I was only 6 when this came out and could not see it in theatres. I was not a happy kid..ha. So I would like to revist that memory through you. What was it like to see this in the theatres? Thanks so much!
shareI was pretty young when I saw it in 3-D at the movie theater and I remember loving it. I think it was the first 3-D movie I ever saw. I remember covering my face and ducking when Mike is shooting the dart at the baby shark and it shows the dart coming right towards you.
shareI was ten years old. My big sis and I went for a matinee at in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I must say, then and now, that it was the most fun I've ever had at the movies. The 3D effects were seriously amazing right from the beginning. I was ducking out of the way half the time or reaching at something. We had a blast and must have watched it several times in the theater. Funny thing is, I went and saw Piranna 3d back in 2010 thinking I could capture the magic of Jaws/1983 and was seriously pissed off at what passes for 3D these days. Jaws 3 will always hold a special place in my heart. How can you not love a mechanical shark that bull-rushes everything from glass to solid steel enclosures?
shareI saw this with my dad when I was 7. It was a lot of fun. Although, my dad was a glasses wearer and had to wear the 3-D glasses over his regular glasses which he complained about endlessly. I'm 40 now and he still brings that up any time the topic of 3-D is brought up.
Anyway, because of the original Jaws I was a huge shark nut from the time I can remember. Because of this, the first (and last) family vacation we ever took was to Orlando Florida when I was 6. We went there because they were debuting the shark encounter then. But unbeknownst to us, they were filming Jaws 3-D when we were there. They had a mock up of "Bruce" on display and the underwater tunnel pod in the movie was partially a real exhibit at Sea World that we couldn't go on because it was closed for filming. It was quite an experience and it blew my 7-year-old mind, for sure.
As far as the 3-D of the movie is concerned, the very end sticks out in my mind. But the scene that I remember most from seeing it in the theater is when Shelby Overman's corpse floats up in front of the exhibit window. It had nothing to do with the 3-D, it was just freaky.
I remember that the image wasn't as clear as I expected but some of the 3D FX were OK.
I still have the 3D glasses.
"Say it with flowers . . . give her a Triffid."
I was a teenager and saw it, and several other 3D movies that came out then. I remember not liking or hating the movie, but felt the 3D effects were poorly done and cheesy. Friday the 13th Part III had probably the best 3D effects for that time.
Had a bit of a teen crush on Bess Armstrong at the time, making Jaws 3D easier to watch. Though her character is a bit serious, she was definitely a cutie back then.
The line was very long... show after show.... People definitely waiting in lines around the corner. Every seat taken.
i remember big exclamation the first time there was some goofy 3D stuff popping out of the screen, then it kinda died down as the film progressed.... When the big fin first appeared during the water-skying... the crowd burst into applause. (the shark was kind of like Jason, at this stage in our culture, where you are kinda rooting for him (her)).
Pretty sure lots of good natured laughs, when Louis Gossit was like, "you telling me this mutha has a mutha!?" or whatever the line was.
Big audience applause for the dolphins attacking the shark, then again when the dolphins appeared in the last shot.
Thats all i remember, except for my little step brother crying as soon as the opening credits appeared, and his mom had to take him out, and the audience laughed at him. Literally, everyone laughing at him.
I remember seeing this at the Odeon Cinema (Middlesbrough, UK) in 1983 with my Auntie. I was 11 at the time, and had already seen the first 2 JAWS movies on TV & video, beforehand. We had some time to kill, before the movie started, so we had a browse in WH Smiths, and I was looking at the album cover for this movie (which hyped me up even more for the movie ahead) The cinema was quite packed out, and although it wasn't as outright scary as the first two movies, I still enjoyed it a lot.
I also remember that the 3D glasses were the dark type lens that cinemas use now (not the red/blue or red/green type used before and later in cinemas)
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Even as a 13 year old, I didn't like this movie when I saw it at the theater. My sister and I just came away laughing it was so god awful.
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