Alright! As a last farewell to the 2010 summer movie season before we head into fall with all the “prestige” movies vying for Oscar gold, we get one last of pure trash that is very entertaining. Lord knows we need movies like these every once in awhile to unwind and revel in the sheer ridiculousness of its scenario, and they certainly help us to appreciate the great ones even more. The filmmakers behind “Piranha 3D” are very aware of the fact that they are making a completely cheesy movie with boatloads of blood, gore, and nudity on display with an additional dimension for your viewing pleasure. It’s a throwback to those 80’s movies that took themselves more seriously than they had any right to, but this one accepts itself for the bloody joke that it is. You can either take it for what it is or despise it for the same reason. I’m fine with it as it is.
“Piranha 3D” was directed by Alexandre Aja who is best known for his heavily censored horror import “High Tension” as well as his remake of “The Hills Have Eyes,” one of the few of its kind that was actually worth watching. Alexandre’s movies in general have a very raw edge to them to where you never feel safe anymore then the characters do, but with this particular remake, he lets loose and allows himself and the audience to have more fun than we could ever expect. Alexandre makes this very clear when he opens the movie on a drunken Richard Dreyfuss who is sitting in his small boat fishing on a lake while singing “Show Me The Way To Go Home.” Yup folks, he’s sending up his role of Matt Hooper from “Jaws,” and we see him wearing the same clothes and even drinking the same beer as his character did in that classic. Of course, his Hooper-like character meets a Quint-like end when those sharp-toothed fishes tear him apart in record time. It’s a first sign that this may not be the right kind of movie for vegetarians. Truth be told, Quint had it a lot easier in retrospect.
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