The reason Sharknado works where other bad movies fail is the cast’s absolute commitment to the material. If the actors had winked at the camera or phoned in their lines, the magic would have been lost.
More importantly, it proved that the audience is in on the joke. We are no longer passive viewers. We are co-conspirators. When Fin Shepard raises his chainsaw to the sky, we are not laughing at the movie. We are laughing with it. We are laughing with ourselves. Sharknado
The title came first. The marketing team at The Asylum realized that the word "Sharknado"—a portmanteau of Shark and Tornado—was catchy enough to do the heavy lifting. The plot was secondary. The casting was secondary. The laws of physics? Non-existent. The reason Sharknado works where other bad movies
Fin Shepard, his best friend Baz (Jaason Simmons), and April set out across Los Angeles to rescue their two children (Matt and Claudia) from the submerged, shark-infested streets. The film is essentially a road trip through the apocalypse. They survive a shark attack in a flooded convenience store. They get into a shootout with looters. They commandeer a school bus. We are no longer passive viewers
In an era of prestige television—of slow burns, tragic antiheroes, and nine-hour seasons you have to watch with subtitles— Sharknado is the palate cleanser. It requires nothing of you. You don’t need to remember character arcs. You don’t need to worry about plot holes (there are more holes than in a shark’s digestive tract). You just need to watch a tornado made of fish and say, "Yes."
: Glue or tape two chopsticks in a "cross" shape on the top center of your spiral plate to serve as a hanger. Add the Sharks