Jaws on TV
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that was my mums favourite film. she wore through several tapes, she watched it so much lol.
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Classic, it's rumoured to be coming to HD DVD this year. 
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Be thankful the mechanical shark didnt work properly so we never see it as much as spielberg originally wanted.
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One of the best films ever made. The story, pacing, camera work and sound manage to build up a suspense that no film has ever been able to match which, IMO, results in a cinematic masterpiece.
I think it's sad that films like 300 and Transformers do so well at the box office because it makes the likelihood of another film as good as Jaws being released even more remote. No brain CGI packed films for no brain CGI obsessed people seems to be the way we're heading
I think it's sad that films like 300 and Transformers do so well at the box office because it makes the likelihood of another film as good as Jaws being released even more remote. No brain CGI packed films for no brain CGI obsessed people seems to be the way we're heading
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Pigeon_Killer said:One of the best films ever made. The story, pacing, camera work and sound manage to build up a suspense that no film has ever been able to match which, IMO, results in a cinematic masterpiece.
I think it's sad that films like 300 and Transformers do so well at the box office because it makes the likelihood of another film as good as Jaws being released even more remote. No brain CGI packed films for no brain CGI obsessed people seems to be the way we're heading
they are both great films in their own right. thats not to say we dont like films that major on story telling like i dunno...memento for instance.
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nutcase_1uk said:Fantastic film, first time I watched it a certain scene made me jump 6" off the setteeStill the only film that's managed to do that
Porthole and head spring to mind?
Me too.
The more I watch this film over the years the better it gets.
The atmosphere in the boat while they are drinking at night is excellent.
Completely disagree with the OP. You can pick the effects apart if you must but they far outweigh half the garbage that can be knocked up on CGI still. This film is not really about the special effects so much for me, you hardly see the shark - it's the constant tension Spielberg created through the film.
The atmosphere in the boat while they are drinking at night is excellent.
Completely disagree with the OP. You can pick the effects apart if you must but they far outweigh half the garbage that can be knocked up on CGI still. This film is not really about the special effects so much for me, you hardly see the shark - it's the constant tension Spielberg created through the film.
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penski said:
Robert Shaw's monologue about the USS Indianapolis is a superb moment - even if he does grossly exaggerates the number of men killed by sharks (nearly all the dead died of thirst).
And the boy getting it on the lilo as well - another brilliant scene.
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droolinggimp said:Porthole and head spring to mind?
Me too.
That wasn't even going to be in the movie because, well the story goes, Speilberg didn't think it was the done thing to scare the crap out of the audience twice in a short space of time. Or something along those lines anyway.