I had some things to do at the keyboard, and no one else in the house to interrupt or roll their eyes, so I decided to dig into my Netflix queue and knock off some of the movies no one else would (or should) watch with me. Hot in the queue is Sharknado. I'm a bit of a sucker for shark movies, even the really bad ones.  And apocalypse or survival movies, that aren't all about the gore anyway.

There isn't really much need for spoiler alerts as the movie is pretty much exactly as one might expect. The basic synopsis is that a hurricane over the Pacific ocean both pushes sharks inland with its force and scoops some up and flings them through the air, and our intrepid characters try to survive the onslaught in and around Los Angeles.

Of course the movie does sharks a complete injustice, what with their inability to escape a hurricane (you know, like by swimming deeper), their insatiable blood-thirst (often attacking just because they're sharks), and their almost malicious need and ability to attack people in and out of the water. I feel like it also does the characters injustice, too, as they're both adept survivalists and scaredy-cats at the same time. They make both sound and random decisions, often one immediately after the other by the same character.  

It's a bad movie when considering most of the "good movie" criteria, but if you like cheese and camp and comical sci-fi, it's an awesome horrible movie. The movie creators and actors and everyone involved meant it to be taken as a comical b-movie, and they succeeded.  The film lives up to its expectations as "campy" and "cheesy" with the dialog, effects, action...and really all of it.

The science fails all over the place, so that might make it hard for many to suffer through. The acting mostly holds up, and don't expect too much empathy; at least the actors all seem to maintain their characters pretty well throughout, if you allow and forgive the flips in logic. The cinematography is actually not too bad, and if you expect and forgive some of the effects, it does actually work pretty well. All of this expects you to not expect a blockbuster, and if you can temper your expectations correctly, it is an enjoyable spin through a crazy situation.

I strongly recommend throwing this one on the computer screen (or TV device queue) if you've got 90 minutes to endure a bit of a survival farce, with bad shark science, and all that goes with it.

I'm watching itfrom my Netflix streaming queue. The movie's available at Hulu, for free if you have Hulu Plus. You can watch it on Amazon, for a couple bucks', and also for free if you're a Prime member. Even Apple iTunes will sell it to you. I'm sure there are other places you can find it, but since I've got those, and three of the four are free (when you're a member), that seems sufficient. Oh, and it's available on DVD and Blu-ray, if you want to watch it repeatedly and with probable extras.