I haven't been in the bath for years

Rating: Null/10 (22 April 2002)

Yes indeedy, that's a mighty big fish. One of my first memories is a scene from the film - when Quint drags his fingernails across the blackboard and says he'll kill the shark if the money's right. So this film was bound to have an impact on my lickle brain.
It's a great film, about this let there be no quibbling. Great acting, great directing, great insight into humanity, great camerawork (Brody's scene on the beach when you focus in on his face as he watches the ensuing mayhem is a all-time classic). Great everything apart from the rubber fish, but what can you do - Yo Steve, instead of wasting your time and the efforts of your CGI boffs on that wrinkly alien, sort out the shark in this film man!
This is one film where I can appreciate why the ending was changed from the book - it just wouldn't have worked on screen and risked looking a cop-out. Only watch this film in the series however - the rest suck. The only regret I have is that this film, unwittingly, contributed to hysteria that resulted in the mass slaughter of millions of sharks - poor fishies.