Jaws

Pros: Interesting story, Good characters, Moments of tension, Lead acting, Direction
Cons: Bogged in politics, Some very lame acting moments

Back in the day, my life took an awkward and abrupt turn from The Way Things Were Supposed To Go to The Way Things Are Going. My training in my childhood and the beginning of my young adulthood was in marine biology, specifically the study of sharks. ...

Pros: need I really even start?
Cons: not for weak stomachs

Pros: brilliantly filmed, visually engrossing, utterly fantastic
Cons: none

Jaws. Just to say the name still inspires fear in some people. Even now, some 26 years after its release, it still strikes a primal nerve. This movie single-handedly caused an entire generation to fear the water. And not just the ocean. All water. T ...

Pros: Taut direction, great suspense, a sweeping musical score, fine performances, and lots of cool thrills to keep you hanging on the edge of your seat.
Cons: This film could have been a little bit shorter. Also, maybe this film should have had a faster pace...

NOTE: This film review is part of a write-off of the classic Jaws. Around 26 or so other writers are involved in this project so if you get a chance, read their reviews as well.

“...What we are dealing with here, is a...

Pros: Great cast, writing and direction.
Cons: If you are young, the special effects are hokey

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 ...

Pros: Oooo scary movie!
Cons: it's a classic..it can't have any cons :)

Pros: Fin and music keep the fear and mystery throughout. Shaw, Dreyfuss and Scheider act really well together.
Cons: The end is a letdown after a huge buildup.

Okay, my review title sucks and some of you just might be wondering what ol' Jeff is thinking about when he reviews a movie that came out in 1975. Well, just sit down little children and I'll explain myself. You see, Jaws is about to enter the realm of...

Pros: Spielberg's direction, Dreyfuss, Scheider, Shaw, the music...oh heck, everything really
Cons: None

I was quite flattered when Mike_Bracken asked me to participate in this, I've never done a write off before, so I have no idea if I'm doing it right. However, I'll just do what I normally do and hopefully it'll be alright. I purposely didn't read...

Pros: Jaws is the ultimate creature movie.
Cons: There could have been more interaction between Brody and Ellen.

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 ...

Pros: script, acting, characters, action, and ending
Cons: nothing at all

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 ...

Pros: fine script, directing, acting, well paced
Cons: some misstatements of fact

What I remember about “Jaws” after I saw it on the big screen was how afraid I was to even go into a swimming pool. Few scary movies affect me this way. What is wonderful about “Jaws” is that it is frightening due to suspense more than to gore.
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Pros: One of the greatest suspense movies of all time
Cons: It spawned three sequels

So here I am, at home because of some allergy testing that I have to undergo this afternoon. RFR and I had just watched the new 25th Anniversary DVD of Jaws the night before and sleepily, I wandered into the CowHaus' massive, titanium-walled...

Pros: The cowed feeling the movie brings to the heart and mind.
Cons: The failure of the movie to fully develop some of its characters.

THE FIRST VICTIM: JAWS

An azure crinkle of undulating waves. Rays from a bloated July sun pinwheel somnolently like sequined propellor blades. Lacy crests of foam gleam with a knife-like edge of diamond-glitter. A figure, slight, voluptuous,...

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.

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 ...

Pros: Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss.
Cons: None.

I first went to see this movie in the summer of 1975 when it was playing at a drive-in theatre. I really enjoyed this movie very much and have watched this numerous of times thereafter.

Steven Spielberg directed this very powerful drama of...