Jaws 3-D (1983) poster
1983 · thriller · horror · monster

Jaws 3-D

Directed by Joe Alves1h 38m1983
ElsewhereIMDb3.752kRT10%Metacritic27
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • extreme
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, kinetic, extreme thriller / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Our read · Jaws 3-D (1983) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive thriller · horror · monster entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want goofy eighties theme-park shark chaos, not masterpiece tension.

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftera rollercoastergrips by minute 5attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upjump scareschild perilanimal harm

Skip it tonightYou expect Jaws-quality suspense or cannot stomach cheesy sequel fatigue.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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