Battle of the late 90's campy killer critter flicks: DEEP BLUE SEA (1999) vs. ANACONDA (1997)

This is difficult!

Hard to go past the vomiting up of part-digested Jon Voight by the big snake

GREAT POLL!

These movies are pretty much infinitely watchable.

I have equally fond memories of both.

J-Lo's butt is a big factor here.

best J-Lo ass film imo.

I have seen neither of these but wasn't Lake Placid like this?

voight is really bringing his A game in anaconda

Lake Placid was way too sitcom-ish and self-consciously "quirky" for this poll

I'm can't stop thinking Lake Placid is the Kurt Russell beats the Russians with Hockey movie.

Samuel L Jackson's death scene truly a thing of beauty.

But Anaconda has some much hilarity in it. Ice Cube as a wimp. Owen Wilson's screaming face badly CGI'd on the anaconda. The Shitty-Shitty-Shaman tribe. The anaconda puking up it's prey so it can kill it AGAIN.

LL Cool J vs. Ice Cube would be an equally great poll.

Volcano belongs in this poll as well btw. The lava in that movie is INCREDIBLY sneaky. As mean as any critter!

Yeah but Dante's Peak has an annoying grandma who gets burnt to a crisp in an acid lake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5VOEu0REs4&feature=related

Also has the DOG!

That said I feel like Dante's Peak and even the acid lake lack the sheer malevolence of the lava (or the sharks or the anaconda).

My favorite part of Anaconda is every time Voight says "Baby bird"

speaking of birds, deep blue sea was just on (hadn't seen it before, thanks TNT), and the best part is when LL gets revenge on the shark for eating his parrot by hurling his zippo at it while screaming YOU ATE MY BIRD

When I saw Deep Blue Sea, I had Anaconda-like hopes for it, but it just did not measure up - it was about on par with Anaconda 3, however, the one with David Haselhoff.

Owen Wilson's screaming face badly CGI'd on the anaconda.

I forgot about this bit! Haha it was terrible. I forgot Owen Wilson was even in this movie.

that smart sharks movie is a stupid concept, which drains much of the fear factor from the notion of killer sharks.

but it's watchable, and i'll take it over anaconda, if only for the scene of samuel jackson's death.

Deep Blue Sea was one of the most entertaining moviegoing experiences I've ever had. I thought the movie was mad retarded, mind you, but the audience participation/response made it awesome.

HEAD LIKE A SHARK FIN!! :D

Deep Blue Sea ftw!!!!

thought of the sam jackson scene as soon as i saw this (very late but hey) -- glad to see it posted. all-time classic moment deserves mad votes. ANACONDA's fun but too self-consciously joaksy. DEEP BLUE SEA is indeed mad retarded but plays it straight to great effect.

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