ulrichburke
And that is it might have been a cheesy rip-off of Jaws - but then there's any number of those around, without Jaws we wouldn't have Sharknado, or Sharktopus, or Sandsharks, or........!! - but it was a very successful cheesy rip off of Jaws. Look at the IMDB figures. Less than a million to make, made 3 mil. worldwide. So it made nearly 4 times its money. That's not a bad return. I've seen lots of better reviewed films here that didn't make 4 times their investment. I wonder if anyone could do a list of the most profitable films in terms of money received over money they cost to make, rather than just how many millions they made, forgetting the millions they COST to make? I think a well-researched list would be very interesting, would have a LOT of Oriental movies in it (because there's a LOT of Orientals who watch films - Mandarin is, after all, the most widely spoken language in the world -) and would highlight a lot of movies people otherwise wouldn't have heard of. In a list of money-received-over-money-spent movies, I wonder what the top 10/number 1 would be?? I'd be fascinated to find that out (even though it could well be Blair Witch.... or not!?!)Chris.
Star&Stripes
My Art:two for Hellmann http://i.imgur.com/xZTLZk4h.jpg , http://i.imgur.com/Vt9K3Yrh.jpg I want ask to producers a question,listen: If they will make a sequel of the level of previous Jaws(but the first one) and Tentacles, so JAWS 5 and Tentacles 2... WHERE YOU WILL GO immediately? I believe Jaws 5 will be a flat,little chic movies for a light evening but Tentacles 2 is a HEARTLOVING EXPERIENCE OF A COLOSSAL DRAMA!BATTLE,BATTLE AND FEELING WITH THE WAVES AND THE GOD OF OCEAN!So, any comparizon is null.. 0) Jaws 1,2,3,4 is a "RIP OFF" of Tentacles: REALTY. 1) Tentacles is not a "rip off" of nothing. It's a independent OPERA. 2) Tentacles is a Colossal. Yes: COLOSSAL. Jaws a Flat film. Not immersive film. Not human and flat. 3) Tentacles is a Drama, Jaws is "shark destroys only". 4) Jaws1234 loses vs ONE movie: Tentacles! 5) Plastic Octopus: what is the problem ? A movie is already a fiction.And if the movie is EXCELLENT with a puppet or plastic octopus:GREAT JOB! And if it was a Mech Octopus the movie will be more better! 6) Music: empathy 100%. Music battle,music for cry. Jaws: standard movie with pretty good music. Okay. A) 1977: thay have worked DEEPLY. It's an Italian-USA movie or not? Where are movies after 40 FORTY YEARS, you can see all digital graphics BUT okay the movies now are NOTHING. Hollywood is out Gold Age, it's clear. Deeply,love!! Where are NOW? B) Great Job Italy! Not only political,country social movies.... C) If you see Attack Titan (japanese true movie) you can feel what is Art and Fake. D) Tentacles express a Top One Colossal movie. And is an octopus the starring! Great Job Hollywood! E) What do you think about final battle with killer whales... it's a God moment. Where is Jaws, please, stop propaganda of Majors.... it's without honour. W L'ITALIA!
Uriah43
Something strange is happening in Ocean Beach, California. First, a small child has been snatched out of its stroller and the body is later found in the ocean having been eaten to the bone. Then a man on a boat in the harbor also goes missing and his body is found in the ocean in the same condition. Just prior to that however a company owned by a man named "Mr. Whitehead" (Henry Fonda) called "Trojan Construction" has been using machinery on the ocean bottom that emits a high-pitched frequency. But that still doesn't explain what killed the baby and the man—especially since their deaths weren't in the same location. Meanwhile, more and more bodies are being found in the same condition. Anyway, this movie is perhaps the first "clone" of the extremely successful film "Jaws" (which came out in 1975) and features some notable actors which include John Huston (as the news journalist "Ned Turner"), Shelly Winters (as Ned's sister, "Tillie Turner"), Bo Hopkins ("Will Gleason") and the aforementioned Henry Fonda. Additionally, it also had a couple of attractive actresses in Delia Boccardo (as "Vicky Gleason") and Sherry Buchanan (as Vicky's sister "Judy") along with a decent storyline. Unfortunately, none of the scenes seemed to take advantage of any of this. Perhaps it was the bad camera angles, the incoherent script or the awful ending but it all seemed like a complete mess. Below average.
AaronCapenBanner
Shoddy picture is a complete rip off of "Jaws", as a coastal community is terrorized by a mysterious aquatic creature, right before a big sailing race, only here it is a giant octopus, rather than a shark. Only a marine biologist can save the town, with the help of his killer whales...Strange to see actors like Henry Fonda, John Huston, and Shelley Winters in the cast, as well as Claude Akins and Bo Hopkins. Poor octopus effects and direction, uninspired and derivative script, though has one effective scene at night when a yacht is destroyed, and an unfortunate woman is lifted in the air by the octopus, but otherwise, a waste.
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