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JAWS on Blu-ray August 14th, 2012
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John Milius has a knack for those kind of things
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Starsunder
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It's one of those movies that I can literally watch every fucking day and not tire of it. Just so good.
And dat John Williams score. <3
And dat John Williams score. <3
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Me neither
YOU ARE DEAD TO ME!
Well, not dead. This explanation is always good for many movies. All is well.
Barkley's Justice
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In glorious 480p.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Cool, got a bit nervous for a sec there
In all fairness, I should definitely give it another watch, I have not seen it in like 8 years and my taste in film has changed a lot since.
Edit: sorry for my English lol.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Cool, got a bit nervous for a sec there
In all fairness, I such definitely give it another watch, I have not seen it in like 8 years and my taste in film has changed a lot since.
Intentionally made that post that way to mess with ya. All in good fun.
Time for me to confess: 2001 bores me to death. I love the visual aspect of it and understand its importance and significance, but I just have no desire to ever watch it again. Well, perhaps a watch soon to see how time has changed my perception of it. It has been about 7 years since I saw it last. Different strokes for different folks.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
That is understandable, but still doesn't mean E.T isn't awesome. Picking a Spielberg top 10 is hard.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
I hope you enjoy it. Now, that is one of my favorites, but I completely understand someone being bored by it or even hating it. It definitely not an easy watch to many people.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
The film is gorgeous, and visually holds up exceptionally well. Maybe I was just never in the right mood when I watched it, but I have tired many times over the years.
Another movie I am tempted to give another try is Heat. I hated it each time I saw it, but it has been about 15 years since the last time, so my opinion on that might change too.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
They've also delayed the blu release of Empire of the Sun and haven't given a new date.
Universal have put out a 100th Anniversary edition of Schindler's List on DVD. I've emailed them asking what the fuck is going on with the blu version.
Universal have put out a 100th Anniversary edition of Schindler's List on DVD. I've emailed them asking what the fuck is going on with the blu version.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Probably next year. We get Jaws, ET, and Indiana Jones on blu all within a few months. That is a damn impressive amount of Spielberg to get this year. They don't want to blow their entire wad, even if it being Universal's anniversary would be the perfect reason to release Schindler's List.
Ninja Scooter
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when the hell is the solo Jurassic Park BluRay supposed to come out too?
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Well they already said earlier this year that Schindler's List would get a release. I'm just trying to make sure they weren't being sneaky and meaning another dvd release as opposed to blu.
GIMME MA SCHINDLER AND MUNICH.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Soon, Sculli. Soon. There are still a lot of the Bearded One's films to come to blu.
They need to give JP the Jaws treatment. The current BRD sucks shit. Hopefully the 3D version is better.
This movie put my whole family to sleep! It was in the middle of the day too. Mom, Dad, and sister all sleeping. I was also struggling a bit. What a ......... plain movie. I was a little disappointed. That was years ago, so I might like it a bit more nowadays, but I just have no interest in it anymore.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Not really. A lot of the main ones are already out or are hitting this year. Not like I'm hanging out for Always or Amistad.
Hell, even 1941 is already on blu.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Catch Me if You Can has yet to hit. Right?
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Yep.
But otherwise, off the top of my head we already have/are getting this year:
Indy trilogy
Jurassic Park
JAWS
Empire of the Sun
Saving Private Ryan
A.I
Minority Report
Hook
E.T
Close Encounters
War of the Worlds
1941 (lulz)
Tintin
War Horse
The only others that I'd actually care about are Schindler, Munich, Catch Me If You Can and Duel.
Don't need Always, Amistad, The Terminal or The Color Purple.
Still haven't seen The Sugarland Express, so I don't know what I'm missing there.
A bit torn on the Blu-Ray. Restoration looks incredible, as does the overall package.
But Jaws is on a short list of movies I can't see again, because I'm too scarred by it: Quint's death. I've been traumatized by it for a good 20 years (probably the last time I saw it). I have the film still nearly memorized from all the times I'd seen it as a kid, but his shrieking, bloody death is up there with the knife scene in Private Ryan for me. I just can't do it. I still recall it at random times and wince. (Thanks, Spielberg.)
But Jaws is on a short list of movies I can't see again, because I'm too scarred by it: Quint's death. I've been traumatized by it for a good 20 years (probably the last time I saw it). I have the film still nearly memorized from all the times I'd seen it as a kid, but his shrieking, bloody death is up there with the knife scene in Private Ryan for me. I just can't do it. I still recall it at random times and wince. (Thanks, Spielberg.)
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Mixing up your Spielberg WWII films.
Challenge accepted!
Jaws
Close Encounters
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Schindler's List
Munich
Empire of the Sun
Jurassic Park
Saving Private Ryan
Poltergeist
Temple of Doom
Are you serious? You need to revoke your Spielberg fanboy card. Surgarland Express is fantastic, and one of Spielberg's most important films. His first true theatrical film (not counting Duel which was made for tv originally) and the origin of his partnership with John Williams.
Yeah, that's always fun to see. It separates the wimpy networks from the cool ones.
I still wonder if the MPAA regrets handing the film a PG rating. There is no way in hell that it would get anything short of an R these days.
Yes they can be revised if resubmited to the MPAA. I don't see why they would though.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Catch Me If You Can comes out this December.
And SL came out in '93, so next year they can slap on the 20th Anniversary header.
And SL came out in '93, so next year they can slap on the 20th Anniversary header.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
It's a good one.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Umm..
He basically ghost directed Poltergeist. It is far more his direction than Tobe Hooper.
And you sir are banned from talking about Spielberg till you go see Sugarland Express! Go get the DVD asap.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Considering that Spielberg came up with the story, produced it, edited it, storyboarded it, co-wrote the screenplay and directed several of the scenes without Hooper's involvement, he should at least get co-director status.
Just watching it feels like an early Spielberg movie. Only thing missing was Williams music(although Jerry Goldsmith is no slouch, either)
Just watching it feels like an early Spielberg movie. Only thing missing was Williams music(although Jerry Goldsmith is no slouch, either)
He very likely directed a majority of the movie. He was even telling Hooper how to direct his scenes. The actors said they got the direction mostly from Spielberg, not Hooper. He even got in a bit of trouble with the directors guild over it at the time.
Spielberg will never, ever admit to it, though, since he's so in love with the idea of the director being the sole director on a project (and, of course, the legal implications involved with that kind of thing). Unfortunately for him, Tobe Hooper has had such a long history of self-destructive tendencies that it's never going to hold water.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Well, shit.
Yeah, wasn't it nice of them to put it in that video previewing this year's releases only for them not to mention it once the rest of the year? Well, at least it exists, unlike the Munich blu-ray, so I suppose we should give them some credit.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Nope. I don't think it does exist. It was in their shitty 100th Anniversary reel because they're doing a release of the Universal 100th Anniversary DVD Edition of the film.
Dead Man Typing
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The 25th anniversary DVD had a BBFC rating of 12 instead of the PG it had previously. But I believe that was due to the F-bomb being dropped in one of the out-takes (Brody's gun doesn't fire, Roy gets angry at prop). The scene may have been included just to give the film the certificate it probably deserves.
The main feature has a lot of blood plus some bad language and silhouetted nudity. Not to mention the fact that it is a really tense and scary film. My mum always tells the story of how scared she was watching it in the cinema and a kid sitting behind her saying "Daddy, that lady's scared" during the opening scene. I always watched the uncut version as a kid, when I was around the age of 4. I never found the blood to be terrible, just kind of educational. Something like Donovan's transformation at the end of The Last Crusade was a lot more terrifying to me than anything you saw while watching Jaws.
Jaws is probably a bit tame by today's standards and doesn't really scare you while you watch it, but then you go to the beach...
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
I wonder if the gunshot is still censoring the word 'bitch' in this cut.
Oh wow. I think we've been had. That's really deceptive of them. Why wouldn't the blu-ray at least be in the pipeline? What are those guys doing over there?
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
I don't know. Hopefully we get it next year as part of the 20th Anniversary of the film.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
My man.
Secret: I think I almost want Munich on blu more than Schindler. Spielberg's best looking film and I just know it would look absolutely SUPERB on blu.
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