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RUINT

This is pretty good:
Did George Lucas and Steven Spielberg Ruin the Movies?.

Good question.

Someone did.

Of course, the current culprit is thought to be 'market forces'. Yeh, yeh, yeh. Same old, same old; greed.

Nevertheless there is a sequence in here where one of the scariest scenes in film is discussed; the scene where Roy Schrieder is shoveling fish guts into the ocean to attract the shark.

As I read this guy's account of it, my hair stood up and I saw the scene as if it was happening right now.

We tend to underestimate both Jaws and the original Star Wars because, well, we saw them already. But, there is no underestimating the impact of the first viewing.

And that is why sequels always suck no matter how many people keep going to them hoping that this time it will be different.