tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post670972947622256247..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: Jaws (1975) & Jaws 2 (1978)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-82888787336516022832023-04-07T07:03:28.265-07:002023-04-07T07:03:28.265-07:00JAWS is my favorite movie.JAWS is my favorite movie.salemslot9https://www.blogger.com/profile/07661640429528005183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-52690226226530888102021-09-05T19:16:44.102-07:002021-09-05T19:16:44.102-07:00This film is preposterous. Several of the main cha...This film is preposterous. Several of the main characters are interesting but underdeveloped (Scheider), especially given the running time. Dreyfuss is excellent but Shaw chews up the scenery in ridiculous fashion. It's like he's in a bad retelling of <i>Moby Dick</i> and not this film. The thrills are well-played in the suspense scenes; that's when the editing and music really shine. But once they are out on the boat, the tone shifts to suit a combat film. The whole thing falls apart (and not just the hull, ha ha). This isn't helped by several shots were it's patently obvious the shark is fake. <br /><br />The hatred towards sharks that this film helped foment is also distasteful. So, no, not one of my favourites.robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08743788064455642852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-14691170108117906432015-08-14T07:30:57.693-07:002015-08-14T07:30:57.693-07:00Can't say I blame him for passing on Jaws 3. ...Can't say I blame him for passing on Jaws 3. While such a move may have diluted his career (though he still managed to land a couple of event pictures like Blue Thunder and 2010), it didn't send him into a tailspin the way it did poor Lou Gosset, who had just won an Oscar that very same year.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411734031248578085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-41944221241029789992014-06-30T09:58:28.154-07:002014-06-30T09:58:28.154-07:00Regarding Scheider, I had the good fortune of atte...Regarding Scheider, I had the good fortune of attending a Q&A with the actor at NYU while I was a film student there, so the backstory on his appearance in "Jaws 2" comes straight from the man himself. He added that his refusal to re-up for "Jaws 3" led Universal execs to blacklist him (thus creating an undeserved reputation as a "difficult" actor), and his post-"Jaws 2" filmography seems to bear that out because the size of his films dropped precipitously. Having said that, people tell tales differently at various times in their lives. Sad story in any event, because I would've loved to have seen where Scheider's career had gone after "Deer Hunter," even though I dislike that particular film....By Peter Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-27944382937321006592014-06-29T10:05:57.451-07:002014-06-29T10:05:57.451-07:00I believe Scheider's reason for appearing in J...I believe Scheider's reason for appearing in JAWS 2 was the opposite of what you've stated. Apparently he found the motivation for the character, Michael, he would've played in DEER HUNTER to be unbelievable, so quit before filming, but then had to appear in JAWS 2 - which he was also reluctant to do - so as not to breach his Universal contract. Anyway, I agree JAWS 2 has some worthy moments; particularly haunting is that early shot of the shark's fin gliding towards Amity in the early dawn...Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-59703940263358660342013-04-04T18:59:21.110-07:002013-04-04T18:59:21.110-07:00dum dum dum dum ...ok, so I couldn't resist!dum dum dum dum ...ok, so I couldn't resist!Tommy Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150131602787950689noreply@blogger.com