I have no buttons on my shirt anymore

Rating: 10/10 (10 May 2016)

I was 9 or 10 when I saw this movie for the first time. My mom wouldn't take me to it at the theater. She said it was to scary for me at the time. Good parenting. I believe it was 1977 or 1978 Jaws was on HBO and my parents where going out to dinner. My neighbor Dwight came over to watch. When they got home a few hours later they found 2 terrified young boys. I think I pooped my pants and had bitten off every button on my shirt from pure fear. I never have been that scared my entire life.
Now I am older, but still love this movie. I know the shark kinda looks dumb with today's computer special effects. But it looked plenty real enough to a 9 year old with no buttons on his shirt.
The movie was an introduction to Spielberg. It had great acting, storytelling, character development and was brilliantly directed and written. The thing we expect from him, and why I love most of his movies. My favorite scene of all time is when they are below deck and telling their scar stories, and Quinn wins with his USS Indy story. He was so horrifying telling that.
I still see my friend Dwight from time to time. Over a beer we still talk about the night we watched JAWS. He gives me hell today for biting off all my buttons. But this movie was more to me then that, it piqued my intelligence. How many movies can say that. Now I got a masters in History and love studying about WWII. I love shark week on the discovery channel. The best week of TV every year. I wish I would have taken up marine biology, but hard when you live in Wisconsin.
Great movies spark emotion. JAWS brought me to the most scariest place I have ever been. JAWS brought out pure fear in me. A great emotion. But it also molded me and my interests. How many movies have done that for you? This is why JAWS is my favorite movie of all time. And why i watch it every chance I see it on. A 10 for me is too low of a score. I give it a 20.