[Heel n Toe]

I went to see 'The Meg' a week ago and was very pleasantly suprised. I was only expecting some popcorn summer flick somewhat better than a SyFy channel production, but it was very well done with excellent direction, had a great story, and the characters were believable. I knew Jason Statham and Rainn Wilson were in it, so I didn't think it could be horrible, but it was several levels better than I imagined it would be. It had a sense of humor that helped break the tension like Jaws did and also had several cool tributes to Jaws with things happening like the shark pulling the boat backwards at one point.

Sure, there were a couple of "that's ridiculous" moments, but it was a lot of fun and was glad I saw it in the theatre for all the same reasons Jaws was great in the theatre.

I don't rate a movie like this on a snooty "will it even be mentioned at the Oscars?" scale... but I'll definitely rate it a 10 on the fun and entertaining scale and I generally stay away from action flicks... especially superhero movies.