Jaws 2 ... ," has become one of the most famous in film history and has been parodied and homaged several times. Although "Jaws 2" received mixed reviews, it is generally considered to be the best of the three "Jaws" sequels. The film was followed by "Jaws 3-D" and "", released in 1983 and 1987, respectively. Prior to a new hotel opening on Amity Island, a great white shark ambushes and kills two divers photographing the wreckage of the "Orca". Their camera, which triggered during the attack, is recovered. The shark then kills a female water skier. The driver fends off the
Jaws (film) artificiality of its mechanical antagonist: Magill declared that "the programmed shark has one truly phony close-up", and in 2002, online reviewer James Berardinelli said that if not for Spielberg's deftly suspenseful direction, "we would be doubled over with laughter at the cheesiness of the animatronic creature." "Halliwell's Film Guide" stated that "despite genuinely suspenseful and frightening sequences, it is a slackly narrated and sometimes flatly handled thriller with an over-abundance of dialogue and, when it finally appears, a pretty unconvincing monster." "Jaws" won three Academy Awards for Best Film Editing, Best Original Dramatic Score, and Best Sound (Robert Hoyt, Roger