Amazing

Rating: 9/10 (5 July 2020)

I mean what do you want me to say about Jaws? It's phenomenal, the tension and action, in particular, is done incredibly well. One thing in particular I like is a lot of the movie is just talking, and if you've seen the film you'll notice a lot of the seemingly meaningless throwaway lines are actually important and are some nice foreshadowing. The animatronic work is also done incredibly well for the shark and it does actually look pretty damn real. The first half you feel the uneasiness grow as the shark takes more and more victims, once it gets to the second half and it's all about chasing the shark it turns into a much more action-packed and is much more character-driven as you find out more about the Quint as well as the other two. Something I like about this film is that while Chief Brody doesn't say why he's trying to hunt the shark you can tell from earlier interactions in the movie that it's actually because of his family and wanting to keep them safe. I truly enjoyed some of the long take action camera movements and the dolly zoom on Brody at the beach is iconic. Loved seeing this one again, when I was 10 I tried watching it and I got super spooked so I turned it off 10 minutes in. The second time I watched it with my mom and I enjoyed it, coming back to it for the third time was incredibly interesting. Also, DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN oOooo~ DUN DUN DUN DUN... DUN!