When an insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, the police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the blood-thirsty beast.
- Released: 1975-06-18
- Runtime: 124 minutes
- Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thrillers
- Stars: Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Murray Hamilton, Lorraine Gary, Chris Rebello, Jay Mello, Jeffrey Kramer, Carl Gottlieb, Susan Backlinie, Jonathan Filley, Lee Fierro, Jeffrey Voorhees, Craig Kingsbury, Phil Murray, Fritzi Jane Courtney, Belle McDonald, Ted Grossman, Robert Nevin, Peter Benchley, Dorothy Fielding, David Engelbach, Joseph Oliveira, Beverly Powers, Ayn Ruymen, Christopher Sands, Rex Trailer, Joe La Creta, Denise Cheshire, Steven Spielberg
- Director: Steven Spielberg
Comments
- xiaoli7377 - 29 December 2022
It's Really the Second Half That Falls Apart
"Jaws" is definitely an iconic film for many reasons. Spielberg's directorial film debut. Highest grossing movie of all time at that point. The original summer blockbuster. Generations of kids scared to swim in the water. I love the first hour or so of it, the buildup of the plot. Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss are great as three very different men all going on a shark hunt.
Where it kind of falls apart just a little bit for me is when they're actually on the boat. It takes up almost half of the film, and what we get is a long montage sequence of them just shooting a bunch of stuff at the shark and trying all sorts of tricks to get the shark. It's engaging and entertaining, it just kinda drags towards the end up until the climactic finale finally reels in the catch.
Obviously a milestone film that comes with a recommendation from me. Just expect a bit of a slower wave rather than large splash.
