Classic

Rating: 9/10 (23 May 2012)

The hardest decision I have ever made in my life was whether to watch Jaws or Jurassic Park as both were on TV at the same time One of Spielberg's first movies yet one of his most memorable, Jaws will forever be known as the greatest shark thriller ever made. Let's face it every other shark movie since Jaws has been a dud (with the exception of Jaws 2).
Quint as the iconic captain of the ship, Chief Brody as the police chief, and Hooper as the scientist all find themselves fighting for their lives from the shark known to the cast and crew as "Bruce." Jaws basically coined the phrase, "We're going to need a bigger boat" Spielberg, frustrated by the mechanical shark's ongoing mechanical failures relied on using the camera as the point of view of the shark. This added an element of suspense that was topped by no other movie.
Spielberg somehow found a way to make this movie work and created a film that gave all viewers a fascination with sharks. I will always remember watching this movie with my parents on VHS (yeahVHS!) and having to close my eyes every time I heard "dun dun..dun dun."