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Jaws 2 (1978)
Not as good as the first, but still pretty damn good.
While it's definitely not as good as the first film, which had a better story and a bit better flow to it, I think Jaws 2 really does stand out as a well-done sequel. They kept the same style of suspense from the first film and honestly I think at times it's more suspenseful. The way the score accompanies the scenes even though I know what happens from watching this many times, I still find myself at the edge of my site many times throughout. The cast does a great job, in my opinion. Roy Scheider really steals the show for me and he definitely portrays a more evolved version of Brody. He really does a great job of showing what kind of effect the events of the first film had on his mind and the film does have some good moments that delve into his psyche. There are moments where, even though I know another shark is out there, I can still see the others' point of view when they think he's just lost it, and he does clearly seem to be losing it at points.
It really is a shame that the rest of the sequels got as bad as they did. Although I always feel the fourth film kind of repaired some of the damage that Jaws 3D did, and it did have some strong moments (I thought killing off one of the brothers was brave until I remembered it was about some stupid "shark revenge" thing, and I still really like that moment that the other brother has with his daughter and how it parallels a similar scene from the first film between Brody and his youngest) it still wasn't that good.
Jaws 2 is definitely the best of the sequels but, for me, it's more than that. I think it was well done and well executed. Did it have its problems? sure. I feel they could have done a better job with some of the side characters, namely the city council. It was very clear they were just there to disagree with Brody. And the climax, while pretty good, isn't as memorable as the first film. But overall I think it's a fantastic film and I almost always watch it if it pops up on TV.
The TV Set (2006)
Decent for the most part, but disappointing.
I rather enjoyed most of the movie, although there didn't seem to be any character development at all. Maybe I missed it. the Suit from BBC seemed to have a good change, but that's all I saw.
And I did not care for the ending at all. As I watched this, I expected Klein to achieve his goal of making the TV pilot he wanted to make, and his version was great. The new version was horrible. But my main beef with the ending is that it just ended. I felt no sense of closure at all, and that's what you need to have a good ending. It's like the writers just ran out of things to put down so they decided to just cut to black right there.
I don't know. If there was a specific reason for that, or if it symbolizes something, please tell me what I missed.