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With that being said... I could actually stomach a Jaws reboot... or maybe even a sequel. Mainly because I like seeing how well they can match today's actors to the originals. It would be a daunting task. Dreyfus was perfect in that movie. Robert Shaw was amazing. Scheider was easily overshadowed by those two but was still good. I'd love to see them try to match it without going all Hollywood and plugging popcorn actors in and making it more of a SFX movie than a true-to-source-material movie. Making a Jaws that's more true to the book wouldn't count as a reboot of the movie as much as a purist version.
Tom Cruise as Brody.
Gary Oldman as Quint
Jessica Chastain as Hooper
Sadly, the Hollywood version would be:
Brody: The Rock
Quint: Michael Keaton
Hooper: Kevin Hart
This is exactly what I came here to say. It was very disappointing, predictable, and took itself WAY too seriously, I was looking for some campy fun, but nope. Could have been on the Syfy channel. And the blatant obviousness that it was co-produced in China speaks volumes. I know I wasnt expecting any decent acting but MAN. Talk about cringeworthy. Im actually trying to think of a scene with the shark in it that wasnt in the trailers...Saw it last night; wasn't expecting Shakespeare but I expected a shark to appear in a movie about a giant shark. Pretty much all the scenes with the shark are in the trailers.
First kill wasn't until over an hour into the movie and even then no blood or gore at all. Just water splash and then the person was gone, Jaws was gorier.
t was on par with something you'd see on the SyFy channel
As someone who read the book, it's really a shame. There were so many cool scenes in the book with the shark eating a helicopter or just the various ways it killed people off I'm surprised none of it made it to the movie.This is exactly what I came here to say. It was very disappointing, predictable, and took itself WAY too seriously, I was looking for some campy fun, but nope. Could have been on the Syfy channel. And the blatant obviousness that it was co-produced in China speaks volumes. I know I wasnt expecting any decent acting but MAN. Talk about cringeworthy. Im actually trying to think of a scene with the shark in it that wasnt in the trailers...
How did it die in the book?As someone who read the book, it's really a shame. There were so many cool scenes in the book with the shark eating a helicopter or just the various ways it killed people off I'm surprised none of it made it to the movie.
Even the way the shark is killed in the book was infinitely better. This film could have gotten away with so much over the top action and it was instead just squandered for a film I walked out of thinking "Eh" about.
I know man me too, I hate getting my hopes up and having them smashed. I now understand why cynical people exist lol.Damn!
I was looking forward to this
The main character and his damaged sub were swallowed whole by the shark. So he had to force his way back out through the sharks mouth tearing out it's organs with him.How did it die in the book?
The main character and his damaged sub were swallowed whole by the shark. So he had to force his way back out through the sharks mouth tearing out it's organs with him.
How did it die in the book?
Actually, getting out was incidental. He got swallowed and intended to kamikaze by hacking his way into the shark's internal organs and cutting out its heart. Only after the fact did he realize he could escape.