Most terrifying movie of all time. Here's why:

Rating: 10/10 (13 October 2000)

As of this writing there are 160 comments for this movie and it ranks an 8.2. I ask, where does it lose that 1.8 points? It's perfect, my favorite movie of all time. If I had to guess why some wouldn't like it, I suppose it could be because Bruce doesn't match the live shark footage in the film. Or maybe people prefer a CGI shark? I'm stumped. See Deep Blue Sea if you want that, and you'll see that CGI sharks don't make a movie. Besides, Bruce looks great in 90% of the shots, especially when he rises up under Brody during the last stand. I've often wondered- why is it that as the years go by and technology advances, the sharks in the Jaws movies just look worse and worse?
Everybody has seen this, so to summarize the plot is a waste of time. No other movie has terrified the world in such a way. The most terrifying films of all time don't get into your head like this. There are few people who are afraid of hotels due to the Shining, and even fewer fear demonic possession (Exorcist), or Zombies (NOTLD). Now these are among the scariest films ever made and I love them dearly, but they don't get to you like Jaws. I've heard that in the past some people feared the shower after seeing Psycho, but come on, Jaws kept MILLIONS away from the beaches, and people still fear the ocean to this day. That is true, irrational FEAR, spanning 25 years, especially since it is rather common knowledge that sharks are about as interested in eating people as they are logs. This movie had the same effect on cinema as War of the Worlds did on radio. It showed that the entire nation can be profoundly affected by what is on that screen.
So see this masterpiece again, and for heaven's sake, DON'T watch it on TV. The edited pan and scan version just doesn't cut it, and you don't even get to see what happens to Quint. As for my feelings about the DVD, I really enjoyed some of the new sounds, but overall the original is still the best. It doesn't matter though, only people who've seen this film hundreds of times like me will notice the new sounds anyway.