Saw the Meg last night. It was ok but nothing like JAWS. You can tell they try to do some homage to JAWS but I see some critical differences.
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Jaws was a horror movie, the Meg sci fi and action/adventure.
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No compelling characters in the Meg. Looking for a version of Quinn.
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In the Meg the humans who fight the shark seem to always have the upper hand with advanced weapons and backup while in Jaws the humans have to improvise.
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The biggie - NO COOL MUSIC! Where was the equivalent to"daaaaa… dump, daa… dump, da da da da da"? All they had was a bad chinese rendition of “Hey Mickey”.
Then their is the whole fact the movie was a joint Chinese/American production so China is featured as the smart, advanced culture. The buffoon was a white american.
What did you all think of The Meg?