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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 331482" data-attributes="member: 23">I don&#039;t know if you&#039;ve read The Jaws Log, written by Carl Gottlieb (who was heavily involved in rewrites for Jaws and also appeared as Gazette owner Harry Meadows), but if not it&#039;s well worth a look. It&#039;s one of the best books on the making of a film I&#039;ve ever read, written by someone who was there. It&#039;s quite easy to track down a copy as it&#039;s revised and updated pretty much every five years.Absolutely. Onscreen, the weary men struggling out at sea, ill-equipped for the challenge they&#039;re facing is far more meaningful because it perfectly reflects the process off-screen. You really can&#039;t beat practical effects and I think they always feel more truthful even when they don&#039;t look as aesthetically pleasing.Part of the film&#039;s difficulty is that it invites comparison with the original Jaws because of its structure and tone. Originally, the story took a very different approach, much darker and with a more psychological approach with the town suffering from the hit to the economy after the attacks in the first film.&nbsp; Instead, after it was retooled the story ended up a retread of the first film, hitting many of the same beats as Jaws.Apart from feeling at times like a remake,&nbsp; it&#039;s also less plausible that Larry Vaughn and the townspeople would be so quick to dismiss Martin&#039;s claims this time, and that Martin would end up mano a mano with a Great White for a second time.I also think the shark looks worse with its burns and scars and huge underbite, which is made worse because it&#039;s shown far too much.I know the above sounds like I hate the film, but I really don&#039;t. As I said, I&#039;m really fond of it and it&#039;s definitely my favourite of the sequels. Roy Scheider&#039;s performance is on a par with that in the original (even more so when you consider he was forced into doing the sequel and really didn&#039;t want to be there). It&#039;s great to see Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Jeffrey Kramer, as well as returning original characters on the board of selectmen (Fritzi Jane &quot;Are. You going. To close. The beaches?&quot; Courtney; Alfred &quot;Bad Hat Harry&quot; Wilde; Cyprian &quot;I&quot;m trying to absorb some of this sun&quot; Dube). And of course the return to Amity.When rewatching in recent years, Jaws 2 disappoints a little more because it feels like a better film in my head. I can&#039;t forget how I viewed it as up there with - and even better than - the original when I was very young, and of course that&#039;s a ridiculously high benchmark to set for a film that&#039;s decent enough but is ultimately a second helping of an already-satisfying meal.Completely. I think that shared experience can really add to the enjoyment of a film and influence how we view it afterwards. I&#039;ve had some great cinema experiences with some films that make those films feel very special to me, which they might not otherwise.Ha ha. Absolutely.Not to mention the thrilling adverts that accompanied them:
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[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 331482, member: 23"] I don't know if you've read [I]The Jaws Log,[/I] written by Carl Gottlieb (who was heavily involved in rewrites for [I]Jaws[/I] and also appeared as Gazette owner Harry Meadows), but if not it's well worth a look. It's one of the best books on the making of a film I've ever read, written by someone who was there. It's quite easy to track down a copy as it's revised and updated pretty much every five years. Absolutely. Onscreen, the weary men struggling out at sea, ill-equipped for the challenge they're facing is far more meaningful because it perfectly reflects the process off-screen. You really can't beat practical effects and I think they always feel more truthful even when they don't look as aesthetically pleasing. Part of the film's difficulty is that it invites comparison with the original [I]Jaws [/I]because of its structure and tone. Originally, the story took a very different approach, much darker and with a more psychological approach with the town suffering from the hit to the economy after the attacks in the first film. Instead, after it was retooled the story ended up a retread of the first film, hitting many of the same beats as [I]Jaws.[/I] Apart from feeling at times like a remake, it's also less plausible that Larry Vaughn and the townspeople would be so quick to dismiss Martin's claims this time, and that Martin would end up mano a mano with a Great White for a second time. I also think the shark looks worse with its burns and scars and huge underbite, which is made worse because it's shown far too much. I know the above sounds like I hate the film, but I really don't. As I said, I'm really fond of it and it's definitely my favourite of the sequels. Roy Scheider's performance is on a par with that in the original (even more so when you consider he was forced into doing the sequel and really didn't want to be there). It's great to see Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Jeffrey Kramer, as well as returning original characters on the board of selectmen (Fritzi Jane "Are. You going. To close. The beaches?" Courtney; Alfred "Bad Hat Harry" Wilde; Cyprian "I"m trying to absorb some of this sun" Dube). And of course the return to Amity. When rewatching in recent years, [I]Jaws 2 [/I]disappoints a little more because it feels like a better film in my head. I can't forget how I viewed it as up there with - and even better than - the original when I was very young, and of course that's a ridiculously high benchmark to set for a film that's decent enough but is ultimately a second helping of an already-satisfying meal. Completely. I think that shared experience can really add to the enjoyment of a film and influence how we view it afterwards. I've had some great cinema experiences with some films that make those films feel very special to me, which they might not otherwise. Ha ha. Absolutely. Not to mention the thrilling adverts that accompanied them: [CENTER] [MEDIA=youtube]kLf_NLHVjSY[/MEDIA][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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