10/10!

But I downloaded this after seeing “The War of The Stars” and so wanted to see the Sharksploitation to complete the grindhouse doublebill.

I love this incarnation of the film – and the look of it, the added music and altered ending! awesome! I watch this version over and over, its just peachy!

overall 10/10

The menu, the drive-in intro, and the film’s music and editing (and all the cracks and pops in the “film”) are all incredibly impressive and a lot of fun. Stand out scenes include the titles, the opening attack, the shark hunt scene (hands down my fave), and the climactic moments at the end.

The minor issues I had with this come down to story. This seems to be a running problem in fan edits. “Consequences” is a word I’d like to see more fan editors become better acquainted with. The surfer girl/water skiing scene just fades away with no consequences. Also, each day has an on-screen “Day 1,” “Day 2,” etc. appear. This adds nothing to the story, and–as the characters aren’t working against the clock–it is simply distracting and DEtracts from the story. About half way through, perhaps later, we get documentary-style footage telling us about sharks and such. This comes in way too late in the movie and didn’t seem necessary to bridge the two parts of the frolicking people in the beach scene it interrupts.

Story weakness was my fear for the (brilliant) ending. See, I had watched pieces of the movie before sitting down watching all of it, and I was delighted to find that the new ending is indeed foreshadowed. And foreshadowed very nicely…and called back beautifully. I actually applauded.

The weaknesses are minor. This is hands down the smartest, funnest, most technically strong and most creative fan edit I’ve seen to date.

I thought I would hate this Edit when I first heard of it, as Jaws is one of my favourite films, but I absolutely loved it. A great way to merge the deleted scenes without drawing too much attention to their lower quality. I always liked the deleted scenes and it’s good to finally see them in the film.
I also loved the music choices and how they were used, all except one. As much as I love Unforgiven III, I didn’t think it fit. Maybe after seeing it a couple more times I’ll change my mind on that.

Overall this was great. An excellent take on a classic film. Thanks The Man Behind the Mask.

Overall great edit. I had to give you 8/10 though due to killer whale confusion.

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

Jaws was never a film that needed reworking. It is not a film that needs any sort of recommendation. Despite those two very important factors this is the only Fanedit I would actually give to somebody and say “Watch this. You have to watch this”! A radically different film despite the fact that on the whole it consists of the same footage and plot and doesn’t drastically alter the story.

Spielberg makes great films because he understands the language of cinema. He is a master of the B-movie and gets to make them with ridiculous budgets (so it’s a shame he hasn’t made one in a while).

The Man Behind The Mask also understands the language of cinema and has taken Spielberg’s highly polished B-movie and made it look like it probably would have without the studio budget, cobbling together material from other sources to bolster the film in a way that is totally consistent with the feel of the film (the list of sources boggles my mind). The lame shark effects actually work better in this version because of what TMBTM was aiming for. Sod showing a copy of this to Spielberg because he’s already made a masterful shark movie. Someone should show it to Quentin Tarantino so that he’ll know what Grindhouse should have been and why Death Proof was such a lame turd (loved Planet Terror though, which shares many similarities with this cut).

Two minor gripes – first, the scratching effect is overused IMHO. I loved the graininess of the footage and the blur that crept in from time to time, but the artificial artefacts and scratches were so crisp that they just looked false and forced. Kinda brought me out of the film a little. The other gripe is the use of the “missing reel” gimmick. The flow of the film suggests there’s only one scene missing, which isn’t much for a single reel (not too big a problem though).

Without wanting to give anything away I feel that the alternative “surfer girl” scene on the bonus material is the better of the two and will hopefully be included in a future release.

As it stands, I will be wasting no time in burning this to disk and handing it about to all my mates (who already own a copy of the original, of course) so that they can experience the sheer delight of this new cut of the film. I honestly can’t wait for the next Fanedit (or Faneditor) to try something so bold.

review by boon23

Prologue:
I feel I am a bit late to the party, yet I did not get to watching this fanedit until just today. The last time I watched JAWS is about 5 years ago, so I could get in fresh (which was for this fanedit not so necessary though). Now everyone so far was praising this fanedit, which kind of held my expectations for it very high. I was watching the PAL DVD.

As for all my reviews: this is just my personal opinion of this fanedit. I cannot tell anybody else, if he or she will experience it in the same way or the opposite. So my review is not objective and does not reflect the opinion of fanedit.org.

!!!!This review contains heavy spoilers!!!

The edit:
It’s as special as it gets, from the very intro beginning (including a cute Rob Schneider scene) to the very ending (where I was almost waiting for someone to yell “Willy”). This fanedit was not at all created to be taken seriously and that is the fun of it. It takes a masterpiece of movie history and turns it not just to trash, but to an over-the-top watching experience that only works so well, BECAUSE the original is such a well known masterpiece. It has a few thrilling moments, yet thrill is not what it is about. This is about entertainment and surprise. Surprise what happens next and how. It contains loads of gruesome shark killings and also loads of painfully long and akward scenes. But the mix is just right. Now I could have done with less artificial dust that in dark scenes almost looked like it was snowing and I can’t say this added anything to the movie that a washed out look would not have added probably better. Yet this is about the only true complaint I have. Other than that there is a scene with a sailor outside, where there is no background nice, which sounds a bit strange and the deleted scenes are a bit too clearly noticable. The orca ending came as surprise and was needed to really get the final blow to tell me that I am NOT AT ALL WATCHING JAWS.
This is a special fanedit and as such it is a piece of fanediting art to me. Daring. Creative. And an incredible load of work. I bow deeply to TMBTM for the concept and the final edit.
Did I love it? No. But I liked it a lot.
editing: 10 of 10
entertainment: 8 of 10 (original 10 of 10)

Image and video quality:
Video quality was good, the image has too much artificial dirt IMO. The deleted scenes were too clearly spottable.
Video quality: 6 of 10

Audio editing and audio quality:
The audio editing was very good, there was one scene, where background noieses should have been added.
audio editing: 10 of 10
sound quality: 7 of 10
resulting in a 9 of 10 for overall audio

presentation:
The DVD comes with a still but nice menu with no sound. The presentation of a drive-in cinema is hillarious. The font for the intro and end credits is something to get used to. It’s neatly animated in the beginning. The bonus features are nice addition, although not too much. The chapter menu is very simple. There is fitting cover art attached.
Overall the presentation of this fanedit is very nice.
resulting in a 9 of 10 for overall presentation

Final result: 9 of 10
I recommend watching this fanedit. ]]> http://fanedit.org/6873/comment-page-1/#comment-10077 samwisefan Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:55:42 +0000 http://fanedit.org/?p=6873#comment-10077 This is an amazing edit. 100% entertaining. The only complaint I would have would be the use of contemporary music. I think you should have only used rock tracks from the 70's. (This echos what French_Toast wrote above.) This is an amazing edit. 100% entertaining. The only complaint I would have would be the use of contemporary music. I think you should have only used rock tracks from the 70’s. (This echos what French_Toast wrote above.)

But there is one major criticism I’d like to make : the overall lack of consistency in the choice of the music. Although each reworked scene work perfectly with the selected music, when watching the whole thing together, it annoyed me. Jaws disco theme is great and works well, but the heavy metal music, although great, brings me to the 1990s, not the late 1970s, and that’s a major problem.

8/10

Also, I don’t think ANYONE saw that ending coming.

You, sir, TMBTM, are an incredible faneditor, and I’m really looking forward to your next release.

10/10

It’s kind of like…you know how on the internet, everywhere you turn is some little parody edit of a film?
They tend to have a twist on the material with usually just the one joke at the end? This edit is like that, writ large. That sensibility, splashed across the canvas of Spielberg’s Jaws.
A great idea coupled with a wicked sense of humor makes this a must see.

Is everything perfect? Nope. Do I care? Hell no. It’s just too much fun.

Hat’s off to you, TMBTM. An excellent release.

Now I know how Clapton felt. This is nothing short of genius. 10/10, easily. And the only other perfect score I’ve given is for Star Wars: Revisited, so you’re in some pretty decent company. I can’t say much without repeating what everyone else has said, but I absolutely howled when Warriors of the World kicked in. Manowar is one of my guilty pleasures and I loved that scene. The ending was just brilliant.

This really is what fan editing is all about and shows you just what’s possible when high levels of creativity and technical skill meet. For me at least, this is the early front runner for Fanedit of the Year.

Can’t wait for your next edit.

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!

Just finished watching this edit. It was freakin awesome. I was slightly disappointed in the omission of Quint singing Farewell and Adieu, but man this was pure greatness.