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[RedKelly]

I've always thought it would be cool if there was a Jaws 5 but I would want Schieder and Dryfuss I don't care if they said he died in Jaws the Revenge that film was garbage anyway.I doubt the movie would ever happen but it would be so cool!!!

Here's a couple of trailers I found anyway,

[Bondian]

I think the 'JAWS' series has lost it's bite. And without Steven Spielberg at the helm, none of the follow-up's were as good as the first, or even half as good. (although we did get a great new score from Johnny Williams in 'JAWS 2').

I honestly think another film would be hard to swallow.

[00Twelve]

Jaws was one of those movies that impacted me really heavily. It still vies (with several others) at being the one I call "favorite."
As much as I'd like to see a "worthy" installment in the Jaws franchise, I'm afraid it ain't gonna happen. Besides the fact that the Jaws series ran out of steam 20 years ago, we've learned a lot more about white sharks in those 20 years and know that their nature is not exactly that which is portrayed in Jaws. I still LOVE Jaws, and like Jaws 2 pretty well, but scientists and all us cool kids that watch Shark Week know that great whites aren't really like that. Still, now that we've seen great whites' "breaching" capabilities, would've been great to see an attack like that back in Jaws' heyday.

[Cruiserweight]

JAWS is an absolute classic.I would have to say this is the one movie franchise worth any mention where the sequels were completely worthless and amounted to nothing more then an attempt to cash in on the popularity and the success of the first film.I mean i believe three out of the four films take place in the same area.How many times can one place get invaded by a giant killer shark? Nevermind that the 4th installment seemed to have a shark that could single out members of a certain family.The only film i enjoyed out of the series after the original was the 3rd because it was so bad it was good,the 3D gimmick,and the fact that it actually changed the location of the film.

Edited by Cruiserweight, 10 August 2007 - 01:46 PM.

[DamnCoffee]

I would also like a Jaws 5, only if Spielberg was directing and it starred Scheider. The sequels were absolute garbage but i would give the 5th a chance - if it was ever made that is

[Judo chop]

Rocky Balboa coming out of retirement sounded like a rather stupid idea, but it turned out to be the 2nd best film of the series, and possibly a side-by-side tie with the original.

The problem with doing the same for Jaws, I guess, is just that we don

[Royal Dalton]

There was talk of a direct-to-video Jaws 5, starring Roy Scheider, a few months ago, funnily enough.

As for the sequels, Jaws 2 was a fair follow-up, but it would have been a better film if John Hancock hadn't got the poke, IMO. Jaws 3-D was okay as a stand-alone sequel. But Jaws - The Revenge was an absolute travesty. And I say that as one of the very few people in the world who paid to see it at the cinema!

[RedKelly]

What do you mean Royal Datlon about a direct-to-video jaws 5? I know there is a Jaws 5 that was released but it was absoulute garbage called cruel jaws it stole all the attack scenes from other shark movies you can find clips on youtube.

[Royal Dalton]

Here you go:

http://www.aintitcoo...m/?q=node/31513

Of course, it'll never actually happen.

[triviachamp]

LOL, Ignoring Jaws 3-D again and Jaws the Revenge. Isn't Scheider like 80 or something?

[DamnCoffee]

aws 3-D was okay as a stand-alone sequel.

You Serious? Jaws 3-D imo was a completly horrible movie, everything looked cheap! The first time i saw it i was just shocked at the visuals, even the opening text looked cheap. and dont even get me started on when the Shark breaks through that window and all you see is this fake pane of glass smashing, honestly it made me LMAO!!!.

On a side note was Jaws 3 actually in 3-D?

[Cruiserweight]

aws 3-D was okay as a stand-alone sequel.

You Serious? Jaws 3-D imo was a completly horrible movie, everything looked cheap! The first time i saw it i was just shocked at the visuals, even the opening text looked cheap. and dont even get me started on when the Shark breaks through that window and all you see is this fake pane of glass smashing, honestly it made me LMAO!!!.

On a side note was Jaws 3 actually in 3-D?

Yes but there was only a few spots actually watching including a floating hand,when the shark bursts through the glass and when the shark explodes.Speaking of which can' they ever think of a way to kill the shark besides blowing it up? In the original novel it simply drowned from all the barrels it was dragging around along with it.The ahab death for quint was much better then the movie death as well.


As far as JAWS 4 that was just horrible.There's so many different endings that they've used in different releases of the film that i can't even rember what the original ending was.And the shark let's out lion type growls as it's dieing at the end of the film!!!

Edited by Cruiserweight, 10 August 2007 - 07:35 PM.

[Royal Dalton]

You Serious?

I said it was "okay" MH. I didn't say it was a classic!

But it's got Lea Thompson in a bikini, a good score by Alan Parker, and Simon MacCorkindale's pretty good in it, too. So, it ticks off enough boxes as far as I'm concerned.

Jaws 3-D imo was a completly horrible movie, everything looked cheap!

Well, the ArriVision 3-D process they used effectively turned the film into a 16mm shoot. So that's really why it looks so grainy and cheap.

The first time i saw it i was just shocked at the visuals, even the opening text looked cheap.

You must have seen the version with flat video-generated titles. The original 3-D titles are really good.

and dont even get me started on when the Shark breaks through that window and all you see is this fake pane of glass smashing, honestly it made me LMAO!!!.

It does look crap, I'll give you that. But it's a 3-D effect, so you have to make allowances when you're watching it in 2-D.

On a side note was Jaws 3 actually in 3-D?

Of course it was. Hence the title!

In the original novel it simply drowned from all the barrels it was dragging around along with it.The ahab death for quint was much better then the movie death as well.

I can't remember for certain, but doesn't Quint stab it, as well?

There was another scene in the book where an old man's been attacked in the water, and (I think) Hendricks goes in to rescue him, and pulls his arm off!

That bit would've been quite effective on film!

[Cruiserweight]

You Serious?

I said it was "okay" MH. I didn't say it was a classic!

But it's got Lea Thompson in a bikini, a good score by Alan Parker, and Simon MacCorkindale's pretty good in it, too. So, it ticks off enough boxes as far as I'm concerned.

Jaws 3-D imo was a completly horrible movie, everything looked cheap!

Well, the ArriVision 3-D process they used effectively turned the film into a 16mm shoot. So that's really why it looks so grainy and cheap.

The first time i saw it i was just shocked at the visuals, even the opening text looked cheap.

You must have seen the version with flat video-generated titles. The original 3-D titles are really good.

and dont even get me started on when the Shark breaks through that window and all you see is this fake pane of glass smashing, honestly it made me LMAO!!!.

It does look crap, I'll give you that. But it's a 3-D effect, so you have to make allowances when you're watching it in 2-D.

On a side note was Jaws 3 actually in 3-D?

Of course it was. Hence the title!

In the original novel it simply drowned from all the barrels it was dragging around along with it.The ahab death for quint was much better then the movie death as well.

I can't remember for certain, but doesn't Quint stab it, as well?

There was another scene in the book where an old man's been attacked in the water, and (I think) Hendricks goes in to rescue him, and pulls his arm off!

That bit would've been quite effective on film!

I stand corrected concerning the sharks death.


Here is what i found as far as differences between the novel and the film.






Hooper tries to kill the shark with a bangstick, but during the dive he is eaten. He survives in the film, since an actual shark attacked the shark cage while they were filming, and Hooper's stunt double was not in the cage at the time.



The mayor keeps the beaches open partly because of his Mafia ties.


The shark kills a boy and a senior citizen in one afternoon, but in the movie only the boy, Alex Kintner, is killed.


All events in the final reel of the film aboard the boat occur in one unbroken trip at sea, while in the novel the men safely return to Amity's harbor several times.


Quint's monologue about the USS Indianapolis is absent from the novel and the original screenplay.


The shark dies from being stabbed with a harpoon by Quint, and the novel ends with the shark approaching Brody as the boat sinks, but Brody has no weapon and the shark dies from the stab wounds. For the film, something with more visual impact was deemed necessary. Benchley disliked the change and claimed that the airtank explosion was unbelievable.

In the Mythbusters' JAWS Special, which aired during Discovery Channel's Shark Week, the Mythbusters confirmed Benchley's theory as the scene was deemed "busted," due to the fact that in reality, the airtank would just fly around like a rocket after being punctured.


Quint's foot becomes tangled in the barrel ropes and he is pulled underwater by the shark, drowning. In the film, he is eaten by the shark.

Edited by Cruiserweight, 10 August 2007 - 08:53 PM.

[00Twelve]

Actually, I think Jaws is one of the only cases I can remember where I felt that the movie just b-slaps the novel. Story-wise, at the very least. Yeah, it's officially (thanks to the Mythbuster episode about Jaws) unrealistic that the shark's gonna go up in a massive explosion, but the story's tighter and the characters more sympathetic, IMO. And since Hooper's a much more likable guy in the film (I seriously disliked the whole Hooper-Ellen Brody subplot in the novel), I'm glad he made it out alive. I'm back and forth on the Quint death.

There's no plausible way to do another shark story set around any of the Brodys or in Amity. Period. If they are to do another Jaws movie, it'd have to be just a shark movie with entirely other people, with the Jaws label tacked on. No thanks.

[RedKelly]

Yes when I was reading the book and it had Hooper and Ellen with the whole affair thing I finished reading with a serious case of WTF? I just have to say the movie was a 10/10 the book 6/10.

[Turn]

I'm surprised Tim Burton, who is actually talented, or some lesser hack hasn't threatened a "reimagining" of the original film.

[triviachamp]

I'm surprised Tim Burton, who is actually talented, or some lesser hack hasn't threatened a "reimagining" of the original film.

Perhaps it is too famous to remake, yet? Or PETA and Pamela Anderson would sue?

I am waiting for Fox to remake Alien. They are making Alien vs. Predator 2 as we speak!

[RedKelly]

There is a Jaws 5 check it!!