Jaws The Sharksploitation Edit

February 7, 2010

Everythings been said…I will add just two points, ‘I think it is too long for a mockery’ still trying to working that one out…The music, it’s great the cage building scene is teriffic…..in fact that just leaves me the #10 star at the top to click on.

February 21, 2010

Wow. This is a truly amazing fan edit. it is clear that you put an immense amount of time and effort into this. The addition of footage to Quint’s story about the USS Indianapolis actually seemed to make the proceeding whale cries more eerie somehow. The ending was absolutely shocking and i burst out with laughter. This edit is flawlessly executed, it feels professionally unprofessional which is not an easy feeling to accomplish. 10 out of 10, sir. I enjoyed this more than the original.

February 23, 2010

Finally watched it and I was very pleased with what I got. Great feeling for what works and how it could play out…just so entertaining. And the fact that this really feels like a new movie is something special. And both this one and the original are worth seeing more times! Won’t give the full 10, as it wasn’t perfect, but a 9 and a work that TMBTM should be damn proud of.

April 29, 2010

Really enjoyed this one. There were a couple of negatives about it for me (too much [sometimes distracting] grain, music choices I personally didn’t like), but overall, top notch stuff. Some of the additions were pretty funny, too. And all of it was clever, which people fully expect in a TMBTM edit. :) Anyone who’s a fan of the original, or even just wants to see a fun, original movie experience, should by all means watch it…right now! Seems I rated it long ago and forgot to review it (typical of me), and I think I gave it 9/10.

June 27, 2010

Behind the times as usual, but my goodness was this worth the wait. For this review, bear in mind that I watched WotS first. I do know this one was released first but…what can you do?

As with War of the Stars, a lot of the cuts here worked fine. The only scene I remember missing was the whole “You yell barracuda…but you yell shark” scene, but everything else flowed fine. The opening credits to the first attack was very effective. The end, which I won’t spoil (since it wasn’t his sled) floored me…I disctintly remember being ready to fall asleep (not because the edit was boring…it was quite late when I watched this) and the end had me cheering. I really wasn’t sure how you were going to end it, but it was brilliant. I’d also like to applaud you for the placement of the missing reel…that was really the only scene I didn’t like in Jaws, and now it’s gone. Cheers!

Two additions I didn’t really care for: the scene with Quint harassing the kid in the music store and the alternate version of Hooper’s arrival with the guy babbling all over the dock. The first didn’t really add to the story, and the second was just annoying. The version that was used in the film was better in my opinion.

Overall, an excellent effort. The presentation was great, video and audio were suitably crappy (in a good way). As with War of the Stars, if the original Jaws had been released in a similar form to this, it still would have been a decent film. Maybe not the summer blockbuster it had become, but still a damn fine effort. Speaking of which, a damn fine effort from TMBTM once again,

9/10