A Timeless Classic of the 1970's

Rating: 9/10 (9 June 2001)

***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** A Superb Horror Classic! It is hard to find something wrong with this film. Personally, I would classify it as a suspense thriller, because of the reality factor of a great white shark that has got to be exterminated. A horror involves inconceivable creatures from beyond like FREDDY in NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET or DRACULA.
JAWS awakens a fear in all of us that is familiar ( perhaps that explains the popularity of the film) which is further accentuated by that spine-chilling musical score when the shark is about to attack. Perhaps this is only my imagination, but you won't see smiles on people's faces when they see JAWS, because they recognise the familiar fear of standing waist-deep in water or paddling with a surfboard without really knowing the territory beneath them.
This is of course where DEEP BLUE SEA fails terribly. People actually laugh at DBS, because they know they are in for something like: Shark meets Frankenstein versus Alien on the set of THE ABYSS with crappy computer graphics.
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If I'm forced to find something wrong with JAWS then there would be this one scene where the shark leaps out of the water and actually bumps against the backside of Quint's boat with its stomach. It is a very short scene in the last 20 minutes of the film, but the `mechanical man-made' shark is very clear in this scene.
Quint was also a tough character, but why did the shark had to devour him? In my opinion he should have lived.
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Nevertheless, JAWS is the Classic shark horror of all times!
9 out of 10.