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Summary: "You're gonna need a bigger boat."
Review: This movie is one of the most beautifully put together movies of all time. It has a great storyline that is backed up with great special effects for the time at which it was made along with great acting. No one could portray a better captain that Robert Shaw. Every aspect of this movie was put together nearly perfect to create a not only terrifying story, but also a fantastic movie. It has all the great qualities that any movie critic would ask for in a movie which make this a must own movie, and the DVD only makes it that much better. The special features added are quirky and fun. And for someone who absolutely loves the movie, they are must have collector's items. I haven't seen the screen saver due to my lack of computer DVD rom, but I'm excited to try it out myself. The movie was the first movie to ever break $1 million at the box office, and it still doesn't let any viewers down today. It's still one of the greatest movies ever created and has definitely cemented it's place in movie history. A must have DVD for anyone's collection, whether you're a fan of movies or not...after this one, you will be.
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Summary: its still not safe to go back into the water
Review: its finally here... jaws on dvd, ive waited for quite awhile. jaws has been my No1 favourite film since i was a little kid... ive owned it on video and gone through a number of copies from watching it too much. i love the freedom that the dvd gives you cause i love to skip to the good bits and see people getting eaten alive in super slow motion. the extra features on this dvd arent all that good... but theyre not the reason you would get this dvd anyway. you would get it because its a timeless classic, Spielbergs best monster movie if you ask me. it will out live jurrasic park any day. the only thing that disapointed me was, i wished that it came with a director's commentry... i would love to hear wat the great man steven spielberg has to say bout it. not to worry though. get this dvd, and remember its still not safe to go back in the water.. and it never will be as long as people remember Jaws. dumdum dumdum dum dum.
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Summary: A DVD review
Review: This DVD is a decently produced collector's edition DVD. The extras are fairly good, but not great. The bonus materials include an hour long documentary that is very good with some recent interviews with the major players. The deleted scenes weren't very interesting, mainly consisting of family scenes with Scheider's character. The outtakes include one where a close-up of Scheider where his handgun keeps jamming and another with Shaw's character where he spits fake blood in his eye. Both are not very interesting or funny. The trivia game consists of 12 questions with clues available by jumping to the relevant scenes. Not very interesting or fun since once you do answer them, then what? The production photos were mostly in black-in-white and I never find these interesting, especially the case here where most of the photos are black-in-white. I did find the storyboards interesting, not usually the case, because they consisted of scenes that were never shot or changed in the film. Most of the storyboards were scenes in the book that weren't in the film. Finally a few paragraphs on sharks, the production and cast are included that could have been excluded and not missed. I got this movie in my collection because I remember that as a kid it scared me silly. Now the shark looks really fake and it's not as scary, but the video is good and sound adequate for such and old film. Worth having in your collection if you like the movie or for nostalgic reasons.
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Summary: Classic......Huge Shark/John Williams
Review: 1975 classic with extra treats.......I love sharks and Jon Williams. I'm not sure why more than one of these were made but oh well. I will never grow tired of this film.
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Summary: "Hey... you kids alright over there? AAAHH! " *chomp*
Review: Scary, huh? I'll keep my review fairly short. Spielberg's breakthrough movie IS probably responsible for all the lackluster crap that Hollywood is giving us these days, but hey. At least Spielberg tried. And he succeeded. How filmgoers of today look back on this gem and call it boring is beyond me, as it is one of the scariest films ever made. The PG rating is completely over my head. It brings together all the elements of a great movie: decent acting, crisp cinematography, a good script, a thrilling musical score and above all, an outstanding director. THIS is what's wrong with movies today. You get Michael Bay making Liv Tyler act to a script which seems like it was writted by a 4 year old. Probably one of the most long-awaited DVDs of the year, it was definetely worth the wait.
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Summary: Buy the 1995 Laserdisc Boxed Set instead!
Review: I was betrayed. What's worse, I lost my sales slip. I love JAWS...it's my all-time favorite film. I've seen it over 100 times. But this DVD transfer, dear friends, ain't it: This DVD has less information (albeit 2 deleted scenes that were not in the LD, but fewer overall) than the LD, and although the picture quality is sharper MANY SOUND EFFECTS ARE NOT FROM THE ORIGINAL TRACK! All the truly gut-wrenching sound effects in the last third of the film, from the shark splashing to the Orca's engine exploding and shattering the hull, to the boom holding the shark cage crashing to the deck--have been replaced. Whether this travesty was deemed necessary for the DTS medium or not, it is historical film revisionism akin to the disasterous mess that was Star Wars: The Special Edition. The DTS is muddy and the new sounds are uninspired. For a DVD you get surprisingly few extras, when one considers the fine transfer and wealth of information included on the LD Boxed set. Finally, any extras you get have indeed been transferred directly from that LD Boxed set (their fuzziness in the high-definition DVD is a dead giveaway). I will crack my DVD case henceforth for stills and the occasional dialogue check only, and leave the last third of the film totally alone. Universal is definitely not high on my hit parade. I strongly urge you to buy the 1995 Laserdisc Boxed Set if you want the original JAWS for your home library. This is NOT it.
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Summary: Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water-
Review: Jaws. Just hearing that word, that one word, is enough to remind me of what is surely one of Spielburg's greatest films, if not his finest film. Surely everyone has heard of this film, but if you have not, or if you need a memory refresh, this excellent film follows the story of three men-the chief of police, Martin Brody...the oceanographer, Matt Hooper...and the salty sea cap'n Quint-as they try to hunt down the ocean's greatest predator, a fish which is billed as an 'unstoppable...eating machine...' There are more memorable scenes than can be recounted, and the film is so well put together that there are several times chills will be sent up your spine, multiplied by the excellent score of one John Williams. I have watched it again and again, and this new release only makes it better, adding behind-the-scenes footage, interviews, and more. Get it now. And see it, before you go swimming.
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Summary: After all these years, I still have mixed feelings about it.
Review: I still have mixed feelings about this movie. When I first saw it - on TV, in about 1985 - I was 9 years old. Having seen it, I immediately (together with my friend) loved those fascinating, majestic fish - sharks. I started reading, learning and collecting everything I could find on sharks. I learned their Latin names, even though, obviously, I didn't speak Latin yet! I filled many copybooks with my notes, my drawings (and I *could* draw :), sketches and cutouts - everythingI still have mixed feelings about this movie. When I first saw it - on TV, in about 1985 - I was 9 years old. Having seen it, I immediately (together with my friend) love those fascinating, majestic fish. I started reading, learning and collecting everything I could find on sharks. I learned their Latin names, even though, obviously, I didn't speak Latin yet! I filled many copybooks with my notes, my drawings (and I *could* draw :), sketches and cutouts - everything I could find on sharks (And the task wasn't so easy for a 9 year old - these were 1980s and it was not USA with its superb libraries available!) I was fascinated by sharks - to this day they remain among my favorite animals and remember everything about them, even though I'm as far from biology and zoology as can be! And then I learned that most people's reaction to "Jaws" was not admiration and respect for those wonderful creatures that sharks are, but fear and hatred! I was shocked - how could anyone hate sharks? I was sure everyone would realize how false the very idea of "Jaws" was, and understand that the movie is nothing but a 100% untrue, unrealistic fairy tale with horror elements - a modern Brothers Grimm equivalent! But obviously, many people believed it and as a result, supported the criminal idea of killing sharks. What a sick thing to do, I thought! Couldn't they separate the truth from the movie? Didn't they know how fabulous and actually not at all aggressive toward humans sharks had always been? Apparently, they didn't... and many grew to hate sharks *because* of "Jaws"! To sum it up - I think I would give the movie 5 stars for its value entertainment and 0 stars for what it did to sharks. My final verdict - four stars. *Only* for its entertainment value. As for the advice, I would tell you to read a few good books on sharks and watch a few good documentaries before seeing "Jaws", especially if your opinion on sharks is not favorable.
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Summary: Jaws Anniversary Collector's Edition a "Big Disappointment"
Review: Jaws is one of my favorite movies . I regret purchasing this DVD movie addition. The movie is not complete as I saw it originally at the movies and also on TV years ago. The deleted scenes are in the original full lenth movie. Why call this a collectors addition and take out the original scenes and then say they are bonus materials.This is a edited movie version and not the original. This is not a collectors addition. Just a big disappointment.
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Summary: scare me, please
Review: Although filled with tons misinformation about the shark, this movie scared the bejeezus out of me when I was a kid. It's still terrifying to me today, but I still watch it over and over.
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