10. Jaws III Isn't Part Of The 'Trilogy'
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the cinema, Universal decided to release another Jaws. The first is a stand out classic and the second, while ignominiously average, gets a pass because it gave us a tagline so memorable it can be used in articles over thirty years later. The third film, originally called Jaws 3D because stereoscopy likes to loop round periodically to give audiences headaches, had no such redeemable features. With none of the original cast returning (Roy Scheider realised it would be a good idea to fill up the coffers while he could) and a sharp decline in effects, it tells the preposterous story of a shark invading (in the worst piece of product placement in cinema history) Sea World. Jaws: The Revenge snuck up a few years later. Brody is dead and his widow is being haunted by a shark out for revenge. The plot is dumb and the effects poor, but what it goes down in history for is being the reason Michael Caine couldn't accept his first Academy Award (for Hannah And Her Sisters). Now, after sharks chewing people in their throats and roaring like lions, heres the ridiculous part. Jaws: The Revenge was billed as the final part of the trilogy, ignoring the 3D entry completely. Maybe because having the shark die at the end of that film meant it wasn't able to have "revenge". Because the original two never went for such a finite ending.