Hello everyone. Well it's that time of year again, that being the Halloween season. Now last year I reviewed films that didn't have a theme to them it was just whatever I felt like reviewing. You can check those reviews out by clicking anything highlighted in orange. So this time around I thought of reviewing all four of the Jaws movies. So let's begin.
Jaws is a 1975 thriller film based on the Peter Benchley's 1974 novel of the same name. The movie was both produced and distributed by Universal Studios. Jaws was written by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb and directed by Steven Spielberg.
The story is after a woman's dead body is found Police Chief Martin Brody wants to close the beach. However the Mayor of Amity Island doesn't want to do that in fear of tourist revenue dropping. After more shark attacks happen Martin teams up with Ichthyologist Matt Hooper and grizzled ship captain Quint to stop the man-eating beast.
My Thoughts
One thing that Jaws deserves praise for is the suspense. I've seen this film at least five times but I get chills whenever there's going to be a shark attack. That's a great testament to the movie when you've seen multiple times but yet still get scared.
What also made the film great were the characters. The one thing I've seen many shark films is they always focus on the shark and it's attack but in doing so character development gets shoved in the back. Jaws on the other wanted to focus on the characters more and in doing so we come to care for them when their in a dangerous spot with the shark.
Another aspect that made Jaws such a great and memorable film is John Williams' score. Now yes the shark's theme song (or the Jaws theme as it's commonly called) is a classic score. There was also another piece of music that I loved that I sometimes don't hear get talked about enough and that's the music when all three men are warping rope around the barrels that way it will be easier to track the shark. That score is the definition of excitement. It really made your heart race when that scene was playing.
The other thing Jaws needed to be praised for was the performances. Everyone played their character to perfection. The actors did such a great job that to me there's no way if you were to remake Jaws (which is one of the few remakes that BETTER not happen by the way) with these same characters but with different actors that you can convince that a new guy playing Sheriff Brody is Sheriff Brody.
The final thing I want to praise Jaws is the lack of the shark. Steven Spielberg said that he would make the movie if you can show less of the shark. Which would later turn out to be a good choice on his part because with the lack of the shark you'll never truly no when it's coming. So the less is more approach was definitely a great movie.
Jaws is without a shadow of doubt one the greats when it comes to well crafted filmmaking. The suspense is done perfectly, the characters are great and you'll definitely care for them throughout the whole movie, John Williams' score will always hold up, the performances are great, and the lack of the shark was a smart move.
My final rating is A Must Watch
So that's one Jaws film down and three more to go. Only I'm definitely not looking forward to the fourth one but it wouldn't be a good retrospective if I skipped the other movies no matter how bad they are. Until then looking for my next review and enjoy getting everything set up for Halloween.
State of The Project (Sept 13th - Oct 11th)
Sept 13th - Is It True? - The Scooby-Doo Gang Are Escaping The Draft
Sept 15th - The Predator Review
Sept 24th - Road to Dark Phoenix - X-Men Review
Sept 27th - Who is Riot?
Oct 6th - Venom Review
Oct 8th - Classic Film Night - Jaws Review
Oct 11th - A Look Back at Goosebumps (2015)
NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU!
One thing that Jaws deserves praise for is the suspense. I've seen this film at least five times but I get chills whenever there's going to be a shark attack. That's a great testament to the movie when you've seen multiple times but yet still get scared.
What also made the film great were the characters. The one thing I've seen many shark films is they always focus on the shark and it's attack but in doing so character development gets shoved in the back. Jaws on the other wanted to focus on the characters more and in doing so we come to care for them when their in a dangerous spot with the shark.
Another aspect that made Jaws such a great and memorable film is John Williams' score. Now yes the shark's theme song (or the Jaws theme as it's commonly called) is a classic score. There was also another piece of music that I loved that I sometimes don't hear get talked about enough and that's the music when all three men are warping rope around the barrels that way it will be easier to track the shark. That score is the definition of excitement. It really made your heart race when that scene was playing.
The other thing Jaws needed to be praised for was the performances. Everyone played their character to perfection. The actors did such a great job that to me there's no way if you were to remake Jaws (which is one of the few remakes that BETTER not happen by the way) with these same characters but with different actors that you can convince that a new guy playing Sheriff Brody is Sheriff Brody.
The final thing I want to praise Jaws is the lack of the shark. Steven Spielberg said that he would make the movie if you can show less of the shark. Which would later turn out to be a good choice on his part because with the lack of the shark you'll never truly no when it's coming. So the less is more approach was definitely a great movie.
Jaws is without a shadow of doubt one the greats when it comes to well crafted filmmaking. The suspense is done perfectly, the characters are great and you'll definitely care for them throughout the whole movie, John Williams' score will always hold up, the performances are great, and the lack of the shark was a smart move.
My final rating is A Must Watch
So that's one Jaws film down and three more to go. Only I'm definitely not looking forward to the fourth one but it wouldn't be a good retrospective if I skipped the other movies no matter how bad they are. Until then looking for my next review and enjoy getting everything set up for Halloween.
State of The Project (Sept 13th - Oct 11th)
Sept 13th - Is It True? - The Scooby-Doo Gang Are Escaping The Draft
Sept 15th - The Predator Review
Sept 24th - Road to Dark Phoenix - X-Men Review
Sept 27th - Who is Riot?
Oct 6th - Venom Review
Oct 8th - Classic Film Night - Jaws Review
Oct 11th - A Look Back at Goosebumps (2015)
NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU!
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