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Jaws (1975)
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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...
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I don't know if this was Steven Spielberg Day or Shark Day.
I started the day with Spielberg's first theatrical film, The Sugarland Express. I then watched an entertaining shark film, Red Water. I ended my afternoon viewing with Spielberg's second feature, the one that put him on the map, Jaws. Two Spielbergs and two...
(complete Jaws review by B Movie Ben)
Jaws Movie Review by Seth C  (10/17/2006) |
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Something funny about me is that even though I love film as much as I do, I rarely check out older films that were released before my birth in 1981. If a film didn't hit the screens until the late eighties then more than likely I've never seen it. It's not that I have anything against older films, it's just that with new...
(complete Jaws review by Seth C)
| Jaws Movie Review by Simon (8/28/2007) |
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It's a testament to Spielberg's skill that Jaws has hardly aged since its original record-breaking release. Oh, sure, the outfits are dated and the effects for the shark probably cost as much as about a frame of anything released by Pixar these days. But the suspense and the conflict of the film remain razor sharp, and...
(complete Jaws review by Simon)
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