Review of Jaws 3-D (1983) by Kilroy5150 — 11 Dec 2019
This movie, without a doubt, tried to rely more on star-power and less on story-line. The 3D (which was "in" at the time) was a bad idea too because the technology just didn't hit the way it does now.
I dunno, it seemed like they should have waited and done it 20 years later because the timing also was bad considering the competition and the movies that were coming in 1984 (like Ghostbusters) just killed the very little chance this movie might have had.
The story seems to pick up about 15 years after Jaws 2's timeline. There is very little mention of the past events and I don't even remember Roy Scheider's character even being mentioned (although his death was referenced in Jaws 4) in this movie any more than a passing thought.
The entrance of the sharks was so......convenient? And they seemed to be following the play-book to the absolute letter (at the start) then they just bring the sharks (baby then mother) out into the open.
The only real memory, from seeing that movie, was going "Hey, it's the guy from 'Manimal'!" (Simon MacCorkindale) who, if you weren't a kid growing up in the 70-80s, you would have almost no reference to understand who he was. The animation (from this age) was laughable but, back then, it was passable.
Let's sum it up: The story was just terrible, the structure changed too much and too fast, and some the characters were (in that era) at the top of their game.
The movie is "watchable" (like background or "i'm too stoned to get off the couch so i'll watch this") but not something you would (probably) waste time to see twice.
This review of Jaws 3-D (1983) was written by Kilroy5150 on 11 Dec 2019.
Jaws 3-D has generally received negative reviews.
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