I like the realistic first part of the movie, but the ending is so long and so stupid! :P That Quint (whatever) guy just sets them up for disaster by destroying the boat. So annoying. -_-
Somehow, against all odds, Spielberg's rubber shark vs. exposed human legs opus turned out to be one of the great screen classics of all time. Much of the praise must go directly to Spielberg himself, who so masterfully imbues the solidly written script with powerful tension, drama, humor, pathos and downright horror that he seems to have film developing fluid running through his veins instead of blood. That's not to disparage the brilliant contributious by the cast, headed up by a never-better Roy Scheider as a good-intentioned but aqua-phobic police chief, Richard Dreyfuss as a pleasantly geeky shark expert, and especially Robert Shaw in a career-highlight turn as a colorful, explosively-tempered shark hunter who may prove to be just as dangerous as the titular fanged menace. 'Jaws' is a masterpiece in every sense of the word.
Leave it to Spielberg to make a shark scary. Classic Horror film, the music alone is immortalized forever in the film making. The sequels really killed the greatness that was the original.
This movie and Psycho are my favorite horror movies of all time. It's when you don't know where the shark is that the real fear sets in. The three characters on the boat represent the conflicting and reactive forces of Fear (Brody), Arrogance (Quint) and Intellect (Hooper) perfectly. And who got eaten by the shark at the end? hmmm.
Really scary movie! Steven Spielberg rules, even in the 70s. It still makes me think when I go in the ocean. Even the ride scares the hell out of me. Great movie!
Steven Spielberg's great fish in water masterpiece, because of how little the shark actually appears, is a horror thriller that freaked out audiences and made them somewhat fearful of the water. Ha.
In the ocean surrounding Amity, a small tourist resort off the coast of New England, a 25-foot man-eating predator stalks any human foolish enough to get in the water. At first, the only believer in the shark's existence is the town's chief of police, Martin Brody (Roy Scheider). Brody enlists the help of Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss), a scientist, and Quint (Robert Shaw), a crusty old seaman whose life is devoted to hunting sharks. The threesome sets off in Quint's boat to kill the leviathan. Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" has scared audiences for years now. The story still remains one of the most famous in cinema history; big, hungry shark makes suprise appearances along the coastline, taking out unsuspecting tourists and locals when he feels like a snack. The film moves like the wind once it begins to get going, and never looks back. The performances and dialogue are top-notch, and the terror that director Spielberg creates is incredible.
ok. not nearly as scary as i heard it to be. i thought that at the end that the guys would head back to land and tell everyone that they had killed the killer shark but they probably didnt want to do that because of the fact that there are 3 more movies afterwards.
I hated this movie since it kinda portrayed sharks as beasts, which they are not. When I first watched it, I was really young, and never was that great in the sea again. Of course, if you don't watch this movie, then you would be like an idiot, but just warning you.
The first and the best! Spielberg's idea of cloaking the shark in mystery at the start couldn't be better (the animatronic shark used for the film wasn't working properly to begin with, so what else could he do?) My only complaint is how gory the film is for one rated PG. Not many young children will he happy to see the gore in this film, so you might want to wait until they turn 12 for them to handle it. Apart from that, this film's worth its weight in gold, and shouldn't be missed
"You'r gonna need a biger boat"-Martin Brody,chief of police.If you tell me you did'nt love this movie I will shoot you on sight.(Wait,nevermind stab you on sight,I forgot I'm against guns,but oh well same point given).
this film is simply stunning in almost every respect. the acting is spot on with some brilliant performances from Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider. in jaws we see the quiet tourist resort of amity bay terrorised by an man eating great white shark. the film has great heart pounding moments that leave you on the edge of your seat to tender moments with the nervous police chief and his family. this film draws heavily on the earlier spielberg film 'duel' and benefits from it. spielbergs skillfull direction and his use of the unseen leave our imaginations to take over to create more terrifying results than that which could be seen. the only disappointment in this film comes when we do at last see the shark, jaws turns from a thing that we have feared to something that we have to almost prevent ourselves from laughing at. subtilty in direction is not the only thing that makes this movie stand out, with an thumping theme from john williams that almost makes out heart quicken we are drawn in, closer until we can feel what the characters feel, the abject terror they are experiencing until at last, when the shark is killed in a cloud of blood we heave a sigh of relief .yet even as we leave the theatre we consider, perhaps more so than before whether we should dip our toe into the ocean for a swim
Being in the US Coast Guard, I swam near some sharks. This movie was always a reminder ot how lucky I was to swim without incident. We had sharp shooters ready to take out a few sharks, luckily we didn't have to play that scenario (0:
Classic movie that defined the summer blockbuster. I know people who were scared to go into the water because of this movie. Da dum da dum da dum is instantly recognizable.
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