In case this impression stemmed from the pan and scan transfer, I rented
the letterboxed laserdisc a few years later and felt the same way; Jaws 2 isn't a terrible movie, but it's nothing more than a pale imitation of the original.
The 1980s saw renewed interest in widescreen filmmaking in academic circles, perhaps as more films became available in
letterboxed LaserDisc editions.
Not exact matches
I upgraded through the years, first to a
letterboxed Japanese
LaserDisc that improved the film immeasurably, given Carpenter's skills with «scope framing, and then to a snap - cased DVD from Image Entertainment that felt like a gift from Heaven.