Thanks to the fine folks over at Sky Movies HD, HeyUGuys attended a very special screening of Jaws HD at the SeaLife London Aquarium. The screening was set to take place after hours in a specially set up area right next to the shark enclosure. So to say that an atmosphere had been created was an understatement. After a select audience of writers, bloggers and competition winners were primed for the screening with seafood Canapés (a perfect irony), we made our way down to the appropriately decorated underbelly of the makeshift cine-quarium to take our seats. On the way down we got a close up viewing of the aquarium’s own collection of sharp toothed fish via a glass floor!. The further down we went, the more the fish got bigger, and then we found ourselves in the screening room.
Right next to a gigantic shark tank.
Imagine it, would YOU ever want to have YOUR back to a shark tank whilst watching Jaws?! In HD?! While not being Great Whites, the inhabitants of the thick perspex cage looked just as menacing as the legendary Carcharodon carcharias we were about to appreciate in all it’s HD glory. Then, with this magical movie trifecta of real sharks, labyrinth-esque sub-basement surroundings and the infamous Jaws score playing eerily in the background, the show started in full effect.
Now I don’t know about the shark, but the feature presentation did indeed make this ‘son of a bitch smile!’
It was exhilarating to watch this iconic film with rich pin point resolution. Some parts had quaintly maintained it’s almost timeless age stamp with the odd ‘soft’ image or shot, but that only added to it’s charm. The HD sound also scored 10/10 by making me jump not once, but twice, at scares I even knew were coming!
When all is said and done Jaws HD adds visual prowess and auditory power to an already amazing flick that also did the job just fine on VHS. So while the whole shark tank/aquatic themed experience enhanced the senses and raised heartbeats, watching this movie in HD was the real treat, especially since it’s not even out on blu-ray. So go on, treat yourself too, but be warned, if Jaws ever gets released in 3D, ”you’re gonna need a bigger TV”…
The event marks the start of the ‘Great Directors’ season on Sky Movies Modern Greats HD with a full week of Steven Spielberg classics including Jaws, The Indiana Jones Quadrilogy, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, The Color Purple and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The whole thing will kick off in style and present Jaws in HD for the first time ever in the UK on Monday, 25th January at 8pm.
