One of my all time favorites.

best movie i've ever seen.

As Good As It Gets

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

You often hear of movies that are so bad that they become good again. That was true for Megashark vs Giant Octopus, but its equally hammy-titled sequel, Megashark vs Crocosaurus, shows that even making a good bad movie still requires some talent. The first MvsGO was a bad B-movie of the amusing kind, thanks to the ultra low budget and the ensuing limitations in production that were more than a little visible in the finished movie. However, where MvsGI was endearing, MvsC is mostly boring and annoying. It shows that every idiot with a camera and Photoshop can make a creature feature, but that not every idiot should, especially when it doesn't provide half the fun of its predecessor. Like in my review for MvsGI, I have some helpful remarks for the makers:After a successful first movie, a higher budget is often reserved for the sequel. That usually allows for the improved production values that sequels are known for. The ship exteriors and interiors, for example, are appropriate improvements, and adding sound effects to suggests that the deck guns are actually firing is a good trick. But don't get carried away. After all, this is still an Asylum production, not Godzilla. Don't hint at epic things to come for the entire 90 minute duration without ultimately showing them, such as a huge megalodon destroying the Panama Canal, or a nuclear submarine blowing up inside the shark. Having your characters describe entire chunks of plot from the inside of a helicopter works fine for one or two scenes, not twelve. Show, don't tell - rule number one of visual storytelling. So don't recycle the same shot of dozens of baby crocodiles over and over if they aren't seen eating people, or when they barely feature in the climax.Having half the film taking place inside a helicopter or inside a badly-lit naval ship is a good way to save money for the scenes that count. So is using static pictures to photoshop the visual effects in, and recycling footage from other sources. But at least make sure that the few money shots count, and don't look like something that an 8-year-old could create on an iPad with Pixelmator Pro. Again, this is a sequel: it should look better than the original, not worse. You can't get away with cheaply recycling the same shots of monsters fighting over and over a second time.Creature features are the place to exaggerate a bit and stretch the limits of belief, but don't overdo it. A crocosaurus laying hundreds of eggs spread out over five locations all around the ocean while it is being actively hunted by both the navy and a killer shark is where it gets from improbable to slightly ridiculous. And an 8-yard baby crocodile won't fit inside a 12-feet egg.Running jokes are good. After all, a creature feature is to be taken lightly, so bringing some levity is a good idea. However, putting in a character who wants 10% of the cut, and repeating that every minute until he dies is stretching it. Casting Robert Picardo is a stroke of genius. Many ex-StarTrek actors had a hard time adjusting to post-Trek life, but that Picardo had to resort to this type of schlock is quite unique. Very good to put him at the end of the cast list in the opening credits, billed as "and Robert Picardo" for extra emphasis. However, point deduction for not having him reference the Doctor from Voyager with an apt quote, like "I am an admiral, not a sharkhunter!"Talking about actors: with one famous face on board, you can relax a bit when casting the other roles. But be critical. No one expects Oscar contenders, but there must be young actors in school plays who are better in playing an alternatively manic and grieving scientist than Jaleel White. And was Gary Stretch trying to parody the tough Ozzie bushwalking macho man, or was that his best effort in playing one? Hard to tell.Since this movie is meant to resemble a testosterone-type of action movie, it is quite acceptable to cast pretty actresses, even if their presence seems little more than eye candy. But if you cast Hannah Cowley and Nicola Lambo, and kill them off early on as a shock surprise, please do this AFTER their obligatory bikini or underwear scene. If you don't, it suggests that you actually hired them for their talent instead of how they look, and that gives off the wrong message. That's fine when you're making a serious movie, not when you're doing MvsC. Sarah Lieving playing a Special Agent in a tank top is a good example of how it should be.Please remember that every movie is written three times: first in screenplay, then on film, and then in the editing room. If the first two are a bit lacking, some sharp editing can often save a lot of scenes, but don't bother if half of your scenes haven't been scripted nor filmed. It's nice that the shark and croc get around, from beaches to jungles to civilization, but glueing their scenes together into one big disjointed mess is not a hallmark of good storytelling. A bit of spatial awareness and continuity helps the audience's appreciation of a movie. Unless the creatures and humans can magically teleport anywhere. Hey, here's an idea for another sequel!Ask Jason Blum for advice. The man produced some of the most acclaimed movies of the past decade, usually for less than $10 million. Asylum is known for 'borrowing' ideas from other studios, so why not get the secret of the low-budget trade from him?

What can you expect from a film called "Mega-Shark Vs. Crocosaurus" (2010)? How about some measure of entertainment? After all, 2000's "Octopus" was surprisingly good, and "Crocodile" was very entertaining. Don't get your hopes up with this one.The title tells you everything you need to know about the plot.The CGI effects are laughable. Grade B films of the 70s-80s look realistic by comparison. The story is barely interesting.On the positive side, they assembled a good cast, led by the always-likable Jaleel White (aka Urkel), Gary Stretch, Sarah Lieving and the guy who played The Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager. They all take the material seriously and you have to respect them for not cracking up.Urkel, an action-hero? Yes, and he works just fine, thank you. Meanwhile Stretch is reminiscent of Pierce Brosnan. As for Sarah Lieving, although she plays a dead-serious Federal agent here, she's almost worth the price of admission, almost.The film runs 88 minutes.BOTTOM LINE: Unlike, say, "Octopus" this one doesn't deliver the goods, but it might be worth some laughs with friends. Thankfully, the likable cast tries to make up for a bad film (notice I said "tries").GRADE: D

Following a series of strange reports, the US Navy hires a shark expert who finds that a gigantic crocodile is loose and laying eggs along the coastal shores and lures a massive great white shark to the creature to have them battle to the death in order to keep them from endangering the public.While there's a lot to like considering all the cheese on display, this is still a slight disappointment. Again, what's to like with this one is the multitude of action scenes on display here which features all the typical creature encounters that are so much fun. The shorter encounter here, as per usual here is great as the shark gets a fantastic opening scene here taking down a Navy Destroyer as well as the tests with the testing stages while the croc gets the impressive attack on the diamond mine and the boat-escape which provide this one with all kinds of exciting scenes. Still, what really helps here is the cheese on display, as the action on-screen from the tons of creature scenes makes this one enjoyable featuring the utter fun of their fight over the eggs along the shoreline, an extended Navy battle out at sea and a great series of lengthy battles at sea when it gets to it as the main highlights come from two big, cheesy action scenes. This one, though, really gets over- the-top and incredibly enjoyable from the CGI action of having two cheese-filled scenes with the rampage through the fleeing city resulting in outstanding action from the military trying to control it and the secondary scenes showing their battle all the way from the destruction of the Panama Canal out into the middle of the Pacific Ocean is overwhelmingly awesome. Added together with a lame storyline perfect for this kind of action, and it makes for the film's best points yet has one key fundamental flaw. The one factor about this one is the fact that what happens between the two creatures rarely, if ever, matches up to the scenarios presented in the dialog because it rarely matches up to the action as it repeats shots needlessly despite what else is happening on-screen. This also has the traditional utterly terrible CGI that comes into play, and in conjunction with those other issues, really strikes this one as lower than it should be.Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

I would say it does not live up to Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus, but it was still good. Dr. Terry McCormick, Nigel Putnam, and agent Hutchinson were the main characters, and they did good at it. The new beast,Crocosaurus, was a good opponent for Mega Shark, especially that the fact their fight was amazing. But again they both die, this time bombed in battle {funny, nothing that big can explode under water}. The Asylum did especially good on this film, but they could of reused Emma and Lamar.If you see this movie and think its tacky at the beginning, be like me and say, "well, can anyone get a robot that big?" because animation makes a good movie! They did well to show the Crocosaurus 3 minutes in and the Mega Shark 10 minutes in. The places the characters first see the beasts are accurate The Democratic Republic of the Congo and well, no duh, the ocean. My guilt is not quite finishing this, unless I shouldn't be guilty. These movies remind me to watch the other, after this I'll finish 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and start Dinoshark. You should really see and review this movie. But remember, animation always makes a good movie, because who can find a huge robot to replace it, right? yes it does because it is the only Red Box movie you can find.But more about the movie. So two gigantic monsters trying to slaughter each other. Crocosaurus want to protect his eggs. Mega Shark wants to escape extinction.But what I don't get is, the film makers have a real aircraft carriers but have to animate helicopters and... TRUCKS!?!?!? Wow, but anyway we all have to love the confidence the Asylum have in themselves they can make better and better movies, but really, Nazis From The Center Of The Earth?!?!?! Wow.Wow. Wow.The visual effects are worst than usual, because they keep repeating the SAME thing!But the fight with the Crocosaurus and the Mega Shark is better than the one in Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus,because again in that movie they repeat the same fight scene.