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JAWS is Brilliant

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DarkLene · 09/07/2025 03:46

In its 50th year. Fraught with filming issues to the extent Steven Spielberg thought he’d shot his burgeoning career to pieces. But… it just fucking works.

If I wanted to I could find fault with a couple of scenes, but ultimately- it’s superb!

The main fault would be that stupid people genuinely thought great whites were the antichrist and killed them en masse. That makes me sad.

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Goodadvice1980 · 09/07/2025 07:47

I love how the model of Jaws was named Bruce (think it was after a friend of Spielbergs) who was a lawyer 😂 🦈

Isometimeswonder · 09/07/2025 07:45

Brilliant film.
Have you read the book? it's a bit different to the film, Brody's wife is rather unlikeable.

EtonMessy · 09/07/2025 07:43

The dolly zoom shot of Brody in the Get out of the water scene must be one of the most iconic shots ever in cinematic history!!
Agree on the music score too, the first two notes ! So simple, so terrifying!!

Enigma53 · 09/07/2025 07:40

biggerboat · 09/07/2025 07:39

One of my favourite films as you can tell from my user name 😍

Love it!

LongRangeDessertGroup · 09/07/2025 07:39

Robert Shaw’s speech

biggerboat · 09/07/2025 07:39

One of my favourite films as you can tell from my user name 😍

PersephoneParlormaid · 09/07/2025 07:38

All these years later I still check down the toilet before I sit on it !

maras2 · 09/07/2025 07:37

'That's some bad hat, Harry'. Smile

Enigma53 · 09/07/2025 07:36

It’s amazing!! I love Brody, particularly when he’s just about to blow up the shark at the end.

” Come on, thatta boy, open wide, say Arghhhhh… BANG!

Classic !!!

Maaate · 09/07/2025 07:35

TheChosenTwo · 09/07/2025 06:52

It’s my favourite film!
Jaws 2 was on last night, that one is okay but the first is the best. Jaws 3 was frankly embarrassing.

Jaws 4 blows 3 out of the water on the terrible front.

Still not sure if it's in a "so bad it's good" way

Maaate · 09/07/2025 07:34

"Smile you son of a bitch"

Such a great ending

Rainbow321 · 09/07/2025 07:31

I can remember when I first went on holiday after watching it ( can't remember the year , but was a kid ) I hardly went in the sea , and definitely not even up to my knees !

SparklyBrickViper · 09/07/2025 07:27

Hard agree. Great film.

Chasingsquirrels · 09/07/2025 07:27

I cried when the shark bit the electric cable and died in Jaws 2. I would have been 6.

TranceNation · 09/07/2025 06:56

TheChosenTwo · 09/07/2025 06:52

It’s my favourite film!
Jaws 2 was on last night, that one is okay but the first is the best. Jaws 3 was frankly embarrassing.

I found a lot of the teenagers cast in Jaws 2 annoying. I'm sort of glad some of them got munched by the shark.

SisforSusanna · 09/07/2025 06:55

I have been terrified of swimming in the sea since I watched it as a child. I always hear that music….

KPPlumbing · 09/07/2025 06:54

Yep. It's in my top 3 of all time. It's so suspenseful, I love it. I could watch it every week!

TheChosenTwo · 09/07/2025 06:52

It’s my favourite film!
Jaws 2 was on last night, that one is okay but the first is the best. Jaws 3 was frankly embarrassing.

Clarinet1 · 09/07/2025 06:50

Fangisnotacoward · 09/07/2025 06:47

It's still an amazing film, scared the hell.out of me as a kid. And so quotable.

You’re gonna need a bigger boat!

Fangisnotacoward · 09/07/2025 06:47

It's still an amazing film, scared the hell.out of me as a kid. And so quotable.

TranceNation · 09/07/2025 06:45

One of the all time greatest films. I love how you don't actually see the shark until much later in the film when they are in the boat out at school.

stayathomer · 09/07/2025 06:41

Haven’t seen it since the 80s, must give it a go!

MinnieBaldock · 09/07/2025 06:40

I took my brother to see it when it first came out he was only about 14. We both loved it. My DHs favourite film we watch it every couple of months. The sequal was OK but the rest were rubbish. The book is good , the characters are quite different in it.

JMSA · 09/07/2025 06:38

Love it. Weirdly, it made me long for a life by the sea!

Didimum · 09/07/2025 06:35

It’s great. Agree that it unnecessarily villainised sharks for decades though.

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