I know most people think the last Jaws movie is terrible but, it is a classic compared to this one. There are so many issues with this one and I want to point out some of the highlights or low-lights depending on how you look at it.1. Obviously anybody watching this movie is watching it for the shark but, they could have at least attempted to give some attention to the characters and stories. The only time this movie has your interest at all is when the shark is present. It felt like all the actors/actresses were just going through the motions but, you can't blame them when you consider what they're working with.2. Why was so much of the movie almost pitch black? I realize that it wouldn't be realistic for it to bright underwater, especially at night but, enough light to actually see what is happening would've been nice. There are many scenes where you might as well close your eyes since you can't make anything out. That includes most of the final 10 or 15 minutes and a scene early on that is not even in the water.3. As I stated earlier, you are watching because of the shark but, you don't really see much of it and it's too dark to actually see it most of the time it is on screen.4. This is not so much a complaint as an observation. Watch for a special effect shot at the end that is so bad, it's hard to believe it made it into the movie even if it was a 3-D shot. It's the next to last 3-D shot if I remember correctly.

*SPOILERS*A review of Jaws 3 minus the stigma of the -'D' attached to it's name. Do yourself a favor and forget about the tacky 3D effects that were intended for the theater, to be viewed on a huge screen, no less, in 1983.While admittedly not as good as part II, and most certainly nowhere near the level of the original Jaws (one of my all time favorites and among the best films ever made) - still, at least to me, Jaws 3 delivers in many areas. If you find yourself even somewhat agreeing with what I'm saying, why not continue reading and hear me out?Being a writer and having never actually seen this third installment until recently, I have to say, I was impressed with many aspects of it. From the story, to the pacing, the great sets and locations, and to the on-par acting performances. A young Dennis Quaid certainly performed well and met my expectations, as did the others. I enjoyed watching the grown up versions of the Brody boys; Michael and Sean. As if inheriting 'the Brody curse' from their father, the boys must hold up the certainly unwanted family legacy of dealing with rogue great whites. Although Mike has more or less recovered from the trauma, Sean, being the younger brother, has not.I have to admit, some of the scenes did actually freak me out, and they still do with further viewings. While nothing can compare with Quint being eaten alive in the first Jaws - or his amazing monologue about the Indianapolis - the scene in Jaws 3 where one of the characters is still alive inside of a 35 foot shark's mouth, desperately evading its chomping teeth, was near traumatizing for me. Partly because of that *CRUNCH* of crushed bone, but mostly due to my fear of sharks in general. But I can't let that stop me from enjoying a decent movie - which is just what Jaws 3 is - a decent movie if you can look past its graphical shortcomings. Besides, when you see the shots of the sharks that aren't in 3D, they're fine.One other thing I have to mention, is the level of tension I felt when the tourist group is escorted out of the facility through the underwater glass tunnel. My exact thought was: "Uh oh...holy crap...". And I love the first film, but the 35 foot mama shark in Jaws 3, about the size of a juvenile Megalodon, could eat the original 25 footer for supper.I even liked the cheesy ending. Say what you will about that, but I was relieved when both dolphins made it, because I thought for certain that one had not. And why shouldn't they cheer and celebrate considering what they just went through and lived. I know I would if I battled a shark for my life and finally succeeded in blowing it up by pulling the pin of a grenade stuck in its mouth, still held firmly in the hand of the last man who had been eaten. I'd be sad for my fallen comrades later, though, you can count on that. Probably about thirty seconds later...What I can't seem to figure out is why people try so very hard to negatively over-analyze and compare sequels to legendary originals, forming their decision on whether or not said sequel has something of creative value solely on the basis that if does not live up to the original, it is then deemed to be a terrible film that possesses no quality worth mentioning. I find myself in complete disagreement and disgust with that sort of excessiveness that pervades the internet, both as a creative writer and as a lifelong viewer of television and movies. You see, these are the people that egotistically and falsely believe that given the chance to write, direct, and star in a movie, it would absolutely turn out better than whatever movie it is they're currently dumping on. Now I'm not suggesting that you can't have an opinion - an opinion that could certainly be valid - but might I suggest that you look for what IS good rather than focusing purely on, in the case of Jaws 3's 3-D effects, what obviously isn't good.At this point in the review, I feel, if only to demonstrate that I'm not completely crazy in my liking of what I know is an underrated movie, that it might help to list a few other various films I enjoy: Fight Club, No Country For Old Men, The Men Who Stare At Goats, The Matrix, The Shawshank Redemption, The Last Samurai, The Green Mile, Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight, Lost In Translation, Predator 1 & 2, The Terminator, T2 Judgement Day, and many many more, including older gems like Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window - all of which I often add to a playlist that runs all night as I write. If you're a writer like me, you probably draw inspiration from wherever you're lucky enough to find it. I can't say that I was inspired by this movie, but it did enough for me to deserve a subtle nod.IMDb members have collectively given Jaws 3 a 3.6 rating. In factoring out the terrible 3-D effects, I'd rate it a 6.0, with Jaws 2 a 6.5, and the original a solid 8.5 - a half point higher than its current 8.0 rating.It would be amazing if all the bad 3D effects could be re-done so that Jaws 3 could be re-released in higher quality - or like in the case of fan edits of Star Wars - de-specialize the hell out of it into a more easily digestible version for the people who can't easily look past the film's most major flaw. It could even do for a total remake.On a side note, I can't wait until next year's MEG, set to release in early March 2018.

I actually find this plot to be very unique. Neither of the other two JAWS sequels are so distinguishable. They take place in open water and the shark destroys some boats. This one is in a whole different environment... Sea World. People are saying this plot is ridiculous except it's really not because having a live great white shark in captivity is every aquarium's dream. Sure the shark bashes through steel mechanized gates but is that really such a far leap from pulling apart an entire pier or pulling down those yellow barrels like the shark did in the first movie? Unfortunately everything positive I could say about this movie stops there.While the look of the mechanical shark improves with each sequel this one did a terrible job at showing it properly. Also there's a scene where the baby great white is attacking a sunken ship to try getting to some people but it's clearly a guy ramming a toy shark into a miniature ship prop. The baby also hardly ever moves its tail for some reason so it looks like its just drifting in the water. The effects have their moments but they're mostly cheesy and laughable.The acting is uninspired and none of the characters are really memorable. There were times where I was like "oh yeah... THAT guy exists..."Every time I saw the shark fin rise to the surface and heard that iconic music playing it felt like the director was just saying "Oh! I get to make a JAWS movie! That means we need lots of these shots!" There was no tension to those shots like there was in JAWS and even a little in JAWS 2.It's bad but I've seen worse. The only reason I gave it a 4/10 instead of a 2/10 is because I didn't take the film very seriously so I got some good laughs out of it.

By now the series had descended into laughability, something at a high with this cheesy 3D take on the killer shark theme made to cash in on the short-lived 3D craze of the early '80s. Immediately we're bombarded with those blocky yellow titles that fly out of the screen and get to watch lots of things fly out at us throughout the film's course. Objects include jets of water, a harpoon, the inevitable shark and my favourite, a cheesy severed arm which lingers on the screen for minutes. None of these are as much fun as they were in, say, Friday the 13th Part III. All of these effects are made hilarious by the bad special effects, which are so unrealistic that it looks like little, if any of the film was actually filmed underwater at all! The link with the previous films is so tenuous that you have to wonder just why they bothered at all to associate it with them - surely a clean break would have been a better bet? This time Dennis Quaid plays the far too-young hero, and it's hard to believe that he went on to quite a successful career after his bad performance here. At least he isn't alone, as just about all of the cast are stupid and unconvincing in this film - with the possible exception of an under-used Louis Gossett Jr, who is pretty cool as the chief of the theme park who has to face up to the consequences of his playing with nature.The people are a clichéd bunch as per usual - there's the clean-cut girl, the "risky" younger brother who gets himself in trouble, two imported British actors as a pair of hunters who plan to trap the shark, plus loads of forgettable youngsters who fade from the memory the instant the film finishes. The plot is merely a string of clichés, and you can pretty much guarantee that what you see here has been done before - there's even a group of people being trapped in one location with time running out, a disaster movie staple if ever there was one. The rubber shark is overused here too, making it unrealistic and in places ludicrous.The whole idea of a complex being attacked by sharks is done a lot better in the recent hit thriller DEEP BLUE SEA, which at least doesn't take itself too seriously and remains frequently exciting. Exciting is about as far as you can get from JAWS 3, which also totally fails to build up any suspense that its predecessors sustained - here, at the climax, you just think "that's it?" instead of sitting back in satisfaction with the previous two films. You may think that the idea of a mother shark coming back to avenge the death of her young is a clever one, but go back twenty-three years previously and you'll notice it was already done in GORGO anyway.But perhaps I'm being too harsh. Whilst bad, JAWS 3 isn't quite the worst film ever made. Some scenes are cool - I loved the close-up of the slimy, worm-infested mutilated head we see in one instance, which undoubtedly helped to earn this film a 15 certificate. It's also watchable on a schlocky level, and sometimes reaches the level of bad '70s disaster flicks like METEOR and others. The best I can say about this film is that it's rarely boring (only at the beginning, which takes half an hour to start). You may think that things couldn't get worse after this, but JAWS: THE REVENGE followed four years later...