One of the most influential films ever made

Rating: Null/10 (23 August 1999)

"Jaws" is a landmark film. It was one of the first big "blockbusters", made Steven Spielberg (and the actors) a "household" name, and STILL manages to keep thousands of people skeptical about going into the water. "Jaws" is the story of three men: A Chief of Police (Roy Schneider), a fisherman (Robert Shaw), and an oceanographer (Richard Dreyfuss) going out to the sea to capture a great white shark terrorizing the small town of Amity. "Jaws" is quite memorable and well-done: the acting, direction, scenery, and camera work under water among others, but the music is one of the greatest, most memorable, recognizable, and frightening music used in a motion picture. While the special effects of the actual shark are not the best, seeing the actual shark is not the reason most people have been kept out of the water. It's the fear of NOT seeing the shark that scares most people. To those who haven't seen "Jaws", see it, and be prepared to think twice about entering ANY kind of body of water.