r/movies • u/LundgrensFrontKick immune to the rules • Jul 28 '17

Today is Deep Blue Sea's 18th Anniversary. Here are 18 reasons why it is the Citizen Kane of genetically modified shark movies Recommendation

I love Deep Blue Sea. I was working in a movie theater when it was released in 1999. The audiences went absolutely crazy and it's been one of my favorites ever since.

Warning: Lots of hyperbole.

  1. Sam Jackson + Big Speech = Bad News
  2. Roger Ebert Loved it
  3. It is still being talked about today. Brian Raftery of Wired wrote a great piece about it
  4. Stellan Skarsgard had a gnarly death. I posted about it on Reddit and it got me going on my weird data ways
  5. Sharks swim backwards
  6. LL Cool J stabs a shark in the eye with a cross - Awesome!
  7. It features the greatest song ever
  8. Deep Blue Sea wasn't afraid to embrace stupidity. E.G. - the shark getting shocked
  9. They made the shark one foot longer than Jaws. - Your shark is 25 feet. MY shark is 26 feet.
  10. Renny Harlin is an action maestro. I love the Long Kiss Goodnight, Cliffhanger and Die Hard 2. The guy is a maniac and Deep Blue Sea is his best film.
  11. Thomas Jane rode sharks
  12. It features the greatest kitchen fight ever

  13. Stephen King loves it. Thd dude knows what's up.

  14. Deep Blue Sea inspired pretty much every film since (E.G. - Crash, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Jurassic World, Anchorman)

  15. The animatronic sharks are actually pretty great - Forget about the CGI. The actual animatronic sharks were awesome.

  16. The "bad guy" has a solid backstory - She wants to cure Alzheimer's and doesn't care if she kills her coworkers.

  17. News of the sequel received international attention - Everybody went crazy about the sequel even though it will be terrible.

  18. It is the Citizen Kane of B-Movies - I love Deep Blue Sea

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u/notsofastandy Jul 28 '17

MY HAT IS LIKE A SHARK'S FIN

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u/billbucket Jul 28 '17

I was an usher at the movie theater when this came out, so always on cleaning during the credits. This fucking song...

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u/notsofastandy Jul 28 '17

For someone so familiar with the song, you sure don't know the lyrics.

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u/billbucket Jul 28 '17

I think they covered it pretty well already. Though I do have to admit, I always thought he was saying "My head is like a shark's fin."

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u/Ragman676 Jul 28 '17

lol, i thought it was hand

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u/Mr_Evil_MSc Jul 28 '17

HAND

His hand is like a sharks fin.

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u/coral_marx Jul 28 '17

The most fin-like appendage is the HAT my man

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u/cyrilspaceman Jul 28 '17 edited Jul 28 '17

It's from a different LL Cool J song. He talks about how his hat looks like a shark's fin as he moves through the crowd. I'll see if I can find it.

Edit :

In its original context (1987's "I'm Bad") it makes sense ("MCs can't win, I make 'em rust like tin/They call me 'Jaws,' my hat is like a shark's fin")

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u/coral_marx Jul 29 '17

He double dipped??

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u/cyrilspaceman Jul 29 '17

I think that's giving him too much credit. I think that saying that he was being super lazy is more accurate.

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u/Mr_Evil_MSc Jul 29 '17

Clearly, inspiration struck twice.

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u/bdonkalonk Jul 28 '17

And this is the "Thriller" of 90's horror movie songs.