THE GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL-TIME PERIOD!!!

Rating: Null/10 (11 February 2002)

Jaws,without a doubt,is one of the most,if not the greatest film of all-time!(sorry Citizen Kane).What a crew it had!Steven Spielberg,who went on to become one of the greatest directors of all-time was still a bit inexperienced,but didn't let anyone know it.His combination of thrills,suspense,scares and humor were amazing!Like the yellow barrels bobbin'up&down on the surface of the water,Ben Gardner's dicapitated head,and my favorite,the Indianapolis scene.It wasn't just the speech but the combinding of the 3 topics Brody,Quint and Hooper were discussing that made it so special.The comparing of scars by Quint&Hooper & Brody feeling left out,the famous speech by Quint,& the old sailor song "Show me the way to go home"were all responsible for the success of the film.And Roy Scheider from "The French Connection"as Brody was great.He brought a real honest feel to the role that I don't think anyone else could have done.And Richard Dreyfus from "American Graffiti" brought a nerdy feel to his role that also was unbelievable.But I think the real star of the threesome was Robert Shaw from "From Russia With Love".Man,he was a god in this film.Who could of ever expected this rough-talking Brit to take on this role with such a Ahab-like essence?He should have won Best supporting actor at the Oscars,but that's Hollywood for you.He will always be one of my all-time favorite actors even though he acted in some pretty bad movies after "Jaws" like "Black Sunday".And Murray Hamilton and Lorraine Gary were fine supporting actors as well.Even though I think Gary is nothing more than a "Great" B-movie actress who got a big break.Oh,and how about Johnny Williams' greatest score ever?At least he got Awarded for his efforts,unlike spielberg.But he has been on the short end of the stick many,many times before.And Carl Gottlieb and Verna Fields for their writing and editing skills-Great Job Guys!This movie dosen't get enough credit these days with all these new films.But "Jaws" has something that no film can ever seem to fullfill nor imitate.Jaws'2,3,&4 for example,and "Deep Blue Sea", and even that stupid movie "Shark Attack".Let me tell you something,when you have to use nudity and L.L Cooljay to try to attract an audience, you officially have a really bad shark movie.But not "Jaws".(except for a brief flash by christy Watkins.)But not this predator.It's as though(as Orson Welles said:)"God created the Devil and gave him...JAWS!!!