JAWS : See it . . . before you go swimming. No kidding.

Rating: Null/10 (17 July 2004)

This is my all-time favorite movie. I've both the DVD and VHS version, and it's one of the few movies I can watch over and over in the same day (along with Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark). Jaws has it all - great story, great actors, and great film-making. Roy Scheider is great as Brody, making the character the most unlikely hero. Robert Shaw is also superb as Quint, the experienced fisherman who has been through a lot in his life. Richard Dreyfuss is awesome as Hooper, the marine biologist whose high tech equipment is no match for the power of the shark. Murray Hamilton is good as the mayor in denial of the evidence of the presence of the shark, until it's too late. Lorraine Gary is also good as the mother who cares about her family. And as for the shark, unlike others, I try not to notice it's technical flaws. It was 1975. I try to enjoy the other aspects of the movie. I think Spielberg and his team did a fantastic job with this classic. ****/****