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Dec 7 07 10:00 PM
MikeTheMook wrote: I've been saying this all my life, ever since I saw this as a 10 year old kid in '75. To this day, no movie has matched the theater experience that this was. No special-effects, super-budgeted super-hyped extravaganza has equalled the thrilling time I had in the theater watching this movie for the first time. This film drew me into it like no other. This is the single greatest and most exhiliarating time I've ever had in a movie theater, and probably ever will.
I gotta echo Mike's comments. And I think people forget that prior to Jaws hitting the movie plexes, there was no such thing as a "summer blockbuster" season. This one started it all--and what a start! Jaws had/has everything! All the actors were at the top of their game, and who could ever forget that incredible score? And to imagine that the beach shots were lensed in April or early spring, when the Atlantic is absolutely freezing (it's not even anywhere near warm on sweltering days), make this film all the more remarkable. As for Bruce, there's something to be said for something "real," and by that I mean 3 dimensional. He had substance, despite the fact he was really just a prop. But again, what a prop! I remember how completely taken aback I was when we first got a glimpse of just how big that mofo was! Spielberg has never been better, and isn't this the movie that first featured the track-in/pull-back shot, when Brody realizes the shark has again attacked (when the kid is killed)? Unlike most of today's summer movies, Jaws was still playing at my local cinema in November! Only Star Wars met that record! Rod
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