Sure, I like watching creature features, just a shame that most of these movies usually are gut-awful.
Well, let's just start with the fact that "Crocodile" was directed by Tobe Hooper. How do you go from "Poltergeist" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" to something like this? I am sure it must have sounded alluring in its sales pitch, but come on.
"Crocodile" is a very generic creature feature in every sense of the meaning, for better or worse. It had an adequate storyline actually, but of course you knew exactly what happened way ahead of it actually happening, because the movie was that predictable.
The acting in the movie was adequate, taking into consideration what little the actors and actresses had to work with in terms of script, plot and storyline. Sure, it was overly generic and featureless characters, but that is all an integrated part of the genre.
Now, a creature feature is only as successful as the special effects and CGI. A shame that for the most parts throughout the course of the movie that the crocodile looked like something taken out of a bad PC game from the 1990s. Yeah, it was pretty terrible effects to look at. But on the other hand, some of the practical effects were actually quite good.
"Crocodile" is by no account a milestone in the creature feature genre, nor is it a movie that brought anything new or innovative to the genre. Was it enjoyable? Hardly so. Was it watchable? Certainly, if you can live with the campy nature of the movie and the bad effects.
There are far better crocodile movies out there.
Well, let's just start with the fact that "Crocodile" was directed by Tobe Hooper. How do you go from "Poltergeist" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" to something like this? I am sure it must have sounded alluring in its sales pitch, but come on.
"Crocodile" is a very generic creature feature in every sense of the meaning, for better or worse. It had an adequate storyline actually, but of course you knew exactly what happened way ahead of it actually happening, because the movie was that predictable.
The acting in the movie was adequate, taking into consideration what little the actors and actresses had to work with in terms of script, plot and storyline. Sure, it was overly generic and featureless characters, but that is all an integrated part of the genre.
Now, a creature feature is only as successful as the special effects and CGI. A shame that for the most parts throughout the course of the movie that the crocodile looked like something taken out of a bad PC game from the 1990s. Yeah, it was pretty terrible effects to look at. But on the other hand, some of the practical effects were actually quite good.
"Crocodile" is by no account a milestone in the creature feature genre, nor is it a movie that brought anything new or innovative to the genre. Was it enjoyable? Hardly so. Was it watchable? Certainly, if you can live with the campy nature of the movie and the bad effects.
There are far better crocodile movies out there.