Ok its a Jaws film. After the classic original, the underated follow up Jaws 2 and the totally dire Jaws 3-D, people were hoping for a lot for this. And they were left with little.
The first 10 or so minutes were alright with the first attack. You are thinking 'oh well its started well.' Now if you take out the next 50 minutes or so and cut straight to the banana boat scene then this film would kick ass.
There is way too much talking in this film. People may argue that the first had a lot of talking in, but at least it was separated by some good shark bits.
*Spoilers*
The banana boat attack scene is truly wonderful, especially when the camera pans back from the view of the people on the boat and they watch as the women being eaten in the water. You can see her kicking and splashing like hell to try and break free but its not use. This attack is my favourite out of all the Jaws films.
*End spoiler*
Depending on what version of this you get you will be confronted with different endings. The one that makes the most sense is the one where Jake is killed because the shark doesn't explode, simply is spiked with the mast. But the other ending sucks and should be destroyed.
The worst point of this film has easily got to be the shark. You would have thought after all of this time they could have made a better shark. At least 'Bruce' from the original didn't have a whopping big thing stuck in his chest. Again depending on what version you have, if you look carefully in the scene where the shark attacks and then chases Michael underwater.....you can see numerous shots of the shark......with its underbelly missing. You can see the insides of it where its been made with wood or whatever!!!! And then there is gigantic 'thing' hanging from it. This will have been the control panel and where the divers moved the shark along. But the camera work clearly shows this. No attempt to hide it is made and this completely undermines the whole film. The best part about the first was that you were guessing to what the shark looked like and only shown it towards the end. You didn't see any cameras or interior design in it. This shark has got to be the worst piece of construction ever. And its mouth is ridiculous. It's gums are gigantic and there is about a 3 inch gap between its gum and its lip. Why? We know that its because they needed to make modifications like this to make it move easier. But it is stupid.
There is a big rumour about a possible fifth film. After the recent CGI success of Deep Blue Sea's sharks (even though the film sucked in many people's mind..not mine) please lets get a decent scary looking shark....that will make people afraid to go back into the water. If you had watched this and seen a real life shark, you would have probably laughed in its face and looked underneath it to see if had any wires or mechanics attached.
This film had little hints of success in it. Michael Caine does his best to lift the film but even one liners such as 'its probably had a heart attack....humans are full of colesterols' don't save this film from the trash heap.
Still better than 3 though.
The first 10 or so minutes were alright with the first attack. You are thinking 'oh well its started well.' Now if you take out the next 50 minutes or so and cut straight to the banana boat scene then this film would kick ass.
There is way too much talking in this film. People may argue that the first had a lot of talking in, but at least it was separated by some good shark bits.
*Spoilers*
The banana boat attack scene is truly wonderful, especially when the camera pans back from the view of the people on the boat and they watch as the women being eaten in the water. You can see her kicking and splashing like hell to try and break free but its not use. This attack is my favourite out of all the Jaws films.
*End spoiler*
Depending on what version of this you get you will be confronted with different endings. The one that makes the most sense is the one where Jake is killed because the shark doesn't explode, simply is spiked with the mast. But the other ending sucks and should be destroyed.
The worst point of this film has easily got to be the shark. You would have thought after all of this time they could have made a better shark. At least 'Bruce' from the original didn't have a whopping big thing stuck in his chest. Again depending on what version you have, if you look carefully in the scene where the shark attacks and then chases Michael underwater.....you can see numerous shots of the shark......with its underbelly missing. You can see the insides of it where its been made with wood or whatever!!!! And then there is gigantic 'thing' hanging from it. This will have been the control panel and where the divers moved the shark along. But the camera work clearly shows this. No attempt to hide it is made and this completely undermines the whole film. The best part about the first was that you were guessing to what the shark looked like and only shown it towards the end. You didn't see any cameras or interior design in it. This shark has got to be the worst piece of construction ever. And its mouth is ridiculous. It's gums are gigantic and there is about a 3 inch gap between its gum and its lip. Why? We know that its because they needed to make modifications like this to make it move easier. But it is stupid.
There is a big rumour about a possible fifth film. After the recent CGI success of Deep Blue Sea's sharks (even though the film sucked in many people's mind..not mine) please lets get a decent scary looking shark....that will make people afraid to go back into the water. If you had watched this and seen a real life shark, you would have probably laughed in its face and looked underneath it to see if had any wires or mechanics attached.
This film had little hints of success in it. Michael Caine does his best to lift the film but even one liners such as 'its probably had a heart attack....humans are full of colesterols' don't save this film from the trash heap.
Still better than 3 though.