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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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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 1, 2003
Pros: Edge of your seat action. Great actors and a better director. The incredible music!
Cons: All the horrible sequels!
Summary: I remember the first time I saw Jaws in the theater. I was 16 years old and waited in line for about ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 15, 2003
Pros: The simplicity
Cons: None
Summary: I remember the first day my stepfather Peter, sat down next to water one of his favorite movies of all time. I was still too young to know what I was about to get into, for all I knew Jaws was just the scary plastic shark in the Universal Studios ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 16, 2002
Pros: Acting, cinematography, Spielberg's direction
Cons: Depiction of the commonality of shark attacks is inaccurate
Summary: Throughout his career, Steven Spielberg has been accused of juvenilizing the movie industry. Spielberg's critics contend that invention of the blockbuster has resulted in story and characters being sacrificed for special effects.
Spielberg's ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 14, 2002
Pros: The cast, the direction, the music, everything!
Cons: n/a
Summary: One of my favorite moments in "Jaws" lasts only about two seconds. Literally, if you blink, you miss it. Brody (Roy Schieder), the police chief in a small island resort town, has found a dead girl on the beach. With a strong suspicion that it was a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 19, 2002
Pros: brilliantly filmed, visually engrossing, utterly fantastic
Cons: none
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 31, 2002
Pros: great acting, good script, suspense builds nicely, soundtrack, effects, cinematography, bonus materials
Cons: how did fashion ever survive the 70's
Summary: Once upon a time, a man named Peter Benchley wrote a little novel about a seaside town terrorized one summer by a 35-foot great-white shark. A little-known director by the name of Steven Spielberg picked up the script and begged the studio to let him ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 17, 2002
Pros: Jaws is: thrilling, terrifying, extremely suspenseful. Wise to not show the shark early on.
Cons: None.
Summary: Steven Spielberg's film "Jaws" is the one in which his directing genius truly began to show. He created a thrilling, suspenseful film filled with genuine scares that, for most of the film, play on the audience's imagination. The performances are ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 22, 2002
Pros: Horrific, frightful, and a killer
Cons: N/A
Summary: A small island town is terrorized by a massive killer shark who has no mercy on the swimmers of Amity Island. This classic story starts off on a clear night near the ocean when two young lovers go for a swim and one of them does not return. A small tug ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 26, 2002
Pros: Original plot for its time, realistic, superb acting
Cons: Can't think of any
Summary: Jaws. A real edge of your seat thriller! This horror film is truly a classic. I could watch it over, over and over again.The thing that makes it so creepy is the fact that this isn't just another horror film with a scifi sea creature who attacks ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 29, 2002
Pros: Spielberg's direction; three great lead actors; intense action and suspense
Cons: Some scenes may not be suitable for some younger viewers
Summary: What Hitchcock's PSYCHO did for motel showers in 1960, Steven Spielberg's 1975 masterpiece JAWS did for the beaches, which is to say, it scared everyone away from there, or at least made them think twice about going into the water. Opening on June 20, ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 28, 2002
Pros: Every single frame
Cons: Cons??? In JAWS?
Summary: Okay, I'll try to remain objective and forget the fact that this is my favorite film of all time - but that might be just too hard.
Presumably everyone on earth is familiar with this film, but I still feel that a couple of things should be ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 22, 2002
Pros: One of the best movies ever!
Cons: You might not want to go swimming for a while!
Summary: Jaws has got to be one of my favorite movies. It's really hard to find a movie of this caliber anymore. What can be more scary than the thought of being consumed alive by an animal with, as Quint says, "lifeless eyes".
But it's not the suspense ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 24, 2001
Pros: Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss.
Cons: None.
Summary: 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 ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 7, 2001
Pros: Scary!!! Its very realistic. Has an awesome cast.
Cons: Has a few drawn out parts.
Summary: Jaws, is a classic. It is a movie that will live on forever. It is an action packed horror movie. The special effects are wonderful. You will be on the edge of your seat through out the whole movie. The begining scene is so powerful, it will leave ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 6, 2001
Pros: It was the best of Spielberg
Cons: It is the worst of Spielberg
Summary: Call me Fez Monkey…
With it’s release in 1975, Jaws accomplished two apparently contradictory things: while scaring the ever-lovin píss out of would be beach-goers it started a hysterical hatred of sharks, while at the same time helping ... read more
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