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Summary: One of the best of all time
Review: First off I have to say that this is my FAVORITE film of all time. It is an excellent adaptation of a pretty good book. Now on to the DVD. Universal has put together a very pleasing presentation of this classic film. Aside from the film (presented in an excellent anamorphic format) the disc includes 3 trailers, a TON of production photographs, and some really awesome storyboards that show not only scenes that were filmed but scenes that ended up on the cutting room floor. Along with that, we have a 60 minute documentary, "The Making of Jaws", which includes interviews with Steven Spielberg, Roy Scheider & Richard Dreyfuss and deleted scenes with outtakes.Like I said previously, the film is presented in an anamorphic widescreen format, with very natural looking colors and few artifacts; this is simply the best the picture has ever looked. The soundtrack has been remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 & dts 5.1. Both soundtracks sound very good, with the dts soundtrack having an edge in the low frequency effects and surround activity. The extras are well presented. The trailers look good, and the numerous production photos will be enough to whet even the most ravenous appetite of any JAWS fan. Crew & Filmmaker bios are included. Perhaps one of the most anticipated parts of the disc is the documentary. Fans of the 25th Anniversary laserdisc will recognize it; it's the same one that was on the laserdisc, except truncated by about an hour. It includes most of the better parts of the original documentary, but it still would have been nice to fit the entire 2 hour one on the disc. Although some fans of the original will complain of the new sound effects (needed to make the 5.1 surround sound more dynamic) I for one was pleased after the short getting-used to period of the new sound effects. Since so much information can be stored on the disc, the argument can be made that the original 1.0 mono sountrack could have been included (to placate the fans of the old film). The only other thing I would have liked to see was the documentary in its entirety, but after the aberration that was the "making-of" on the anniversary THX videotape, this one was more than welcome (as a matter of fact, why wasn't the DVD THX certified?) On the whole, an awesome disc that should be in every film fans' collection... kudos to Spielberg & Universal for an excellent job!
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Summary: Great Movie! Substandard VHS Package...
Review: Not much more needs to be said about JAWS, perhaps Spielberg's best action film of all time. I love this movie; that's why I'm so disappointed that Universal is only offering the nifty Anniversary edition in Pan and Scan. Where is the widescreen tape version? I know that the DVD is widescreen, but I buy movies for the video store I work at, and many of our customers don't have DVD yet. Universal has even taken the old widescreen VHS version off the market. This is a shame, because this movie really deserves the widescreen treatment. Rent and Enjoy the film and the cool extras, but wait to buy a widescreen version when it comes along.
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Summary: A stunning blend of movie artistry and entertainment
Review: Speilberg catches a lot of flack over the commercial success of this movie and how it supposedly changed the movie business to a "blockbuster" culture. Maybe it did, I don't know, but that's not Spielberg's fault. This is simply a great adventure film--funny, fast-moving, gripping--and it contains the scariest scene I've ever seen in a movie, the scene in which Quint tells the story of being on the USS Indianapolis. Robert Shaw's acting genuis makes us feel like we're in the water with all those doomed sailors and it's terrifying. We see all the sharks swarming in on them without Spielberg having to show them to us. That's great filmmaking.
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Summary: Great re-issue
Review: They did a great job re-issuing Jaws! The anamorphic picture is great and reconstructing the soundtrack in DTS was terrific. Oddly, the Dolby Digital track on this is in Surround only, not 5.1... There is an up-to-date 50 minute making-of documentary, including the woman who becomes shark bait at the beginning of Jaws. Worth owning!
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Summary: "You're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat".
Review: Probably one of the most terrifying movies in history, because it can(and has) really happened. Spielberg was brilliant to not show the shark for the better half of the movie, which lets the viewer use his/her imagination. Plus, William's score is without a doubt the best picked score in relation to a movie's plot. Heck,if anyone started humming that tune, a beach would clear out! Deep blue sea may have had better sharks just do to the fact that technology is far more advanced than it was in 1975. But the acting? Come on! L.L going down a corridor yelling "You killed my bird" doesn't compare with the chief's line "you're gonna need a bigger boat" which by the way, he ad- libbed. Now, that takes talent, and "Jaws" is filled with it! The dialogue, the score, the sheer terror. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, they come out with the dvd!
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Summary: DVD disappoints with soundtrack
Review: I recently purchased the Spielberg classic 1975 film Jaws, on DVD. And I must say, I was excited to see this film finally digitally, I say I was excited until I listened very closely to the sound effects. The film is crisp and clear, and letterboxed the way it should be, but certain sound effects are not the way they were or should be. I compared the DVD with the THX VHS version and I must say for the sound go with the THX VHS version. If you are obsessed with the theatrical trailers, documentary, or behind the scenes footage(as I am) and you dont mind listening to some of the new sound effects created for this, go with the DVD. I myself have had a hard time finding the THX, version in stores lately. When is Universal going to realize that they should leave well enough alone when it comes to sound effects in their DVD's. Now for the film review, As we all know, this film opens wonderfully underwater with John Williams spooky score done brilliantly. The small island town of Amity is being threatened to do no summer business because their beaches are being haunted by a giant killer great white shark. Of course after a few deaths, one being the opening attack and devouring of a cute female swimmer, and the other being a water loving little boy, the towns chief played wonderfully by Roy Scheider wants something to be done, mainly close the beaches and hire someone to kill the beast. The towns greedy mayor and other higher ups dont feel the shark is a problem and hesitantly decide to only close the beaches for 24 hours. Of course after the shark reappears and kills a few more the chief decided to hire Quint who is a little crazy to go and kill the monster, but not alone as he decides to go along on the mission along with the wonderful shark expert played to perfection by Richard Dreyfuss. The films chase scenes between the men and the shark are done expertly and professionally. And we generally feel at one point as if the shark has won, leaving the ending to be truly explosive. Spielberg knows how to direct a great cast and this film will leave you thinking twice about returning to the water trust me...
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Summary: ABSOLUTE CLASSIC!
Review: Jaws is easily one of the best films ever. i loved the first time, and i loved it the tenth time. the best part is the fact that this movie is 25 years old now and the effects dont look more than ten years old. the suspense is wonderful and the score by john williams is a treasure. i cannot wait until i get my hands on the special edition.
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Summary: Jaws: Love it or hate it, you can't ignore it!
Review: Settled into your seat at home, you flip on you're newly aquired "Jaws" DVD, after the FBI warning there is the Universal logo. In the back ground you head little pings and pangs, quiet and soothing while you see the ocean opening up to you. Then DAA-DU, DAA-DU, the most famous music cue brings you in as the words "Jaws" comes on the screen. Jaws is the ultimate it in horror/thriller movies. Steven Spielberg works his directoral magic in new and moving ways, like in the first shark attack when we see a girl swiming in the ocean, as she is attacked, the audience is put head level with her. In a place that we will feel most vulnerable and afraid. This redefined the meaning of terror, proven through the fact that many great white sharks were hunted down and killed after this movies release. Even if you think that this movie is corney and doesn't scare you, there has not been a movie since it about sharks that stands on it's own ("Deep Blue Sea" springs instantly to mind) and has been satired as much as "Jaws". "Jaws" is also has a deeper meaning, brace yourself, I'm gonna get really deep. At the time of this movie, America was involved with the Vietnam War, the character of Roy Scheider plays a lone man, married a lady from the island, and is an outsider to the town even though he is sherif, soon in the movie, he is the only one who will stand up to the shark and fight it, very few of his family or allies will help him, as America was in the war. Also, "Jaws" incorpates another deep seated fears. Fear of water, is an obvisious one, but also the fear of the unknown. We don't see the shark till near the end of the movie (which also saves a bundle on special effects). Nothing scares an audience more than not seeing a killer in a scary movie. The shark also looks very realistic even today, at least I found it most realistic then the sharks in "Deep Blue Sea" (I know, I don't like that movie and it shows). John Williams, Steven Spielberg's right hand music man, provides a soundtrack that gives such dynamic effect. Today, not too many people don't regonize the "Jaws" theme when it's played. Bottom Line: The ultimate psychological thriller that will still scare you, even if you know what happens in the end.
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Summary: Just Get It
Review: So what if there's no director's commentary. The extra features are fun and as usual the Laurent Bouzereau documentary is outstanding. Even if the DVD contained the movie only, it would be foolish to complain. One of the great movies of the 70's and when the hell is "Close Encounters" coming out?
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Summary: needs more extras, but what a show!
Review: When I hear the words collector's edition, I expect the dvd to be packed with great stuff. Jaws does have some great extra: a 12 question trivia game, deleted scenes, and a few outtakes; but I really wanted to hear commentary. This is one of the few faults I found, along with substandard subtitles. The movie is a classic, however, and worth every penny.
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