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Summary: Aquaphobia
Review: I have not gone swimming since the debut of this motion picture. It really scared the hell out of me.
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Summary: Very Cool!
Review: A great movie to have on DVD. There are lots of extra's on this DVD like interviems, deleted scenes, and a little Jaws Trivia. Some of the things they had to do to make this movie seem as real as possible will truly amaze you. And the movie? Well, it's a classic and it still scares the.... out of me.Well, you know. If you don't know, get this movie and find out.
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Summary: The ultimate antithesis of horror films.
Review: A simple story about a New England resort community that is terrorized by a giant killer shark. Half of the movie focuses on the shark attacks, human reactions, and character development between Brody, Hooper, Quint, Mayor Vaughn, and so forth. The second half of the movie focuses on human intervention - Brody, Hooper, and Quint try to kill the shark. In between there is Oscar-winning film editing, sound, and a now-classic score by maestro John Williams. 'Jaws' was unjustly ignored at Oscar time, especially for screenplay, acting (Scheider, Dreyfuss, and especially Shaw), and director Spielberg. Roger Ebert was right when he reviewed this movie - "In keeping the Great White offscreen, Spielberg was employing a strategy used by Alfred Hitchcock throughout his career. 'A bomb is under the table, and it explodes: That is surprise,' said Hitchcock. 'The bomb is under the table but it does not explode: That is suspense.'" Spielberg is doing the same thing for most of this movie. The audience doesn't see the shark, but the underlying result of its actions. So, for the audiences who claim this is simply slow-paced fluff where the shark is hardly seen for about three-quarters of the film, put Mr. Ebert's review of the film into your pipe and smoke it.
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Summary: Jaws is a Very Good Film
Review: Jaws is very well done. It has good special effects for when it was made. I own the DVD myself. The movie is about a giant shark that starts attacking people. When there are too many kills Roy Scheider is sent out on a boat to kill the great shark. The movie very good and is a must see.
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Summary: Number 11: Top Twenty Horror Films Ever Made
Review: Many people have jaws in their top five. I have never liked this film though it is in my legendary 5 year golden age of horror filmmaking.
I will be the first to admit that Jaws is well shot, well acted, and well written. But it is something even deeper that espouses fear during the viewing of this film.
There isn't a reader out there who hasn't been out swimming smomewhere in the world and felt that nauseating fear: what the hell is down there, beneath me, swimming around ?
THAT is the beauty of JAWS. It feeds off that universal 'Jonah and the whale' fear that all human beings have experienced at one time of another. Except now the whale is a giantic great white shark with rows of razor sharp teeth.
As to why this film is so low on my list ? I simply do not enjoy watching it, though I appreciate what a well made film it is.
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Summary: Dun Dun - Dun Dun.
Review: A Number One Classic! Everything about this movie is perfect, 1975! This movie became a legend of its time, this movie scared the heck out thousands of people because it was perfect, it was a perfectly made horror film, even if you arent scared to swim at the beach or go in the water,if you see this movieit will forever give some intellect that something below you could grab you with enormous sharp teeth, even if it does'nt ....its still down there and it can kill, and your swimming above, hows that for a scary idea, well thats what brilliant upon brilliant Peter Benchly created up there in his old noggin of a brain that sared the heck out of thousands of people across America. Bringing Steven Spieldberg to this review is wise, after finishing Duel, he came to this after reading the novel by Peter Benchly, they decide to make the movie, Peter Benchly with the screenplay, Robert Shaw makes the part on the spot, Richard Dreyfuss who implied to have the part of Hooper that was originally given to someone else, got the part, and after thinking about it Roy Shcieder took the part of the Sea struck Rode Island Police Chief. These guys were remarkable in this film, they were too real asuming the coincidence of this happenening never, they were also extremly funny especially Drefuss and Shaw's little quarries...."Hooper!" it just cracks me up, and above all John Williams terrifying score, the movie would have only been half as scary without the music, in which became one of many memorable symbols to the movie, 4 stars from Leonard Maltin, srtictly by book speaking I agree 110%, yet out of boundaries I give this one 5 stars.
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Summary: It's definitely on my top 10 list of movies of all time!
Review: As far back as I can remember, "Jaws" has always been one of my favorite movies, of all time. A huge great white shark is terrorizing all the boats and people that it can, just for a little snack. The first thing that "Jaws" has going for it is that it was directed by possibly the best movie director of all time (depending on what king of movies you like), Steven Spielberg. Just like many other Spielberg movies such as "E.T," "Raiders of The Lost Ark," "Saving Private Ryan," "Jurassic Park," and many others, "Jaws" was an instant classic, and it'll always be remembered even more fondly.Second, for the time, "Jaws" had spectacular special effects. Even to this day, when I watch "Jaws," I can't 100% tell that the shark isn't a real great white. Third, everything else that you could possibly ask for from a suspense movie is here. "Jaws" has a terrific musical score that will get your blood pumping even faster, and the suspense is bigger than Jaws himself. Oh yeah, not to mention that the actors, including Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and others, also do a great job. In "Jaws," the mysterious but very deadly great white shark that is terrorizing everybody just happens to be finding its main helpings of food in the waters of a popular summer resort that only survives from profits of its beachgoers every summer. Therefore, of course there's a little bit of human conflict on top of the shark itself, which in my opinion, makes "Jaws" even better. There's got to be a way that "Jaws" can be killed, but how?!! The bottom line is, if you like horror or suspense movies AT ALL, then you can't afford to miss "Jaws." It's one of the best movies of all time, it's a classic, it's well worth the money, and everything else great that you can say about it.
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Summary: Take a Bite Out of this DVD!
Review: Anyone old enough to remember the Summer of '75 will recall the sheer terror caused by the 20-foot mechanical shark in Steven Spielberg's classic horror film "Jaws". Not only did this flesh-ripping Great White take a huge chunk out of the worldwide box office, it also put a dent in the profits of beach towns on both coasts. No one wanted to go anywhere near the ocean! Heck, you couldn't even jump into a kiddie pool without some prankster breaking into a couple bars of the classic "Jaws" theme. (Da-Dum-Da-Dum-Da-Dum...) The media, in fact the whole world, was caught up in a stupifying feeding frenzy of Shark-Mania. You see, "Jaws" wasn't merely a movie; it was an EVENT! It was the original Summer Blockbuster. But, unlike the majority of mega-movies it spawned, "Jaws" was worth every penny of the $3.50 we movie-goers forked over in 1975. In a stroke of genius, Spielberg kept us squirming by not allowing us to see the toothy, blood-lusting shark for the first hour of the film. We only witnessed the bone-crunching damage that this monster had inflicted. When the Great White finally surfaced, a collective gasp could be heard throughout the theatre. Nevertheless, we had faith in Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw and Roy Scheider -- the heroic hunters who set off to sea in a small fishing vessel named, ironically, "Orca". But, alas, we knew that indeed they'd need "a bigger boat". The inevitable showdown between man and maneater was more horrifying than anything we'd ever seen on the big screen. But, ultimately, in the end, we let out a whopping round of applause and got right back in line to see it again. (Well, some of us unemployed youth actually hid in the bathroom between shows!) Everything about "Jaws" worked. The suspense, the music, the chemistry of the stellar cast and, of course, the big rubber shark kept us coming back for more. Finally, after years of suffering through heavily edited pan and scan versions on Cable TV, we are treated to a beautiful widescreen version of "Jaws". This DVD is truly worth it. The print itself is crisp and clean. The entire soundtrack, most notably John Williams' chilling score, is greatly enhanced by the DTS. For my money, the "Making of Jaws" documentary included within is worth the price of admission alone. Overall, a job well done and quite befitting of this all-time classic. Highly recommended.
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Summary: One of the best movies ever!
Review: What can one say of the movie Jaws? It is an icon--as much as the Statue of Liberty or The Empire State Building. I've noticed some people dump on the special effects as "pre-CGI". This movie is the argument AGAINST CGI. Don't believe me? Watch "The Deep Blue Sea." As for the DVD itself, a lot of the material was all ready included on the 20th Anniversary VHS--notably, the Spielberg interviews. However, that was just VHS. This also contains many of the deleted scenes which (although clearly left out for a reason) are still quite enjoyable to watch. This DVD sounds like no other broadcast version I've heard; compare this whale-song to the one on VHS. Also, this is a completely different movie seen in widescreen format. If you're a Jaws fan, you have to own this DVD.
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Summary: A great classic, great story
Review: In this classic movie, I liked how realistic the shark seemed. Just as in "Moby Dick", man tries to conquer nature, in both cases a beast of the sea. This book may be taken to suggest that man can conquer nature, although incurring destruction in the process, but this is fictional story. In both stories, the beast means no intentional harm, that is just the result of its instinct. There are two technical errors in Jaws. It involves the initial harpooning of the shark to a barrel. Even though Quint, an experienced seaman, notes upon the shark's first appearance that it is the biggest shark he's ever dealt with, he acts surprised when the shark submerges with one barrel and then with two barrels harpooned into him. After the first barrel is harpooned into the shark, it comes back at night and strikes the boat, with the barrel still on him. The next morning when the shark comes back, there is no barrel and no explanation for its absence. Those are just two minor errors in a great movie.
I found it ironic that Quint, the experienced seaman, the fearless S.O.B., is the only one of the three crew members who are killed by the shark. Also ironic is that the Chief of Police, the one least knowledgable about the sea and sharks and most afraid, ("You're gonna need a bigger boat") is the one who puts the shark to death.
This movie will be loved for a long time. The TV version has started to censor things it didn't before like swearing and violence, which I think detracts from the quality of the film. The sequels to Jaws just don't compare with the original.
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