Well, after about five years or so of waiting for this Movie to happen, I finally got to see it last Friday, August 20th, after work on it's Premiere night. I went for a 10:20 p.m. showing, and my Sister, who had never ever seen a "Piranha" Movie in full before, came along with me. It was my 'treat', lets say.
No, it really was, I paid for the tickets and offered to pay for any food, drink and/or snack items that she wanted at The Cinema.
Anyway, back to The Movie, itself.
I was so excited about it the whole night, I could not stop thinking about it. It was driving me CRAZY!!!!
Before viewing it, that Sunday or Monday night before it's release, I had made an attempt to watch ALL of The Original "Piranha" Movies, plus the various spin-offs, rip-off's and cash-ins that came along with them.
First one I started with was a little film from 1972, also titled "Piranha". It was no relation to the actual film Series of the same name(s), but I figured I'd give it a go anyway. It was so bad, I fell asleep half-way through it.
Next up was the classic 1978 film, "Piranha", with Bradford Dillman and Heather Menzies. It had been so long since I last saw it, that I'd actually almost forgotten how good a Movie it really was! A thourough enjoyment and a well-worthy re-watch!
After that, I skipped over a few nights from watching any more of these toothy Horror's.
On Thursday night, I watched "Killer Fish" (1979) (no relation to the films, but a good little thriller) and James Cameron's "Piranha Part Two: The Spawning, Flying Killers" (1981). Both good, scary and atmospheric films, with pretty good casts of well-known faces from Movies and TV of yester-year. *"Killer Fish" has: Lee Majors (TV's "The Six Million Dollar Man"), Karen Black ("Airport 1975"), Margaux Hemingway (Sister of actress Mariel Hemingway and a relative of the famous Ernest Hemingway), Marisa Berenson (from The TV Mini-Series of The mid-1980's "Sins"), Gary Collins (a TV personality and host), Roy Brocksmith ("Big Business") and James Franciscus ("Concorde Affair") in it. *"Piranha II" has: Tricia O'Neil (TV's "Dallas"), Lance Henriksen (a famed film actor, most notably of various American Sci-Fi pictures) and Carole Davis ("Mannequin").
Okay, okay, I know. So, the latter hasn't got the GREATEST cast in it, but none of these Movies do, just pretty good casts, with some well-known faces in them.
Then, on the following Friday afternoon, I started on "Piranhas" (1995), a re-imagining of sorts of the 1978 film, with Alexandra Paul (TV's "Baywatch") and William Katt (TV's "The Greatest American Hero") in the lead roles. It also starred: Soleil Moon Frye (TV's "Friends"), Mila Kunis ("Get Over It", "Forgetting Sarah Marshall") and Monte Markham ("Airport '77", TV's "Dallas" and TV's "The Golden Girls")
I had also intended to watch "Mega Piranha" (2009/'10), but didn't get to.
I was all geared-up for this film, but was a little disappointed with it. It was filled with mostly soft porn type underwater footage of girls with nothing on, cavorting with each other and then the Piranha attack sequences, however few, featured mostly nothing more than bad CGI fish, jumbled, close-up's of red splashing water and then cuts of these fake Piranhas faces.
The beginning with Richard Dreyfuss and then around the last ten minutes or so were the best parts and the ultimate lines, where it's revealed by Christopher Lloyd's character via radio that the Piranhas caught by The Sheriff were only babies, and then a giant Piranha jumps out of the water to attack - and presumably, kill - one of the films minor characters, were the type of scenes that made you jump and then nervously laugh at how it was 'just a Movie'.
Hopefully, the next one will be a better attempt.
No, it really was, I paid for the tickets and offered to pay for any food, drink and/or snack items that she wanted at The Cinema.
Anyway, back to The Movie, itself.
I was so excited about it the whole night, I could not stop thinking about it. It was driving me CRAZY!!!!
Before viewing it, that Sunday or Monday night before it's release, I had made an attempt to watch ALL of The Original "Piranha" Movies, plus the various spin-offs, rip-off's and cash-ins that came along with them.
First one I started with was a little film from 1972, also titled "Piranha". It was no relation to the actual film Series of the same name(s), but I figured I'd give it a go anyway. It was so bad, I fell asleep half-way through it.
Next up was the classic 1978 film, "Piranha", with Bradford Dillman and Heather Menzies. It had been so long since I last saw it, that I'd actually almost forgotten how good a Movie it really was! A thourough enjoyment and a well-worthy re-watch!
After that, I skipped over a few nights from watching any more of these toothy Horror's.
On Thursday night, I watched "Killer Fish" (1979) (no relation to the films, but a good little thriller) and James Cameron's "Piranha Part Two: The Spawning, Flying Killers" (1981). Both good, scary and atmospheric films, with pretty good casts of well-known faces from Movies and TV of yester-year. *"Killer Fish" has: Lee Majors (TV's "The Six Million Dollar Man"), Karen Black ("Airport 1975"), Margaux Hemingway (Sister of actress Mariel Hemingway and a relative of the famous Ernest Hemingway), Marisa Berenson (from The TV Mini-Series of The mid-1980's "Sins"), Gary Collins (a TV personality and host), Roy Brocksmith ("Big Business") and James Franciscus ("Concorde Affair") in it. *"Piranha II" has: Tricia O'Neil (TV's "Dallas"), Lance Henriksen (a famed film actor, most notably of various American Sci-Fi pictures) and Carole Davis ("Mannequin").
Okay, okay, I know. So, the latter hasn't got the GREATEST cast in it, but none of these Movies do, just pretty good casts, with some well-known faces in them.
Then, on the following Friday afternoon, I started on "Piranhas" (1995), a re-imagining of sorts of the 1978 film, with Alexandra Paul (TV's "Baywatch") and William Katt (TV's "The Greatest American Hero") in the lead roles. It also starred: Soleil Moon Frye (TV's "Friends"), Mila Kunis ("Get Over It", "Forgetting Sarah Marshall") and Monte Markham ("Airport '77", TV's "Dallas" and TV's "The Golden Girls")
I had also intended to watch "Mega Piranha" (2009/'10), but didn't get to.
I was all geared-up for this film, but was a little disappointed with it. It was filled with mostly soft porn type underwater footage of girls with nothing on, cavorting with each other and then the Piranha attack sequences, however few, featured mostly nothing more than bad CGI fish, jumbled, close-up's of red splashing water and then cuts of these fake Piranhas faces.
The beginning with Richard Dreyfuss and then around the last ten minutes or so were the best parts and the ultimate lines, where it's revealed by Christopher Lloyd's character via radio that the Piranhas caught by The Sheriff were only babies, and then a giant Piranha jumps out of the water to attack - and presumably, kill - one of the films minor characters, were the type of scenes that made you jump and then nervously laugh at how it was 'just a Movie'.
Hopefully, the next one will be a better attempt.