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Sharknado

Sharknado

Sharknado

2013

Sci-fi, Horror

TV Movie

1h 26m

A hurricane composed of sharks, attack Los Angeles. (Summary by Jerky)

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Anthony C. Ferrante

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Tara Reid, John Heard, Ian Ziering, Diane Chambers, Jaason Simmons, Cassandra Scerbo, Alex Arleo, Aubrey Peeples, Neil H. Berkow, Sumiko Braun

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2013

Sci-fi, Horror

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06 Nov 2013

Shitnado.

06 Nov 2013

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23 Jul 2013

It's the type of Asylum clusterfuck we've come to expect; the cheap cash-grab without respect for continuity, the audience, or the laws of nature in general. A bit too boring to get away with such an amazing concept. However, I have high hopes for the inevitable sequels Sharkquake, Sharricane versus Hurricanine, Shih Tzunami, Sharkernova and Sharknado 2 : Wrath of The Revenge of The Return of the Sharknado.

23 Jul 2013

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07 Jul 2015

That's not how hurricanes work. That's not how sharks work. That's not how ferris wheels work. That's not how water works. That's not how electricity works. That's not how cars work. That's not how tornadoes work. That's not how gasoline works. That's not how bullets work. That's not how helicopters work. That's not how explosives work. That's not how thermodynamics work. That's not how any of this works.

07 Jul 2015

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06 Aug 2013

Brilliant concept but this stillborn stinker earns Razzies in every technical category... directing and editing in particular. Sequences are packed with random shots that don't link up, while many of the shots you expect are missing (budgetary reasons), leaving a surfeit of facial reaction shots. The plot events are delightfully silly, but honestly they could have done it better using a man in a shark suit. Even lines like 'We're going to need a bigger chopper!' are wasted by this wretched team.

06 Aug 2013

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16 Feb 2014

Yeah, yeah, yeah... I fell in... But in my defense it was sunday morning, I had a hangover and it was one of the last things on Netflix I hadn't seen... Anyway: If the prospect of watching a Syfy/The Asylum co-production doesn't instantly repel you (which by all rights it fucking should), then at least skip the first hour, and jump in where the heroes are throwing bombs into the tornadoes to make them go away... yeah... this didn't make the hangover any better...

16 Feb 2014

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18 Jul 2013

My dreams became reality. My prayers have been answered. I've been waiting a year for this movie to come out, and DAMN IT'S awesomely shitty. Very happy to say this was produced by legendary David Michael Latt. Bless that man. Has many CGI sharks. If they were real, it would've been the whole shark population in the world times 4. It somehow did have some unexpected twists, which is fucking brilliant. I almost pissed my pants with excitement: it's THAT good.

18 Jul 2013

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14 Oct 2017

Unholy vortex hosts food chain grudge match for undiscerning netflix subscribers. You have to ask yourself: are the sharks the perpetrators or are they the victims?

14 Oct 2017

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26 Jul 2013

Not as stunningly terrible as I imagined. It does indeed have sharks in tornadoes, but honestly more of the film is shark flash flooding. Tara Reid looks like a broken human being. The CGI on this is somehow worse than films from 15 years ago.

26 Jul 2013

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21 Nov 2013

if it weren't so horrifically technically flawed it might have been "so bad it's good" camp. unfortunately there's some REALLY bad moments of direction -- a scene where the heros rush to get everyone away from their cars...and when it's done they get back in theirs and drive away. weather goes from near-apocalyptic gloom to perfectly sunny afternoon. plus there's a lack of fun shark action for most of the movie. oh and tara reid removes 20 points.

21 Nov 2013

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10 Nov 2013

As self aware B movies go, you can do much better. Worth watching for the ending (i guess).

10 Nov 2013

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04 Sep 2013

'Sharknado' fails because it is in on the joke, and there's no surer way a B-movie can fail. The filmmakers didn't try to make something good or profound, they wanted to make this exact movie and succeeded. The Asylum Films continues its cynical cash-in production campaign with this inexplicably-popular-for-a-week entry.

04 Sep 2013

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07 Aug 2013

not as awesome as it should have been. most of the time you're watching people driving around in the rain.

07 Aug 2013

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06 Aug 2013

that awkward moment when you realize why tara reid didn't answer the last time you asked her what she was up to these days.

06 Aug 2013

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25 Jul 2013

It's bad. Obviously. Judging from the title, the idea, the trailer. However, I expected it to be so bad that I'd enjoy it again, which just didn't happen throughout most parts of the movie. Plus points in this case for under-average length.

25 Jul 2013

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20 Jul 2013

Would have liked more human interaction within the tornado, although bombing it to increase the air temperature is one of those retarded-science premises that's fun to tell people about. Just like the title, which is the best advertisement this film has going for it. Unfortunately the constant grey filter, 2 or 3 inspired sequences (internal chainsaw caesarian) & no real writing prowess leaves this lingering between shark-attack-porn & a self-aware farce.

20 Jul 2013

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31 Aug 2018

The kind of movie that aims for the common denominator and somehow lowers the denominator to match it.

31 Aug 2018

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30 Dec 2013

The nadir of CGI.

30 Dec 2013

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05 Oct 2013

This is a movie.

05 Oct 2013

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16 Sep 2013

The concept of Sharknado had way more B-movie potential than the actual movie could ever live up to. The parts with sharks in tornadoes falling from the skies were very satisfying, but the fact that most of the movie is people driving in a van disappointed me. Still...this movie has sharks in tornadoes falling from the skies!

16 Sep 2013

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15 Aug 2013

Incompetently lit, incompetently paced, incompetently written, incompetently edited. And it was done that way on purpose, fully aware of how incompetent it is.

15 Aug 2013

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30 Jul 2013

Seemed like The Asylum were deliberately trying to make a so-bad-it's-good film. Those type of movies usually happen by accident (The Asylum's back catalogue has many) and it takes real skill to deliberately make a good bad movie. The Asylum don't have that skill.

30 Jul 2013

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28 Jul 2013

Horrendous. Really really really bad. BUT the first shot is sharks, it pans to a nado, they don't muck about. Really poorly done, well done siffy!

28 Jul 2013

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18 Jul 2013

Is there some sort of conspiracy among low-budget trashy movies whereby ONE million dollars is considered the customary amount to settle a business deal with ? Clearly, they have not taken into account the current inflation rates and woeful economic conditions; I mean, I know a movie in which killer sharks meet their demise at the hands of a discourteous local drunk wielding a barstool is fucking stupid but common!

18 Jul 2013

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23 Jun 2021

As a fan of terrible, schlocky films, Sharknado is a huge disappointment. It has many of the hallmarks of being something fun and just the right amount of awful but it's just too self-aware to be entertaining. Don't intentionally make something this bad, it sucks on every level and is not even worth making fun of.

23 Jun 2021

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11 Sep 2018

It's a fun film to laugh at, because it's bad. It isn't of the 'so bad it's good' type. It's just plain bad. The plot is nowhere to be found. Setup and payoff are often in the same scene which makes the film the most unbelievable. And that says a lot about a film about shark tornado's. Enough said.

11 Sep 2018

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19 Oct 2017

Enough said, indeed. This movie knows what it is, but nothing will save the gag for 90 minutes length. And to think, this spawned sequels.

19 Oct 2017

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22 Jun 2015

A goofy fun B-Movie. Its better than a lot of similar movies released nowadays, mostly because it generally doesn't let up on the goofy action, while a lot of low budget monster/animal flicks tend to have 5 minutes of action and 75 minutes of stupid, badly acted talking scenes. By keeping the entertainingly stupid action going for the majority of the movie, it comes off as a fun experience. If you like (good) stupid movies, this is a must watch.

22 Jun 2015

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24 Aug 2014

Haven't you ever wanted to see a Roland Emmerich film without an effects budget? No? Oh, well then Asylum's movie model might have some issues. The underlying concept is surprisingly better than I imagined, but the movie itself is still surprisingly even worse than I imagined. Not even so-bad-it's-good; most films in that category at least wanted to be great, while this only aspires to be another bad movie.

24 Aug 2014

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24 Jul 2014

I'm pretty sure half of this movie was filmed inside a car wash. The rest was filmed around downtown LA, and in order to disguise the fact that LA kept on going on as normal while these guys filmed their movie, the director smears the screen with fake rainwater and computer clouds and CGI sharks. GENIUS. Tara Reid is looking really washed out, but I'm not sure I've ever seen her in anything else. I think she was in a Scrubs episode? Edit: wait, shit, she was in The Big Lebowski. duh

24 Jul 2014

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05 Jul 2014

Made it to the one hour mark and there weren't any sharknados so i turned it off. It's good to know Tara Reid has no concept of shame or rock bottom.

05 Jul 2014

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04 Jan 2014

It's not as bad as some previous installments in SyPhy's bid to lower the collective intelligence of humankind. In fact, it's kind of fun at times. Unfortunately, it's mostly a movie about people stuck in traffic. But I guess "The Great American Traffic Jam 2: Sharklock!" (Or should that be "Gridshark"?) wasn't as catchy a title.

04 Jan 2014

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11 Dec 2013

Where was Aquaman?

11 Dec 2013

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12 Nov 2013

Hilariously bad at some times. This isn't one of those movies that's so bad it gets good again, but it's close. Acting was terrible and I was astonished (or should I say shocked?) by the CGI-effects. If you compare those in this film to many films made in the 80's... The 80's win.

12 Nov 2013

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06 Nov 2013

Well, it's exactly what it was trying to be, I guess.

06 Nov 2013

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28 Oct 2013

Yes, I laughed but in the end I just hate these new b-films that feel like they are trying way too hard to be bad and dumb.

28 Oct 2013

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02 Oct 2013

I'm disappointed. The name alone is almost worth 30 points along with the tagline "Enough Said!". Sadly those points are gone due to the horrendous acting mainly by Tara Reid (who keeps getting worse each movie she does) and the rest of the crew. The writing doesn't help the actors who are decent in this, it just makes them sound stupid when they speak. I burst out laughing at the end when he pulls something out of the shark, it's so impossible that you have to slap your forehead in disgust.

02 Oct 2013

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05 Sep 2013

IT'S A SHARKNADO WATCH OUT. Another bad Scy-Fy movie. Lots of bad car driving scenes where they're clearly not anywhere but on set. Terrible CGI. Bad acting. Poor set design and action filming. I mean yeah it gets points for its dumb #sharknado name but this #movie got really #overhyped as being anything more than #anotherbadtvhorrormovieinalonglineofbadtvhorrorordirecttodvdshlock.

05 Sep 2013

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31 Jul 2013

it's bad beyond words can describe...but its so much fun; sharks in a tornado, fucking great idea!!:) "Enough Said!!"

31 Jul 2013

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25 Jul 2013

To be fair to SyFy. There is a Sharknado in the first 5 minutes. They get to the point ASAP. Inevitably, for whatever reason, the dumbass writers think they are scripting "Gone with the Wind" and try to give every character some stupid backstory no one cares about. In other words, watch the first 20 minutes and then do literally anything else.

25 Jul 2013

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21 Jul 2013

I mean, it's exactly what you expect. A hilarious concept that really only comes to life in fits and starts, with an amazing few sequences towards the end. The acting and writing and editing and everything not related to reveling in the absurd concept is incredibly lazy and knowing, and the cast doesn't even have the respect for the audience to ham it up. It also features one of the biggest missed chances for an amazing sequence I've ever seen in a movie. It's a great Movie Night movie, though.

21 Jul 2013

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17 Jul 2013

Well considering the movie is supposed to be schlocky, I think it was fun. They don't wink at the camera, they just seriously made a bad movie. So really, it comes down to... was it entertaining? Did it amuse? Yeah sort of. I actually think something called Sharknado could have been fucking awesome, like holy shit this is as memorable as The Room. It didn't reach heights that will make it a classic bad movie, and I know others won't appreciate it, but it was entertaining for an hour and a half.

17 Jul 2013

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13 Jul 2013

It gets a 5 for the idea alone....a hurricane composed of sharks! On that note, why is it called Sharknado when it's clearly a hurricane? Should have been called Sharkacane!!!! Everyone involved should be embarrassed that their name is attached to this turd. Terrible plot, directing, acting, effects, CGI, script, etc... Might even be worse than a Troma film, and that's saying something.

13 Jul 2013

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30 Nov 2024

I was exposed to so much nonsense while watching the movie that my brain stopped questioning certain scenes and accepted them as normal.

30 Nov 2024

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02 Sep 2024

Bad but good

02 Sep 2024

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18 Aug 2023

Not even half as much fun a movie called SHARKNADO should be – given the outlandish concept, it’s a surprise just how flat and dull this is, with efforts at what is presumably deliberate camp falling spectacularly flat; further hampered by shoddy CGI (even with expectations properly set), nonsensical plotting and listless performances (though shades of GREMLINS, “the shark took my grandparents” punchline is amusing enough). Best summarised as cheesy fun without the fun!

18 Aug 2023

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07 Aug 2023

beutiful film

07 Aug 2023

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14 Jul 2023

Any movie where a man chainsaws his way out of a shark is gonna get a fresh rating from me, at least. This is high grade Z movie entertainment at it's finest.

14 Jul 2023

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31 Jan 2023

This movie is obviously intentionally bad. Huge plot holes, bad CGI, annoying cardboard cutout characters, sunshine in a busy city while three sharknadoes causing havoc and a car that explodes because it starts leaking gas. I feel like the best way this kind of movie works is making a drinking game out of it with friends and being sufficiently intoxicated to find this shit funny.

31 Jan 2023

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01 Dec 2022

audiovisual 1 acting 2 overall feeling 80 avg ~28

01 Dec 2022

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04 Sep 2022

Watched hoping for a "so bad it's good" movie, but it was simply boring

04 Sep 2022

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15 Oct 2020

incredibly, effusively f*cking funny. this is cinema. it's actually just a good film. I literally don't even think they were trying to make a bad movie, just an unserious one. makes nerds mad because they're reminded they're just nerds

15 Oct 2020

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05 Jul 2018

Layers of awfulness I didn't know existed.

05 Jul 2018

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13 Jun 2018

Sure, I knew going into this that I wasn't watching a Shakespearean drama. But my poor brain cells screamed in agony as they one-by-one committed suicide rather than watch this terrible movie. The plot is utterly missing, there's no plausible science to speak of, and the CGI isn't even passably realistic. I'm not a fan of horror movies, but I was laughing at a lot of ridiculous moments (there were quite a few to pick from).

13 Jun 2018

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18 Dec 2017

Tries to be the next great bad movie, fails.

18 Dec 2017

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19 Nov 2017

Even dumber than I expected, actually.

19 Nov 2017

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19 Sep 2017

This set the new B movie template.

19 Sep 2017

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06 Sep 2017

I really do not like films that are bad on purpose. It defeats the point.

06 Sep 2017

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28 Jul 2017

Yes, you should watch this.

28 Jul 2017

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15 Apr 2017

Just kind of boring. Not even a fun bad movie.

15 Apr 2017

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12 Mar 2017

worth a watch

12 Mar 2017

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12 Nov 2016

D-

12 Nov 2016

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14 Oct 2016

I really hate when movies are made with the intention of being "so bad it's good" The moniker only works when some tries to make the best possible movie with limited means and talent. Not when people try and make a shitty movie and then say it's a cult movie or some shit like that. The special effect are atrocious and make up most of what happens. There is no continuity, I mean have of the time the water level will change five or six times in the same scene. The actors and acting are bad, the st

14 Oct 2016

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13 Feb 2016

So bad that it's good, but that doesn't mean it isn't bad.

13 Feb 2016

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08 Feb 2016

Just too gratingly dumb to be good-bad. And I hate Ian Ziering's stupid face. Jason Priestly might've brought this up a couple notches, I remember him being pretty good in Die, Mommie, Die.

08 Feb 2016

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19 Jan 2016

One of the funniest movie i've ever seen. But until the very end it's not intentionally trash/campy like the second one, so i can't give to it a positive score. "So bad it's so good", for sure.

19 Jan 2016

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16 Jan 2016

Better than it should be. As much as trying to make an ironically bad movie should be a recipe for disaster, the film never feels lazy and instead tries to do some fun weird things with its absurdity.

16 Jan 2016

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20 Sep 2015

It's bad - but funny as hell in its shittyness

20 Sep 2015

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27 Jul 2015

Quite possibly one of the worst movies ever made. I'm inclined to think it is purposely bad, because I can't imagine anything being so bad while trying to make a good movie.

27 Jul 2015

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15 Jul 2015

Not in a mood for this sort of humour. CGI sharks, water all over, but still not enough successful gore and fun.

15 Jul 2015

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21 Mar 2015

A movie that makes Snakes on a Plane look redeemable. I can only have a movie take a giant, steaming, soft-serve style dump straight onto my face for so long before I have to say "I've had enough of this crap."

21 Mar 2015

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25 Feb 2015

Brilliantly terrible.

25 Feb 2015

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24 Jan 2015

Quality entertainment right here.

24 Jan 2015

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15 Jan 2015

Bad acting, bad story, bad visual effects. Did you expect something else?

15 Jan 2015

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27 Dec 2014

It has a few funny moments, but that's because it's so terrible

27 Dec 2014

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15 Oct 2014

Boring. Not even bad enough to be entertaining, just... boring.

15 Oct 2014

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18 Sep 2014

The special effects in this film are among the worst I have ever seen. The script is ludicrous and beyond over the top. The characters are uninteresting and repetitive. There are several very unintentionally funny moments.

18 Sep 2014

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09 Aug 2014

So bad its good.

09 Aug 2014

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07 Aug 2014

Low quality, way too long, not enough sharks killing people, and not even funny.

07 Aug 2014

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18 Jul 2014

Jaws plus any weather disaster film merged and with all the good bits taken out.

18 Jul 2014

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18 Jul 2014

With Sharknado, we actually somehow stumbled upon the Plan 9 of our generation. It has some of the cheapest special effects, the corniest acting, and the most absurd ideas you can possibly imagine, and yet, you are somewhat entertained by it. And also like Plan 9, there are even elements within (plot structure, character development, etc.) that actually makes Sharknado a good movie by accident.

18 Jul 2014

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17 Jul 2014

Felt like the longest movie I ever watched. The premise can't be taken seriously or even as a funny joke, it's just awful. A massive stain on the careers of anybody involved.

17 Jul 2014

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15 Jul 2014

Needed more sharks

15 Jul 2014

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11 Jul 2014

A horrible mess, but you can't say it doesn't deliver on the premise.

11 Jul 2014

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08 Jul 2014

A Tara Reidnado would be scarier.

08 Jul 2014

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30 Jun 2014

Plot 0/20 Fiction 0/20 Casting/Acting 0/20 Worldbuilding 1/20 Entertainment 0/20

30 Jun 2014

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14 Jun 2014

It's a joke?

14 Jun 2014

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26 Apr 2014

I love bad movies but I can't really appreciate these made to be bad flicks. Sharknado has some great moments now and then and overall is better than many others of its ilk but it's not like they're actually trying to make a film here.

26 Apr 2014

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21 Feb 2014

A poor "creature feature" and a mis-step for The Asylum. Their films are usually total crap but they have a heart, this film was devoid of a heart and a sharknado could not fill the void.

21 Feb 2014

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15 Feb 2014

The phrase "so bad its good" was created for films like this. Hilariously stupid and silly.

15 Feb 2014

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12 Feb 2014

Nowhere near as bad as other films I have seen, but certainly a bad film in an entertaining and still well-made way.

12 Feb 2014

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08 Feb 2014

Insulting. Their central thing here is "we know we are making crap!", but like, that only works if you actually care about your film and its audience. Lloyd Kaufman, for example, made tons of intentionally shitty movies, but he gave a crap and believed in them and their audience. Sharknado is actively courting the dumbshits who view Troll II as a social event. Well, Troll II was a real movie too, Asylum.

08 Feb 2014

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30 Jan 2014

Another intentionally bad b-movie throwback that's way too authentic for its own good. You could write a book on the awfulness of everything here (the editing, acting, story, script, CGI, etc. etc.) but as it's all meant to be cheap and tacky, you're just massively disappointed at the lack of parody on show. Does manage to draw out the odd chuckle, and is probably better watched pissed with mates, but gets nowhere near realising the potential something like this has.

30 Jan 2014

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23 Jan 2014

Sharks. Tornadoes. Sharks in tornadoes. Need I say more? I don't think so.

23 Jan 2014

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15 Jan 2014

Incompetence of the highest degree.

15 Jan 2014

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22 Dec 2013

4+ worth experiencing :: so bad, it's good :: ...except it's not *that* good.

22 Dec 2013

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17 Nov 2013

So dumb! But everybody's watching and finishing it! I could tell you how bombs don't stop tornados; I could tell you you can't pilot a helicopter up to arms reach of a tornado; but apparently you're still going to watch the dumb movie. I did. Ultimately I think it was: Ian Ziering and Cassie Scerbo that made the film work. Everybody else in the movie I don't want to see 'em again; but Ian and Cassie, let's give them bigger and better films.

17 Nov 2013

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14 Nov 2013

Under the right circumstance, this movie is hilarious!

14 Nov 2013

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12 Nov 2013

the best fuckin film. Period.

12 Nov 2013

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09 Nov 2013

Sharknado is a fun idea, but the bad acting, low-budget special effects and annoying characters are hilariously bad.

09 Nov 2013

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27 Oct 2013

Delivers on everything it promises. Great fun.

27 Oct 2013

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Anthony C. Ferrante

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Starring:

Tara Reid, John Heard, Ian Ziering, Diane Chambers, Jaason Simmons, Cassandra Scerbo, Alex Arleo, Aubrey Peeples, Neil H. Berkow, Sumiko Braun

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