Never one of my true favorites, but it's still a classic indeed, with a suspenseful story and wonderful performances

Rating: 10/10 (11 February 2006)

This was never one of my true favorites, but it's still a classic indeed, with a suspenseful story and wonderful performances. All the characters are fantastic, and the Shark attacks are just great, plus Roy Scheider is simply amazing in this. Steven Spielberg has another classic in his resume, with this one, and while I do think this movie is truly excellent, it's a bit overrated by some, still I really like the movie, and am proud to own it on DVD. The effects may seem a bit dated but still hold up pretty decently, and the finale is the best part of the movie, as it's extremely suspenseful, plus it has one of the most memorable openings. It also has one of the best Horror scores ever, and it's extremely well written and made, plus while it's not very graphic, it does not need to be. All the characters are extremely likable, and Lorraine Gary is very charming as Chief Brody's wife, plus the only actor in this cast that didn't fully convince me was Robert Shaw, as he was off and on throughout the movie. This was never one of my favorites, but it's still a classic indeed, with a suspenseful story and wonderful performances, and I say Go see it now!. The Direction is top notch as always from Spielberg. Steven Spielberg does a brilliant job here, with top notch camera work, a great job of adding tension and suspense, cool angles, and great POV shots, plus he kept the film at a very fast pace. The Acting is wonderful!. Roy Scheider is amazing here, he was extremely likable, vulnerable, and I really felt for him because it must have been a tough situation he was in, he also remained calm and cool under pressure as I loved that!, he played a very memorable character here, and his chemistry with Dreyfuss was also on (Roy Rules!!!!). Robert Shaw is OK here, but totally unconvincing a lot of the times, as it was hard to hear what he was saying, and his character rather bothered me, he gave the only somewhat weak performance in the film. Richard Dreyfuss is excellent here, he was very likable, funny had good chemistry with Roy, and I really enjoyed his performance, he rocked. Lorraine Gary is beautiful and very charming here as Brody's wife, she was very likable, and showed a lot of class, she did a terrific job!. Murray Hamilton is extremely convincing as the greedy mayor, as he will get under your skin. Rest of the cast do fine. Overall Go see it now. ***** out of 5