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<blockquote data-quote="DallasFanForever" data-source="post: 404837" data-attributes="member: 13221"><p>Jaws 2 (1978)</p><p></p><p>Upon flipping the channels last night I came upon the end of the original on the SY-FY channel so when I discovered the sequel was up next I decided to watch it from beginning to end for the first time in years. </p><p></p><p>Nothing will ever top the original movie for me and I was reminded why. There are actually a lot of things I do like about the second movie but I can understand why Roy Scheider may have been apprehensive about making it. Where do you go after the original? </p><p></p><p>The scene where Martin shoots up the beach when he mistakenly thinks a school of bluefish is a Great White really seems out of character for him now. Yes, he was the only person at this point thinking there was another shark problem on the horizon but I just can’t see the Chief of Police reacting that recklessly by opening fire with all those children around, not even in 1978. Nowadays the video would go viral and he’d never get his job back, not even after he was proven right. Martin would have to move and live in obscurity the rest of his existence until someone decided to give him his own reality show years later. Maybe just vacating the water would’ve been enough but of course this time they wanted the visual of a madman that no one believes and has finally gone off the deep end to the point where he loses his job. </p><p></p><p>As for the teenagers themselves, as long discussed, I still find most of them kind of annoying. After awhile the screaming towards the end starts to irritate me. I’ve always heard people, including myself, jokingly say it’s at this point they began rooting for the shark and now I have to wonder if any of us were ever really joking. </p><p></p><p>As for the end, I do love the visual of the shark being electrocuted, although I think the effects themselves could’ve been better. Granted it was 1978 here but for some reason I mistakenly remembered the barbecuing of the shark being more grandiose. The ending of the first movie with the exploding shark still holds up well and has a much bigger feel to it, whereas the second one just seemed a little anticlimactic to me now. </p><p></p><p>All in all, I’m glad I finally watched it again after many years though. It’s good enough for a sequel and for me the last time Jaws would really feel like Jaws moving forward.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DallasFanForever, post: 404837, member: 13221"] Jaws 2 (1978) Upon flipping the channels last night I came upon the end of the original on the SY-FY channel so when I discovered the sequel was up next I decided to watch it from beginning to end for the first time in years. Nothing will ever top the original movie for me and I was reminded why. There are actually a lot of things I do like about the second movie but I can understand why Roy Scheider may have been apprehensive about making it. Where do you go after the original? The scene where Martin shoots up the beach when he mistakenly thinks a school of bluefish is a Great White really seems out of character for him now. Yes, he was the only person at this point thinking there was another shark problem on the horizon but I just can’t see the Chief of Police reacting that recklessly by opening fire with all those children around, not even in 1978. Nowadays the video would go viral and he’d never get his job back, not even after he was proven right. Martin would have to move and live in obscurity the rest of his existence until someone decided to give him his own reality show years later. Maybe just vacating the water would’ve been enough but of course this time they wanted the visual of a madman that no one believes and has finally gone off the deep end to the point where he loses his job. As for the teenagers themselves, as long discussed, I still find most of them kind of annoying. After awhile the screaming towards the end starts to irritate me. I’ve always heard people, including myself, jokingly say it’s at this point they began rooting for the shark and now I have to wonder if any of us were ever really joking. As for the end, I do love the visual of the shark being electrocuted, although I think the effects themselves could’ve been better. Granted it was 1978 here but for some reason I mistakenly remembered the barbecuing of the shark being more grandiose. The ending of the first movie with the exploding shark still holds up well and has a much bigger feel to it, whereas the second one just seemed a little anticlimactic to me now. All in all, I’m glad I finally watched it again after many years though. It’s good enough for a sequel and for me the last time Jaws would really feel like Jaws moving forward. [/QUOTE]
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