Jaws

Movie Summary

Released: 1975
In the vastly overrated 1998 book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, author Peter Biskind puts the blame for Hollywood's blockbuster mentality at least partially on Steven Spielberg's box-office success with this adaptation of Peter Benchley's bestselling novel. But you can't blame Spielberg for making a terrific movie, which Jaws definitely is. The story of a Long Island town whose summer tourist business is suddenly threatened by great-white-shark attacks on humans bypasses the potboiler trappings of Benchley's book and goes straight for the jugular. With beautifully crafted, crowd-pleasing sequences of action and suspense supported by a trio of terrific performances by Roy Scheider (as the local sheriff), Richard Dreyfuss (as a shark specialist), and particularly Robert Shaw (as the weathered fisherman who offers to hunt the shark down for 3000 bucks). The sequences on Shaw's boat 'ORCA'--as the three of them realize that in fact the shark is hunting them--underscore what entertaining moviemaking is all about.

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kerfootbPosted: 11/22/2007

If you consider it a horror movie, then this is the first I've seen. For some reason, it didn't scare me so much, probably because I was fascinated with and really liked sharks. Great movie though, and sometimes when I was younger it really did make me not want to go in the water...

PolishedCoffinPosted: 09/01/2008

"quit playin' with yourself Hooper and throw out that chum line!"

CheifBrodyPosted: 01/15/2009

I am a major jaws fan if u look at my screen name and the pic of the avatar I have Its the scene where Brody is chumming and says "Slower ahead hi I can go slower ahead why don't you come down here and chomp down on some of this shit." It just doesnt get better than that. I just love everything about the first film it really made movie history. The funny thing about that filmmaking process on Jaws anything that could go wrong would go wrong. Steven Spielberg thought it was gonna end his film career when it came out. Even Richard Dreyfuss said that he thought the movie was gonna tank and fail. But when it came out in 1975 it was an absloute Masterpeace. It boosted Steven Spielberg into his prime of directing and his future films to come. It was the movie that kept more people away from the water. Like they said in the trailer you will think twice before going in the water.

rewf87650Posted: 01/22/2009

i like it

AnimationLoverPosted: 04/12/2009

I First Seen Jaws On DVD When I Checked It Out From The Library. It Was The Best. The Part Where Brody Kills The Shark By Blowing It Up Was Pretty Cool. Jaws Is The Best.

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