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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 364647" data-attributes="member: 23">Which means this year is the 45th Anniversary. How time flies.I commemorated the occasion by watching <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaW8zNxeJ4U&list=PLLsSM1SZfFC1PqvRtxfD9MypeVGnP7-r-" target="_blank">this series of 45th Anniversary interviews</a> with many of those involved including both directors, Joe Alves, Jeffrey Kramer and most of the kids. It's good to get some more details and memories from them, and to see how fondly they view that time.It's especially gratifying to know that they're still all good friends and to hear about their recent impromptu reunion at a restaurant, attended by even Lorraine Gary and Sid Sheinberg. With this in mind, it's a bit of a a shame that the virtual interviews couldn't have been a group one (or a series of smaller groups) as I'd dearly love to see them interact with one another.Over the  last couple of evenings I also watched the film itself and the bog standard Making Of that appears on the same disc (both of which, of course, I've watched countless times.Gosh - was it really only last year I last watched? This perhaps helps explain why this weekend's viewing felt particularly underwhelming.Many of my views from recent rewatches still stand. In lieu of repeating myself I'll simply quote myself and say that most of these statements went double for me this time round:Watching The Making Of..., I felt annoyance watching David Brown saying how "ill-equipped" Hancock was for this film and how he "left" the film as though he'd bailed instead of being sacked.Another problem I have with The Making Of is that it highlights the worst parts of the film - showing the shark a lot; giving the shark a villainous scar; putting a saddle on the shark to shoot the POV shots; the shark outrunning the speeding waterskier; that laughable moment where the fake shark smacks into the boat and its mouth bends, showing off the hydraulic machinery inside - and attempts to spin them as golden assets that made this a great film.Well, last night it was amended to "Eat her up! Eat her up!", but the sentiment was still there.This was the biggest struggle for me last night. The way the kids went from 0-100 at the drop of a hat really pulled the film down. Due to this, it peaked too soon and had nowhere to go. And the bloody screaming is beyond irritating. The older I get, the less tolerance I have for it. Give me the first film's quiet desperation any day!Watching the 2023 interviews with the cast helped a little.All the same, last night felt like a reinforcement that - for me at least - the concept of Jaws 2 is far superior to the film, and my disappointment in it deepens with each rewatch. I feel fairly certain I won't watch the film again until the 50th anniversary. And then I'll probably dislike it even more.The Hank Searls novel and the Marvel Super Special (both based on the John Hancock version of the film) are both absolutely wonderful. While we'll almost certainly never see John Hancock's Jaws 2 as filmed back in 1977, I'm now wondering if some kind of animated version based on the original screenplay could bring it to life. Perhaps paired with a similar project based upon Benchley's Jaws book. Well, I can dream...  In the meantime, I think I may dig out that Marvel Super Special and dive in.</blockquote>

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