Jaws: the perfect summer movie (1 Viewer)

[SystemShock]

Even great movies can still feel very dated

Jaws does not

Still holds up very well today ( at least it seems to me that it does. Don’t know what a 15 year old would think of it seeing it for the first time now)

And even though we know so much more about sharks than we did in 1975 it’s still a primal fear

The whole end sequence once the Orca leaves port is utterly fantastic

To me it holds really well because of 2 things: the beach setting, and you don't see the mechanic shark too much. Movies set in a city, you see the cars, the fashions, the ads, whereas you can find many places today that look like Amity Island.. The mechanic shark, you don't see enough to realize how fake it is, and when you get to see the most of mechanic shark at the end of the movie, you are too invested in the tension and the suspense to care.

 

[Sun Wukong]

Soooo, you're saying I should check it out?
Not sure how/why, but I've never seen it.

Start with Jaws 3, where the shark attacks Sea World to get revenge. Dennis Quaid is there.

Then watch Jaws: The Revenge, where the shark is apparently psychic and can track the family it wants to murder from New England to the Caribbean and somehow has the power to swim 1200 miles in two days. Also, the shark can roar like a lion.

Then watch the original Jaws.

 

[Madmarsha]

Start with Jaws 3, where the shark attacks Sea World to get revenge. Dennis Quaid is there.

Then watch Jaws: The Revenge, where the shark is apparently psychic and can track the family it wants to murder from New England to the Caribbean and somehow has the power to swim 1200 miles in two days. Also, the shark can roar like a lion.

Then watch the original Jaws.

 

[Bill]

Start with Jaws 3, where the shark attacks Sea World to get revenge. Dennis Quaid is there.

Then watch Jaws: The Revenge, where the shark is apparently psychic and can track the family it wants to murder from New England to the Caribbean and somehow has the power to swim 1200 miles in two days. Also, the shark can roar like a lion.

Then watch the original Jaws.

Soooooooooo glad I stopped after 1.

 

[sfidc3]

Soooooooooo glad I stopped after 1.

While a bit "campy" I always thought Jaws 2 was a decent movie.....

 

[Semper]

 

[Madmarsha]

 

[Madmarsha]

Well, at least they didn't need a bigger boat ...

 

[Yatman]

While a bit "campy" I always thought Jaws 2 was a decent movie.....

in case no one noticed the blinding sugar and crystal aqua, pay attention to the beaches and ocean in jaws 2

that's ft pickens natn'l seashore standing in for the original martha's vineyard, aka amity island

was there again on vacay when production started and they were set dressing the "cabanas" that brody's kid "re-paints" in the flick

 

[sfidc3]

in case no one noticed the blinding sugar and crystal aqua, pay attention to the beaches and ocean in jaws 2

that's ft pickens natn'l seashore standing in for the original martha's vineyard, aka amity island

was there again on vacay when production started and they were set dressing the "cabanas" that brody's kid "re-paints" in the flick

Man, that is really cool.....

 

[Semper]

This movie always makes me feel a little panicked when I am in big water swimming. Especially growing up in Louisiana. Swimming in the Pearl River or the Gulf where I couldn’t see the bottom. My grand parents had a house in Manchac and that water used to get to me while swimming as well. I mean don’t get me wrong I still swam but always in the back of my mind that intro music for jaws was playing away. Especially at night.

 

[Madmarsha]

 

[Optimus Prime]

And Jaws 3 is on right now

NOT the perfect summer movie

 

[Boy_of_wonder75]

When I taught Film Studies, Jaws was always on the syllabus. It never failed to elicit strong reactions from my students, who were 16-18.

 

[Madmarsha]