Jaws 2 is a solid sequel, you can never capture the perfection of the first, but it stands up. Jaws the revenge is definitely a bit of a guilty pleasure.
As horrible as it is, i still stand by the belief Jaws 3 had the most horrific death (even worse than Quint's). To be swallowed whole by a shark and crushed in its jaws is so visceral, claustrophobic, and scary.
You said it all when you mentioned the main principle binding these movies together: making the same characters go through more shark encounters in every sequel is ridiculous, knowing the original shark dies at the end of Jaws.
Two crazy shark encounters in a lifetime when you live on an island is not really that implausible. Improbable maybe....but not exactly out of the realm of possibility. I mean....I can't 100% remember but I'm almost positive that Jaws 2 establishes zero connection between that shark and the shark in the first one. It's just another animal. 4 is where it goes to outer space because that one seems to imply that the shark is either a shark who is taking revenge for the previous sharks or its the literal ghost of one of the previous sharks 😂
Jaws 2 is underrated. Did we need a sequel? No, but they did a good job. Jaws 4 is godawful. At least they did their version of Georgie's death scene in IT.
If that one shot of the shark's mouth bending wasn't in it, then it would have been better. Not as bad as I once remembered but it's held together by Scheider and Gary. Jaws 3 is much much worse than 4.
Saw what you will about the 4th film, but at least it torched the franchise so bad that no one's tried to slap the name Jaws on a shark movie in the last 37 years
It's not a good movie. 1. Over-saturated with characters we couldn't care about. All the kids. I swear in every scene we were introduced to new kids that weren't there previously. 2. The mayor is still an idiot and still does not have Brody's back. 3. There is no way that Amity would be flourishing after the events from the first movie. 4. A shark out for revenge. That's the worst part. The premise is just plain stupid and non-sensical.
Jaws 2 really is a great movie, in my opinion. The only thing really wrong with Jaws 4, when you narrow it down, is the cheesy special effects (which could have been mitigated by blending real shark footage in with the mechanical shark from time to time, like the first three movies did); it's still has strong drama and acting and an interesting story, with likeable characters.
@@royfr8136completely agree Jaws 3 is awful 4 is okay and not as bad as everyone makes out but 3 is absolutely atrocious However if they were going to make another jaws movie I think they could remake 3 I think the idea was great but execution was dreadful.
We watched Jaws the Revenge with our grandmother. When the part where Ellen was speeding towards the shark in the boat. My grandmother said, "Granny's pissed."
Jaws 3 was the first "horror" movie I ever saw when it first ran on HBO, and then Jaws the Revenge was the first novel I ever read the summer between 4th and 5th grade. I took the material VERY serious at the time, and it's hilarious to go back to. Jaws 3 remains surprisingly watchable despite how awful it is.
Yeah, I honestly wasn't sure how to write that part because it's technically a made for TV movie which for some reason usually get walled off in their own category. But you are correct!
sorry to be Mr. "Erm actually", but Sugarland Express wasn't Spielberg's directorial debut. His directorial debut was a 1971 Television movie by the name of "Duel". It is an extremely good and suspenseful movie, highly recommend it.
First one is a classic in every right, i still remember seeing it when i was little. The second one was a worthy follow up. For sure its no where near as good, but probably the best they could have made. Three was simply boring, although it had a good premise, decent acting and characters and some good scenes, so its a guilty pleasure. The fourth movie is bonkers, however its also a guilty pleasure. I love the bahamas shots, michael caine and the first kill was one of the saddest in the series. Get over the mystical its actually an enjoyable watch, but embarrassing when compared to the original
The series did have two spiritual successors in the forms of Beast (1996) and Creature (1998). Both based on other books by Peter Benchley. They're both basically Jaws, but with an octopus and a shark-man hybrid respectively.
A giant squid actually. I remember watching the two part mini series when I was a kid. They ended up condensing it into a shorter film but that got a lot of content cut. I believe there'sstill a two disc DVD available of the original full version. I bought it about a year ago.
Jaws 3 and "Revenge" are comical because of how bad they are. 2 is okayish at best but is still watchable. Jaws is one of the best movie ever because it has everything. Great actors (Scheider, Shaw and Dreyfus are amazing and complementary to one another), incredible music, beautiful settings and almost no shark because it wasn't working and brought this horror of the unknown à la Hitchcock with incredible suspense. I still watch it at least once a year.
I am sort of a Jaws: The Revenge apologist. Yes, it's quite preposterous, but the absurdity comes from building upon an idea that was already present in Jaws 2. - Are we to accept that it's mere coincidence that the second shark begins its eating spree at the site of the first shark's demise? - Is it just bad luck that the shark chases after the Brody boys in the third act? - And does the movie really want us to take the word of the snooty marine biologist (who, notably, isn't Hooper) over our traumatized protagonist, whose fears are validated over and over again throughout the movie? I say that The Revenge is merely taking away Jaws 2's thin claim to plausible deniability. (I'd also point out the nonsensical coincidence that the Brodys were at Sea World during the events of Jaws 3D, but The Revenge admittedly ignores that film when it should embrace it to support the greater thesis that the sharks have a beef with the Brody bunch.) And another thing: for all of its faults, The Revenge finds the best balance in producing a sequel to the original. - Jaws 2 is practically a remake at times--the most formulaic follow-up possible. - Jaws 3D, by contrast, is so unlike the first two that it might as well be a different franchise. Even the basic Brody connection was a last-minute rewrite, and it shows. Dennis Quaid could've just as easily been playing Matt Hooper's younger brother or Mayor Vaughn's nephew, and the film wouldn't be any more or less relevant to the events of prior entries. - So in comes The Revenge, which is distinct enough to feel like its own entity (unlike Jaws 2) but connected enough to feel like it's a proper successor to what came before (unlike Jaws 3D). Does all of this make The Revenge a good sequel . . . or even a good movie? Of course not. But how else do you make a Jaws 4 after the Jaws 2 and 3 that we got?
There should have been a clause written into the origional movie contract. "There will be no sequels as no one will be able to come close to this origional movie. Ever."
The boat scenes with the supposed teenagers always annoy my Dad who grew up with boats and sailing and knows boats don't work like that and you can't do that with a boats and yachts .
I feel like saying.... Don't even go there, but the temptation is too great. Jaws 2 had a brilliant follow up score by Williams. But Universal could've done something interesting with the Jaws 2's story. Well, Universal had that opportunity with Hancock, but Hollywood never takes a risk, especially when a bankable rubber shark brings in the dosh 💸 💰 🤑
It reminds me of the Alien films,or frankly any franchise now that they dug up because they have zero creative ability. A great first film that made you think and wonder with it's mystery. Maybe a good second one. But then it runs it into the ground endlessly trying to copy the nostalgia of the original and falling on its face. Alien Romulus is just like Jaws The Revenge. It's no better. The very idea that the Brody family is haunted by the same family of sharks is just as laughably bad an idea as Ripley's daughter meeting an Alien of finding the original Alien. As usual Hollywood has learned nothing over the years.
-Jaws 2 was more or less a slasher film on the water with a shark instead of Voorhees or Myers. It benefits from some good scares, John Williams' score, effective cinematography and a gripping performance from a reluctant Roy Scheider -Jaws 3D was a bizarre, fascinating and mindless wannabe summer blockbuster that at least had a giant scary mama shark, a disturbing death and a some good atmosphere. -Jaws: The Revenge is by far the worst. It definitely killed the franchise, probably for the best.
Jaws 2 and Halloween 2 are the same film. They wanted the Shark and Myers to go full power to the point of ridiculousness. Both sequels are really good but nt great and the thing going for both of them are they are set in Amity and Haddonfield.
Haven't seen Jaws in years I still remember it being released here in Britain on December 26 1975 the main reason I haven't seen it in years is Richard Dreyfuss,s very annoying performance
Jaws is such a funny franchise lol The shark in 2 was meant to be the female mate of the original Jaws, in The Revenge book they added the voodoo curse element which, in part, helps explain the shark following the family lol Jaws 3D is a fun aberration but the 3-D filming made the film pretty hard to watch in 2-D and look varying degrees of awful on blu ray and 4K
"Varying degrees of awful" is such a good way to describe Jaws 3D. Most of it looks kinda cheap but passable, then it cuts to a VFX or composited shot and the film quality drops to snuff film levels.
Nothing will ever top the story, the characters and the actors in the original. The first sequel went more action, which it had to do. 3D and revenge are terrible movies, they are indefensible.
Please disclose these as opinions. otherwise i am not going to know what to tell my friends what i think of jaws and jaws 2 and jaws 3 and jaws 4 and jaws 5. no jaws 5 you say? maybe not so smart after all 😏
ALL the sequels blow ass. The fuck anybody can praise Jaws 2 in the slightest is way beyond me, and I saw it opening night in 1978 when I was 13 and even at that age I knew it was awful and it was my first exposure to how a sequel could be so terrible. I've honestly only ever watched it 2 times, maybe 2 and a half, in my whole life. Jaws, however, remains my favorite movie 49 years on.
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Its true. I kinda wish I could see less videos on films that have been covered ad nauseum. This includes: Jaws, Star Wars, Back to the Future, the Alien franchise, The Thing, and few others.
Lol well this is another youtuber who doesn't know anything about anything because jaws 2 is considered by film historians to be a highly underrated movie
Jaws 2 is a solid sequel, you can never capture the perfection of the first, but it stands up. Jaws the revenge is definitely a bit of a guilty pleasure.
Jaws will never be a franchise for me. It is one film. I couldn't care less about the sequels
The Revenge is worth watching for Michael Caines performance alone, he's hilarious in, and in interviews talking about it
I love Jaws 3D and without shame.
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As horrible as it is, i still stand by the belief Jaws 3 had the most horrific death (even worse than Quint's). To be swallowed whole by a shark and crushed in its jaws is so visceral, claustrophobic, and scary.
Jaws and Jaws 2 are the only one's to me but to each their own
great video man
You said it all when you mentioned the main principle binding these movies together: making the same characters go through more shark encounters in every sequel is ridiculous, knowing the original shark dies at the end of Jaws.
Two crazy shark encounters in a lifetime when you live on an island is not really that implausible. Improbable maybe....but not exactly out of the realm of possibility. I mean....I can't 100% remember but I'm almost positive that Jaws 2 establishes zero connection between that shark and the shark in the first one. It's just another animal. 4 is where it goes to outer space because that one seems to imply that the shark is either a shark who is taking revenge for the previous sharks or its the literal ghost of one of the previous sharks 😂
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Jaws 2 was excellent.
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I love Jaws 2 some respects i prefer it to the first
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Jaws 2 is underrated. Did we need a sequel? No, but they did a good job. Jaws 4 is godawful. At least they did their version of Georgie's death scene in IT.
If that one shot of the shark's mouth bending wasn't in it, then it would have been better. Not as bad as I once remembered but it's held together by Scheider and Gary. Jaws 3 is much much worse than 4.
Saw what you will about the 4th film, but at least it torched the franchise so bad that no one's tried to slap the name Jaws on a shark movie in the last 37 years
It's not a good movie. 1. Over-saturated with characters we couldn't care about. All the kids. I swear in every scene we were introduced to new kids that weren't there previously. 2. The mayor is still an idiot and still does not have Brody's back. 3. There is no way that Amity would be flourishing after the events from the first movie. 4. A shark out for revenge. That's the worst part. The premise is just plain stupid and non-sensical.
Jaws 2 really is a great movie, in my opinion. The only thing really wrong with Jaws 4, when you narrow it down, is the cheesy special effects (which could have been mitigated by blending real shark footage in with the mechanical shark from time to time, like the first three movies did); it's still has strong drama and acting and an interesting story, with likeable characters.
@@royfr8136completely agree Jaws 3 is awful 4 is okay and not as bad as everyone makes out but 3 is absolutely atrocious However if they were going to make another jaws movie I think they could remake 3 I think the idea was great but execution was dreadful.
We watched Jaws the Revenge with our grandmother. When the part where Ellen was speeding towards the shark in the boat. My grandmother said, "Granny's pissed."
Jaws 3 was the first "horror" movie I ever saw when it first ran on HBO, and then Jaws the Revenge was the first novel I ever read the summer between 4th and 5th grade. I took the material VERY serious at the time, and it's hilarious to go back to. Jaws 3 remains surprisingly watchable despite how awful it is.
Yes! a new Sharp Decline!
1:59 Wasn't "Duel" Spielberg's directorial debut, slightly before "Sugarland Express"?
Yeah, I honestly wasn't sure how to write that part because it's technically a made for TV movie which for some reason usually get walled off in their own category. But you are correct!
Robert Shaw was fantastic, one of the best performances put to film. Without him, Jaws wouldn't have been so good, closer to the standard of Jaws 2.
Hmm, so it's Spielberg himself blocking the inevitable Jaws reboot? Nice to know someone in Hollywood still has a brain in their head.
A Shark Decline 🗿
Jaws 3-D is a terrible Jaws movie but its a great "monster run amok at an aquatic theme park" movie.
"Shark still looks fake" - Marty McFly
sorry to be Mr. "Erm actually", but Sugarland Express wasn't Spielberg's directorial debut. His directorial debut was a 1971 Television movie by the name of "Duel". It is an extremely good and suspenseful movie, highly recommend it.
Jaws 3 is the one I can’t sit through
First one is a classic in every right, i still remember seeing it when i was little. The second one was a worthy follow up. For sure its no where near as good, but probably the best they could have made. Three was simply boring, although it had a good premise, decent acting and characters and some good scenes, so its a guilty pleasure. The fourth movie is bonkers, however its also a guilty pleasure. I love the bahamas shots, michael caine and the first kill was one of the saddest in the series. Get over the mystical its actually an enjoyable watch, but embarrassing when compared to the original
Actually, Philip FitzRoyce was the
one who got eaten by Mama Jaws.
Jack Tate is FitzRoyce's partner
who survived in the film.
Oh shit, you're totally right! I sure fucked that up 😂
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don't worry, that can happen to anybody.
The series did have two spiritual successors in the forms of Beast (1996) and Creature (1998). Both based on other books by Peter Benchley. They're both basically Jaws, but with an octopus and a shark-man hybrid respectively.
A giant squid actually. I remember watching the two part mini series when I was a kid. They ended up condensing it into a shorter film but that got a lot of content cut. I believe there'sstill a two disc DVD available of the original full version. I bought it about a year ago.
Okay I'm finished more videos needed.
Can you imagine if Spielberg didn't learn his lesson after E.T.'s rerelease, and added CG shark scenes to Jaws?
Jaws 3 and "Revenge" are comical because of how bad they are.
2 is okayish at best but is still watchable.
Jaws is one of the best movie ever because it has everything. Great actors (Scheider, Shaw and Dreyfus are amazing and complementary to one another), incredible music, beautiful settings and almost no shark because it wasn't working and brought this horror of the unknown à la Hitchcock with incredible suspense.
I still watch it at least once a year.
I am sort of a Jaws: The Revenge apologist. Yes, it's quite preposterous, but the absurdity comes from building upon an idea that was already present in Jaws 2.
- Are we to accept that it's mere coincidence that the second shark begins its eating spree at the site of the first shark's demise?
- Is it just bad luck that the shark chases after the Brody boys in the third act?
- And does the movie really want us to take the word of the snooty marine biologist (who, notably, isn't Hooper) over our traumatized protagonist, whose fears are validated over and over again throughout the movie?
I say that The Revenge is merely taking away Jaws 2's thin claim to plausible deniability. (I'd also point out the nonsensical coincidence that the Brodys were at Sea World during the events of Jaws 3D, but The Revenge admittedly ignores that film when it should embrace it to support the greater thesis that the sharks have a beef with the Brody bunch.)
And another thing: for all of its faults, The Revenge finds the best balance in producing a sequel to the original.
- Jaws 2 is practically a remake at times--the most formulaic follow-up possible.
- Jaws 3D, by contrast, is so unlike the first two that it might as well be a different franchise. Even the basic Brody connection was a last-minute rewrite, and it shows. Dennis Quaid could've just as easily been playing Matt Hooper's younger brother or Mayor Vaughn's nephew, and the film wouldn't be any more or less relevant to the events of prior entries.
- So in comes The Revenge, which is distinct enough to feel like its own entity (unlike Jaws 2) but connected enough to feel like it's a proper successor to what came before (unlike Jaws 3D).
Does all of this make The Revenge a good sequel . . . or even a good movie? Of course not. But how else do you make a Jaws 4 after the Jaws 2 and 3 that we got?
There should have been a clause written into the origional movie contract. "There will be no sequels as no one will be able to come close to this origional movie. Ever."
This was fuckn' hilarious 😂
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The boat scenes with the supposed teenagers always annoy my Dad who grew up with boats and sailing and knows boats don't work like that and you can't do that with a boats and yachts .
Hell ya, great pick for a sharp decline, keep ehm comin gentlemen
Good to hear it! We got more on the way for ya.
I feel like saying....
Don't even go there, but the temptation is too great.
Jaws 2 had a brilliant follow up score by Williams. But Universal could've done something interesting with the Jaws 2's story. Well, Universal had that opportunity with Hancock, but Hollywood never takes a risk, especially when a bankable rubber shark brings in the dosh 💸 💰 🤑
It reminds me of the Alien films,or frankly any franchise now that they dug up because they have zero creative ability. A great first film that made you think and wonder with it's mystery. Maybe a good second one. But then it runs it into the ground endlessly trying to copy the nostalgia of the original and falling on its face. Alien Romulus is just like Jaws The Revenge. It's no better. The very idea that the Brody family is haunted by the same family of sharks is just as laughably bad an idea as Ripley's daughter meeting an Alien of finding the original Alien. As usual Hollywood has learned nothing over the years.
If Jaws 3 wasn’t 3D, it might will good
The 3-D was the coolest aspect of the film
Dennis Quaid's performance felt flat even with the 3D, so I don't know what you'd gain by losing it.
Tbh, as a kid in the movie theatre we thought it was fantastic! The 3D effect might look primitive now, but it was such a novelty for us.
-Jaws 2 was more or less a slasher film on the water with a shark instead of Voorhees or Myers. It benefits from some good scares, John Williams' score, effective cinematography and a gripping performance from a reluctant Roy Scheider
-Jaws 3D was a bizarre, fascinating and mindless wannabe summer blockbuster that at least had a giant scary mama shark, a disturbing death and a some good atmosphere.
-Jaws: The Revenge is by far the worst. It definitely killed the franchise, probably for the best.
Jaws 2 and Halloween 2 are the same film. They wanted the Shark and Myers to go full power to the point of ridiculousness. Both sequels are really good but nt great and the thing going for both of them are they are set in Amity and Haddonfield.
Haven't seen Jaws in years I still remember it being released here in Britain on December 26 1975 the main reason I haven't seen it in years is Richard Dreyfuss,s very annoying performance
Jaws is such a funny franchise lol The shark in 2 was meant to be the female mate of the original Jaws, in The Revenge book they added the voodoo curse element which, in part, helps explain the shark following the family lol Jaws 3D is a fun aberration but the 3-D filming made the film pretty hard to watch in 2-D and look varying degrees of awful on blu ray and 4K
"Varying degrees of awful" is such a good way to describe Jaws 3D. Most of it looks kinda cheap but passable, then it cuts to a VFX or composited shot and the film quality drops to snuff film levels.
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you ruined my philosophical framework with what you two did on predator 2
Haven't seen Jaws in years I remember it being released here in Britain on December 26 1975 the main reason being Dreyfuss,s very annoying performance
On Jaws for, Sean got disarmed by a shark. I guess he lost his "right" to bear arms, right? Right? I'll see myself out.
I think it was his left arm 😤
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Yes :(
what’s Jaws for?? 😆
@@romangarcia608 you are right 😉
Who hurt you? 😉
Ah yes, the famously not-landlocked Orlando
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Nothing will ever top the story, the characters and the actors in the original. The first sequel went more action, which it had to do. 3D and revenge are terrible movies, they are indefensible.
No way. I say special edition it. Lol remake it
Please disclose these as opinions. otherwise i am not going to know what to tell my friends what i think of jaws and jaws 2 and jaws 3 and jaws 4 and jaws 5. no jaws 5 you say? maybe not so smart after all 😏
2 was ok; just not GREAT, like the first movie was.
Jaws 4 > Jaws 3
Your take on Jaws 2 is an L for sure but nobody is perfect.
ALL the sequels blow ass. The fuck anybody can praise Jaws 2 in the slightest is way beyond me, and I saw it opening night in 1978 when I was 13 and even at that age I knew it was awful and it was my first exposure to how a sequel could be so terrible. I've honestly only ever watched it 2 times, maybe 2 and a half, in my whole life. Jaws, however, remains my favorite movie 49 years on.
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Jaws 2 is fine.
THERE IS NOTHING NEW HERE - EVERYTHING CAN BE FOUND FROM THE DVD EXTRAS AND DOCUMENTARY. SO TIRED OF TH-camRS REDOING AND REPACKING EXISTING WORK
Wheres your content, seeing as your so critical one would think you do this yourself .Go home you arent wanted pal.
Cry me a river
Dvd extras 🤣🤣 isnt dvd ancient…i havent watched one of them in like 20 years…its actually handy when youtubers repack this shit well for us not so ancient anyway 🤣🤣🥳 dvds oh dear 😆 thats given me my chuckle for the day…thank you 😅
Its true. I kinda wish I could see less videos on films that have been covered ad nauseum.
This includes: Jaws, Star Wars, Back to the Future, the Alien franchise, The Thing, and few others.
Ill never forgive them for what they did to predator 2
Lol well this is another youtuber who doesn't know anything about anything because jaws 2 is considered by film historians to be a highly underrated movie