Meg 2: The Trench Pitch Meeting

Step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to Meg 2: The Trench!
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Jason Statham fighting giant prehistoric sharks. That’s maybe the easiest pitch that’s ever been made, and first Meg movie made over half a billion dollars thanks to that awesome sounding premise. And when something makes half a billion dollars, you can bet we’re going to see some more of it.
Meg 2: The Trench definitely raises some questions. Like why is this shark movie mostly about humans running around doing sketchy stuff? How did Jason Statham free dive at 25,000 feet? Wait, these movies are based on books? Where did that Kraken come from and why isn’t anyone talking about it?
To answer all these questions, check out the pitch meeting that led to Meg 2: The Trench!
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[@xingxing0428]

"These are based on books!?" Literally 99% of people watching this just found that out lol

[@Woopor]

Yeah I had no clue lool

[@venezuela0076]

I literally said that out loud 😂

[@misatokitty76]

I knew it with the first, because I read the book... years ago... but I didn't know the guy wrote more. Same guy who wrote Jaws, wasn't it?

[@heathb4319]

Even worse...i forgot this movie even existed.

[@neo-filthyfrank1347]

@@misatokitty76 No you dingus

[@GPhipps]

The fact that these are based on a book series hit me like an absolute truck.

[@KillerKondom]

Theyre pretty good

[@yantejeda2039]

the books are AMAZING!!!

[@mikes5637]

Books are waayy better than this garbage.

[@No-onesgayformoleman]

​@@mikes5637They usually are compared to their movie counterparts

[@tophers3756]

​@@yantejeda2039I've been told that the first couple are good, but they are garbage after that.

[@Migey11]

I greatly appreciate how well that oceanic pressure joke will sneak by under the radar totally unnoticed by anyone who watches this in a few years.

[@jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

I have to confess I already had forgotten about that. I mean, that was two whole months ago.

[@nooneinparticular1491]

@Migey11 - "...under the radar..." Given the circumstances, perhaps "...under the sonar..." is an even better metaphor?

[@benwarwick4290]

Was a well constructed joke 😂😂😂

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

@@jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit took me a second

[@azultarmizi]

@@jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii that was two months ago already???

[@JacobL228]

"You don't see fish down there wearing armor." Placoderms: "Do we just not exist in your world?"

[@RibusPQR]

Late Devonian Extinction: bonjour

[@JacobL228]

@@RibusPQR Coelacanths: Bonjour à toi aussi.

[@RibusPQR]

@@JacobL228 Placoderms are in one section of the tree of life, while Coelacanths and humans are in a different section.

[@augustuslxiii]

I mean, no, not anymore.

[@JacobL228]

@@RibusPQR My point is something from around that time technically survived, so maybe placoderms are in that trench, too.

[@SpideyWarsStudios]

The first one, for all its faults, was still a shark attack movie. This movie is basically "The Meg 2: The Fish and The Furious"

[@AlexisAdrian00]

Agreed

[@MegaGandalf12]

In the next F&F, they'll drive a car to the bottom of the ocean. That's the only place they haven't taken a car to yet 😂

[@MrRezRising]

It's all about family, yo.

[@toxsicle9753]

family

[@uhiuhik]

Damn dawg, that's the tiniest bit harsh. I'm not comparing it to 2001 or anything, but The Meg 2 was exactly what I thought it would be and I enjoyed it. Which I cannot say about the FF movies. ✌️

[@BIGJ0E]

"Something nuts would have to happen for a kind of mass education on oceanic pressure." Man that one got me good. Too soon.

[@EarthIsSmall]

absolutely lost it here🤣

[@obsidianjane4413]

I thought it was a very clever but not disrespectful current events reference. I wonder if ppl watching this in 10 years will even get it.

[@CasepbX]

@@obsidianjane4413 People watching this in just a year probably won't get it....

[@alexandercain732]

​​@@obsidianjane4413well, Clive Cussler is dead, so probably not...

[@dudedysseus]

In the moment, I could tell it was alluding to something but I didn't know what. Belatedly, I get it.

[@joerobins5649]

I continue to be impressed by Ryan's absolute SLAM DUNK jokes. That OceanGate reference is gonna have me laughing for a week.

[@jeffbenton6183]

I was half expecting the ScreenRant headline right there... then I realized they don't write about such things (and there still half a video left)

[@mystique5113]

The OceanGate reference is going to have you laughing? People DIED in that. It's supposed to make you remember how dangerous it is, not to laugh at people's death.

[@marchdarkenotp3346]

@@mystique5113 Those people are not worthy an ounce of sympathy.

[@mystique5113]

@@marchdarkenotp3346 May same be said of you and yours. Amen.

[@Dutchy4564]

​@@marchdarkenotp3346correction one of those people

[@lacolem1]

The "Meg in the trenches in WW2 fighting soldiers" idea is so batsht insane that I want to see it.

[@tommyshelby2787]

Or about a real-life event, about crocodiles eating WW2 soldiers.

[@danwhite77]

World War One.... that had the trench warfare.

[@davids2427]

😂me 2 ! 🦈🦈🦈

[@ccdecc6650]

I think that will have to be addressed in Megnado.

[@Fabian46544]

@@danwhite77 for some reason I read that in the honest-trailer-guys voice 😂

[@nickcrawford2456]

Sharks in a WWI trench sounds like the perfect prequel to Sharknado. Make it happen, Hollywood!

[@Soupy_loopy]

Abso-freakin-lutely

[@7shinta7]

My first thought, too.

[@Daemonik]

"But the writers are on strike!" "Eh, let AI do it. A sharknado prequel isn't that important." Result: *Best. Movie. Ever.*

[@dariakey5318]

This comment needs more likes

[@StevieB8363]

You sir, are a genius.

[@johnshort5830]

Something nuts would have to happen for a kind of mass education on oceanic pressure. Absolute legend.

[@TheWPhilosopher]

Absolutely. This was my favourite.

[@FrankietheLawDog]

Wow, wow, wow………wow!

[@thurin84]

apparently diving to titanic isnt super easy, barely an inconvenience..........

[@SilvaaVitor]

I often see people mention "their favorite lines" from Pitch Meetings and I'm like wait how can you decide on just one? And now I get it, this one was actually such a good catch from Ryan, definitely one of the best. I hope the top comments will preserve this with context so people watching 5 years from now will get it too.

[@ZimCrusher]

Even my 6 year old nephew, caught that. "Wouldn't they be crushed, like Titanic?" ... and yet... The 'writers' want more money, when a 6 year old can point out their mistakes.

[@Verinexa]

In France, the film was promoted with this catchphrase "The end justifies the means" except the word , "fin", was replaced by "faim" which means hunger and is pronouced the same . The sentence becomes "La faim justifie les moyens" = Hunger justifies the means 😂

[@CleverGirlAAH]

That's fantastic lol

[@ghristophermyers666]

Lmfao

[@MollyHJohns]

Good pun use!

[@Pillboxing]

The fact those words are pronounced the same is ridiculous. I'd definitely want to figure out which one it is based on the context of the conversation every time. Insane

[@linzerj9904]

"Something nuts would have to happen for a mass education on oceanic pressure" - that dig at OceanGate was spot on

[@TuckFwitter]

5 months in the future it's funny still

[@BronzeBoy520]

When I donated blood at the Red Cross, they offered me a ticket for this movie. I said no. That’s how little I wanted to see this film, but am BEYOND HYPED for the pitch meeting.

[@mantheking]

Pitch Meetings and Honest Trailers have brought me to an interesting point, where usually I find myself looking forward more to the Pitch Meeting and Honest Trailer than the actual movie itself.

[@stellviahohenheim]

calling the Chinese the good guys is kinda pushing it

[@BronzeBoy520]

@@stellviahohenheim what?

[@voidaspects9173]

​@@stellviahohenheimliterally what on earth...?

[@somerandomschmuck2547]

I mean in theory you could have taken the ticket, gone to the cinema, and then just walk into another theatre that was showing another movie, once you’ve passed the ticket booth and shown that you have a ticket I doubt the the cinema would care unless it’s one of those places that does assigned seats. Even then you could just check online for whatever seats are open right before the film starts.

[@Terrezio]

That titanic submarine reference followed by a “yeyeye!” was gold😂😂

[@Erick360.]

I paused the video to look for this comment. You did not disappoint.

[@englishatheart]

Submersible* Different things.

[@thurin84]

but will it hold up to the pressure of public opinion?

[@Charok1]

yeah, he snuck that sub implosion right in there

[@Terrezio]

@@englishatheart is a submarine not submersible?🤔😂

[@ChristineMcAvoy]

Me watching the movie: They're laughing and drinking on the beach...didn't a bunch of their friends, and a TON of people die?! Oh...this will be in the Pitch Meeting for sure. Didn't disappoint.

[@larsw3967]

This is EXACTLY how this pitch meeting went.....EXACTLY. I'm absolutely certain about it.

[@xingxing0428]

Off Screen death-initis is a serious Illness the that affects many characters in movies. Thank you Ryan for bringing awareness to this life threatening disease 😞

[@tophers3756]

The only viable protection is strong plot armor

[@Iffy350]

I hear cuban gooding jr caught that once.

[@daredevil6145]

like Blackfish in GoT

[@joechapman8208]

Let's hope he doesn't suffer from repeatmyjokesbacktomeophobia

[@prastarkeepers]

Shia Labeouf suffered from that less than a month ago.

[@siddharthnath7917]

The subtle nod with the "mass education about oceanic pressures" was perfect and hilarious 😂😂😂

[@A.G.P.115]

Too soon...j/k I smiled 😊

[@favoritemustard3542]

Mocking tragedy is TIGHT. 🙄

[@voyceinyourhead]

​@@favoritemustard3542rich folks went dicking around a mass grave of poor folks. Yeah, not much sympathy to be had

[@Zerradable]

@@voyceinyourhead well, you seem to have sympathy for the state's tyranny.

[@itsjezzer]

@@Zerradable I'm so sorry you got told to wear seatbelts and respect age of consent laws, my dude

[@alongexpectedsoundscape]

You can just feel the progression of excitement and energy in these compared to the older ones and its hilarious and awesome

[@gojisandhu]

They descend into madness slowly over time

[@michaelvanburen6010]

The only reason I hope these movies keep getting made is so I can keep watching pitch meetings.

[@micahcaraballo5917]

I took my 54-year-old mom to see this in theaters, she loves shark movies. And we were both quietly chuckling at all the silly scenarios that were happening throughout the movie 🤣 The first movie was such a “so bad that it’s good” film but this sequel feels like a “so bad that it’s hilariously bad” if that makes sense 😅🤷🏻‍♂️

[@anakinskywalker0721]

I didn't finished the movie. Had to walk out. Couldn't take it anymore. 😅

[@dirkdiggler.]

And for the first time I thought, I have a mom. Not I have a mom with downs

[@micahcaraballo5917]

@@anakinskywalker0721 I don’t blame ya, it was pretty bad 🤣 But my Mom and I sat through the whole thing, I kept telling myself: “Do it for the $20 worth of tickets”! 😅

[@YodaOnABender]

I don’t think it’s really “bad”. It’s a dumb movie that knows it’s dumb and so it just has fun with it’s silliness

[@HariSeldon913]

They really should have called in Gamera to help.

[@electricbayonet2]

I was legitimately surprised by just how little shark there was in this shark movie where they tripled the number of sharks from the last one. John Sharkfight barely had anything to do.

[@Somnogenesis]

So _that's_ what his name is!

[@skunkrat01]

That is a suitably epic name for a Jason Statham character in a shark movie ♥️

[@Somnogenesis]

@@skunkrat01 I shall be hugely disappointed if it turns out that isn't actually his name now 🤣

[@diegodelsol1309]

@@Somnogenesis Wel, sorry to say this, but his name is Jonas Sharkfight.

[@timopper5488]

@@diegodelsol1309 I think you’re misremembering that, getting John Sharkfight mixed up with Jonah in the Bible, and your mind came up with Jonas. It happens.

[@nexus_of_a_crisis]

“You just made me kind of want to learn how to read.” Now that’s gold!

[@dimitridehouck9506]

That Oceangate one literally got me on the floor laughing. Not too soon at all 😂

[@anthonylesley982]

Lol

[@lexcorp213]

🤣

[@bestintheband5114]

"The Trench" is a reference to where their creativity and writer skill is currently at

[@0ooTheMAXXoo0]

This film has been getting good reviews. Silly and bonkers on purpose...

[@johnathanfuentes5158]

Not going to lie, the black dude being prepared after surviving a horror esc event was refreshing. Learned how to swim, trained himself, and armed himself because he didn’t know what to expect. Dude became my favorite character

[@jybrokenhearted]

Knowing how to swim didn't help Obama's chef

[@doriantaylor887]

​@@jybrokenheartedObama's chef knew how to swim.. there's videos of it

[@Jehty21]

Did he die?

[@CasepbX]

Did that really happen or did you just make it up?

[@uhiuhik]

Page Kennedy is woefully underrated. ✌️

[@matt_rector_media]

“Friggin useless thermocline, stupid thermocline!” I’m dead

[@lmn977]

They really jumped the shark, in every sense

[@ablestarofficial8117]

For real. One of the worst movies I have ever tried to watch.

[@SageVallant]

They also had a character's helmet get cracked and slowly implode and they died from being crushed by the pressure like... 20 minutes earlier in the movie before Statham breathes out all the air and goes for a swim.

[@maxbracegirdle9990]

I think they got the idea of him breathing out all the air and being alright from how breathing works in space. You can survive in the vacuum of space for a while if you breathe out all the air in your lungs first. Though if you hold your breath the pressure changes too much and the gas will expand So it's not completely out of left field but it's still hella stupid

[@niceguy191]

​@@maxbracegirdle9990ignoring that going into space is about one atmosphere of change in pressure, while being 25000ft under seawater is about 750 atmospheres

[@stevereedatx]

There’s no pressure Jason Statham can’t handle.

[@DingbatToast]

In the vacuum of space, it's not so much about air pressure in your lungs, more that you would lower the boiling point of all the fluids in your body. So all the blood, water etc, would start to boil inside you.

[@Pepespizzeria1]

You actually....watched... it?

[@lilyanna2467]

We need a pitch meeting for every movie ever made.

[@obsidianjane4413]

AI Ryan will get right on that.

[@ORIGINAL_WTF]

Sounds super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@squidmissiletv]

Wow wow wow

[@davidcovington901]

@@squidmissiletv Wow

[@johntabler349]

Like one set in 1880 pitching the idea of moving pictures?

[@AlexLee-dc2vb]

that bit about Ocean Gate was genius

[@SKOOKSz]

I look forward to new pitch meetings more than the actual movies.

[@steveparsons7027]

Thank you Ryan and George. You two get along like brothers. Makes watching it, super easy, barely an inconvenience

[@MrSG647]

😂😂

[@RickJames-wf2rm]

No no, us mortals do not engage in such dialect

[@ctwhiskey3058]

Oh really?

[@ninjalectualx]

Which is Ryan and which is George

[@TheFridge0x]

wait this is twins? well damnnnnn I think they just prestige'd me

[@Quetzal00358]

Please do a Pitch Meeting for National Treasure! I feel like it’s the perfect movie for a Pitch Meeting

[@jhammond1978]

Yes... what do u think of my suggestions? I've been asking for months to no response 😕... Superman with Christopher Reeve all 4 including the hit TV show SUPERMAN AND LOIS on the CW network! It's actually really good! Psycho movies all 4 Footloose (1984) Karate Kid (all) Titanic and Cat in the Hat.... with both versions of THE THING if he can't then John Carpenters THE THING Outter Banks as well as Unbrella Academy! Copy and paste soo Ryan can see and we can have fun going to the past!!

[@InsertCreativeusername_]

Any movie is perfect for pitch meeting

[@jhammond1978]

@@iamme25yago right!

[@mmack66]

@@InsertCreativeusername_ Schindler's List probably isn't.

[@88porpoise]

​@@InsertCreativeusername_Some are more perfect than others. National Treasure seems like it would be exceptionally perfect. It is a really fun movie while being absurd with lots of stupidity.

[@tatsuuuuuu]

I thought the allusion to the Titan sub implosion would be the end and cutaway to article with how good that setup and punchline was xD

[@2nd3rd1st]

Pronouncing Jason Statham with a soft TH is the ultimate roast.

[@SonicKing84]

I've never been more whiplashed in a pitch meeting...how the hell did this come from a book series?!

[@Rowebot15]

It'd make a great Pop-Up Book🤣

[@ICU-812]

"That doesn't seem physically possible." "See the thing about this guy is he's Jason Statham." Flawless logic.

[@xellios]

I absolutely love this series. I can't be the only one that wants to see Pitch Meetings for the Saw movies. Maybe not every single one of them but a few would be great.

[@SweboySMM2]

I hope he continues with the audible books concept. Sounds like a solid idea!

[@Rowebot15]

They need to make a movie about explaining the thought processes that go into making movies. Then write a book about it, so I can hear someone read it to me

[@ceilinh6004]

I've actually never heard of the Titan sub, so I believe everything this movie tells me about the survivability of deep sea pressure.

[@aurea.]

Yeyeye

[@farandr]

They just didn't know air was the issue, not the overwhelming crushing force of gravity.

[@Dargonhuman]

Wait, no one mentioned the Titan sub, how did you know the name of the event being referenced if you never heard of it before? oooh, busted! I'm telling Mom!

[@HeisenbergFam]

Jason Statham being a 50 ft shark killer is one of the most majestic cinematic moments

[@danallison8745]

He is only 5’2” ; )

[@gamebawesome]

It was one of the most moments in cinema history

[@im3phirebird81]

@@danallison8745 Misunderstanding another person't comment on purpose a) is tight b) is super easy, barely an inconvenience c) saves you money in the special effects department

[@esra_erimez]

Are you certain?

[@fahrenheit1522]

Can I say your name ?

[@jamesosullivan7969]

"mass education on oceanic pressure" might be funniest line from this entire series! Tragic but hilariously used here.

[@GeneDarrTV]

Ryan seemed to have more fun with this one than usual 😄

[@klchu]

Sometimes it's better to never see the movie and only the Pitch Meeting.

[@perniciouspete4986]

It's almost always better nowadays.

[@TheRealLtrain]

*all times

[@3dartstudio007]

I would buy tickets to a movie theatre to see see "Ryan Pitches Movies!!" They don't even have to make the movie, save TONS in CGI costs and create a WAY better product I would LOVE! Win win!

[@Zero_Ninety]

People see the movies?

[@muskyoxes]

It's saddest when i have to avoid the pitch meeting because i want to see the movie and these are full of spoilers

[@GeoCalifornian]

2:58 “You don’t see fish down here wearing armor do you?” -that was probably the sloppy engineering thinking of OceanGate before their submersible imploded... 😅

[@EwetoobSucks]

😂

[@DillishUs]

The MEG was a surprisingly good book my dad and I bonded over back in middle school, & our whole family was obsessed with movie when it came out. THANK YOU for publicizing that there's a book!

[@RafaElorduy]

The "something has to happen for people to be massively educated about deep ocean pressure" part just made my life better.

[@LordMaric]

So nice of Ryan to let us know about his break! He even spoken like 10 words after it started! Trully a man commited to his audience!

[@LuisSierra42]

And he even stared silently after the break, truly the youtuber of all time

[@LucianDevine]

Union bureaucracy is a bitch!

[@jw8160]

One small problem, his watch is fast. He still had 3 minutes until his break time. His manager with the big mustache is going to be upset.

[@brezzendorf]

Often happened to a wife character in an action movie

[@BarzulRei]

He really should get something to eat on his break, he works too hard not to eat something, just standing there staring off into space is probably not the best use of his personal time.

[@Hykje]

Every plot point made me go "WTF are you kidding me".

[@Goremize]

Mentioning all of us learning about the pressures of water recently is something I was not expecting

[@Arcessitor]

I don't think I've seen a pitch meeting where the two characters interact so smoothly with each other before. Is that just me. This script and mannerisms and the way they cut into each other just seems smoother in this one somehow.

[@HeyHeyChey]

3:06 holy shit, that was absolutely brutal

[@jon_ovo3653]

“Glad you were able to hear me but don’t steal my idea you son of uh gun” 💀💀💀

[@deinoswiz1]

The Pitch Meeting, Honest Trailers, and Everything Wrong With really give perfect movie analysis. So professionally done, and these videos just show true thoughts. The movies are now just leaching off past movies which are following movies that tried to copy original movies and books. Perfect analogy is a soda with no ice cubs, to then having a cube added progressively. That soda is going to water down and loose its strength.

[@DustinBarlow8P]

Every movie is based off of a past movie. If you mean all they are doing is making sequels, than they would be the executives at these companies fault. However as is the case with Video Games, moves will never get better, until people start only giving money to movies that have earned their money. The fact that Disney is still making money on some of their movies, has shown me, that I overestimated the intellect level of people. I mean why support a film created with an intricate plot, really well thought out characters, and an amazing score done by an award winning orchestra, when we can watch people fart on strangers... I... just want to die.

[@pap-fr]

Cinamasins is horrid. Unfunny jokes constantly and counting it as a "sin"

[@sosayweall_jpg]

Honest trailers is fine, not quite as good as pitch meetings but cinema sins is absolutely goddawful. poor planned, edited, voiced, everything. check out Shaun's takedown of them, it's extremely comprehensive.

[@DavidCousens]

The delivery on “These are based on BOOKS?!?” Was absolutely perfect! (I’ve never thought I’d empathise with Producer Guy so strongly!)

[@troglodytezero1697]

Man Jason must have a solid fan base to keep getting theater gigs.

[@frenchyroastify]

Your comment made made me Google -Jason Statham / cologne-. Yep, It's called "Terre d'Hermes". Probably huge in China.

[@leonardebron6032]

He’s a phenomenal actor, regardless of script.

[@anthonylesley982]

Yeah

[@thathorrorguy1974]

Jason Statham makes me wanna watch movies I never cared to know exist because anything he's in is always fun to watch

[@RPGeek]

Movies like this is just a money laundering scheme for producers. Doesn't matter if they make any money, they already did

[@chrisrosa4393]

Kudos to keeping up with current events and tying in that “ Mass education on oceanic pressure” reference. Honestly many ppl were talking about that specific scene in the movie and likely many of them only knew it was wrong BC of that event 💯

[@englishatheart]

People* Using actual words is super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@chrisrosa4393]

@@englishatheart correcting grammar under KZbin comments..NOT super easy…but barely an inconvenience if you’ve got nothing else to do ☝🏽🥴

[@JamesLacroixx]

@@chrisrosa4393 I would say it IS super easy but it's definitely NOT *tight*. Pretty sure people write 'ppl' because they just want to and not because they didn't know you could write the word 'people' lmao

[@Arcessitor]

Kudos for being aware of the biggest news event of current year? Really?

[@chrisrosa4393]

@@Arcessitor the people burning in Hawaii would beg to differ… Ykno…96 dead and untold amount missing while the fires are still burning after days..I’d say that’s much bigger news than a missing sub of 5 ppl yeah?

[@perfectsoulmates2023]

☀️ You can clearly see how HAPPY Ryan is in this video 🙌🏼

[@justrecentlyi5444]

For people from a long time in the future, this film (and video) came out not long afer the Oceangate Titan submarine implosion. Also, I really enjoyed the "That sounds so... cost-saving" and "How'd you come up with that?" lines, and I hope they get used again.

[@wutthabuck8772]

Jason Statham fighting Mega sharks & dinosaurs is TIGHT !

[@pon3d120]

That World War 1 idea actually sounds incredible.

[@samuel3176]

Offscreen deathanitis 🤣🤣🤣🤣 That one sent me

[@nugget3687]

What's even the point of having mech suits that give you super strength in a movie with giant sharks if you don't use them to actually fight the sharks?!

[@specialk5523]

Or for, you know, walking around a base with potential bad guys, using them to lift doors open, and maybe refill the air tanks because the bad guys wore them too so they had to have a way to do that, just…. Such wasted power.

[@jonathanbrown7917]

As someone who has audibly listened to a book in the Megverse that joke hit home haha

[@jamesr8473]

Hard to believe writers are concerned their jobs are at risk of being taken over by Artificial Intelligence when such cinematic masterpieces are created

[@phenel]

hard to believe they think that they're deserving of more money, so much so that they're on strike when such masterpieces exist.

[@EWSwot]

Hard to believe corporations are attempting to make more money by abusing their workers and changing the terms of the industry.

[@shanna864]

Better movies don’t get greenlit

[@daniel4647]

@@phenel Best time to go on strike is when you can easily just be replaced by a machine /s

[@timopper5488]

You really nailed it with the human conflict versus shark action. I really enjoyed the first movie, so I was pretty excited to see this one, expecting much more of the last part of the movie which was PROMINENTLY presented in the trailer.

[@moretac]

But that last part on fun island was so insane and over the top that I still came away pretty entertained and satisfied with the movie.

[@timopper5488]

@@moretac Oh no doubt!! I just wish that much more of the movie took place there.

[@maxshepherd4855]

there was literally more shark screentime in this one than the first.

[@timopper5488]

@@maxshepherd4855 I’ll take your word on that, but clearly it wasn’t dispersed very well throughout.

[@No-onesgayformoleman]

Ryan: Can I do an oceangate reference without being disrespectful? Also Ryan: Super easy, barely and inconvenience

[@neo-filthyfrank1347]

being disrespectful is good, stop worshipping dullness

[@Arcessitor]

As if any joke isn't immediately disrespectful to the dead. Stop trying to make comedy nice. It doesn't need to be nice.

[@No-onesgayformoleman]

@Arcessitor Geesus, whats wrong with you pansies? I just wanted to use a Ryan meme. Fuck the Sub victims.

[@Dvailen]

@@Arcessitor They went in ignoring every single warning they were given. To say it's disrespectful to joke about it is disrespectful to the word "disrespectful".

[@bestintheband5114]

"Something NUTS would have to happen for a mass education on oceanic pressure" 💀

[@rise4811]

“Wait, what has a crack in it?” 😂😂😂 Ryan never fails to *crack* me up.

[@roy5815]

Ryan makes such clever jokes, you just wanna take notes and replay that thing a few times before you even consider laughing cz they are such works of arts

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

They really jumped the shark on this one.

[@RideTheTeacups]

“Offscreen Deathonitis” is my new favorite thing ever!!! 🎉😂😂

[@TrueLegateDamar]

It's even funnier knowing it was solely because the actress got into legal trouble with Chinese authorities and outright disappeared for a while.

[@galadriusthemighty]

“Oh, so it’s stupid, dumb fun? Think people will eat that up?” “Yes.”

[@FloydSamson]

This movie to me was what cinema is all about. It's a ton of fun.

[@willstrickland9952]

The ocean gate joke was perfect 😂😂

[@darthvirgin7157]

3:03 even Oceangate doesn’t escape the pitch snark.

[@nauthic3p0]

„Mass education on oceanic pressure“ That one hit hard 😂

[@Empisee]

I spent most of my time watching this movie thinking of how Ryan would present its pitch meeting.

[@JohannyM]

I remember watching this movie when it came out and when the Meg in captivity escape the first thing that came to my mind was the screen writer guy saying "that was super easy barely an inconvenience"

[@guyvizard549]

I 100% believe this is exactly how the actual pitch went down, verbatim.

[@8584zender]

Maybe a little more from the studio head pushing for writing, plot points and marketing targeted to the Asian market.

[@hfbvmARF]

@@8584zender The movie is so weird, the antagonists are Sharks, dinosaurs, Kraken and terrorists. Its like a free for all the whole movie.

[@bagpussmacfarlan9008]

Just watched this and was desperately hoping there was a pitch meeting...nailed it totally 😁

[@travelingjazzman117]

*Jason Statham* is basically the modern-day *Jean Claude Van Damme.* But *Statham's* level of coolness is so good that he gets a *Chuck Norris* level status.

[@cajunguy6502]

This actually makes the movie sound better than I thought it would be.

[@jon_ovo3653]

Lmfao referencing ocean gate non directly is tight 😂😂😂

[@-Draco_]

I absolutely want to believe that when you're not recording Pitch Meeting content that all you do is just stand there in silence and look around occasionally.

[@ObscureRP]

"How did you come up with that?!?" 🤣🤣🤣

[@CoffeeForAll]

I still don’t understand how you managed to sneak hidden cameras into all these studio meetings.

[@LynMa80]

I love how everybody runs TOWARDS the water on the beaches panic scenes XD

[@carsilk2492]

I love how sharks have become one of the most spectacular movie genres

[@christopherarce686]

“How’d you come up with that” 😂

[@theonebman7581]

I love learning new things, such as this movie's existence - I legit had no idea about it until this video!

[@reservoirdude92]

The craziest thing about this is that Ben Wheatley, who is typically an arthouse filmmaker (he's made some brilliant films), helmed this monstrosity 😂

[@ursidae97]

Well I genuinely hope he had fun

[@earlsmith7428]

Well, you have to remember, he has to make money too.

[@reservoirdude92]

@@ursidae97oh I'm sure he did! From what I know of him, he's big on genre films and schlock, and this is definitely big budget schlock haha

[@reservoirdude92]

@@earlsmith7428 Most definitely! Sort of a "one for them, one for me" scenario. Soon after he made that remake of Rebecca for Netflix, he went and made a low-budget eco-horror film called In the Earth (wild shit, that one). Definitely not knocking him for making this, it's just funny to me that this is the project he landed on 😄

[@dissuede6949]

​@@reservoirdude92"In the Earth" is one of the worst films I've ever sat through. Absolute drag from start to finish. I mean.. good god was it bad.

[@UnusualPete]

I see Jason is learning from Vin Diesel in the "Art of making completely absurd movies that nobody asked for".

[@rudyrobertson1540]

Mass education on deep sea pressure fucking killed me. No pun intended 🤣🤣🤣

[@SwannSac]

these pitch meetings have become a god send for me, i work at a movie theater so its kinda nice to get a synopsis so i dont sound completely stupid talking to customers when they leave since i dont wanna watch these movies.

[@connermcginnis]

This actually made me want to see the movie more than any other pitch meeting in pitch meeting history

[@muskyoxes]

You were sold after finding out there's almost no Meg stuff?

[@connermcginnis]

@@muskyoxes exactly!

[@noahboss5617]

Male lead literally melee kill a Meg. Stupid logicw but enjoyable movie to watch if you tolerate those

[@jackrendall4013]

This is definitely my favorite pitch meeting in a while! Keep up the good work Ryan 👍

[@JmannTW]

Smoothest commercial integration ever 🤣

[@LukeMaps]

Thank you, Ryan George for these pitch meetings. Being grateful for your tedious entertainment endeavors is super easy, barely an inconvenience.