Piranha 3D

I'm with you Sean, I really think they hit the mark they were aiming for. I missed it at the cinema and regret it because the 3D money shots looked like they would have been cool. I watched it with a couple of friends and had a laugh over a few beers. I watched it again with my teenage kids and it still hit all the same marks for them, so it wasn't the beer :) Jerry O'Connell played it perfectly; a total a-hole who meets the most perfect demise for him I don't think that is a spoiler as the moment he opens his mouth for the first time you are just counting down the minutes until he bites it. Ving Rhame's has a classic moment that shows he's all that is man. A nice genre nod at the beginning too. The obligitory gratuitous nudity scene was inspired, as its balletic nature nearly stops the film dead and serves it to you on a platter. If you are going to tick the box, tick it well. The characters are all one dimensional and I never expected more, it's all about the deaths. Some of them reached laughter at WTF?! levels and required a rewind to appreciate the set up and for those so inclided the work of the FX/Makeup crew. So, is it great? Wow, not by a long shot. Is it fun? With a group of friends sure, on your own maybe not quite as much. You just have to put your brain in neutral.