. How big is the shark, you ask? When Ms. Gibson and company decide to lure the shark into the San Franscisco Bay to trap it, this happens:
Additionally, the shark (supposedly a Megalodon), at various points throughout the film, eats a US Navy Destroyer, bites a Nuclear Submarine in half, and leaps from the water to snag a passing airliner out of the air. He’s also impervious to torpedos and naval gun rounds.
For his part, the giant octopus pulls down an offshore oil rig, and swats a fighter jet like a gnat with a single tentacle, but the shark gets the “best” FX shots, and is really the star of the film.
I’m pretty sure I’m going to have to own this one.
