A shark ignoring a whale meal for a human meal; it's like if you go to an all-you-can-eat buffet, but you spend the whole time just eating from the kids gumball machine and never go to the free buffet area.
The seagull was definitely the star of the show. It hit all its marks, always knew where the camera was and made sure his best side was showing, and slayed his performance.
To me, the Shallows is definitely in the group of good shark movies, along with Jaws 2 and Deep Blue Sea (first Jaws has it's own category as legendary movie). Might be my favourite of the bunch. As absurd as it is, I found it very suspensful and the last section is very intense. I also think Blake Lively does a good job, much better than most actors in shark movies. PS: We all love Steven Seagull.
@@SHARKBYTES 100% Jaws is the best shark attack movie ever made and probably the best horror movie ever made. though it does have an unfortunate legacy due to it leading to the indiscriminate slaughter of sharks for a while.to a point Peter Benchley wishes he never wrote the book and probably wishes he wasn't in the movie too lol
Genuinely my favorite shark film. I absolutely adore Jaws but that primal fear of being alone, in the sea, with a massive great white shark will almost always take the cake for me. There’s definitely a lot of inaccuracies here but it’s a film that takes liberties that I appreciate. I’d much rather have a great film that’s partly unrealistic over a hyper-realistic film that doesn’t work as, well, a film. And for me personally the slow burn really works for this film. Also I fully agree with you about the CG shark model. It really is the best CG model of a shark to date. So good. (Side-note: I’d say that the shark being able to bite through that extremely rusty metal in a frenzy is pretty realistic.)
I'm with you! I also feel Blake Lively delivers some of the best acting in a shark movie, especially considering she's alone, has no one to play off of, and has to drive the scenes and carry the movie herself. Obviously Steven Seagull is awesome, but a lot of that is Blake's empathy and compassion towards Stevie as the bird does not emote in any way. I know Jaws is considered a masterpiece but I saw it in the present and thus through today's eyes. Two things made it near impossible for me to enjoy the film. It demonized sharks. And the only female character was eaten by the shark in the first couple minutes. Was there a wife too? So unmemorable it was a bit part that served as a forgettable prop for a male character. Times change, thinking evolves--I don't blame them but I don't have to regress my thinking by half a century either. And I don't mean I need it to be environmentalist and feminist. Just don't demonize a natural part of nature, present the real risks realistically. And I don't need a whole bunch of female characters with extraordinary skills, just one or two with their own reason for being, not just an insignificant role of wife, sex object or damsel in distress. Uh. Yeah. Other than that Jaws was a masterpiece... I honestly preferred watching Blake, all alone and with the little she had and under the countdown of the tide coming in, MacGyvering solutions and struggling to survive and scraping by one close shave after the other. And the slow build up to saving the Seagull and killing the shark!
I'm with you on the whale... if you know anything about predators in the wild, you realize that they are pretty opportunistic. Hunting is an energy-consuming activity. There is waiting and chasing and whatever the predator eats, usually tends to be gifted with speed. So it has a chance to escape. So a predator can never be 100% sure that it's gonna get a living healthy prey. And animals tend to want to conserve energy if they can help it. So it makes little to no sense for them to go for something relatively agile and moving, that can potentially escape when they have easily available, non-moving food that they can eat until they're full. Like...why waste energy when you don't have to?
Yes this!!!! Especially when sharks just don't like eating humans. One bite should've indicated that this wasn't their usual prey item, if they could even be taken away from the whale at all. Honestly, when I was watching this, all I could think was that this shark was just super petty
But they made the point in the movie that the shark was so aggressive because it was protecting its catch, like it saw Blake not as prey but competition that would steal its food. Silly shark! One look at Blake should confirm she was NOT eating any whales! Not only trim and fit but A LOT SMALLER than your average whale. Anyway, it's been a few years since I saw the movie, but that was the rationale if I recall correctly. Even if I recall correctly it does not mean the rationale is correct!
What frustrates me most about most shark movies is how they deliberately cause the audience to unfairly fear and loathe the Great White Shark 🦈 I would love to see a significant change in how we perceive this magnificent creatures
It’s not the movies fault. Blame people for not being educated. I love horror movies based on animals…I remember this one about lions called “prey” it was one of my favorites…but no matter how many I watched it I never got a unrealistic fear for animals bc I was educated.
My friend and I(I’m a marine bio major and she was initially majoring in mb ) watched 47md:u and we’re just tearing it apart from shark and scuba perspective
@@lyndoncmp5751 I highly disagree. I wouldn’t say either are super accurate, but the Reef was by far a more accurate depiction of how a shark may behave, but we’re talking about movies here, so they’re all pretty inaccurate.
In the movie, "Open water" I think those sharks won. Two divers get stranded in open water when their tourist dive boat leaves the area without taking count of the divers they have on board.
The sharks only won in the movie because the movie was based on a true story. It actually happened. Hence why divers now have to take head counts before they head out and before they head home
@@shawnajoannalamb7116 The movie is NOT based on a true story. It is very loosely inspired by real events and DESPISED by the family of the diving couple that died. Especially because there was absolutely no evidence to suggest the couple was killed by sharks as opposed to dying of exposure. It was purely fabricated by the film and it made a sensationalist mockery of their deaths. Finally, they do take a head count in the movie, but do a terrible job of it and now mandatory requirements are for a sign-in process or stricter derivative thereof. You are not allowed to only do head counts anymore.
Jaume Collet-Serra said the shark (which is female) is 22 feet long, and that he created an entire backstory for the shark for all her scars and the hook in her jaw.
To be fair. The attempt to validate the choice by showing it's been hunted by people repeatedly (all the hooks and such in the sharks jaws), that you could go as far to say it spends it's time in quiet areas away from people. But when individuals encroach on it. It becomes quite aggressive. The attempt to give a reason, along with the work actually going into the model and animation is nice. But I was still silently laughing my butt off in the theater when they show a massive whale carcass and it's getting borderline enraged at a bony girl escaping it
Definitely from a cinematic perspective and story-telling aspect, i agree with you, although generally not from a scientific perspective. The whale carcass stuff always makes me laugh too hahaha
Yeah the whale carcass really breaks the movie. It would be great if the shark was actually starving or desperate which would explain a lot but the whale makes that impossible
@@personman8734 The whale was an attempt to explain why the shark is there to begin with, and the reason it is going after Blake and anyone else is down to an exaggerated display of territoriality, especially since Blake touched the whale carcass. The Great White shark in the movie is essentially going "this is mine, fuck off" but to an absurd extent.
@@JustSomeDinosaurPerson sharks aren’t really that territorial though. Sharks will even eat together during feeding frenzies. To my knowledge fish in general aren’t really territorial. They just eat what they can get ahold of.
I enjoyed the movie, great CGI, animation and acting but I could see this being more realistic if they replaced the shark with a saltie (Saltwater crocodile) since crocs are more aggressive and willing to kill and eat humans, they also have a WAY higher kill count than a shark #TopActorStevenSeagull
Saw a couple others mention this and honestly The Reef is one of the most under rated shark movies I had ever seen. Well worth a watch 😁 loving your work mate
My problem with the reef is why replace the ACTUAL SHARK THAT WAS STALKING THEM IN THE TRUE STORY (16 foot Tiger Shark) why is that any less terrifying than a Great White? I feel like if your gonna tell a story based on true events why not TELL IT? I’m sorry but I wouldn’t be any less terrified if the shark was a white pointer or a 16 foot Tiger (which it was) Tiger Sharks are formidable apex predators & bite limbs off in a SINGLE BITE. They are incredibly impressive animals. That’s what I don’t like in these shark movies is that it ALWAYS HAS TO BE a Great White that is the “bad guy” when they in reality are usually a cautious species to begin with. Sharks in all their GLORY can be terrifying in these scenarios no matter if it’s a White, Tiger, Bull, Mako, Oceanic’s etc that’s just my take on these shark films.
I really enjoyed this movie, even though it's full of plot holes. I always thought it odd the shark bothers stalking Blake Lively's character - when there's such an easy meal right there. I would love to see your reaction to Blue Water, White Death. It's a documentary from the early 70's and I think a compare & contrast of what was known about sharks then versus what is known now would be really interesting. I don't think I've ever actually watched this film.
I only watch this movie for the shark. I agree the CGI shark was great. My favorite part was the shark coming through the wave. Best Actor the Seagull. I love sharks watched Jaws over 100 times...I have never re-watched this movie so I was harsher than you.
I forgot about the jellyfish scene! Oh, goodness, that was probably, to me, the most unbelievable scene. But they do such a good job with the underwater footage and the CGI.
I think aside from jaws the shallows is my favorite shark movie. I LOVE deep blue sea too but that's different. This def has its flaws but they at least TRY to explain why it's around. And it's a huge one but within the range we have caught. Imo extremely realistic looking as well.
I honestly was so worried about Steven Seagull it made it difficult to enjoy the movie at times lol. I especially felt like something horrible was coming when she put him on that little "raft". I could just see sadistic movie producers/directors having the shark launch out of the water consuming him raft and all. I was quite pleased the little fella survived.
I liked the way you got into the film's drama and admired the CGI behind the shark and didn't do what I expected from a shark expert, simply drone on about how sharks are not mindless killers and would never hunt a human like this and how humans are the real predators murdering shark populations yada yada.... It's refreshing.
I can understand why shark experts do say that, films like this must be annoying as hell when you're trying to promote conservation and movies are coming out inciting panic about sharks, the impact of Jaws on shark populations can't be over stated. But yeah Kris seems to understand that this is all about fun.
Loving your channel. Gonna nitpick the commentary though. I don't think the great white has a nictitating membrane. Pretty sure it just rolls it's eye back so the vision part is protected behind the skin. Loved this movie and the best cgi shark to date.
I do love this movie cuz I love shark thrillers, even though I'm not a huge fan of Blakes. But yes it has a lot of ridiculous in it, and I'm not shark expert in any way. But especially the end is crazy ridiculous. I did absolutely love the Segull too ❤
lol so silly. The surfer gets almost engulfed by the shark, yet when the shark initially attacked Blake it was a relatively small bite radius on the leg lol.
“Are we ever gonna get a shark movie where the shark wins?”” Shark night. The last scene is a shark jumping out to devour our heroes when they think they’re safe. Also, though not a shark movie but closely related, “orca” has the orca winning in the end by killing the protagonist. Though I suppose the way the movie goes, technically the guy is the antagonist because he kills the orcas family. Also another great movie that was birthed from the jaws craze.
I would love to see your response to USS INDIANAPOLIS: Men of Courage Because I sat through that film thinking that whoever "researched" sharks for this film must have only watched Jaws 4. Hilariously, when the credits rolled, I discovered it was directed by Mario Van Peebles, who was in Jaws 4! It all made sense in an instant.
There's a movie from Australia called the Reef, 4 people on a boating trip have to swim to safety through the Great Barrier Reef while being hunted by a Great White Shark after the boat sinks it's a slow starter like the shallows but when the action starts it's really good 👍
A large great white mother who had just given birth in the Sea of Cortés and was completely ravenous would have made more sense for me. I agree that as is, the shark would have no reason to leave a free meal behind to chase some bony screaming land-thing. Great video!
Hey, I recently found your channel and I absolutely love it!! You’re absolutely fantastic! I love your movie commentaries, I would love to make the suggestion to comment on the movie Shark Night, it came out in 2011. I enjoyed the movie even if it was totally inaccurate lol
I’m not sure if someone already commented this on the Jaws video but you should watch the entire Jaws series. It’s uh interesting to say the least and Jaws 3-D has one of my favorite scenes from a film ever 😂
I would say after seeing the Great White Open Ocean film, with the territorial aspect of the GW with a whale carcass vs a plexiglass box with a guy in it, It seems more plausible
I love real sharks but hate animatronic sharks, I do a lot of reacting to Submechanophobia and one of the worst is the shark animatronics 😭😭 but I love your channel! You deserve way more subs!!
I quite enjoyed the film but equally annoyed at the suggestion that great whites attack and kill anything that moves…and almost had a vendetta against something that managed to escape 😂
I really liked this film. I never felt it was slow. In terms of the shark going after the people, I always thought it was meant to be more territorial than predatory. Wasn't it trying to get rid of everyone? Anyway, enjoyed your commentary, as usual. Keep up the good work!
The seagull was definitely the hero of the movie for me. Braving the shark infested waters alone on a tiny piece of surfboard... 😁 If you are not looking for a serious film to react to, would you consider watching another shark film from "The Asylum" film company? Like Supershark, 2-, 3-, 5- and 6-headed Shark Attack or Mega-Shark Vs Mechatronik Shark?
I don't know how I haven't seen your videos before but I have just binge watched what I could find, THANKYOU, I am a huge shark movie fan. I'd love to see what you think of 'Red Water'. An older movie and rather dramatic, but one of my faves :) Deep Blue Sea 3 is much better than the sequel as well if you haven't seen it...
I loved this video, it was really informative, I found your channel today and I didn't know that female sharks had 3x times thicker than the male skin! I love sharks, I've been loving them since I was a li girl, my fav nowadays shark is the Great White and my fav prehistoric shark's the Megalodon ^_^. Hope you have a nice day or night and love your channel ^u^
@@SHARKBYTES thanks for responding. Whilst I have you I'd just like to ask you something. So I'm thalassophobic and a large reason for that is the idea of sharks and other unknown sea creatures lurking beneath me in the unknown. Its a completely irrational fear and I can watch movies depicting deep sea and sea monsters but can't cope when in the open water. If you have any advice on how to potentially overcome this or words of comfort it would make my day. Thanks man keep up the good work and really entertaining content.
@5:38 - also keep in mind that in previous shots of her wiping out on her surfboard, the water where the shark took the surfer is less deep than the shark is long. So, it is pretty much impossible for the shark to breach in that particular spot.
Great whites do not have a nictitating membrane. Their eyes physically pull back which exposes tougher connective tissue and muscle so it looks like a nictitating membrane, but it isn't.
I've always been under the impression that if you see a school of fish or group of something (like dolphins) swimming away quickly to get out of the area because there's probably a reason they're shifting away so quickly. Is this a legitimate theory and reaction? 🤔 @SharkBytes
The same thing does happen with sharks to be fair, usually smaller sharks leave an area when a larger one is coming, so i suppose the same could be said about fish. Dolphins are a bit braver though!
@@SHARKBYTES Oh interesting okay. Thanks for the info. And great video Shallows is in my Top 3 Favorite shark movies. Maybe not believable but it is a great film in my opinion. 👍
When I first watched The Shallows my first thought when she came upon the dead whale was 'why is a shark hunter her when there's several tons of free no effort and much higher calorie whale fat and meat right there?' After that I was just 'the premise of this movie is just dum AF' and wasn't able to reacquire my suspension of disbelief.
I thought it was particularly funny when the shark knocked the whale carcass up out of the water 😂. Can you imagine? I'd watch you comment on Ghost Shark in a heartbeat if you haven't already done that one 👻🦈
Hey @sharkbytes ...I'm not quite sure if you've done a movie review on the film "Dark Tide" with Halle Berry as the main actress as she features/cast almost as a "Ocean Ramsey" depiction shooting off the coast of Hansbaai or False bay- Shark Alley? I would truly love and appreciate your thoughts on this movie as I found it rather realistic and scientifically accurate..😮 ❤😊
I thought it was weird that instead of going for the free and much more nutritious meal of an entire dead whale that the shark decides to eat the humans instead. I remember watching a video about a guy who dove with sharks while they were feeding on a whale carcass and he said he that the sharks ignored him because they already had food just sitting there.
I'm pretty sure great whites are smart and very aware of obstacles with their great eyesight and experience foraging along the seabed for rays and the like (or at least chasing seals down around outcrops and corals etc) They're not dumb enough to hurtle into the seabed at a pace that would kill or seriously maim them even if they managed to bite their prey. It's almost as if this shark had sea rabies, or mad shark disease.
Has the fictitious whale started to decompose too badly? Perhaps her character realizes she needs to keep up her strength, especially since she’s losing blood, and is getting dehydrated, the crab could help with both? I am only playing devil’s advocate here haha, and defer wholeheartedly to the shark scientist’s opinion. I loved this film though, job well done for suspense factor. I do love cheesy b-films too lol so keep that in mind.
