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tafkam -> JAWS Remake... (6/24/2009 10:50:10 AM)

In this era of film where nearly every Hollywood classic has been or currently is fodder for a remake or reboot, I'm wondering why nobody in Hollywood has come up with the notion to remake the one film that single handedly began the modern "summer blockbuster" trend......Steven Spielberg's JAWS.

Now don't get me wrong, JAWS is my all time favorite movie, and near perfection as far as storytelling goes, and I would hate the thought of it being remade....but I do find it interesting that the subject has never come up. Supposedly Spielberg toyed with the idea of a JAWS Special Edition (translation: CGI shark) a few years ago, but opted instead to go back and doctor up E.T. for a new generation.

So, who would be keen on a remake of JAWS? And why? Or why not?



musiclovesryan -> RE: JAWS Remake... (6/24/2009 3:10:18 PM)

don't make anotherone



Badison -> RE: JAWS Remake... (6/24/2009 5:58:28 PM)

I think only horrible movies should be remade. Think how many good stories were ruined in the hands of the wrong director.

Leave the classics alone--no remake will be as good; it's just a recipe for disappointment.

And I have a really radical idea. Write some new screenplays!



ironsharpensiron -> RE: JAWS Remake... (6/25/2009 11:36:19 AM)

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Leave the classics alone--no remake will be as good; it's just a recipe for disappointment.

And I have a really radical idea. Write some new screenplays!


Exactly!!

Matthew



GLightfoot -> RE: JAWS Remake... (6/25/2009 5:49:13 PM)

I just saw the original agian two days ago. Great movie and even better in HD.



nuclear_sidewalk -> RE: JAWS Remake... (6/30/2009 6:40:55 PM)

Jaws is perfect. Leave it alone.



todd_t -> RE: JAWS Remake... (6/30/2009 7:30:15 PM)

Yeah, leave it alone. Plus, the special effects would probably be replaced with CG, which I don't think would work in a remake.

Some films should simply never be remade, nor given a sequel (re: "Blues Brothers 2000," Rob Zombie's "Halloween", Gus Van Sant's "Psycho").



edlove50 -> RE: JAWS Remake... (7/1/2009 3:44:08 PM)

A Jaws remake? No way. The sequal was okay, the next two really bad - the original was great. I remember that movie was at the theater for weeks and really packed them in. To do a remake, they would have to find actors to top Roy Schneider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfus. Plus the script would have to be better than the original.



allisonbrett -> RE: JAWS Remake... (7/1/2009 8:13:01 PM)

Why mess with perfection? Some things should be left alone, this is one of them.



keithyhuntington -> RE: JAWS Remake... (7/10/2009 4:09:05 AM)

i'm a bit of a gore-head, but i was very disappointed in the lack of gratuitous blood and violence in Jaws and Jurassic Park. I would love to see an X rated treatment of both of these. just a blood curdling splatter house movie that would make the Saw movies look like disney toons. i'm sadistic though when it comes to people being eaten on screen(i love zombie movies)



serasvictoria -> RE: JAWS Remake... (7/10/2009 4:21:44 AM)

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ORIGINAL: keithyhuntington

i'm a bit of a gore-head, but i was very disappointed in the lack of gratuitous blood and violence in Jaws and Jurassic Park. I would love to see an X rated treatment of both of these. just a blood curdling splatter house movie that would make the Saw movies look like disney toons. i'm sadistic though when it comes to people being eaten on screen(i love zombie movies)

Me too, especially with zombie films. I'd say I have a love/hate relationship with zombie movies. I love zombies and cheer them on, until I actually pop the film in and they're chasing people. I'm like Brian from Ghost Hunters, "Dude, Run!"



iluvatar -> RE: JAWS Remake... (7/10/2009 9:20:56 AM)

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ORIGINAL: keithyhuntington

i'm a bit of a gore-head, but i was very disappointed in the lack of gratuitous blood and violence in Jaws and Jurassic Park. I would love to see an X rated treatment of both of these. just a blood curdling splatter house movie that would make the Saw movies look like disney toons. i'm sadistic though when it comes to people being eaten on screen(i love zombie movies)


It depends on what you're going for. If you're going for a shocking gore-fest, then that's fine. But if you're going for fear and suspense, then I think most films are better served by implying the danger rather than showing it explicitly. The whole reason Jaws was so scary was because you couldn't see the shark; that's also why sharks continue to scare the bejeebers out of people.

Now that I think about it... Man, what a perfect premise for a horror movie: there's a real live animal that lives in the ocean you visit every summer, that can rip you to pieces and can come within inches of you without you ever knowing. Aside from it taking place on Cape Cod, it was completely plausible, and it capitalized on our fear of the unknown.

If utilized properly, the human mind is a much better generator of fear than any hollywood fx. If Jaws had focused on the gore, it would have looked cheap and staged (even if it was done today). Instead, it let the viewer's mind fill in all the holes.

-Dan.



backrowbaptist -> RE: JAWS Remake... (7/11/2009 1:06:07 AM)

ABSOLUTELY NOT!! I agree with every one else, leave Jaws alone.
And BTW, the reason the shark worked so effectively in the story was because it didn't work on location. They didn't have CG back then, so they needed a mechanical shark. Apparently they bought a Yugo. The thing broke down so much that they had to shoot most of the scenes without it, inadvertently creating perfect suspense.
And don't forget the music, either. THE MUSIC...duna...duna, duna, duna...



hnt -> RE: JAWS Remake... (7/19/2009 12:16:05 AM)

Tee Hee! I remember my younger brother wouldn't take baths without SOMEONE standing outside the door after he saw that movie!

He went to a Birthday Party, and were going to see something else. It was sold out, and they saw JAWS! My mother had a fit! I went to the party as well, and all I remember him doing is running IN and OUT of the theater telling me, "I can't WATCH this PART!"[:D]

I remember many an evil trick I played on him after that movie! [8D] At the time it was great payback....bratty little brother and all! [sm=angel.gif]

I AGREE! Leave it as IS! I still tease him about it to this day! Why ruin that with a remake?[sm=wave.gif]



c_h_b -> RE: JAWS Remake... (7/19/2009 2:27:00 PM)

Spielberg sees no reason to remake it. Anyone else would most likely succumb to the idea of making it a special effects/horror-shock-gore movie, which would miss the the very qualities which makes the original a classic.

We would see too many CGI sharks and set up kill sequences as in "Deep Blue Sea", all of which would detract from the Hitchcockian suspense that made the original Jaws so effective.



iluvatar -> RE: JAWS Remake... (7/19/2009 3:48:47 PM)

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ORIGINAL: c_h_b

Spielberg sees no reason to remake it.


Good. Apparently the habits his buddy Lucas haven't rubbed off on him.

-Dan.



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