Sadly, the JAWS franchise was no exception to this trend. Typically, a sequel was a quickly-made, lower-budgeted knockoff designed to squeeze a bit more nostalgia-loosened cash from audiences before a property died. In the 1970s, it was a very rare sequel that equalled, let alone surpassed its parent film, with “Godfather 2” (1974) being an arguable exception.
While the first film is a true cinematic classic, the other three films in the series have been a case study in diminishing returns. “JAWS” created the summer event movie a phenomenon that continues to this day, even through the leaner, meaner COVID years of movie-attendance. As longtime readers of this site may already know, I’m a huge fan of “JAWS” (1975), which is ( in my opinion) the greatest Steven Spielberg movie ever made.
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