“I don’t
want no volunteers, I don’t want no mates, there’s too many captain’s on this
island. Ten thousand dollars for me by
myself. For that you get the head, the
tail…the whole damn thing.”
When I was young my cousins and I had
a running theory about “Jaws” and its sequels.
We hypothesized during back seat discussions as our parents drove us to
parks or garage sales. We came to the
conclusion that the first shark in “Jaws” was the father in a family of giant sharks. “Jaws 2” was the son, “Jaws 3-D” was the big sister
and “Jaws: The Revenge” was was the mother of the sharks, obviously since Lorraine
Gary was the star of the movie it had to be mother vs. mother, because, you
know, that time it was personal.
Stories like
this did not make their way on to the “Jaws” BluRay special edition. But instead you are treated to the seven year
long awaited documentary “The Shark is Still Working” which is amazing. It delves into the ways “Jaws” impacted our
culture and changed the way movies were marketed. It in fact gave birth to the summer
blockbuster. Plus you see things that
you’ve never seen before, like a look at the local actors from Martha’s Vineyard
(Amity in the movie). We get the origin
of the iconic poster for the film. There
are new interviews with Spielberg and the cast, props, unseen footage, and the
legacy of the film after all these years.
The best
part though, is we get an all new transfer and new audio track for the film,
and let me tell you, it has never looked and sounded better. It’s incredible what this looks like on
BluRay, the clarity is phenomenal. The
opening scene is like I have never seen it before, and it just gets better from
there, you won’t be able to stop yourself from watching it all the way
through. And it in no way takes away
from the classic nature of the film.
There are some nostalgia enthusiasts who love things like pops on an
album verses what you get on itunes.
This is not the same thing. The restoration
only enhances the enjoyment of the movie.
Trust me there is no better excuse to buy a BluRay player than just to
own this version of “Jaws”. Lest we not also forget that this is by far one of the greatest movies of all time.
--Robert L. Castillo
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