Jaws 3

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Summary: A Fun Flick...In A 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' Way
Review: Is this movie totally brainless? Yes. By all means. Apart from the really glaring technical errors(sharks CANNOT swim backwards and Sea World Florida is NOWHERE NEAR the ocean, to name just a few), this movie had the gall to relegate itself to a decidedly-1950s B-movie premise - giant monster goes an amusement-park rampage. If it was Universal's intention to do a 'Jaws'-styled remake of "Revenge Of The Creature", well...I hesitate to say that they succeeded.
Is 'Jaws 3', therefore, a worthless piece of tripe not worth renting? Well...not exactly. The movie is undeniably bad, yes, but when compared to the more straight-laced approach taken with 'Jaws: The Revenge' - which had the even more absurd premise of a kiler shark actually singling out the Brody family - all of a sudden you get the impression 'Jaws 3' can be a guilty pleasure, a campy B-movie treat more apt to elicit shrieks of hysterical giggling at its atrocious special effects (well, they WERE first done in 3-D) than screams of horror.
As a matter of opinion, the only seriously redeemable part of this film is Louis Gossett, Jr., who acts about as disbelieving about the whole deal as any average shmoe would. The interplay between Dennis Quaid and Bess Armstrong - particularly this whole "will-she-follow-him-to-Venezuela-or-will-she-stay-with-the-dolphins?" shtick that gets lightly touched on for an hour - lacks any believability to lift the characters above the film's own preposterousness. And you know from the first scene she's in that Lea Thompson's just asking for a shark bite.
Within all of this, there's fun to be had. 'Jaws 3' is grade-A cheese from the first shot to the last, more a parody of the two previous films than a serious follow-up, and that probably saves the film from being a complete wreck. I recommend viewing it on a late Saturday night with a fresh bowl of microwaved popcorn at your side...all the memories of the old late-night 'Creature Feature' monster-movie shows that most of us grew up with will come flooding back. If nothing else, you'll get a good laugh.

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Summary: not the worst of the bunch
Review: These movies just get worse as they go along. The first is a cinematic masterpiece, the second was pretty good, this one was fair and the last is just god awful. I feel that some of the reviews are a little cruel. This movie is still a bit creepy but I think any horror movie that takes place in the ocean is alright. Anyway, the story sucks and the writers didn't get the facts correct (sharks swimming backwards?) but some death scenes were interesting. The transfer to DVD format hurts this movie because a lot of the climax is underwater at night so it's really dark and hard to see. The movie was originally released in 3-D so the effects look pretty hokey. This movie is enjoyable if you take it for what it is.

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Summary: Forget this turkey!
Review: I have always thought it unfortunate that great films like "Jaws" are often followed by sequels that are so unworthy of their original predecessor. "Jaws 3-D" is no exception. This is just a typical example of a film studio trying to make a couple extra dollars by producing a crappy sequel that they know is going to make cash because so many people liked the original. Something that is so painful about this sequel is that it completely defies logic. And how? Well, for starters the film takes place in Sea World where a Great White and its baby manage to get into the park. Forget that Sea World is about 90 miles from the ocean. If you think that's silly, the shark here also roars and can swim backward. In life a White Shark is capable of neither. Ugghh! But throwing away logic is not the only error. One of the biggest problems I perceived here was the glaring lack of good direction from Joe Alves. He simply couldn't muster up the suspense and fear that Steven Spielberg created in the original, which makes one wonder why they even hired him to begin with. Some of the scenes could have been quite suspenseful but thanks to Alves they just plod along in boring style. The special effects (if they can be called special) are among the worst I've ever seen on film. The shark in many scenes is a cheap small-scale model, which is imposed onto a background. Not only that but the beast is about as stiff as two-by-four when it swims around. As for the acting, my thoughts are mixed. Louis Gossett Jr. did fine. He obviously had a limited role but makes up for it by putting some energy into his character. Everyone else is sort of ho-hum or just plain bad. And were talking about actors like Dennis Quaid and Lea Thompson here. Overall, "Jaws 3-D" is a terrible film. Stick with the original classic and the first sequel only. I just can't believe that, after viewing this disaster, "Jaws the Revenge" (which I haven't seen) is even worse.

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Summary: The most interesting of the movies.
Review: This film is not the original Jaws, nor is it Jaws 2 or Jaws the revenge. Of the lot of them, this one tries to pass the torch of shark-fighting to Michael Brody, who has even left Amity island. Mike now works at Sea World as the chief engineer, and he is quite proud of his newly created "Undersea kingdom," which is just opening this week.

This "Undersea kingdom" attracts an experienced Australian shark-hunter (perhaps the Croc-hunter took too many lessons from watching this film) and his assistant.

It also attracts baby-brother Sean, who has a considerably logical fear of the water. Being trapped on a boat with seventeen teenagers, one of whom is eating while holding you up, would drive anyone to become a cowboy instead of a diver. Sean, however, appears to be an omen of misfortune, for wherever he goes, a shark tends to appear.

A baby shark swims through the gate which is left open by the rather irresponsible water-skiers. You are set up at the start to think the baby, who detects easy prey, will attack the skiers, but breaking with the tradition of Chrissy and the two rich divers, the skiers survive. If anything, they distract the baby. In a sense, this whole nightmare is partly Kelly's fault.

Clearly Deep Blue sea stole some ideas from this film, because most of the actual business towards running the park takes place in the underwater control room. It's not merely aesthetics that convinced them to create a gigantic plexi-glass window in front in either film.

While reunited with his brother, Sean, Mike watches as Kelly hunts Sean like he was a stag. But to Mike, the relationship with senior biologist Katherine is of much greater interest. The only problem I have with Katherine is that her dolphins have a habit of rescuing her. She should be sensible enough to send Dan and Liz, her assistants, into the water instead of her. But, it wouldn't be an action-ATTEMPT (this doesn't succeed, but for farcical horror it is exceptional) if the heroine didn't put herself at risk as well. Besides, the dolphins probably wouldn't rescue Dan or Liz. I assure you it is quite worth it to watch how, just as the shark is about to make a meal of Katherine, her two dolphins show up and start slapping Jaws until she forget about Katherine long enough for her to get away. Biologically, that is how dolphins would put a stop to a shark, because shark cartiledge cannot withstand high amounts of pressure.

Naturally, Calvin Bouchard, the manager, is far more interested in killing the shark than anything else. At least he doesn't insist on keeping things hushed up. But he doesn't listen to the biologist, period. Had Katherine been able to keep the baby shark herself a bit longer, she might have developed a connection with it. To watch her around animals, even sharks, appears almost druidic in her ability to connect to them. The baby shark attacks her only once, and it soon lets her go.

And by the way, it is a biological certainty that all great whites, no matter what age, will commit suicide if they are in captivity. They cannot survive without the sea. Ask any icthyologist. Now, bear in mind, they should have realized this. But, hey, a great white is an excellent money-maker, and quite a reputation-builder.

I love this movie. If you want Jaws to revive itself, you should watch Jaws 2, which is what happens when you lose your supporting cast and have to draw upon pure terror, or Jaws 4, which is what happens when you run out of remaining characters and have to draw on the family. Regretfully, Jaws 4 is how the Jaws situation will ultimately play out, though Ellen's newly developed psychic abilities regaurding sharks mean that the film only makes sense to people who're into that type of thing.

Possible explaintations for Jaws 4's changes. Clearly between Jaws 3-4, some disconnect has taken place. Mike has obviously become influenced enough by Katherine to abandon engineering and study marine biology, but my guess would be that Katherine decided she should remain with her animals instead of going with him to S. America. Somewhere in this, he meets Carla, an artist and scultress, who obviously has Lea, their daughter, before he met her. Carla is not Katherine! Carla is cruel, and doesn't seem to trust Mike. Katherine is stronger and knows what she wants, but works better with animals than she does with people.

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Summary: Wasted talented, Wasted tape, Wasted Washed Up Shark!
Review: Jaws 3 is a waste of time, but a definient own to collectors like myself. In this movie ... Dennis Quaid plays Micheal Brody (oldest Brody Boy) who is a enginner at Sea World in Florida. He is involved with Katherine (played by wonderful Bess Armstrong), a marine biologist who is in charge of trick dolphins. When a baby White shark gets trapped inside the park (with his mother in tow) it is caught by Katherine and a "Crocodile Hunter" type Shark documentor. Well the baby dies, the mom seeks revenge--finally getting her out of hiding place-a underwater filteration pump. The Shark looks incrediablly fake, and swims backwards in a sceen (which sharks can't do) and even goes through plate glass windows. Finally they blow her up (again) and all is well at sea world (again)! This gets 2 stars b/c of the actors and feeling bad for them, but everyone has to start somewhere. Like I say there is nothing better then the orignal and JAWS was and is the best! All the sequels ...!

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Summary: One of the worst films of all time.
Review: Awful. Awful. Awful. Did I say this film was awful. This film is a complete piece of cinema trash. Almost as bad as the fourth installment Jaws 3 is one of the worst animal films ever!!! The film is rediculous. First of all, how does a series of sharks terrorize the same family no matter where they turn. I mean did the great white shark community plant microchips in them or something. This time around "Bruce" makes a trip to Sea World (which by the way is no where near an actual beach) and plans to terrorize all the people who get in it's way. The effects are some of the worst I have ever seen. Ataris have better effects than this film. Do not. I repeat, do not see this movie. It is a total waste of time.

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Summary: Jaws 3
Review: Jaws 3 was a great movie!I think it is really cool how they based a shark movie on sea world. It makes it more realistic to happen. Even though you dont want people afraid to go into the water. I think it is better when you have a movie based on a real popular attraction like sea world. It would have been better if t he graphics were better.

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Summary: The worst one.
Review: "Jaws" was a classic, "Jaws 2" was a very satisfying sequel, but this one may dissapoint. My reason is beacuse it's too strange and bizarre. Also, you don't get that much shark action, the first death is worthless, all you see is the mouth full of razors take a bite, then you can see a 3-d arm floating around in the water. Pathetic. The shark only really comes at the end. You would expect it to be great when it says there are two sharks, but instead it's crap. The first shark is a baby, which looks smaller than a dolphin and the second shark is the mother, which is better, it's big, but it roars underwater for god's sake, also it looks just as fake as the shark in the 1st and it's jaw looks like it's about to drop out. I also didn't like where this one was set: Sea world. Great place, I've been there, but it's not a great place for a "Jaws" movie. So, I wouldn't watch this, only for die-hard jaws fans, but they might be dissapointed. Shame, 'cause I thought the acting from the stars was good.

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Summary: Why watch JAWS 3-D without the 3-D?
Review: JAWS 3-D (that's the actual on screen title of the theatrical version) is a major let down, and the ONLY thing the film has going for it is the 3-D aspect.

When flattened out and retitled for video, there isn't much left but bad acting, a deadly dull first half and poorly directed action.

The film was NOT shown in the inferior red/blue 3-D, by the way, but rather in polarized format with clear lens glasses.

On DVD, Universal could have and should have included a 3-D version along with the modified flat 2-D print. Field Sequential 3-D allows those with a $25 pair of LCD glasses to see a good full color 3-D effect on their home TVs, and one that would approximate the polarized theatrical version fairly well. In fact, such a version of JAWS 3-D was sanctioned by Universal for videodisc release in Japan over a decade ago.
Instead of remastering it using the latest technology, they stick us with a flat only DVD. Stupid of them, as bootlegs of the 3-D version sell like crazy!

It's JAWS 3-D, Universal....not JAWS 3.

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Summary: movie is dated and cheesey
Review: i gave this movie three stars because it deserves it. but one thing to remember is, it is old and it is in 3-D. of course the special effects are going to look shotty,especially in today's modern era where the effects are now more computer generated than anything else, but in its time the effects were perfect for this type of film. that's why you sit there wearing those annoying little red and blue glasses. remember, one must suspend belief when one watches a "creature feature" movie or any other of this type.