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Jun 22, 2015 - 8:51 AM
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Mr. Jack
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Interestingly at the screening last night, the couple sitting in front of me got up and left as soon as the shark is killed...I mean at that moment. The shot of the explosion is still onscreen as they stand, Brody is laughing as they hit the isle - WTF is with that? You sat there for 2 hours and couldn't wait 2 more minutes?
HUGE pet peeve of mine...people who leave the SECOND the movie LOOKS like it MIGHT be over within the next minute or so.  When I saw the reissue of E.T. back in 2002, there was this woman getting up and putting on her coat and grabbing her purse...during the tearful goodbye scene at the end!  This is a classic movie...keep your ass planted until you see the end credits start! One thing I hate is being forced to stand up and crane my head over all the other patrons who start stampeding towards the exits while I'm trying to read the names in the credits.
Anyways, I saw Jaws yesterday, and it was a wonderful experience. Pretty crowded (maybe 3/4ths full), a good mixture of adults and soon-to-be-traumatized children, and everyone reacted heartily to every laugh line and jump scare (the woman sitting next to me practically hit the ceiling when Ben Gardner's head popped out  ). Presentation was good, and the "whale song" sound effect was present, which pleased me immensely. I was amused to see, in the opening "trivia" slides, when they asked who composed the score to Jaws, the possible answers were John Williams, James Horner, Max Steiner...and "Henri" Mancini. 
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Jun 22, 2015 - 9:19 AM
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MikeP
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Anyways, I saw Jaws yesterday, and it was a wonderful experience. Pretty crowded (maybe 3/4ths full), a good mixture of adults and soon-to-be-traumatized children, and everyone reacted heartily to every laugh line and jump scare (the woman sitting next to me practically hit the ceiling when Ben Gardner's head popped out ). Presentation was good, and the "whale song" sound effect was present, which pleased me immensely. I was amused to see, in the opening "trivia" slides, when they asked who composed the score to Jaws, the possible answers were John Williams, James Horner, Max Steiner...and "Henri" Mancini.
Back in the summer of '75, this was when they didn't clear the theaters after every show, you could stay and watch a movie twice, or three times, or whatever. Well, I was a kid, 13, and I had mom drop me off for the first show and I'd stay through the last one. 4 shows in a day, this happened twice if memory serves.
So, I'd already seen the movie, but on those first repeat viewings, Ben Gardner's head popping out just f*cking freaked me out, screwed with me Sitting there during each show, I'd have to get up right before Hooper got into the water and go to the lobby, to the bathroom, whatever...I just couldn't watch that shock moment again !
This movie could never be made today, sadly. For a thriller, there are too many character moments, too many dialogue scenes, too little spectacle. There's too much suggestion of what you don't really see, Chrissie's death isn't shockingly gory, there's too much talk. None of the characters have operatic back story pain ( Quint does have the Indianapolis story, Brody hates the water, but that's not quite the same ) like every movie HAS to have these days. Everything that makes this movie brilliant would not be allowed today
And to today's hipsters or people brought up on SFX CGI fests who complain that the shark looks fake, well, to be blunt, fuck you. The shark works just fine, and you're missing the point that it ISN'T the special effects that make this movie a masterpiece, it is the direction, writing, acting, editing, score, sound effects, the CRAFT behind this movie that make it tower above the rest.
I love this movie. Deeply. The best thriller ever.
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Jun 22, 2015 - 12:16 PM
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Dan Hobgood
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First time for me on the big screen too. Great experience (although the film, to me, seems sharper on Blu-ray--amazing, modern technology). My theater was packed.
The trivia question about the score was lame, yes. "Henri" Mancini, oy . . . . Besides, Max Steiner and James Horner weren't even writing scores at the time. (Max, in particular, had a good excuse.)
My goodness, though--what a movie. There are a few continuity errors made noticeably apparent on the big screen. (For instance: The Orca is sinking in one scene and then, in the next, when Brody, Hooper, and Quint are constructing the shark cage, the boat is magically water-free.) Also, Quint's psychotic behavior remains a major plot convenience. Yet, that the picture's flaws can be so easily excused is a testament to its overall quality and entertainment value.
A more-timeless (and timelessly terrifying) film there will never be.
Dan
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Jun 22, 2015 - 12:35 PM
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MikeP
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First time for me on the big screen too. Great experience (although the film, to me, seems sharper on Blu-ray--amazing, modern technology). My theater was packed.
The trivia question about the score was lame, yes. "Henri" Mancini, oy . . . . Besides, Max Steiner and James Horner weren't even writing scores at the time. (Max, in particular, had a good excuse.)
My goodness, though--what a movie. There are a few continuity errors made noticeably apparent on the big screen. (For instance: The Orca is sinking in one scene and then, in the next, when Brody, Hooper, and Quint are constructing the shark cage, the boat is magically water-free.) Also, Quint's psychotic behavior remains a major plot convenience. Yet, that the picture's flaws can be so easily excused is a testament to its overall quality and entertainment value.
A more-timeless (and timelessly terrifying) film there will never be.
Dan
My guess, before they started building the cage, they did use that pump that Brody tossed aside.
Check the scene when Hooper is loading his gear into the Orca. In the first shot, the boat is sitting high at the dock so that you'd have to step over the side to climb aboard. In the next shot, tide has gone out and now it's a huge step DOWN into the boat.
And it seems they didn't use the Blu Ray transfer. We watched the BR last month and the colors are much more vibrant and richer than the print I saw onscreen last night.
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Jaws is my favourite film and i hope i get a chance to see it on a big screen somewhere. Loved it since i was 6 and clearly remembering being terrified throughout. The Ben Gardner head sequence made me literally fall off my chair, and i spent the rest of the film peeking out from behind the couch.
One of my favourite little bits in the film, for image and score, is when the shark is under the boat, brody starts to climb the ladder, the shark literally rocks the boat and you get a great overhead shot of the massive shark gliding from under the boat. The music there is just great, i just love that few seconds of it.
The rest is just amazing. The shark looks great, to me. At the end it still looks horrific when robert shaw is sliding into the mouth. Realistic enough for me.
Robert shaw was born 4 miles away from where i grew up in Bolton (he moved away at a young age). There's a plaque outside the house he was born in and the local pub is THE ROBERT SHAW.
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