Changed the way we view movies

Rating: 10/10 (6 July 2006)

Jaws is my favorite movie of all time. I loved it as a kid mainly because it had a shark in it and i was in love with them. hahaha. as i have gotten older i have been able to completely appreciate what this movie means to the industry. the first movie as a summer blockbuster, it single handedly gave us the birth of multi-plexs like loews or amc. it broke the 100 million mark, shattering records at the time. people that i know that are younger than i and don't really appreciate what movies were like before cgi complain how the shark looks fake and stupid, but i like that. it gives the movie a sense of "how did they do that?" that mystic feeling. and being in 1975 there was no cgi so.. this movie has completely changed movie making and marketing in the US and beyond. i am not saying that star wars wouldn't have done it, but jaws gets the recognition for being first. it is a classic movie with a great story, script, characters, emotions, and history. definitely one of the best movies ever made. and one of few movies viewers can say the movie is better than the book.