Jaws The Sharksploitation Edit

June 19, 2009

I am glad that this edit was reviewed by someone else (Mollo) before I typed up mine. I had given a bit of input towards this edit and I sometimes feel that people will assume since you helped out on an edit, your review will be biased in its favor. This edit deserves every bit of praise that I am about to go into below

The whole idea of editing a true classic sends shivers down the spine of many. The whole idea of taking this one step further and turning a classic into a drive-in grindhouse feature might send the rest running. Admittingly I was a bit skeptical at first but, TMBTM had some interesting ideas and anything I came up with that I thought might help I sent over to him.

With quite a bit of skill and some very ingenious ideas TMBTM turned a classic into a very successful grindhouse feature

The opening alone is very reminiscent of many older Italian Jaws- rip-off films
that sprung up from the late 70’s to the early 80’s, and the fun joy it may bring to some of you who like that type of cinema. He captures this feeling within the first 5 seconds. I knew viewing the preview disc I was going to be in for a nice treat.

He did not just take Jaws and edit it down adding in film noise and damage. He literally went scene by scene and re-traced the original with an equalivalant low budget drive in version using most of the original film and a variety of other sources. He also enhanced this by using quite a number of deleted scenes, documentary footage and clips from other films to create new scenes entirely. On top of this, add in a completely original and new ending that came out of left field will have you yelling in your seats! This all sums up for a sure fire hit for the summer of fanediting!!!

TMBTM’s particular attention to even the smallest detail is evident with the slightest change of lighting, color tints, unfocused camera and many more that most people might not even pick up the first time around. You can see this is someone who truly enjoyed the work they were creating, and spared no expense in doing what they had to in order to bring this overall visual experience to the screen and make it work

The audio is amazing and when TMBTM told me of some of his preferred audio choices, I was under the impression that this might fall into a heavy metal slasher kill deal. That thought of mine was very far from the truth. The music he chose (or actually what parts) was incredible because it really fit that 1970’s to 80’s atmosphere this edit was bringing across

His menus were also clever and I am sure some of you will be sitting there when this begins wondering what the hell is going on only to catch the joke and laugh along a few seconds later.

The final disc I saw had a nice bonus clip that you should watch after you view the film; otherwise you are spoiling something for yourself.
I am very proud to have helped out in any way that I could for this edit and I am hope the rest of you will find it as entertaining as I have.

Now crap some popcorn, dim the lights and watch the screen!

10 out of 10

June 27, 2009

I’ll give this a big 10/10 also!!! This edit is great, really fun to watch. I honestly think that this edit has set a new benchmark as far as creativity & originality goes in this still fairly new “art form”. I’d love to see more projects like this in the future :grin:

June 21, 2009

Awesome work. The atmosphere of the whole edit was great. This took me back to watching all the crappy B Grade horror movies of my early teenage years. Lots of great little touches throughout the edit. This is certainly one for the collection, but approach it as a new Jaws movie with only faint links to the original. Watch this with a group of friends and a few (many?) beers to really soak up the experience! Highly recommended!

June 29, 2009

I’ll be echoing everyone’s comments. This was an incredible edit. The grindhouse effect was a lot of fun, but I also found myself realize that this edit would have been a great fan edit even without the grindhouse effect. There is enough change to the film, and even some of the plot that makes this a great edit. If you’re a JAWS fan, you will love this edit. And this is coming from someone who considers JAWS as being one of the greatest films of all time. For sure on my top 10! Download this now… No, stop what you’re doing…. Download now!

July 16, 2009

This was freakin’ great. It really was an exploitation Jaws!

I love the famous part when Brody is looking concerned at the water while people pass in front of him, but then we realize what he’s looking at, and it changes the whole idea of the motivation! Hillarious!