I just watched Razortooth on the Netflix for iPad app. Its is worth watching as a study for screenwriters or moviemakers. Its b-movie creature feature about giant eels that start eating people in the Florida Everglades. There are mountains in the background, thats doesnt bother me. Looks like the swamp shots are Bayou stock footage. The actors are a little old for this kinda thing. But the screenwriter / filmmaker had alot to say. Forced dialog. Over the top camp and cheese, cliche, redundancy.
As a screenwriter these movies are lessons, in what not to do. Im not saying the filmmakers of Razortooth failed at everything cause alot of it worked. They swung for the fence. I got a kick out of the movie, but alot of comments on IMDB are "worst movie ever" You watch a movie like this and it shows you how close or far away the script was in terms of working. Is it over written? Over acted? Both?
The characters are absurd and thats the point, and with that goal in mind I think the screenwriter did a pretty good job carving out characters. Watch it on Netflix Instant or whatever and learn something about filmmaking.
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