The Meg

The Meg released a new trailer for the international market that has a few more scenes than the first one released two months ago. The Meg is short for Megalodon, which was a super giant shark that hunted in the deep oceans. The movie, based on a popular book (which spawned a series of novels), presents the idea that one such giant shark is still cruising the oceans today.

I love big monster movies, and am looking forward to this. But the problem here is that we're basically dealing with a super big shark, which might not be that thrilling. The same problem was found in King Kong (2005). The Peter Jackson remake of King Kong went through great pains to make Kong look realistic, but he was simply a big gorilla. The original 1933 King Kong had this great element of the fantastic because their Kong didn't look like an average gorilla.

Will The Meg still be cool even though we're dealing with just a super-sized shark? I hope so. Maybe I'm overthinking this, anyway. I'll still see it when it comes out. Hey, The Meg also stars Ruby Rose, after all, so how bad can it be? :)