Piranha 3D
by Gary Barnidge on August 21st, 2010
What can be said about Piranha 3D, if you are looking for a scary movie with some great 3D scenes then this isn’t the movie to see. If you are looking for a scary movie that doesn’t take itself serious as a scary movie and want some cheap laughs then that is what you get with this movie. Piranha is a good basis for a scary movie because everyone has heard of piranha but know very little about them, all they know is they eat their prey very quick. Only problem is this movie takes a different route and tries to bring in a prehistoric piranha that is released by a tremor and then all hell breaks loose, not to mention its spring break so you know what comes with that. The movies has some very cheesy lines but the lines are also pretty funny and the movie itself is funny itself which a lot of horror movies don’t do. The 3D in the film isn’t very appeasing because there isn’t much 3D that makes you say that’s cool, the 3D is something this movie could have done without.
The acting in the movie is just like the movie a little questionable at times. Jerry O’Connell plays Derrick Jones the man behind wild wild girls and he has some of the best lines so make sure you listen when he talks. Elisabeth Shue play Julie Forester the sheriff and just doesn’t convince you that she is in charge or a sheriff. There is one performance that I personally liked and that was by Christopher Lloyd as Mr. Goodman the man who knows about the fish. He doesn’t have many lines but he does a good job when he is acting.
The director Alexandre Aja has done some horror films in his past with movies such as The Hills Have Eyes and Mirrors which neither where very good movies, but he hasn’t made a comedy horror movie which is what i categorize this movie as and I think he did an alright job of being funny with a little horror but the movie could have been a little more serious with a little better acting.
All in all if you are looking for a few laughs with some gore and nudity then this movie is for you if you are looking for a good scary movie then stay away. I would give this movie a 5 out of 10 would have been a 6 out of 10 if it wasn’t in 3D.
5 out of 10
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