Review of THE SHALLOWS
Revue of THE SHALLOWS
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Genre: Thriller/Drama
Directed By: Jaume Collet-Serra
Nancy (Blake Lively) is a medical student mourning the loss of her mother and takes some time off to go surfing on a secret beach. Suddenly, a great white shark attacks her because she has inadvertently encroached on its feeding territory and forces her to take refuge on a rock 200 yards from the shore. To avoid becoming the shark’s next meal, she has to outwit the shark on its own turf to get to the shore.
Ladies and gentlemen, Jaws is back! Okay, maybe I exaggerate a bit but I supremely enjoyed this movie. Just as I anticipated it will be, it was exciting and intense. I have been a sucker for movies about sharks since Jaws, Deep Blue Sea and even the ridiculous Sharknado.
I was intrigued by the way the producers resisted the temptation to go overboard and make the movie another CGI fest about a hungry shark but rather about the resilience of the human spirit and mans will to survive the odds with our backs against the wall. Blake Lively gave a sterling performance because it is not easy for just one person stranded on a rock to hold an audience captive for a whole movie but she pulled it off magnificently. That being said, my favorite character in the whole movie was "Steven Seagull". Don’t worry, you will get the joke when you see the movie.
The producers tried to explain the overly aggressive character of the ravenous shark to human encroachment in the shark’s natural habitat which I think is an attempt to subliminally draw our attention to environmental degradation, global warming and poaching.
Ehen, there was one part of the movie that got me confused. Does anyone know where the oil slick which caught fire came from? Please let me know in the comments section below.
The crescendo of the movie was one that I did not see coming and lays credence to human ingenuity and made for a great climax. This movie is definitely one of my favorite movies for this year and chomps a 7.0/10 rating on myawesome-o-metre.
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The Maveriq
Awesome movie. Awesome!!
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