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Author Topic: "Jaws"...Released 35 Years Ago Today Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 06-20-2010 06:35 PM                     Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" was released on this date thirty-five years ago. 1) How many of you saw "Jaws" in its original theatrical release? 2) Do you believe "Jaws" is a classic worthy of discussion/celebration? 3) Do you believe "Jaws" ought to be remade (and in 3-D) per the current talk in Hollywood? By the way, I wrote up a retrospective article on the history of "Jaws" if anyone's interested. (I tried to paste in the article's text per the site rules but received an error message mentioning something about someone or something being referenced that has caused problems in the past. Say what? Or was the posting error due to the article's length? It's around 6,000 words.)  |  IP: Logged Ian Parfrey Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1049 From: Imbil Australia 26 deg 27' 42.66" S 152 deg 42' 23.40" E Registered: Feb 2009 posted 06-20-2010 06:42 PM                     I saw Jaws originally in the Odeon Bourke St. Melbourne cinema- and it is still one of the most frightening films made- The Exorcist being the other. As a work of art it's debatable. As a study in tension building it's probably unsurpassed and in that context probably can be termed a work of art- but in the true meaning of the sense I doubt it. It was remade, or more correctly sequelled, in Jaws 3D which was rightfully dubbed a piece of junk. Should it be remade or remastered? No to both. Why?....well, why stuff with a classic unless you are totally devoid of ideas and just after a quick kill? 'Nuff said.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 06-20-2010 06:51 PM                     quote: Ian Parfrey Should it be remade or remastered? No to both. Why?....well, why stuff with a classic unless you are totally devoid of ideas and just after a quick kill? That's it then. It'll be remade for sure.  |  IP: Logged Victor Liorentas Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: london ontario canada Registered: May 2009 posted 06-20-2010 07:19 PM                     I am very against a remake of any kind! Jaws is my favorite movie of all time! I did see it at the Odeon 1 in London Ontario many times in the summer of 1975 when i was 11 years old. Also seen it at many other theaters over the years and got to run it in 35mm in 1995 at the New Yorker Cinema! The colour was very faded and the print was missing Robert Shaws monologue scenes which i replaced with my 16mm print! So i did changeovers from 35mm to 35mm to 16mm to 35mm and so on! My finest hour!  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-20-2010 07:51 PM                        1) - Not me. I'm not THAT old. God damn! 2) - It was all right I suppose. All of the talking between the drunk guy with the accent and the other two guys on the boat was extraordinarily boring and seemed to last two hours unto itself. It just dragged on and on and on. 3) - Jaws has already been in 3D. Your article has words that, when combined into a single post, form something that cannot be discussed here or people will go batshit.  |  IP: Logged Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 06-20-2010 08:30 PM                      |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 06-21-2010 12:05 AM                     I believe he was making a joke, Michael.  |  IP: Logged Sean Weitzel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 619 From: Vacaville, CA (1790 miles west of Rockwall) Registered: Dec 1999 posted 06-21-2010 12:31 AM                     1. I did not see Jaws in it's original release. I was 2.4 months old. I have since seen it numerous times. 2. I'm a huge Spielberg fanboy though I'm having a hard time forgiving him for "The Terminal". I think Jaws is a horror/suspense classic which should not be remade or disturbed. (though if a travesty remake is realized, I would like to see Victor Navorski go for a swim and get eaten by Bruce the shark.) 3. See no. 2. Hollywood really needs to fucking shit or get off the pot and put some brainpower towards some epic stories similar to what captured our imaginations back in the 70's and 80's.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-21-2010 01:00 AM                        My last sentence was no joke. But, as always, Michael is hyper-sensitive for whatever reason even though no ill-will whatsoever was directed at him.  |  IP: Logged Victor Liorentas Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: london ontario canada Registered: May 2009 posted 06-21-2010 02:10 AM                     I think i am hyper sensitive to bat shit! I will not enter any bat caves!  |  IP: Logged Richard Hamilton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1341 From: Evansville, Indiana Registered: Jan 2000 posted 06-23-2010 08:16 AM                     I think they should make "Flipper" in 3D with 10.1 digital surround sound. Maybe add in the scratch 'n sniff cards to go with it.  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-23-2010 08:32 AM                        I got to see Jaws the first time at an unauthorized late night sneak screening at the Springfield Cinema in Springfield where I was an usher. We weren't showing the film, our manager just commandeered the print so we could see it before the crowds. I remember my girlfriend's sister (who also worked at the theatre) digging her fingernails into my arm when the head dropped through the hole in the boat. Surprised she didn't draw blood. Ran the film several times in re-release. And all of the gawdawful sequels including Jaws 3D. No, remakes would be stupid.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-23-2010 10:02 AM                        I saw Jaws in its original release from the balcony of the Fox Theatre in Billings. The screen there was at least 50 feet wide. I can still remember the feelings of suspense generated by that opening scene. A friend of mine and I were in Billings for a convention of TV dealers (we sold TVs at my day job then) and we were so excited talking about the movie afterward that we missed the exit leading to the hotel we were staying at...so, small-town driver that I was, and late night time with zero traffic that it was, I decided to "backtrack" up the wrong way of an on-ramp to get back to the hotel. Little did I know that the cross-street was divided by a large median, so we wound up going the wrong way on a one-way road. I finally drove the car across the median to get on the right side, got noticed by a cop, got chewed out, but didn't get a ticket...amazing, since I truly deserved one. Anyway -- the movie is definitely one that is significant in its genre, but it's also significant in that it created the summer blockbuster as we know it today. One of the best things about it is the way Spielberg was able to create the terror of the shark even though the shark has almost no screen-time in the film. (Add up the footage where you can actually see the shark...I think I read somewhere that it's under two minutes.) This was because the mechanical sharks didn't function properly, but the movie was improved by that. In those days movies didn't play everywhere at once; we didn't play "Jaws" at the Roxy until December, 1976 -- 17 months after its release!  |  IP: Logged Joe Tommassello Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 547 From: Coatesville, PA, USA Registered: Jan 2008 posted 06-23-2010 12:24 PM                  I saw "Jaws" at the Merben Theater on Frankford Avenue in NE Philly in it's initial run. I concur with everyone in that is is a classic and should not be remade/altered in any way. Given their track record we'll be lucky if Universal doesn't screw up the blu-ray version with DNR.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-23-2010 01:32 PM                        Oh yeah I forgot to weigh in on the remake: No, no, please don't. A remake would be a CGI crapfest. Maybe if Spielberg agrees to direct, then a remake would be OK. But the studio will probably give it to Michael Bay.  |  IP: Logged

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