The joke is firmly on us.
I myself like a lot of cinematic offerings that require the brain to be left at the door. There's something very calming about being able to sit back and drive oneself into a movie with absolutely no worries about themes, agendas, politico posturing and etc. What shouldn't be tolerated is when film makers ask you to not only leave your brain at the door, but to also dribble with it and slam dunk it into the nearest garbage can.
Alexandre Aja's 2010 redux of Piranha was a whole bunch of fun, even away from the 3D, in 2D form it had a devilish glint in its eye, bu…
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The piranhas are back. Why? Not really sure, don't really care. But they are, and its a sad sight. This time they manage to lure their way into a water park, and you surely imagine what will happen. An endless amount of pointless killings, blood... everywhere. There are people too, mind you, a virgin, a greedy dude, a celebrity lifeguard, a couple of innocent youths and a corrupt cop, and more... but it matters not, they can't save eachother, and they certainly can't save this movie.
I have to admit, I knew what I was going into, but I still sad down and watched it. It was painful to say th…
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Inventive title, 'Hoff cameo, Josh cut off his penis.
_Piranha 3DD_ leans in hard on the stupid factor of the franchise, had this been coupled with a little more humour, that'd totally work, unfortunately, it's more dumb than fun. Still a pretty good time if this is your sort of thing, but less so than even its predecessor.
_Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._
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Good watch, will likely watch again, and can recommend.
Compared to even the 1995 version, this version definitely increased the amount of nudity and gore, or at least blood in this.
Since this is more of a comedy-horror, having a waterpark "going wild" be the setting for this particular creature actually works out quite a bit.
You'd think once the killing starts that the comedy might stop, it has laughs all the way through, and while they're not necessarily all "classy" jokes, this isn't really a "classy" movie.
I'm honestly surprised (but grateful) to see Danielle Panabaker in th…
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<em>'Piranha 3DD'</em> is worse than predecessor <em>'Piranha 3D'</em>, yet I'd say it actually has moments that I'll somewhat remember (unlike the prior entry). There are three bits I minorly liked: Ving Rhames, David Hasselhoff and the David Koechner head gag.
That is literally it, though. It's a bad movie, no question. It even feels like a pale imitation of the previous flick, which is quite something given that 2010 release isn't even anything good itself. The humans in this are extremely dull, while the piranha barely registered to me whilst watching. At least the run time is short.
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