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So, I dont know why, but I figured I’d watch a movie tonight.

In the middle of the week.

With popcorn and all … nah, no popcorn. Just me and my trusty laptop, and good ole Amazon ‘Prime Video’. Ah, those movies go straight to video for a reason. LOL.

Anyway, for whatever reason, I watched “The Meg” – a 2018 shark movie which looked pretty good in the trailers.

Basically the movie is about divers finding the prehistoric “megalodon” hiding somewhere deep beneath the ocean bed where there is apparently “another world” beneath a thermal vent or something.

Now, I’m a fan of these shark movies.

Jaws! was obviously a classic.

And I LOVED the Deep Blue Sea series .  .  . which was basically people screwing around with shark brains and such, injecting “hormones” or something to make them ultra aggressive and come AFTER humans with an enhanced hunting instinct.

All good fun to watch and decent movies.

I like Jason Statham, so I figured I’d give this a shot too.

Oh my.

If there ever was a more terrible movie I’ve watched in recent times, I’m yet to see it!

The movie has NO coherent plot, and the actors are just “winging it” – or so it seems. There’s the usual chinese flag waving and jingoism mixed in, and the obligatory “glamor girl” (Li bing bing I believe – and she was utterly horrendous in the movie, even if I say so myself).

I dont know why, but every time Hollywood comes to China, it kow tows to it.

Disney did it last year with the equally atrocious and in some ways more deplorable Mulan which potrays those in Xinjiang as being “foreign devils” and evil invaders, and of course we have ultra feminist Gong Li, I believe who saves the day against them in an utterly laughable manner, and Disney “Princess” like act.

Both of these movies were a joke.

But, Statham is definitely one high point of the movie, along with obviously the meg,hehe.

Dont know how they got it to look that big, but hey – it looks “ginormous” as my daughter would say.

Anyway, Statham is a deep sea diver in the movie, and for a change, looks the part.

Looks like he bangs out a ton of pull-ups daily too. They had him in a scene where he’s shirtless, out of the shower, and lady (the female lead) goes “uhhhhh … you’re naked”.

He had a towel on.

I was like, what’s dude supposed to do. He just got out of the shower. LOL.

As he said in the movie “That was supposed to be the plan!” 

Anyway, can’t win for losing …

And perhaps I’ll do another one of these “prehistoric”movie watches with another interesting one I saw on “Prime” – “Kong Island”.

I loved King Kong!

Of course, coming from the “gorilla grip” guy, thats not surprising.

Anyway, swimming will get your ass in great, great shape – and that core too.

And if you’re doing it in the ocean, all the more so!

Believe me, swimming in the ocean with currents is a WHOLE another ball game, especially in choppy seas.

On a side note, years ago, I remember Aussie cricketers Matthew “Big Matt the Bat” Hayden and Andrew “Roy” Symonds having to swim over a mile in shark infested Aussie waters – back to safety.

They made it back in one piece, and all credit to them shoulders!

Hehe. And the men too, obviously.

And I’m out.

Back soon!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – And if you don’t have access to a pool or OCEAN -never fear. Land exercises are still king, my friend. Learn how to get that corrugated core right HERE.

PS #2 – I’ve ranted a lot against Mulan before. First time I’ve watched this “The Meg”, but for those wondering, no, it aint an “Anti China rant”. Watch the movie, and you will see what  I mean!

PPS – Nothing if not a hardworking, son of the soil I am, movies in the middle of the week – late night at that, lol …

(but really – I love what I do!)