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Not exactly as bad as I was expecting it to be, and I generally think it’s a much more entertaining entry than 2, even if I miss Scheider’s awesome presence. Don’t be mistaken, though, this isn’t a good film in any sense. It’s a mess, mainly relating to its ridiculous 3D visuals and its stupid shark effects, which take away any suspense or tension found in the first two. It’s a very campy film and indulges in just about every ’80s excess, with the cheap spectacle radiating off the screen. It’s surprisingly not remotely boring, though, and it’s a pleasant enough, enjoyable watch. I especially dug what Quaid brought to the role here, even if all the characters are written as thin as possible. Kinda shit still as a film, and maybe more so when you compare it to the original Jaws, but as itself, it’s an entertaining, trashy ’80s mess.
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Lol rep cinema in Toronto is getting out of hand. A lot of water skiing and dolphins in this one. Largely alternates between being insanely dull and amusingly weird, and has some atrocious FX work that circles back around to being fun. Better than the Jurassic World movies, I guess? [35mm] [3D]
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#21 See the shark in the poster? That’s Bruce, watching over us from what seems to be shark heaven. We can’t quite see his face, but my guess is he’s probably weeping. Do sharks cry, Bruce? We’re so sorry. Rest in peace, Bruce.. And rest in peace, the Jaws franchise.
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A movie involving a sea world shark attack and starring Dennis Quaid should’nt be this boring/uninteresting but here we are. Fascinating that there’s people out there who think this is better than Jaws: The Revenge. It’s not.
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Dennis Quaid says he was on cocaine for every shot he’s in, which is wild considering he drives a car, jet ski, and a scuba/sub thing in this movie.
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Jaws 3 is ridiculous but that doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy the heck out of it. A 3-D great white in a water park? With D. Quaid? And Louis Gossett Jr? And every adorable 80s cliche imaginable? And you get to see from inside the shark’s mouth as he swallows a guy? Sign me up for this lumbering beast of a ride. Jaws 3 and Friday the 13th Part 3 would make for an insane double watch. Typically for a double you want two peanut butter and jelly type flavors that are different textures but taste great together. These two films would be a hearty fluff sandwich. Sometimes a double dose of fluff hits the right spot.
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Oh Lordy, the sped up footage of the shark and poorly comped in underwater special effects. The British dude was so irritating. “Don’t do anything to traumatise him.” Um, maybe don’t try to keep him in captivity you absolute loon. The only horror here is SeaWorld. Jurassic Park but with a shark.
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I was rooting for the shark all the way in this one. Fuck these dumb humans.
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Rotten Tomatoes: 10% Metacritic Metascore: 27 IMDB: 3.7 35/100 Shark Week Mike Brody: “White sharks are dangerous. I know ’em. My father, my brother, myself. They’re murderers.” It’s hard for me to admit that this film actually scared me when I first saw it as an 8-year-old, mainly due to the cheapish 3D effect of Overmann’s arm lifelessly floating toward the screen when he is killed trying to fix the gate… lol. It’s definitely funny to laugh about it in hindsight because now I obviously see it for the total shitshow that it is and just view it in the context of being one of the best-worst films ever made. If you were around in 1983 and actually saw this…
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How was this ever demed acceptable to release
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Day 24 of monthly challenge: watch one movie per day that primarily has the Ocean as its setting. This is the first movie for this week’s double feature with the second movie being Vantage Point. Both films feature Dennis Quaid who was the random pick from the first movies cast and crew details to be the focus of this week’s double feature. Plot: SeaWorld finds itself dealing with a crisis when a giant great white gets trapoed in the park,…
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Even the Universal logo looks cheap… Perfect movie to doom-scroll on social media at the same time and not miss a thing.
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RRob O'Hara 8 月 23, 2026
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Not exactly as bad as I was expecting it to be, and I generally think it’s a much more entertaining entry than 2, even if I miss Scheider’s awesome presence. Don’t be mistaken, though, this isn’t a good film in any sense. It’s a mess, mainly relating to its ridiculous 3D visuals and its stupid shark effects, which take away any suspense or tension found in the first two. It’s a very campy film and indulges in just about every…
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Parfois je bois jusqu’à être Ivre mort, alors je vais en boîte pour oublier mon chagrin en étant évidemment saoul, puis je croise quelqu’un qui me rappelle que fut un temps, j’étais heureux. Tout cela me donne évidemment immédiatement envie de pleurer mais je ne peux pas puisque je suis entouré de beaucoup de mes amis, en rentrant chez moi je prendrais mon traitement qui a comme effet secondaire une sévère dépression ou qui fait que j’oublie parfois ce que…
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Non seulement tous les gens dans ce film ont le QI d’une huître (sauf la blonde) mais en plus j’ai jamais vu un requin aussi lent et nul de ma vie (sans parler des effets spéciaux de l’époque mdrr c’est trop pour moi)
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Je passe sur les mauvaises incrustations et fx parce qu’on est au début des années 80 (mais c’est degueulasse) Mais c’est quand même mal filmé (surtout sous l’eau), mal écrit (on comprend rien), mal éclairé (l’image est kitsch comme les années 80) et surtout mal joué. Et on voit quasi pas l’ requin.
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The effects are horrible, love it! Bring back making films in 3D please, please, please!
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Horror in 3D. Sind 3d zu viel
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There were a lot of moments towards the end where I just had to look away… Not because of the gore or anything, but because the CGI was atrocious. Pretty sure you can see the progress of the budget if this movie fade away as this movie goes on.
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Etwas so beschissenes zu erschaffen, ist aber auch besonders
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2.5* ses pas mal mais surtout la scene de la fin que j’ai aimer inconic
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the award for most boring shark attack ever created goes to
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MMae 8 月 22, 2026
Seaworld signed off on this?
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Atrocious
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This is easily one of the best comedies of the 80’s! The window scene was peak, and is seconded only by the sarynge scene. You HAVE to watch it in 3-D to get the full experience.
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This is only a Jaws sequel because the boyfriend of the main character is the son of the main character of Jaws 1 and 2 but putting that aside it is just a bad film. For most of its runtime I’d say it’s similar to Jaws 2, doing quick and fast kills where the shark pops in and out hiding rather than the long, tense sequences of the original. However, it begins to drop below Jaws 2 in the end…
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Many animals were harmed in the making of this movie and my eyes were harmed in the watching of this movie
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Funniest glass break in cinema history
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An all-round awfully done movie.
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Does this count as SeaWorld propaganda
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Lleo_hqt 8 月 20, 2026
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Jaws 3 struggles to recapture the magic of the original, with a ridiculous premise and some questionable effects making it a difficult film to take seriously. There are a few entertaining moments, but overall it’s a pretty underwhelming sequel.
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It’s been a long time since I’ve seen this, and with good reason given the reputation of this film being absolutely terrible. But is it? Sure, it severely tarnishes the Jaws name… But… 90% of the movie itself isn’t that bad. Ignore the hokey 3-D effects they shoehorn in whenever possible. Change the name to Sea World Shark Attack or Shark Park… etc etc. and perhaps history rewrites itself. The cast gives it their all, and until the really awful ending that is simply laughable… it held my interest. Not the worst shark movie I’ve ever seen, not by a long shot.
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worse than going to the doctor
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The CGI is so bad that you can still see the green screen actually bust out laughing at that one scene with the shark swimming close
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I was lucky enough to see this opening day, with the 3d glasses and all. I know it doesn’t work in non 3d, but in 3d on that summer day it worked gloriously. Even the famous shot of the great white busting through the glass in the control room was peak cinema. As they often say, you had to be there. I’ve been asking for a rerelease in 3d for 30 years so young film lovers can finally get the…
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I was blessed with the Jaws Lego set for my birthday and where Jaws and Jaws 2 got us through building the Orca boat, Jaws 3 got us through building the shark. Quite satisfying putting all the pieces together that shouldn’t work but somehow do to create an impressive looking great white. Speaking of pieces not working together… oh hey Jaws 3. Dennis Quaid is insufferable and needy. I always knew the characters weren’t great but this watch specifically I…
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Me encanta la pantalla verde y los efectos especiales
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Shamu couldn’t even save this movie.
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I forgot about how bad the “3D” and CGI was, actually laughable but I do love the concept of this movie
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quien fue el hijo d puta que se le ocurrio hacerla en 3D y encima poner a un animador sin titulo
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I had to watch this at some point. Went in with no other expectations than that this is a bad movie. Aaand it’s pretty bad. But not as terrible as I feared. It has its moments for sure. Some of the more intense scenes worked out well. When Brody has to get the boats and the skiers out of the lagoon. That was probably cool because we almost didn’t see the shark in that sequence. Most of the other scenes…
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How did we go from the first two films to this? I can’t believe it. Jaws 3-D feels more like a low-budget made for TV copycat than a true sequel. Going in on the 3D aspect when it was truly awful in the 80s is another mistake. I thought Dennis Quaid being in this would lend it some strength, but he appears young and inexperienced here. The fact that he is supposed to be Mike Brody is glossed over and…
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Could’ve been an email.
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Jesus 😭 Was curious cause it’s on AMC and yeah, this is ofc not good at all lol. And as a theme park person, it’s so interesting looking at this, but damn it’s also boring.
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i couldnt even hear the dialogue but im tired of these motherfucking sharks in this motherfucking ocean
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effetti speciali così real che mi sono ritrovata una scheggia di vetro nell’occhio
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too many good scenes from the 3-D experimentation
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the genre inches closer to its apex Deep Blue Sea. between a script by Richard Matheson, Mike Brody’s weirdly accelerated evolution into Dennis Quaid, dolphin v shark bias, and extremely hokey 3D madness, this should’ve been a lot funnier. ‘no grenades’.
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pure 80’s 3d gimmick in all its goofy glory!
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Jurassic Shark
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The shot of shark.png slowly moving toward the glass lives rent free in my head
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That CGI was diabolical.
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Je n’ai pas encore regarder le 2 ème opus mais le troisième je trouve qu’il a un peu gâché la saga et que les effets spéciaux sont pas ouf
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WTF. They could’ve let the shark live.
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Are you saying see the world or sea world?
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watched enough of this at a bar in Martha’s Vineyard for this to count. Dennis Quaid 1983 what a year
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This is a true story and don’t ask me why I know this, I refuse to discuss it.
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Sfido chiunque a non rompersi gli zebedei i primi 30 minuti di questo film, perché non succede assolutamente niente di niente. Non c’è più l’isola di Amity,ma c’è un parco acquatico della Florida, ma la storia è sempre quella, questo squalo è incazzato nero e alla fine salta sempre per area. Trovare qualcosa di positivo in questo film che fa letteralmente acqua da tutte le parti è una grande impresa. Un attore straordinario come Dennis Quaid che qui dovrebbe essere…
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They literally jumped the shark on this movie.
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This was made 6 years after star wars, by the way. The 3-D effects were hilariously bad.
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Jaws 3-D is one of those movies where you watch it and wonder, “How did we go from Jaws to this?” The original Jaws is a masterpiece. It has suspense, great characters, memorable dialogue, and a shark that feels genuinely terrifying because you don’t always see it. Jaws 3-D, on the other hand, feels like a cheap theme-park attraction stretched into a movie. The biggest problem is the 3-D. Instead of making the movie more immersive, it constantly feels like…
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best one
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N A D A a ver com os outros filmes, vamos fingir que não tem nenhuma relação!
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This is undeniably where the franchise took its fall. I watched all four movies on two different days back in 2021, and when I got to this one, it was a disaster of epic proportions. If I thought that movie was one of the worst of all time, I couldn’t imagine how much more worse Jaws: The Revenge would be.
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IM CRINE WHAT IS THIS MOVIE. so funny watching it without 3D glasses, made zero sense
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Un troisième épisode qui commence malheureusement à montrer les limites de la franchise. Le concept change complètement de décor en envoyant le requin dans un parc aquatique, ce qui aurait pu être intéressant, mais le film mise surtout sur son attraction 3D et sur le spectacle plutôt que sur la tension. Le décor de SeaWorld est pourtant une bonne idée. Un immense parc rempli de visiteurs, des bassins, des tunnels sous-marins et des installations techniques offrent énormément de possibilités pour…
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I dont care, this is peak. 🙌🏼 Absolute Cinema 🙌🏼
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Truly dreadful movie but part of me kinda loves it.
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Are we fuckin serious. Disgrace to the Jaws franchise
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BBen_Turnbull 8 月 14, 2026
the shark in this one was way ahead of its time when it comes to hating/doing terrorism on SeaWorld. they killed the shark for this back in 1983 but in the mid-2010s they would’ve rewarded it with a key to the city, possibly made it mayor or even governor. anyway, by far the worst Jaws movie
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I really don’t like shark films and this one was even worse. The 3-D effects feel incredibly dated and the whole film was just stressful and unpleasant to watch. It also felt much less interesting than the original.
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What’s worse, this film or Sea World? Just kidding, they’re both terrible. The effects are abysmal, the second half is boring and poorly executed, and I struggled almost as much to care about the characters as FitzRoyce struggled to get out of the way of the slowest shark attack in film history. It didn’t start off bad, aside from the awful 3D effects (since I watched without 3D capability), but for me, it really fizzled out. Though I will say that the final shark kill is a little bit cooler than Revenge.
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SSteveDee69 8 月 12, 2026
So bad. So very bad
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Era mala en su época y ahora es peor. Aún así, visualmente es más cine que muchas películas actuales.
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I feel like there wasn’t enough shark in the first half, and then in was just constant shark in the second, wanted it to be more even
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Me: “That guy’s arm is bending very unnaturally. I don’t think that’s a person; I think he’s a dummy.” My Nephew: “They’re all dummies.”
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It’s worth a watch for the explosion scene alone, funniest scene I’ve ever seen, it caught me so off guard that it’s engraved in my mind.🦈💥
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Who told the person who wrote the script that British people call their boss “gov’ner”? Cause we don’t. I promise.
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They jumped the shark by having the shark jump them (in 3-D!)
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This was somehow not awful but still pretty bad.
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Ни одређене цртане не смисле и не снима овако глупо ПА ШТА ЈЕ ОВО ХАХАХАХАХАХАХА
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my favorite part was when the shark broke through the window of the control room which was inexplicably located underwater
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Querido lector, ¿Tienes en mente alguna película buena de esa época que se haya estrenado en 3D, o no vale la pena pensar en eso? Jaws 3-D es la tercera película de la franquicia que impulsó el cine comercial de tiburones, pero sin contar con el equipo ni el elenco de las dos cintas previas; entonces Universal contó esta nueva historia a través de los futuros hijos de Brody, efectos chafa en 3D, y un tiburón increíblemente falso que ruge…
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Jaws attacks Sea World in bad 80s 3D It’s a devastating and poignant comment on sea life in captivity, maternal instinct and greed What more could you want
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RR.R. Wilding 8 月 10, 2026
Still haunted by the idea of being slowly crushed to death inside a 35-footer.
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the cgi of the shark smashing the glass was absolutely horrendous, even for 1983. i’ve seen movies made in the 60s and 50s with better special effects.
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The 80s 3D fad wrought this campy masterpiece, even if it wasn’t meant to be campy on its original release. Watch with this in mind, and you’ll add this to your “so bad it’s amazing” list.
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3D shark??, very bad and forced cgi, the story plot is also very forced to continue the previous story, it’s very strange and doesn’t connect
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Can the shark jump over itself? This paradox is one this movie bravely attempts to answer and the answer was that the shark will definitely try and it will be joined by dolphins and maybe even shamu bc in case you haven’t noticed this was entirely filmed at Seaworld orlando with their animals and their facilities!!! Book a vacation now! I think I would’ve liked it better in 3D
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ScorchFest the First Creatures of the Deep (5/2) What a crazy freeze frame for this movie to end on. I’m sorta surprised by how horribly rated this movie is. You’d expect for this to be offensively bad but it’s just sorta boring. Like sure, there’s a ton that doesn’t hold up here. It’s ironic because this movie isn’t racist, sexist, homophobic, uses any offensive painted skin tones, or even a slur. It ages horribly because, well, SeaWorld is a problematic…
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had to dowload this all just to review this absolute abomination of a movie. the absolute never to make the not even adult great white THIRTY FIVE feet long when an actual adult great white is usually around 15. there is such an impressive lack of thought put in to the actual design of the shark it’s astonishing how there is a whole separate documentary on the making of this film that i would rather rip my own spine out piece by piece than sit through.
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Extremely boring for over an hour. Then, it turns into an episode of The Benny Hill Show for about five minutes. Then it’s boring again. Then the movie ends. Also, probably the slowest, most lethargic shark ever. It would have probably died on its own if the movie had been 5 minutes longer.
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Denizaltı sahnesi ve son sahne WLDMPFMDPWMDPFMPSKWŞDMFKLA
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Me tiene tan dentro siempre.
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This movie was better when it was called The Meg Watched this the way God intended in 3D. This movie is entirely half baked and half assed which even during this second wave of 3D movies, there really aren’t many reasons to be watching in 3D. A lot of similar movies around the time that jumped on the 3D bandwagon would constantly find ways to shove things into the camera. The director never got the memo to do that. The…
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I refuse to believe this had a budget of $20M. Maybe it would’ve been better in a theater? It still should’ve been edited for later at home viewings though. The editing is fucking abysmal junk. I really wonder what a theater experience of this was like: the disappointment of another shitty Jaws film, the terrible editing (I’m assuming it showed through on 3-D viewings, but I don’t know how editing works so perhaps not?), the Brody bloodline plot armor, the…
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way better than jaws 2 when dennis quaid ate all those shrimp in the substance, he was thinking about his experience in jaws 3d “where the hell IS the nearest accessible exit? we’re underwater!!”
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An insult to the original masterpiece with the worst special effects ever seen in film.
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I liked it
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Again it’s just slop they were just milking the franchise
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ol faithful
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Jaws 3-D is a sequel with a concept that could easily be great, but fails in almost every way imaginable. This is honestly written and set up well for an idea of a third entry. We follow Brody’s kids and deal with their trauma revolving shark attacks and the ocean. The setting of SeaWorld is another layer that adds charm to this. But outside of some vibrant colors during the daytime sequences, this contains some of the worst visuals I’ve…
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I finally found the worst film ever made. This played nonstop on HBO back in the 80s and the effects were so bad I remember they unsettled me. I couldn’t look directly at it. I’ve now rewatched it as an adult and it amazes me how nothing in this movie works. It’s a jumbled mess but I wanted to so badly for it to be so bad it’s good. Instead it’s just sad bad.
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The Jaws series is so interesting because the story is ultimately so simple and so dumb. It really lets you sort of key in on the magic of a once-in-a-lifetime magic of a generational director, composer, and cast. Because here’s the thing: this movie is not nearly as bad as its reputation. It’s *competently* directed. The cast has some skills (I like Quaid in a lot of movies). The soundtrack is not a million miles away from what Williams does.…
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Funny moments, funny lines, funny special effects, everything else was okay. There wasn’t really a need for Jaws 3 but Cindy and Sandy stole the show.
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Wow, this is a serious childhood deep cut. The Jaws movies have always had a special place with me, from the highs of the original to the absolute chaos of Jaws 3-D. A shark attacking SeaWorld sounds like it should be a great setup, but the forced 80s 3D and technical limitations really drag it down. Not a good movie, but definitely a fun, campy watch. And somehow I was watching this as a kid. That explains a lot.
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The real SeaWorld horror story was waiting in the wings for 30 years before finally getting its spotlight… 🩸☠️ -pretty shit movie
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CCold_Rice 7 月 31, 2026
Typical B-movie in that it’s very boring until the last 30 minutes, which kind of rock. Was a bit weirded out when the woman kissed her boyfriend’s brother on the lips.
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watched in actual 3D (although the print was pretty rough. 3D didn’t really work sigh).
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They really wanted us to stress about whether or not it that dolphin made it in the end, didn’t they?
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I adore this movie. It’s unquestionably a step down from the previous sequel, but I’ve always found it really charming. It still blows my mind that this movie takes place and was filmed at literal SeaWorld and that they didn’t have to make up a fictional park to prevent any bad press. The setting is such a great touch, calling to mind Revenge of the Creature. I will never forget the first time I watched this, in college with my roommate.…
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As the series predictably falls off on the quality scale, #Shygirl’s attention span wavers. She’s still all in on shark action, regardless of how goofy or poorly shot it is, but the rest of it is “just okay”.
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Rreproved_daisy 10 月 6, 2020
Although the Sea World and 1980s settings had their charms, this was a much schlockier, trashier movie than its direct predecessor but it’s still moderately enjoyable on that level.
- Synopsis
- A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone.
- Director
- Joe Alves
- Writer
- Carl Gottlieb, Richard Matheson
- Studio
- MCA Theatricals, Universal Pictures, Alan Landsburg Productions
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1983
- Runtime
- 98 mins
- USA22 Jul 1983
- Germany09 Dec 1983
- UK16 Dec 1983
- France21 Dec 1983
- Brazil23 Dec 1983
- Japan31 Mar 1984
- UK23 Jun 2000
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