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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 24, 2012
Pros: Plot, Acting, Blu-Ray Quality, Soundtrack, Special Features, A Hollywood Classic
Cons: None...except it lead to Jaws 3 and Jaws 4.
Summary: "Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back In The Water..." In 1975, audiences were introduced to one of the most scariest movie-monsters; this time it wasn't vampires or ghosts but a hungry great white shark. Released to ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 12, 2010
Pros: 99.99% of the film
Cons: The young victims are faceless
Summary: Based on the (apparently average) novel by Peter Benchley, Roy Scheider stars at Chief Martin Brody, formerly of New York, but now police chief of the small resort town of Amity. He becomes alarmed when the body of a young swimmer washes up on shore, and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 10, 2010
Pros: Humorous, scary, scenic and fun.
Cons: Fingernails on blackboard in one scene.
Summary: § Summary: A flirtation at a midnight beach party on Amity Island leads to a dip in the ocean which leads to a snack attack ... by a menacing creature of the deep. The new police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) lists it as SHARK ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 19, 2010
Pros: Great performances all around, screenplay, terrifying, soundtrack, atmosphere, content
Cons: None
Summary: Duh-duh. Duh-duh. Duh duh duh duh duh duh--okay, you get my point. Almost everyone knows Jaws even if they haven't seen it. It was the cultural phenomenon in 1975 that practically invented the summer blockbuster movie and jumpstarted Steven ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 28, 2009
Pros: Everything about this movie proves Spielberg's Genius.
Cons: None.
Summary: Jaws (1975) Directed by Steven Spielberg"Martin, it's all psychological. You yell barracuda, everybody says, "Huh? What?" You yell shark, we've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July." Mayor Vaughn.Is Jaws a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 14, 2009
Pros: The last act; gradual awareness of the shark's power that builds throughout the film
Cons: The series never explains why New England great whites are so big.
Summary: Retired New York police officer Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) is starting his first summer as police chief of Amity, Massachusetts, a tourist town built on an island, when one of his officers makes a gruesome discovery on the beach: a dead woman with only ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 30, 2008
Pros: script, acting, characters, action, and ending
Cons: nothing at all
Summary: Indeed, however, we need a bigger screen tv. I returned from a Jaws movie marathon shown on My 45. The marathon started on Tuesday, and ends today. My summer vacation, before I go back to BC, was ok, but I thought it would be great to watch all the Jaws ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 5, 2008
Pros: An oldie but goodie. The music alone can send shivers up your spine.
Cons: Not for small kids of course...or weak-stomached adults.
Summary: This was one of the first horror movies I ever saw as a teenager (many moons ago!) and it sticks in my mind as a true classic. The music alone can send shivers up your spine because you KNOW that Jaws is coming and someone is going to be bleeding soon. ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 13, 2008
Pros: Action pack and full of suspense and drama.
Cons: nothing what so ever this is a must see movie over and over again.
Summary: This is my feelings about the movie jaws terror, fear of the unknown, scared to death of having a shark with teeth as big as an hour glass tearing away my flesh and feasting on my remains and each time the shark takes a bite his eyes would roll back ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 7, 2008
Pros: Great acting, music, filming. A must see for all adults.
Cons: Has some slow parts that may be lost on those who are action hungry.
Summary: I was so excited when Jaws came out on DVD. My sister and I watch Jaws every Thanksgiving-don't exactly know why but it is now a tradition. The movie starts out with a bang, a young man follows "Chrissy", our first victim to the ocean. Chrissy ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 1, 2007
Pros: You name it!
Cons: The guy wasn't wearing any sneakers!
Summary: Generally, I would be loathe to begin a movie review with a spoiler, and in fact, have never done so yet. But if you are one of the half a dozen people in the country who has not seen Steven Spielberg’s spectacular shark epic “Jaws,” then you might want ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 14, 2005
Pros: Jaws is the ultimate creature movie.
Cons: There could have been more interaction between Brody and Ellen.
Summary: Who hasn’t thought twice about getting into the water after seeing “Jaws”? Although the popularity of some horror/creature movies may fall by the wayside, the 1975 film has stood the test of time. This Steven Spielberg movie successfully combines the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 13, 2005
Pros: Brody, Hooper, Quint, and Bruce. Yeah. It's really everything.
Cons: ...
Summary: Sometimes a movie is more than just a movie. Sometimes a movie takes you to another place, takes you back to memories and feelings, just makes you happy. For me, Jaws is one of those movies. Whenever I think about it, or watch it, I go back to high ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 30, 2005
Pros: Quint's acting on being masticulated. . .!
Cons: Traumatised Spielberg himself!
Summary: When the special edition of this classic oceanoGRAPHIC thriller was released earlier this August it was a bloody swim down the deeps of terror-for me! And so I got me a copy. . . . To say the least, THERE WILL NEVER BE A FILM SHOT IN SUCH REALISM;there ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 8, 2005
Pros: Spielberg, Shaw, Sheider and Dreyfuss
Cons: A touch-dated-at-times but this is also good in the way it brings us back-in-time.
Summary: Back in the early 70's my wife and I were traveling cross country, just the two of us, as a young married couple out to see the spectacular wonders our nation held for us. My eight-track tape player wasn't always working well so, while I was driving ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 14, 2005
Pros: Much better than the book -- Benchley improved on his characters.
Cons: hard to find a flaw with this one.
Summary: JAWS the movie is a lot different than the novel but at the same time it is written by the same author, Peter Benchley. What I liked the best about this movie is the use of the suspense and you don't always see the shark. I saw the movie after ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 12, 2005
Pros: Great performances, perfect score, very suspenseful, very entertaining
Cons: A tad long
Summary: When you talk about movies and success, it is difficult to discuss without talking about Jaws. When you talk about suspense, it may even be impossible. Way back in ’75 this seemingly doomed film broke box office records, becoming the most successful ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 18, 2004
Pros: Great cast, writing and direction.
Cons: If you are young, the special effects are hokey
Summary: To me, an old movie means black and white. To my kids it is how dated the special effects are. I remember seeing this movie in the theaters and being scared senseless. Even after visiting the studio and seeing the mechanical shark that was Jaws, it ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 21, 2004
Pros: Great screenplay by Benchley & Gottlieb. Good acting, fine directing, terrific score by J. Williams
Cons: Its success bred such awful sequels as Jaws 2, but no quibbles about Jaws
Summary: Steven Spielberg's second feature film (and one of his most challenging projects), Jaws was THE blockbuster event of 1975. Based on Peter Benchley's novel, this very effective thriller set box office records higher than any previous film....and made ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 10, 2004
Pros: One of the greatest horror movies of all time! A masterpiece!!!
Cons: None that come to mind.
Summary: WHY WAS JAWS SO SCARY? Like most films, Jaws is one of those movies that keeps you pinned to the edge of your seat! There is plenty of action, horror & suspense! From the very beginning to the very end, you may NEVER want to go to the beach again! ... read more
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