I've watched a lot of films this past month. Went through two franchises: Jaws . Began with Jaws in 1975, based on the novel by Peter Benchley, directed by Steven Spielberg and featuring that theme song of John Williams , just an alternating pattern of E and F notes, which won an Oscar, and now is the standard sound of sharks. There were three sequels, earning $800 million for the entire franchise. Only the original Jaws movie did well by Rotten Tomatoes , given a 97/90 scores by reviewers. However, the best shark film of all time was a Canadian documentary, Sharkwater Extinction , which got a 100 score. All about the illegal trade in shark fins. The other Jaws films got 62% ( #12 of all shark production s), 11% and 0% ( Jaws the Revenge in 1987 got this rating, and ranks #39, the lowest of all shark flicks ). In other words, don't bother to watch these sequels. On the other hand, I did stay for t...
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