It was recently my birthday here at the home of Barking Mad About Films and Pepper (with the help of Mrs. BMAF) brought me the recently released BluRay of the 3 Jaws sequels. I had them on DVD but the highlight of this new edition other than the clearer picture was the inclusion of the 3D version of Jaws 3, which sadly I missed at the cinema in 1983. As I grew up and … [Read more...]
The Shallows! Is This Shark Thriller JAWSome?
When we heard about The Shallows film, because of it featuring a shark, it quickly became one of our must-see films of the year. Shark films are a guilty pleasure for us here at Barking Mad About Films, a fact that we’ve blogged about before https://barkingmadaboutfilms.com/shark/ Jaws, is our all time favourite film. The film also gave us a fascination for these … [Read more...]
Why we see in 3D
3D if done right, can really enhance a film story, things have changed from those amusement park attractions where the 3-D was just a gimmick. You would go to have something hit you in the face or have a pole swing towards you (we still have nightmares of a snake in our lap, from the Disneyland Honey, I shrunk the kids attraction) 3-D is now used to show us depth and heights … [Read more...]
Barking Mad About Shark Films
What's the best shark film? Jaws, no contest: it's our favourite film of all time. After that, we have a guilty pleasure for the lot, from Deep Blue Sea to Shark Attack 3 and Sharknado. At the time of writing this, it’s the 2016 Shark Week, which normally means many channels have programmes about these fishy stars of many a film, since one first rose to fame on screen with a … [Read more...]