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Chad
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Posted: March 26, 2004 at 12:00am
We start out with a group of kids on the beach, who are having a little beach party thing. A chick decides to go for a swim, and is promptly eaten by good ol' Jaws in what is one of the most famous scenes in cinematic history. Martin is the sheriff of the town, and wants to have the beach shut down due to said shark... but the mayor will have none of that, since it's the fourth of July weekend and business is booming. A kid is soon eaten as well due to the beach being open. Quint comes in to the picture, and offers to kill the shark for $10,000. The mayor denies this at first, but later agrees to pay up. Quint, Chief Brody, and a ichthyologist (shark expert) go out on a boat to bag the big one.
Pretty nice movie, although it did drag in some spots. The running time is one hundred and thirty minutes, but it could have been cut down to ninety or so easily if some of the boring and / or run-on scenes had been cut out. Otherwise, the storyline was pretty straight-forward, and no other flaws were to be had.
The gore and kills were nicely done in most of the scenes, although there weren't too many seen... a grand total of three. The shark itself was nicely put together as well... but I may be a bit biased. It was put together by some engineers, and they asked some local army boys down south to help with the construction of the shark-robots frame. One of the people who helped put it together was my woman's step-brother, so that's a nice bit of worthless trivia for you kiddies reading this.
Overall, a pretty decent film, but I don't think it's worth the "classic" status it receives by so many. 6/10.
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Chad
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Posted: September 25, 2007 at 8:41pm
I'd just like to go on record as saying that I disagree with my own review here - I guess I was in a bad mood or something when I wrote it. Someday, I'll watch it again and give it another review.
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Nirrad
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Posted: September 28, 2007 at 12:18am
Classic! This is my favorite movie, and always has been since I was a kid. I have numerous copies of this movie and I will continue to buy them whenever new ones are released.....35th anniversary anyone? This was the movie that started the whole summer blockbuster and was the number 1 grossing film of all time.....until Star Wars. This is the only movie that has me thinking twice of being somewhere. I cannot go into a Lake, River, Pond, Ocean or even a pool without thinking of jaws. I still have dreams of trying to get out of water because ol' Bruce is coming to get me. Rating: Best movie ever/10
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Shakes
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Posted: February 21, 2009 at 12:38am
hmm...I think this is that one film I saw as a small child, which completely scared me away from the ocean for all my life. 10/10
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Lucid Dreams
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Posted: June 15, 2010 at 2:04pm
This was a great movie, but I never found it to be perfect for some reason. It was a good flick, but I never felt like watching it again. 8/10
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