Of course because Jaws set the standard for summer blockbusters, if we remove it from 1975 we can't be sure of what the box office standards would have been since.

Actually, the promotional approach building up to the release of Jaws is predated by similar handling of The Godfather. A book that was a best seller, articles and reports from the set during production and conflicts.
The only difference is that Godfather was released in November, 1971.

I personally wanted to see Jaws reissued to the theaters, but the studios gave us a DVD upgrade instead. Maybe there's still room for an IMAX release?

As for Bruce, I wouldn't mind adding a metallic hook reflection to the inner edge of the pupils, though that effect may only apply to the much smaller Lemon Shark, in which case never mind, and a inverse eyelid that closes upward from the bottom of the eye when the jaws clamp shut on a bite, and this feature would be factual to the Great White, hence the phrase, "the eyes of the shark went white (on the bite)". It refers to the shark's inverse eyelids and a concurrent rolling-up of the eyes due to the pressure of the bite.

But not more than a couple of slight upgrades to that button eye look, and no changes otherwise.
The main star of Jaws is still the camera putting the viewer in the place of the shark for most of the picture, as well as the realism of most of the characters, production, editing and cinematography. That is technique.
No candy-ass cinematography in this Spielberg gem, though I wish I could say the same about a few of his other films (Jurassic Park *cough*. The t.v. shot zooming in on the kid in the window still sticks in my mind).
I'm also hoping War of the Worlds will be a return to Spielberg (Jaws) basics.

Creature features assumed A-list status only after Jaws. Till then they were B and C grade movies. Without Jaws changing the box ofiice and moviegoing habits forever, the creature features would never have been mainstream movies.

Well let's assume Jurassic Park did that. What do you think it would make now? I'd say around $245 million. Signs numbers.

Creature features assumed A-list status only after Jaws. Till then they were B and C grade movies. Without Jaws changing the box ofiice and moviegoing habits forever, the creature features would never have been mainstream movies.[/quote]

Well let's assume Jurassic Park did that. What do you think it would make now? I'd say around $245 million. Signs numbers.[/quote]

Use the MS-DOS analogy. If that were released today for the first time it would still have the same impact as it did in the 80's. The same with Jaws.

I think it would be quite big today. Maybe not Titanic big, but ID4 big for sure.

I think it would have resonated with audiences more than the overrated The Sixth Sense did, and I would definitely consider that to qualify as a phenom at the box office.

I think Jaws would be a phenom at the box office. Not Titanic phenom, but big enough to justify about a 350-400 mill gross. I think it would resonate with today's audiences and I think it would shock everyone just like it did back then. I think the cast would help out. Clint Eastwood as Quint would be the casting coup of the century.

To be honest, the internet world would tear this movie to shreds and dissect every frame of the movie and rip the FX apart and say how fake this is and how fake that it is and the dialogue is stilted and the acting is wooden.. We were a much kinder world and less cynical back in 1975...

Acting being wooden? Good luck BKB. The acting is top notch in teh picture, and plus I am talking about it with the new cast.

I've never seen Jaws, so I'd probably see it if it was re-released. My sister absolutely hates the movie though.. she said it was really cheesy and boring.

One thing you are all forgeting...

If released nowdays, it'd most likely get the R-rating....

Nah, more like a PG-13. There is some gore, but it honestly isn't quite hard enough for an R. The MPAA is really soft on violence. Junior can watch a guy get killed by a shark, but god forbid he sees a boob.

With a new picture, the movie would have come out totally different.

Jaws mainly became a classic with Sprielberg and Bruce the shark making lots of mistakes that caused the movie to be changed on the spot.

Today, 2005 Jaws wouldn't be a movie that would hold a candle to the 1975 Jaws.

Hmm, I don't know...It does have a kid eaten by the shark, even if not shown explicitely...such stuff doesn't go well with the MPAA...

RotS has one of the hero characters slaughtering a bunch of cute little kids, even if not shown explicitly.

Remember also that Jaws was based on a best selling novel by Peter Benchley that was a phenomenon in its own right and that helped the hype that made the movie big.

I mean like lets say the Da Vinci Code is big next year and someone 20 years later asks if it had been released 20 years later would it be as big. They might miss the point that the book is a major factor in the hype for da vinci. The same was true with Jaws, it helped push it.

Star Wars has always been a privileged franchise when it came to MPAA ratings. Besides that, it's too far away from reality, being fantasy and such.

The acting was fantastic and the thing of it is, is that back then, we didn't have the internet to dissect every frame of a movie and throw our opinions around and were less cynical like we are today.. Today's audience would have a field day with this and rip the shit out of it, new cast or not..

What would be there to rip BKB? I'm talking about re-releasing, I'm talking as though it was a brand new release with cast involved. ](*,)

What would a movie like Gone With the Wind or Star Wars make today if they were released? hmm.... I'm sure they wouldn't hit $1 billion like the inflation numbers suggest...

Now see?? I was under the impression you were referring to if JAWS were never made back in 1975 and the idea was conceived today, in the present and exactly as we see it on DVD now instead of a CGI Shark which is probably what they would use.. I think MEG will end up being CGI with HOPEFULLY some practical FX thrown in, a scale model of this thing perhaps.. I just hope they take their time making it and not rush it for a 2006 release since they just started it like 3 months ago..