We're almost done with the list I had printed off. This penultimate title was expected. The creature was definitely not dead at the end of the last movie, so I knew he'd be back. What I didn't know was that he was going to get dynamited out of his lagoon and taken to discount Sea World in Florida.
That's where our "heroes" decide to make some really stupid decisions. They have the press all over the place when the creature wakes up from his "coma," so there's lots of civilians there to witness the stupidity. They end up getting the creature under control and chaining him into an aquarium. Now they want to train him like a seal or a dolphin. And by the way Flippy the dolphin half-heartedly performs for the crowd, it's a probably a good thing the creature fights back.
I was Team Creature for most of the movie. There was the moment when he killed the dog, but I blame the humans for that one. I was hoping they wouldn't show the dog, and I could just imagine he'd run off to find a better owner. I mean, the woman looked for him for half a minute before Clete (seriously, who picked this character's name?) convinced her to go for a smooch fest. The next day, they went for a swim and more smooching. Never mind that the day before their friend died, and the dog disappeared. The people in this movie were the worst.
A few little tidbits I learned about the movie. My man, Ricou Browning, was again the creature under water. I suspected it might be him at one point when I watched him kind of mirror-swim under someone. It's hard to describe, but I know what I mean. Also, I kept wondering why the creature kept running into the camera. Well...this was originally a 3D movie! Now it makes sense. My last tidbit revolves around a scene that was pointless. In the lab with the animals, there was a guy with a mouse in his pocket. It was Clint Eastwood! I didn't recognize him, but when I read that, I went back and saw the resemblance. This was his film debut!
This movie was infuriating. The people were terrible, and all the ones that deserved to die made it through. I was wondering about the BER BER BERRRRR noise, and they really leaned into it in this one. My favorite part of this movie was when some random youths stopped to try and help the extended faint woman. The creature ninjas up on them and magic-throws one over to a tree. I can't give a description that will accurately convey the beauty of the moment. If you can find just that moment, it's worth it. Other than that, the creature's just going back and forth into the water so he doesn't dry out or whatever. He should've just accidentally taken the chick in the water. Maybe she would've accidentally drowned, so we wouldn't have had to watch her just sit on the sand and scream endlessly. At the end, they just shot the creature, and he floated down into the "fade to black." No wonder we're going to see him again next time. They never learn.
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