Blue Demon (2004)
Blue Demon (2004) Director: Daniel Grodnik Cinema 4 Rating: 3/9 Species: genetically modified great white sharks "Four years and millions of dollars on this project, and all I've got to show for it is a couple of big sharks with pretty eyes?" - Lawrence Van Allen (Danny Woodburn) Let's imagine that Daniel Grodnik, the director-slash-co-writer-slash-producer, (i.e. The One On Whom To Place All Blame) of the genetically engineered great white shark, straight-to-video purgatory flick, Blue Demon , falls into that much fabled Peter Jackson fan-boy territory. Jackson, much like Ray Harryhausen and Ray Bradbury before him, credits the 1933 King Kong as the chief inspiration for his life and career in the realm of fantasy storytelling. ( Kong , as regular readers of my original blog, The Cinema 4 Pylon , know full well is my favorite film as well, though I have yet to get either a life or a career, in any realm...) Jackson works his way from making small, independ...