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Watched this last night and posted a review on the edit page. Thought I'd post it here too.
The only problem I see with this edit is that its intention is a little vague â most of the 3D is fixed, and the ending is changed, but itâs still corny and stupid; however, I canât say it isnât entertaining. I can understand that its purpose was to embrace the B-movie aspect. This was done well, but I guess what Iâm saying is that there are parts where it could be embraced even more.
Technical quality â 9/10 â well, the video quality was very poor, full of grain and blocky solids, but Iâm pretty sure this was the fault of the original DVD and not LS.
Editing â 10/10 â the color correction, for the most part, was very nicely done. Epic sound replacement. Seamless cuts.
Presentation â 10/10 â oh. My. Gosh. The extras. Ghost Shark was BRILLIANT. It didnât have a real clear story progression, but it was still brilliant. It was entertaining and emotionally engrossing. It may have been better if the end was more ambiguous, and if Ellen had somehow confronted the shark in her own mind and overcome her fear or something. But, man oh man, that build-up of paranoia and whatâs-real-whatâs-not was incredible. Then there was a set of interesting deleted scenes and a MAGNIFICENT documentary. Cannot recommend that enough, it probably is one of my favorite parts of the edit. LS, you did a splendid job keeping the docu entertaining and informative. I never got bored, I learned a lot, and it was a really fun watch. I wanted to get this review posted soon, so I didnât listen to the commentaries yet, but I have no doubt that they will be splendid. The cover art left just a tiny bit to be desired, but I wonât go into that in a review of the edit itself. Menus were very nice (great that you had scene selection even for the extras).
Entertainment â 8/10 â I never really finished watching Jaws 3. I watched about half of it and then never really got back to it. This time, I sat down and watched LSâs edit in one sitting without really getting bored at all. The opening flowed nicely, but the fact that it was in Amity and completely unrelated to the rest of the movie seemed kind of weird. Personally, I think the title sequence gave too much shark away â I guess you were trying to capitalize on the B-movie feel, but any and all mystery that could have been retained wasnât. One of the things LS said was that he was trying to keep the sharkâs presence less obvious so early on, and this was completely ruined by showing a huge, over-the-top shark montage during the opening credits. The rest of the film plays like a cheesy Jaws rip-off. I guess my problem with it was that it couldnât decide whether it wanted to be the next Sharksploitation Edit or whether it actually wanted to improve the film. But either way, it was entertaining, and I completely forgot I was watching a fanedit because the cuts were so smooth. The other problem with it is that it could have done with a few more [SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER] Octopus scenes to build up to that incredibly well-edited and corny B-movie climax that was a nice callback to the end of the Sharksploitation Edit [SPOILERS OVER]. I noticed the repeated octopus scenes, but my mind didnât really register that they were meant to be part of the plot for some reason. The re-edited attack on the scuba divers was cool, though, and I think this edit canât really be much better â I mean, the editing is completely perfect, and it really does feel like a very entertaining B-movie. I would give Disc One 8/10 and Disc Two 10/10, so that balances out to 9/10.
Overall â 9/10
Technical quality â 9/10 â well, the video quality was very poor, full of grain and blocky solids, but Iâm pretty sure this was the fault of the original DVD and not LS.
Editing â 10/10 â the color correction, for the most part, was very nicely done. Epic sound replacement. Seamless cuts.
Presentation â 10/10 â oh. My. Gosh. The extras. Ghost Shark was BRILLIANT. It didnât have a real clear story progression, but it was still brilliant. It was entertaining and emotionally engrossing. It may have been better if the end was more ambiguous, and if Ellen had somehow confronted the shark in her own mind and overcome her fear or something. But, man oh man, that build-up of paranoia and whatâs-real-whatâs-not was incredible. Then there was a set of interesting deleted scenes and a MAGNIFICENT documentary. Cannot recommend that enough, it probably is one of my favorite parts of the edit. LS, you did a splendid job keeping the docu entertaining and informative. I never got bored, I learned a lot, and it was a really fun watch. I wanted to get this review posted soon, so I didnât listen to the commentaries yet, but I have no doubt that they will be splendid. The cover art left just a tiny bit to be desired, but I wonât go into that in a review of the edit itself. Menus were very nice (great that you had scene selection even for the extras).
Entertainment â 8/10 â I never really finished watching Jaws 3. I watched about half of it and then never really got back to it. This time, I sat down and watched LSâs edit in one sitting without really getting bored at all. The opening flowed nicely, but the fact that it was in Amity and completely unrelated to the rest of the movie seemed kind of weird. Personally, I think the title sequence gave too much shark away â I guess you were trying to capitalize on the B-movie feel, but any and all mystery that could have been retained wasnât. One of the things LS said was that he was trying to keep the sharkâs presence less obvious so early on, and this was completely ruined by showing a huge, over-the-top shark montage during the opening credits. The rest of the film plays like a cheesy Jaws rip-off. I guess my problem with it was that it couldnât decide whether it wanted to be the next Sharksploitation Edit or whether it actually wanted to improve the film. But either way, it was entertaining, and I completely forgot I was watching a fanedit because the cuts were so smooth. The other problem with it is that it could have done with a few more [SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER] Octopus scenes to build up to that incredibly well-edited and corny B-movie climax that was a nice callback to the end of the Sharksploitation Edit [SPOILERS OVER]. I noticed the repeated octopus scenes, but my mind didnât really register that they were meant to be part of the plot for some reason. The re-edited attack on the scuba divers was cool, though, and I think this edit canât really be much better â I mean, the editing is completely perfect, and it really does feel like a very entertaining B-movie. I would give Disc One 8/10 and Disc Two 10/10, so that balances out to 9/10.
Overall â 9/10
