Jaws 3D was not only my first 3D movie experience, but my first Jaws theatre movie.
And my fond memories remain around the gimmicks. Moving the setting from Amity Island to a massive water park gave it a more sci-fi feel. And those classic 3D shots that no kid will forget...the floating limbs...the sharks 'jaws' as it explodes.
On an adult rewatch, the entertainment comes from rediscovery...not 'cause the films great. The cast are very watchable from young Dennis Quaid's leading man, Lou Gossett Jnr's irritable showman and Simon McCorkindale's smarmy version of Quint.
The story plods, as Quaid and girlfriend, never seen again Beth Armstrong, discuss career or relationship...while predictable the park edges closer to opening day.
The mechanical shark is fine but the heavy use of blue screen is a mistake. Underwater, Bruce looks like a rubber turd. Still the VFX add scale and wonder...where the action sequences cannot.
Not a patch on the original (of course), more interesting than part 2, and a classic compare with 'The Revenge'. But then, what isn't?
