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Post by drystyx on Jun 18, 2021 21:12:35 GMT
Like to prove that, wouldn't you? Get your name in the National Geographic.
9/10
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jun 18, 2021 21:17:26 GMT
That movie with Robert Shaw? It's pretty good. 10/10.
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Post by spooner5020 on Jun 18, 2021 21:27:55 GMT
The shark movie? It’s fine. A bit overrated.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 18, 2021 21:30:12 GMT
You're up awful early. Is the chief in there? Chief! What have you got on?
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Jun 18, 2021 21:33:38 GMT
Depending on the day, it's my #1 or 1A of All-Time along with Casablanca.
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Post by Marv on Jun 18, 2021 21:52:48 GMT
10/10 One of the best movies ever made. Even if most of the greatness was by accident.
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Post by ck100 on Jun 18, 2021 22:05:10 GMT
"You've got city hands, Mr. Hooper. Been counting money all your life. "
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Post by poelzig on Jun 18, 2021 22:10:57 GMT
If you can't admit Jaws is a great movie then the fact is you are going to ignore this particular great movie until it swims up and bites you on the ass.
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Post by movielover on Jun 18, 2021 22:14:16 GMT
10/10 - One of the greatest movies of all time.
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Post by James on Jun 18, 2021 22:19:55 GMT
Still arguably the best shark film ever made. Nothing has competed.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jun 18, 2021 22:20:24 GMT
One of the best movies ever.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jun 18, 2021 22:43:51 GMT
8/10 Great film although its not one I re-watch much.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 18, 2021 23:05:19 GMT
Great movie.
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Post by ck100 on Jun 18, 2021 23:10:14 GMT
Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review:
Jaws (1975) - 4 out of 4 stars
"A rare case of a bubble-gum story (by Peter Benchley) scoring as a terrific movie. The story: New England shore community is terrorized by shark attacks; local cop (Scheider), ichthyologist (Dreyfuss), and salty shark expert (Shaw) determine to kill the attacker. Hold on to your seats! Screenplay by Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Three Oscars include John Williams' now-classic score, Verna Fields' sensational editing. Benchley has cameo as a reporter on the beach. Followed by three sequels."
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jun 18, 2021 23:18:21 GMT
Maltin Movie Guide Review: Jaws (1975) - 4 out of 4 stars"A rare case of a bubble-gum story (by Peter Benchley) scoring as a terrific movie. The story: New England shore community is terrorized by shark attacks; local cop (Scheider), ichthyologist (Dreyfuss), and salty shark expert (Shaw) determine to kill the attacker. Hold on to your seats! Screenplay by Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Three Oscars include John Williams' now-classic score, Verna Fields' sensational editing. Benchley has cameo as a reporter on the beach. Followed by three sequels." Is there a website you get these from?
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Post by ck100 on Jun 18, 2021 23:20:25 GMT
Maltin Movie Guide Review: Jaws (1975) - 4 out of 4 stars"A rare case of a bubble-gum story (by Peter Benchley) scoring as a terrific movie. The story: New England shore community is terrorized by shark attacks; local cop (Scheider), ichthyologist (Dreyfuss), and salty shark expert (Shaw) determine to kill the attacker. Hold on to your seats! Screenplay by Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Three Oscars include John Williams' now-classic score, Verna Fields' sensational editing. Benchley has cameo as a reporter on the beach. Followed by three sequels." Is there a website you get these from? Just from the Leonard Maltin Guide Book.
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Post by wmcclain on Jun 18, 2021 23:34:15 GMT
Jaws (1975), directed by Steven Spielberg. Miscellaneous notes after an umpteenth viewing of Jaws: - The story gets right to business without seeming rushed.
- Roy Scheider was a favorite from that period and seems very natural here as the big city cop on a small resort island. He has to accommodate the town council and businesses and do much of his own fetching and carrying.
- You can see his dread of the ocean very early, the way he looks at it after finding the girl's body on the beach.
- Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss both seem a bit "too much" when they first appear, but the movie actually grows toward their characters. We enter their world. They're in their element out on the boat chasing the shark, which is the center of the film.
- Shaw's character makes perfect sense after we hear his tale of the USS Indianapolis. Dreyfuss is at his best when scared spitless.
- This is not the sort of action thriller where the extras stand around watching the the main characters do all the work. A vast mob is always in the way, crowding them and having to be handled.
- It's great that ordinary people occupy the beach, not just Hollywood hardbodies and pneumatic young women.
- Priceless: the shared expression on the faces of the councilman and his wife when the mayor suggests they get in the water.
- The sound design is excellent, a vivid recreation of the surf and sounds of a fishing port.
- The John Williams score: he has exhilarating chase music when out on the ocean pursuing the shark, the men in charge, masters of the sea. Then the shark hunts them and we switch to the ominous fright theme. In an inspired construction he combines both themes during the life-and-death battle, which I think contributes enormously to its excitement.
- The shark begins to generate supernatural dread. No one has seen this behavior before. It seems to have a malign intellect. Quint, disbelieving: "He can't stay down with three barrels! Not with three!" It must be what Ahab felt about Moby Dick. It's one thing for Brody to be afraid, but quite another when the professional shark-killer and scientist are up against the unknown.
- Are there complaints about the mechanical shark effects? Doesn't bother me at all, in that it doesn't take me out of the movie.
- Did you see those shooting stars?
Available on Blu-ray with a fine, sometimes exceptional image. The early scene of the beach party seems more vivid than I recall, but my memory is unreliable here.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 19, 2021 0:51:26 GMT
One of my top three movies ever.
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Post by phantomparticle on Jun 19, 2021 1:19:35 GMT
The same as when I saw it in 1975.
10/10
As close to a perfect movie that I may ever see.
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 19, 2021 1:22:05 GMT
Robert Shaw did a fine job as Quint but I wish Lee Marvin hadn't turned the role down.
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