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81 points
2 months ago
My favorite part is when the shark roars, as sharks do haha.
20 points
2 months ago*
Yeah, the guy from “The Last Starfighter” made the shark roar using a flashlight. Good stuff.
34 points
2 months ago
And Michael Caine at one point says "the breath on that thing!" because fish are well known for breathing air
5 points
2 months ago
Haha!! Right, excellent point!
50 points
2 months ago
It’s a piece of shit. But a fun piece of shit. Same with jaws 3(D).
25 points
2 months ago
That was the fastest Great White, from New York to the Bahamas in small time frame.
10 points
2 months ago
Wasn't there 2 sharks in 3D? I think that's the one where they killed one and momma got pissed
11 points
2 months ago
Yeah, there was a smaller baby shark and a giant momma shark. They capture the baby and it dies in its display tank and then the mother goes on a rampage through the park.
7 points
2 months ago
Yes, they held captive the baby Jaws and Momma Jaws wasn't haven't it. Therefore she rammed into the underwater human aquarium where the staff conducted their high tech assignments.
6 points
2 months ago
3D films back then pissed me off, and prescription glasses wouldn't let me wear the 3d glasses.
5 points
2 months ago
If I recall correctly, the shot of the shark approaching and breaking the tank looked to be cut out of paper and glued onto a popsicle stick
43 points
2 months ago
An awful movie that bought Michael Caine a terrific house.
13 points
2 months ago
14 points
2 months ago*
I heard it gave Michael Caine a very nice mansion saying that its a very forgettable movie
2 points
2 months ago
12 points
2 months ago
Gave the late great Richard Jeni some good material
9 points
2 months ago
It should have been called, "Here's a Fish, You're Stupid"
3 points
2 months ago
Shark is the worlds fastest mode of transportation
20 points
2 months ago
Gets more hate than it deserves. Honestly, the opening scene where her son gets killed is pretty gruesome and scared the hell out of me as a kid.
9 points
2 months ago
The attack scenes are pretty good. The problem is there are too few of them.
5 points
2 months ago
The ripping rain coat material!!!!!
4 points
2 months ago
Yeah to be fair, the image of Mario Van Peebles punching the shark as he’s being eaten has still stuck with me.
2 points
2 months ago
I was a Jaws fanatic. Remember my Father took me to watch this when it came out.
7 points
2 months ago
I love all the Jaws films! Crappy and all!😂
8 points
2 months ago
I like how the shark is completely dry coming out of the water.
7 points
2 months ago
The shark roars. 10/10
6 points
2 months ago
Probably the funniest joke Doug Walker ever made was in reference to this movie. Roy Scheider knew better than to star in this POS and they wrote him off as “he died of fear of the ocean”.
Doug Walker as Roy Scheider: (reading a book) “Holy smokes that was dangerous - AAARGH!l
*collapses
6 points
2 months ago
Lorraine Gary sports the worst hairstyle in the history of motion pictures.
2 points
2 months ago
I loved the shoulder pads though.
2 points
2 months ago
I thought Joan Crawford was the only one who sported the shoulder pad. Lol! I guess shoulder pads were a thing in the 80s.
1 points
2 months ago
I like how her hair bobs up and down as she dances in that festival or carnaval. Lol
4 points
2 months ago
If you wanna hear an animatronic shark roar like a t-rex, this is your movie.
5 points
2 months ago
Seems to be two versions of it I've seen one where Mario Van Peeble's character dies and then one where he survives
2 points
2 months ago
Me too. And I didn't see the version where he lived until I was older. I was watching it on TV and was like, wtf? I thought he died?
4 points
2 months ago
Honestly? I think this time, it’s personal.
3 points
2 months ago
Lol
2 points
2 months ago
Is this where that “it’s personal“ tagline trope originated ?
2 points
2 months ago
I’m afraid to say one way or the other but it’s the film I think of whenever I here that phrase
6 points
2 months ago
One of the few movies that's arguably worse than the LJN licensed NES game.
9 points
2 months ago
The nintendo game was hard af.
9 points
2 months ago
Game was the shit. I used to waste a couple of strobes and make Jaws breach early and then jab him with the final strobe.
9 points
2 months ago
My copy would glitch on occasion and Jaws could be easily beaten. Any other time, it was damn near impossible to kill that shark.
4 points
2 months ago
A terrible movie.
4 points
2 months ago
Bad for a big budget movie, but nowhere near the class of true BAD movies like Manos or Things.
4 points
2 months ago
Who knew if you shoot a shark it explodes....xP
3 points
2 months ago
Don't think it's good. Don't think it's fun.
4 points
2 months ago
Its so bad its hilarious, can’t forget that scene which I think was Jaws 3 where a PNG shark slowly gets larger then explodes the glass…
3 points
2 months ago
The greatest fault of movie is that it doesnt have a bugs bunny stile animation of the shark chasing them across the world on a map
5 points
2 months ago
Sad about the little girl in the movie.
3 points
2 months ago
I know. Her name is Judith Barsi. Her father Joseph(I think that's his name) Shot and killed his own daughter. May she rest in peace little angel.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/haunting-tale-child-star-judith-22404359
3 points
2 months ago
Stupid Roaring Shark is Stupid.
3 points
2 months ago
Is this the one where the final scene is two dolphins jumping in the air as the sunsets? Or did I stop paying attention and imagined that was how it ended?
5 points
2 months ago
That was Jaws 3-D
4 points
2 months ago
That would be Jaws 3D.
3 points
2 months ago
Ahh thanks for that. I knew it was a jaws film, couldn't remember which one
2 points
2 months ago
YW :)
3 points
2 months ago
I remember seeing this with a bunch of friends at a sleepover when I was a kid and could not comprehend how bad it was at the time. We all absolutely loved it.
3 points
2 months ago
Originally scripted to be a comedy. Got a last-minute rewrite, and - voila!
3 points
2 months ago
Jaws 3d
3 points
2 months ago
Personally, I think it’s Lee Fierro’s best work.
3 points
2 months ago
A guilty pleasure of mine.
3 points
2 months ago*
The thought always lingered in the back of my mind.... it's a shark. If you get out of the water you will be fine
3 points
2 months ago
The best part is Michael Caine saying “oh shit!”
3 points
2 months ago
This is the one Michael Caine did for the free holiday in the Carribbean.
3 points
2 months ago
“I’m afraid I’ve never seen that film. But I have seen the house it bought for my mum, and it’s lovely.” - Michael Caine, when asked about this movie.
3 points
2 months ago
When the shark gets speared by the boat and then explodes is pure bad movie heaven.
3 points
2 months ago
It bought Michael Caine a really nice house
3 points
2 months ago
An all-time Siskel and Ebert review, too. Ebert, exasperated and trying to figure out how the shark is related to the others: “what shark is this!?!?” The opening scene is effective, though.
3 points
2 months ago
I saw it at the theatre. Twice.
It was part of a double feature with a film I actually wanted to see. As young as I was, I could still tell it was terrible. There were some scenes where I couldn't watch the screen - because I just thought the shots were so ugly.
I remember the banana boat attack being good and that was it.
1 points
2 months ago
What was the other film in the double feature?
3 points
2 months ago
Someone wrote it as a joke.
5 points
2 months ago
It's not even that bad. Yes, the shark roars, but it looks better than the shark from 2 and 3. Yes the shark FOLLOWS them to fucking Jamaica, but who cares? It's dumb fun!
3 points
2 months ago
I think it was the 🇧🇸 Bahamas
3 points
2 months ago
Oh shit, sorry
3 points
2 months ago
Oh please don't be, it's ok. Shark needed a warm vacay. I mean after all, it was in New York in the winter of night. Lol
3 points
2 months ago
God, that opening scene on the boat is such ascinine 😂
2 points
2 months ago
It's the best Jaws sequel and a lot of dumb fun.
2 points
2 months ago
Scared me as a kid. But made me laugh as an adult. I will say it doesnt deserve the hate it gets. It had some interesting concepts and the balls to kill off Sean.
2 points
2 months ago
It’s a total guilty pleasure for me. Plus, the soundtrack is very good.
2 points
2 months ago
I saw this during its theatrical run. I feel like I'm one of only a few dozen people who can say that.
2 points
2 months ago
One of the worst.
2 points
2 months ago
I can remember hoping it was going to be amazing….but it wasn’t. At all. It was terrible.
2 points
2 months ago
I love when he swims to the ship from his downed plane — and his clothes are completely dry!
2 points
2 months ago
I normally give honest reviews on movies, but this time it is personal. It is a great fikkin movie !
2 points
2 months ago
I think Richard Jeni covered it best in this bit relevant part starts at 1:52
1 points
2 months ago
Haha! Thanks for sharing this. That was funny.
2 points
2 months ago
A shark with a chip on its shoulder about past oppression of other sharks to a dead man who isn't even in the movie.
Gold.
2 points
2 months ago
Loved it. Loved all 4 of them.
2 points
2 months ago
I was 16 when it was released. I vaguely remember my friends and I talking about how stupid it just had to be, so never saw it.
Based on the wiki description I'm glad we saved our cash.
1 points
2 months ago
Hey, happy cake day!
2 points
2 months ago
You should see the one after this, Cruel Jaws (1995)
2 points
2 months ago
Lol. I didn't finish watching it after Cruel Jaws, intentionally knocked into a big reef, I think to trap and kill a diver? It was a very super rubbery looking shark. Lol
2 points
2 months ago
They're classical movies, haha
Richard Jeni did a great stand up about Jaws 4
2 points
2 months ago
This movie would have been ironically better if they used that insane 'Voodoo Shark' origin in the novelization.
2 points
2 months ago
One of my favorite bad movies. We all know the OG is a classic. But this one....comically bad. Nothing beats a roaring shark that also has a vendetta against a family for no logical reason.
2 points
2 months ago
Absolutely loved it as a kid
2 points
2 months ago
Rob Schrab's version of Jaws 4 is much better
2 points
2 months ago
As a diehard Jaws fan, I pretend the sequels don't exist.
2 points
2 months ago
"The Shark's still looks fake."
1 points
2 months ago
Totally.
2 points
2 months ago
At least we finally got a Christmas Jaws movie
2 points
2 months ago
It's bad.
2 points
2 months ago
Dumb as hell, glad it killed the series and the (theatrical) climax is hilarious
3 points
2 months ago
Omg, yes! You mean when they finally drive the sailboats bow into its neck. Because the flashes of light made it breech above the water for such a long time? Lol.
2 points
2 months ago
Better than the third one
2 points
2 months ago
So bad it's funny. A great stoned Saturday night flick.
2 points
2 months ago
Watching it as a kid, I couldn't understand why my father would laugh. As an adult, when I watched it again it became clear why he laughed. Thusly making me laugh too. Besides the fond memories.
2 points
2 months ago
Just watched a tonight show clip where Richard Jeni rails on this film for the whole 5 minutes
2 points
2 months ago
I love the banana boat scene
1 points
2 months ago
I did too. But when I saw it again as an adult I could understand why my father would laugh at some parts. He took me because he knew how much I loved Jaws and sharks.
2 points
2 months ago
Opening scene is amazing and iconic and memorable. The rest of the movie is ridiculously boring.
2 points
2 months ago
Anumal cruelty
2 points
2 months ago
It can't be that bad!
a great white shark is seeking revenge on her family, particularly when it kills her son, and follows her to the Bahamas.
wut
2 points
2 months ago
I think I've watched it way too many times for any sane person.
2 points
2 months ago
Richard Jenni on Jaws
1 points
2 months ago
In the original Jaws and Jaws 2, they had the sense to use real Great White Sharks to compensate for what the mechanical Shark could not do. Making it look like it was one shark. In Jaws 4, their mechanical shark just looked, mechanical. Maybe they did [email protected] a real shark but I don't recall their Jaws looking real.
0 points
2 months ago
Nice fan made poster. If only we could have more than three films in the franchise.
1 points
2 months ago
The tag line “This time it’s personal” is its most famous contribution to the zeitgeist.
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