Jaws - 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of Jaws - 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition [VHS]
Movie Review: The treatment this classic deserves
Summary: 4 Stars
Great DVD for the collector who enjoys a feature length making-of doc, but I was disappointed that this (from amazon) didn't come with the collector's book. I suppose that if it isn't pictured, I shouldn't have expected it, but I was let down no less. Doesn't take away from the quality of the DVD though, which is a must-have for any film fan.Movie Review: Still Biting, After All These Years
Summary: 5 Stars
Of the many blockbuster films Steven Spielberg directed, I wonder if this might wind up as his most famous years from now. Like Hitchcock and "Psycho," it certainly was his most shocking and scariest film. For months, people were afraid to go into the ocean after seeing this film. Few people knew what a Great White Shark looked like, but they have ever since this film came out!
No, it doesn't hold the terror it did when released about 30 years ago, but it is still scary, still entertaining and moves at a fast pace. This is a quick two hours of movie-watching. The music has held up even better than the special-effects. The creepy music whenever the shark is near still can get your adrenaline flowing!
I didn't find any of the human beings too appealing. The more I watch this, the more I wish the shark had eaten more of them, like Richard Dreyfuss and Murray Hamilton.
Movie Review: Do movies get any better?
Summary: 5 Stars
I love the cinema. I love movies and regularly go to the cinema and have loads of dvds. There are many fims over the years I have seen and loved and watch repeatedly but none more than this. This film has it all. Superb acting from the three main actors, Spielberg at his best and a score that defies belief and which has never been bettered. For all the movies I have seen and loved over the years, this is the only one I can remember everything about the day I first went to see it, Queueing around the block at the ABC in Liverpool and panicing as I thought i wasn't going to get in as the cinema was nearly full. Then the feelings during watching the film itself. This is the only film I have seen where the I can remember the audience all standing and cheering at the end when the shark is killed. So what if today the effects look poor. Modern film makers think that horror equals CGI. If you have good graphics, you can get away with anything. They should take note of how the suspense is built in this film despite the way its villain looks. An absolutely perfect film. Never bettered in my opinion.Movie Review: Superbly acted and directed action/adventure classic
Summary: 5 Stars
"Jaws" is a tremendously entertaining action/adventure film. It's not really a horror film although it contains horror elements. Director Spielberg draws superlative performances from his main characters played by Robert Shaw (old sea dog), Roy Scheider (local police chief), and Richard Dreyfuss (shark expert) and it's their interplay which is particularly memorable. Brilliantly directed and conceived by Spielberg and featuring the iconic John Willams theme - this is a film classic. Don't bother with any of the sequels.Movie Review: Get A Bigger Boat!
Summary: 5 Stars
JAWS was one of the few movies I saw in the theater that literally had me white-knuckling the arms of my seat. (Which meant the popcorn and pop tumbled out of my lap and onto the floor.) What a great time I had, all those years ago in the cinema, as watching this thriller was one whale (shark?) of a gasp-fest; I remember walking out of the lobby thinking, "This Spielberg guy might have a future in filmmaking."
Duh. . .
But aside from all the obvious plusses (great story, suspense, characters, timing, musical score, dialogue, etc.) that make watching this film, over the years, such a delight, I tend to marvel at two noteworthy components of this instant classic. The first is the interaction of the Big Three (Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss); the way they play off one another, while rubbing elbows on that tiny boat, is a marvel to behold. And Shaw's monologue--as his character relives his experiences as a survivor of the USS Indianapolis--is perhaps the most riveting monologue in all of cinema.
The other component involves the mechanics of making the movie itself. Just think of it: The difficulties of simulating the power of a giant shark tearing apart a boat in the open ocean (with the limited technology at the time) must have been extraordinary, yet Spielberg and crew accomplish the insurmountable--and make it look totally believable. Accordingly, JAWS is the product of filmmakers at the pinnacle of their craft, which makes it as much fun to watch today as the first time I spilled my soda.
--D. Mikels, Author, The Reckoning