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evil bill -> RE: JAWS (21/6/2010 5:40:25 PM)
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Time i posted my review of this classic on it's own thread;
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During the height of beach season, the Massachusetts resort town of Amity Island is terrorized one summer by surprise attacks from a great white shark. Three unlikely partners team up to hunt down the rogue and destroy it: the new chief of police from New York (Roy Scheider), a young university-educated oceanographer (Richard Dreyfuss), and a crusty old-time fisherman (Robert Shaw).
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From the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley,Jaws, Steven Spielberg directed this thrill ride of terror.Jaws was very popular when released, it was the highest grossing film of 1975. It spawned three sequels, which were all inferior. In fact, no film about Sharks or any killer fish has been able to come close to the level of Jaws. The film shoot was notoriously difficult for the young Spielberg, who had directed only one other feature film Duel. The mechanical shark seldom operated correctly, and Spielberg was frequently forced to create the idea of terror without actually showing the shark. However,this is what added to the terror,along with,composer John Williams score, which has since become a well-known theme of impending doom.This is one of the greatest monster/horror films made,which i could never understand how it got a PG.The opening sequence is not only a classic, it's still frightening nearly three decades after it was made,it also has it's fair amount of blood and gore.Plus some truly shit your pants shocks,which are helped by the terrific character-driven story,with it's superb cast,who are all belivable characters.A really good reminder that, once upon a time, Spielberg used to make films for adults rather than infants and popcorn chewing braindead muppets.
Jaws was a lot more than one of the first mega big movie's,IE Blockbusters,it was part of a cycle of paranoia films released in the late 70's reflecting the Vietnam War, Watergate scandal, anti-authoritarianism, and political apathy(sounds familiar???)Don't belive me well well watch it again.Examples; The Mayor and his lackeys persuade Chief Brody that Shark attacks are always isolated, and that he is inexperienced in such matters, he grudgingly agrees to keep quiet,consequently, the shark kills again and again.Chief Brody eventually finds himself dealing both with his own moral guilt for agreeing to hush up the first shark attack which appears to be his sole responsibility,as the slime ball Mayor tries to shift blame.Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss, in the role that propelled him to stardom,as the oceanographer dispatched to Amity to lend his expertise,see's there is a real problem that the Mayor and co choose to ignore/cover up.Then along come's Robert Shaw's Quint as one of the greatest anti-heroes the movies have ever seen. He is funny, frightening and powerful yet fair, and his story of the tragic sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the 90 US Navy personnel who died from shark attack wounds,is one of the most chilling and unforgettable performances ever committed to film.Overall a true masterclass in suspense,that has you in it's grip right to the thrilling action packed finale,a true classic.
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