The JAWS Thread

[Mac Daddy MM]

A thread for the franchise with teeth! Jaws! Been a while since I've watched them, but currently watching Jaws 2. The very first movie still, and always will, hold up to the test of time. Jaws 2 is still a guilt pleasure, but I can't watch it the same anymore once realizing the film is virtually Halloween on the open sea. Jaws 3-D sucks and Jaws: The Revenge is so bad its great.

And I'd be game for an HBO Max mini-series that follows more of the book's storyline while keeping with the film's "Smile you son of a bitch!" ending.

[LegendZilla]

I think the book deserves a re-adaptation one day.

[Xx_The_Masquerade_xX]

I enjoy all the JAWS movies, of course the first is a classic. I can find enjoyment in Jaws 2, Jaws 3 and even Jaws The Revenge so I will always watch any of them whenever they are on TV.

Jaws The Revenge was the first Jaws movie I saw as a young kid, so I have nostalgia for it.

[mikelcho]

I remember seeing a big, full page black-and-white newspaper ad from 1978 with a shark's fin above the open sea's surface that said "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...JAWS 2". I think I might've even seen it when it came out in theaters.

And let's not forget the two biggest of all of the original film's imitators: Grizzly (1976) (which, for all practical purposes, really should've been called "Claws") and Piranha (1978).

Why, even Blood Beach (1980) stole Jaws 2's tagline ("Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water-you can't get to it.").

And if you think that's still not enough, there's a paperback horror novel called The Predators (1984) by Mark Washburn and Robert Webb whose story (are you ready for this?) is about a big-time TV mogul who attempts - and actually succeeds - in putting a battle between a great white shark and a Kodiak bear on pay-per-view cable. You've been warned. Only in America, kids, only in America.

[GodzillaFan1990's]

Love the first two films. First is a classic but second not as good but still holds up for what it is.

The last two though were awful especially the fourth one.

I think the book deserves a re-adaptation one day.

Please no. God forbid actual efforts on practical effects because a Jaws remake would especially end up resorting to a lazy CGI shark.

Jaws is one of those films that needs to be left alone.

[Jeff-Goldblum2]

'I can't sit down and talk to the boy who did the fish movie' Alfred Hitchcock

[CrimsonBloodX]

The first film is a masterpiece, of course.

Jaws 2 is a pretty decent follow-up. I doo enjoy this movie.

Jaws 3 is flawed, but I do have a somewhat good time with it.

Jaws: The Revenge is trash. I use to love it when I was a kid, but now I think it's total garbage.

[LegendZilla]

Please no. God forbid actual efforts on practical effects because a Jaws remake would especially end up resorting to a lazy CGI shark.

Jaws is one of those films that needs to be left alone.

At least the story has the benefit of originating within literature as opposed to film.

[Spuro]

I think the book deserves a re-adaptation one day.

Eww. No. Please. The book was fucking *terrible*.

I might actually watch Jaws 3D and The Revenge (still haven't seen them yet) back to back, over a book accurate adaption.

[Gigantis]

Honestly I don't see Jaws being remade. NOT because of the fact that "It's a timeless classic, it could never be redone!" because that hasn't stopped Hollywood before. I'm talking about the fact that it really already HASN'T happened yet. I feel like if it a remake were to happen, we'd have already gotten it by now. We didn't even get one when horror movie remakes were at their peak during the late 2000's!

Never say never IG, but who knows at this point. The Jaws franchise looks to be staying pretty dormant, though I guess that's what happens when your last couple entries bomb.

[Mac Daddy MM]

Honestly I don't see Jaws being remade. NOT because of the fact that "It's a timeless classic, it could never be redone!" because that hasn't stopped Hollywood before. I'm talking about the fact that it really already HASN'T happened yet. I feel like if it a remake were to happen, we'd have already gotten it by now. We didn't even get one when horror movie remakes were at their peak during the late 2000's!

Never say never IG, but who knows at this point. The Jaws franchise looks to be staying pretty dormant, though I guess that's what happens when your last couple entries bomb.

Part of me is thinking that is because Spielberg is still around and might be pulling strings to prevent it.

[Jeff-Goldblum2]

It's definitely Steven that's stopping it.

Although he did consider at one point a new Jaws film around 2015 or so set in a flooded coastal town.

We essentially got Crawl to cover that unrealized concept.

[Xx_The_Masquerade_xX]

Honestly I don't see Jaws being remade. NOT because of the fact that "It's a timeless classic, it could never be redone!" because that hasn't stopped Hollywood before. I'm talking about the fact that it really already HASN'T happened yet. I feel like if it a remake were to happen, we'd have already gotten it by now. We didn't even get one when horror movie remakes were at their peak during the late 2000's!

Never say never IG, but who knows at this point. The Jaws franchise looks to be staying pretty dormant, though I guess that's what happens when your last couple entries bomb.

Jaws will never be Remade, but I imagine once Steven Spielberg passes away Universal will eventually consider doing something with the property. Like a Reboot that ignores everything but the Original and try to see if there is any value left in the series for the big screen.

A flat out Remake/Readaptation of the Novel I imagine is just out of the question. Deep down I honestly doubt anyone at Universal will believe they can do better then Spielberg's classic, look no further then ''THE MEG'' to see along the lines of what 150$ million dollar Jaws movie would probably turn out like today.

[CrimsonBloodX]

I wouldn't mind another adaptation of Jaws as long as it is much closer to the novel. Anyone who has read Peter Benchley's novel would know that not only does it differ from Steven Spielberg's film in a lot of ways, but it's also a lot more darker and serious, at least from what I can remember.

[Spuro]

I wouldn't mind another adaptation of Jaws as long as it is much closer to the novel. Anyone who has read Peter Benchley's novel would know that not only does it differ from Steven Spielberg's film in a lot of ways, but it's also a lot more darker and serious, at least from what I can remember.

Yeah, I mean, who wouldn't want to see the scene where Ellen Brody vocalizes her fetish about dying in a car accident caused from her masturbating in traffic play out on the big screen?

Any sort of future Jaws adaption, if there is one, needs to stay the hell away from that god awful book.

[CrimsonBloodX]

I wouldn't mind another adaptation of Jaws as long as it is much closer to the novel. Anyone who has read Peter Benchley's novel would know that not only does it differ from Steven Spielberg's film in a lot of ways, but it's also a lot more darker and serious, at least from what I can remember.

Yeah, I mean, who wouldn't want to see the scene where Ellen Brody vocalizes her fetish about dying in a car accident caused from her masturbating in traffic play out on the big screen?

Any sort of future Jaws adaption, if there is one, needs to stay the hell away from that god awful book.

She also has a rape fetish...

But, yeah, those can be written out, but still keep Ellen's affair with Hooper.

[Maritonic]

I mean, the film is faithful enough and exceptionally well made that I don't really see much of a point of a re-adaptation if all they'll add is an already awkward affair and a bit more explanation why the mayor needs the money. It all works perfectly fine on it's own.
Plus, the books ending would NOT be dramatic enough for the screen. Spielberg was very smart to change it.

[LegendZilla]

^You do know that author Peter Benchley was angered by the shark getting blown up rather than dying of blood loss. If anything, it was tacked-on due to Hollywood’s general bias towards explosions.

I understand the concern over using a CGI shark, how would you feel if they were able to make a 3D printed animatronic?

[Smuggers]

^You do know that author Peter Benchley was angered by the shark getting blown up rather than dying of blood loss.

Doesn't mean Spielberg was wrong to change it.