Lake Placid

And I get squeamish hooking a worm...

Rating: 3 Bananas

As I was making up my list of movies, I could not for the life of me remember the name of this movie, so I referred to it as the Big Alligator Movie. Yes. Mr. Smartypants. I know it's a crocodile, blah blah blah. Big Alligator flows better. Say it, draw out the vowels. Doesn't that feel good? Okay, now you're way too relaxed to watch this movie, TENSE UP! Big Alligator falls under the same category as Deep Blue Sea, (toothy animals.. tasty cast) but tends to take itself less seriously. This makes it a little hard to make fun of, because they're already doing it. Okay, basic premise: Big alligator (crocodile, whatever) takes a bite out of a fish and game guy who is checking out beavers (no, really). Problem is, it's Maine. Way too cold, how'd he get here? I don't know! Pretty soon, the place is swarming with potential chum who are gonna catch the critter. Riiiiiight. Let me sum up:

Good Points

Bad Points
  • Remarkable special effects
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  • Lead chick too Ally Macbealesque
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  • Bill Pullman in tight jeans
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  • Most of the cast DOESN'T get eaten
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  • Betty White swearing like a sailor
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  • Not enough croc shots
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  • Live cow trawling (as seen above)
  • Tedious snappy banter
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  • Oliver Platt in a caftan
  • Oliver Platt in a caftan

    • I've heard that this was written by the guy who wrote Ally MacBeal, and several other shows, which leads me to believe he is the proud owner of a huge wherehouse containing 1,000 monkeys pounding away at 1,000 typewriters. Or perhaps I'm just being naive. Regardless, this movie really is a lot of fun, and I highly recommend you rent it.

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