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Summary: Smile you son of a bitch!
Review: I cannot begin to tell you what experience this movie gave me. At the age of 7 I first saw this movie and I have loved it ever since. It was really well done and I was totally astounded by it. It truly deserved its huge audiences worlwide in 1975. This new edition on video is truly a work of art. The second tape including the making of the movie and the outtakes and theatrical trailers was just perfect. The picture and sound were very well redone. This movie is now part of my collection and I hope that the many people who read this review buy it. Take my word for it. You are not wasting your money. This VHS collector's edition is a must!
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Summary: A Great Movie To Own
Review: This is a good movie to have at home. The acting in this movie is excellent and the huge great white shark was the best in the movie. Steven Spielberg did an excellent job of making this movie and the actors did a wonderful job. I really like the trivia game, The Making of Jaws and the Deleted Scenes. They only have 2 outtakes and I was expecting more.
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Summary: Finally!
Review: When i saw this movie as a kid i was almost scared to death,but the the movie was old and the sound and picture qualety was bad.But now FINALLY i can see this movie with crystall clear picture and sound without buying an dvd-player is that good or what.Anyway a great movie and i highly recomend that you buy it.(the Collectors edition of course,i guess youv'e allready seen the old version before)
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Summary: It still scares the hell outta me.
Review: I am only 17 and was born 8 years after Jaws was released. As a result, I've grown-up on films like Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and fodder like Independence Day and Armageddon (neither of with were that bad). But with all of that, I am still very impressed with Jaws. Many films try to out do it, which is also the case with Star Wars. Like Star Wars, Jaws has not yet been out done, and it never will be (although I think Jurassic Park was better). The reason these films can't be out done is the fact that films today are to much about special effects. This is because audiences today, for the most part, are too dumb to understand plot points and REAL suspence- which is the subtle fear of the unseen and is NOT being chased through Manhattan by a stupid looking, giant CG lizard. So if you want real suspence that is still strong after 25 years, buy Jaws on DVD. By the way, it could have been released on EXACT 25th anniversary, which was June 20th, a Tuesday. ALL DVD's, CD's, and Videos are releaesed on Tuesday's. They waited 'till July 11th, why?
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Summary: You definitely want the DVD widescreen version
Review: A lot of people I know criticize widescreen format videos and DVDs. They say it looks like part of the movie is cut off. JAWS is the film I use to convert them. I show them the video I own in pan-and-scan mode, usually a scene where the shark pops out of the water when Brody, Hooper, and Quint are on the boat. Then I show them the DVD widescreen version.What a difference! In the first version, you can only see most of the shark's head and one of the people on board. In the widescreen, you see everyone. Spielberg has a terrific eye and knows how to compose a frame. And the widescreen format is the only way to do justice to this fun and scary film. The new DVD also has terrific and rich color. The sound is great and will remind you why John William's soundtrack is famous 25 years later. But you can also hear other sound effects Spielberg stuck in, like a muted dinosaur roar when the shark is sinking at the end. This, along with many other interesting tidbits, was revealed to me with a behind-the-scenes featurette that comes with the extras on the DVD. There's interviews with the cast members today, as well as a fun trivia game. I also found the deleted scenes interesting, although I'm glad Spielberg didn't use them. The extras gave me a glimpse on how a film is made. When I rewatched the film, I had a new outlook to what went into it. The outtakes and the photo gallery were useless, but don't let that stop you from buying this. If you're a fan of the film, you will want to own this.
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Summary: Munchacious
Review: A simple, well-executed horror / action movie that combines winning performances, some memorable quotes ('We're going to need a bigger boat' is on a par with the 'You've gotta be kidding me' from 'The Thing'), and a great score, 'Jaws' touched a nerve in the 70's and started off a wave of cheaply-produced 'nature-vs-man' films, none of which (especially not the sequels, although '2' had its moments) even remotely approached the level of craftsmanship and belief exhibited by this film. Characterisation and acting are excellent - the heroes are far from being superhuman, and even the soon-to-be-obligatory Mayor character is not evil, merely short-sighted. Enormously popular - one of a handful of films to gross more than 100 million dollars in the 1970's, along with 'The Godfather', 'The Exorcist' and 'Star Wars' - and responsible for all kinds of great things, 'Jaws' is foremost great, crowd-pleasing entertainment, the kind of film that you can watch any time and it's still fun. Cineastes have read a wealth of depth into the film, but at heart it's a very simple tale of great white hunters going off to tame the wilderness, and finding that the wilderness is not so easily tamed.
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Summary: Come On Steve, Give Us More!
Review: The five stars I'm giving this DVD is for the movie itself, which translates very well to the small screen in this letterboxed edition (at least if you have a big enough television and a kickass sound system). This impeccable DVD release brings vivid image and crisp sound and makes the experience of watching it exciting and thrilling. Have you been watching this in reruns on TNT for the past 10 years? Do yourself a favor, cut it out and add this to your library. Its magic is timeless. Having said that, I was a little disappointed at the deficit of extra features this "anniversary edition" included. There WAS a little, like some documentary footage and a lame trivia game (and the requisite trailers) to sweeten the pot, but in general the whole package is somewht of a letdown. However, this is THE edition to have for the Jaws or Spielberg fan thus far, and who knows how long it will be till something better comes along? Get it.
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Summary: The classic movie!!!!!
Review: We just got a DVD player and the first disc we bought was JAWS. You cannot go wrong with it. My husband did not like the wide screen but that was the only way it came and I did not mind. We bought the DTS version. I never get tired of Jaws. The picture was excellent and clearer than any VHS. We also noticed that in one of the scenes on the water toward the end, there are two shooting stars......we did not remember seeing it in the VHS. The outtakes were ok, just 2. But the deleted scened were interesting. The kids loved playing the shark game trivia. Plus you can get clues if you need help. This DVD rates right up there with Wizard of Oz.
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Summary: Jaws
Review: this is a classic. its so great. and i totally LUV the beggining
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Summary: YOU'RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT....
Review: That is one of the most classic lines in the movie, JAWS. and along with that the movie itself is classic. From the brilliant screen adaptation of Peter Benchley's book to the excellent direction of a young Steven Spielberg to the chilling, all too familiar orchastra music by John Williams ...I could go on forever about this film. One thing I forgot about was just how great the acting was in this film, did Robert Shaw even get nominated for an OSCAR? He should have won it! and of course, Richard Dreyfeuss is brilliant in everything he does. The acting all around is just great. One other thing about JAWS is that it is just as scary now as it was the first time I saw it. It is full of great suspense, action, a great story that gets you hooked in everytime. I can see clearly that Hitchcock was one of Spielberg's inspirations. It is merely the suspense of the movie that brings us to the edge of our seats. The movie is almost half over before we actually see the shark. I think that is what makes this film one of the best of it's genre. Today there are too many gory bloodbaths of films, we need to get back to the basics, or we could just buy the dvd JAWS...I know I'm glad I did.
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