The Next Generation The film begins underwater. A large fish is bitten in half. What did it? A group of water skiers practice acrobatics, then something happens. The "Sea World" theme park is opening. Its lagoon has an opening to the sea. Why are the dolphins upset? A man goes into the water after dusk. Will he have an accident? [We know what will happen but don't know when.] Somebody doesn't show up for work. Why are the dolphins acting strangely? [Pliny wrote a story about a dolphin that rescued a man at sea.] Does show business dictate the solution to a problem?
Is night time the right time to go shark hunting? Can a fish be used as an attraction? What if a dead body shocks the customers? Does the manager remind you of Dilbert's world? Has Murphy's Law been repealed? [No.] Will the mother of all sharks sneak into the lagoon? Will this provide a new thrill for paying customers? Will they appreciate being part of a news event? What did you do on your vacation? Would you pay to visit this theme park?
Did you appreciate the speech by the spokesperson? Was this story as good as the earlier versions? [No. The earlier versions were livelier and scarier.] Every film needs a happy ending to be successful. Were you pleased by this ending?
The worst of the three. It's a good thing Hollywood wised up after this one and let go of the franchise. This one is bad, just plain bad. Bad FX. Bad acting. Bad script. Bad directing. Worth a rental if you're in the mood for a good laugh. If your new to Jaws, go with parts one and two, skip this one. Oh, and the movie "Deep Blue Sea" is worth checking out if you like sharks.
Sucks Completly Here is a perfect example of griding a story into the dirt. The acting and story line are so bad in this version, you'll wonder if this movie was really a cult classic in the making.
Stupid This movie is by far the STUPIDEST movie I have ever seen. Here are my reasons: 1. The quality of the mechanical shark is equivalent to that of a Happy Meal toy. 2. There's blood every 6-10 minutes. 3. Sharks getting into Sea World? Whoever made this movie was really running low on ideas. 4. The characters are stupid and unbelieveable. 5. After the main characters (I can't remember their names) capture the shark that had been tormenting them and killing everybody, they put it on display at Sea World. That's real smart. 6. The shark on display wasn't really the shark that was killing everybody, it was actually the CHILD of the shark that was killing everybody, and then they have to kill the mother (The writers probably decided to add that in because it probably would have been a weak ending if they hadn't). I could go on forever with reasoning why you should not watch this.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen I loved this as a kid, in fact, it was my favorite of all the Jaws films. Most of us at a younger age could care less about story and characters, and in this case, want to see some great Shark horror action. The idea behind this film was genious in that sense. What better way to get lots of helpless people within easy grasp of a giant shark? Put them in the undersea kingdom at Sea World, inside underwater glass walkways. The scene scared me nearly to death as a kid, when the crowd is running down the walkway with the shark chasing them and breaking the glass soon after. Though nobody gets near the shark, but the people do get stuck in flooding waters for some time. Today, watching that scene is embarassing to think I used to like it, but we all have to grow up at some point.
Everything from the prior films is lost in Jaws 3. Everything except a few returning characters - Mike and Sean Brody, now young adults, with Mike an employee at Sea World and Sean visiting from Colorado. The actors have changed though, with Dennis Quaid playing Mike. But a fine actor such as Quaid can't save this film. The idea, is teriffic, putting a huge shark in the middle of a tourist trap, but the execution is not quite there. This is supposed to be Sea World in Florida, but it doesn't make much sense to me that it's connected to the ocean in the film. Oh well, one of those things we'll just have to accept. It takes some time (about 40 minutes) for the characters to realize there is a shark in the park, and one of the best parts of the film is that the shark they find is only a baby (though appearing menacing enough). The real shark (mommy!) eventually reveals her 35ft. self, which was a bit ridiculous if you ask me - just too big. The shark moved worse than ever - very mechanical and looked horrible in nearly every scene. And it even growls! Whoah, what kind of shark does that? Even the horror elements aren't very scary, though they easily could be (such as the forementined people in the underwater walkways), but all the visuals look pathetic. Though it was all originally intended for 3-d, we're forced to watch this minus that, resulting in the poor effects. One of the scariest parts of the film for me, or rather more intriguing, is when we get an "in-the-mouth" view of the shark attempting to swallow Philip Royce, almost felt as if the viewer is being swallowed him/herself.
This is a fun movie overall, and even a guilty pleasure and late night popcorn flick - but it just can't be taken seriously. It's a great sequal in the sense to takes things to a completely new setting with Sea World, but everything else makes it sad that they even put the name Jaws on this.
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