Cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water. Our shark.
-Quint

The unquestionable prototype of what would become the summer blockbuster that changed cinema forever for good and bad. The bad is of course not the film's fault, but the ridiculous need of having each weekend of the summer headlined by a blockbuster after Hollywood has clearly demonstrated that "blockbuster" is in no way linked to quality. At least not anymore, but in 1975 it surely was.

The troubled production of the film is almost as famous as the film itself and is but one of a multitude of examples of a truly great film being created organically out of adversity. Everything from not…

Whilst Jaws undoubtedly changed cinema forever, and signalled the birth of the blockbuster, there is a big ‘what if’ hanging over the film: what if Bruce, the affectionately named mechanical shark, had worked as originally intended? Would the film still have been the runaway smash and would it still stand as one of the true greats of American cinema? Of course it is a question that cannot be answered but whilst the technical gremlins were a big headache for Spielberg and his crew at the time he must now see its limitations as a blessing. It is partly because the shark could not be used as intended that the film was so effective and why it has aged so brilliantly…

Saw Jaws last week on the big screen (first time at the theater). I can summarize this viewing as follows: like watching it for the first time, makes me think of The Master, wow this is a funny movie.

Seeing a film like this in a theater setting is great not only for a better appreciation of the way it was filmed, but the shared experience of key moments adds so much value to them. Lines of dialogue or jump scares that were coming - nearly everyone in the theater knew they were coming. Yet there was an electricity to the moments as they happened. The crowd did not speak the lines ala Rocky Horror, rather they reveled together in…

You may sneer at the phrase "They don't make 'em like they used to", but sometimes even the laziest and easiest of proclamations are spot on.

When was the last time we had a giant blockbuster like Jaws where the vast majority of the audience were in agreement as to its qualities? I look down the ratings given Jaws by people on my friends list, and not a single one of them have given it below 7/10. More recently, critically acclaimed and financially phenomenal blockbusters like Inception and Looper do not fare nearly so well and there are large numbers of very vocal opponents of the reports of their quality.

Is Hollywood just not as good at pushing the buttons…

No puedo terminar de internalizar cómo coño de madre la gente adora esta pedazo de basura. No puedo creer que se alabe un película sobre un puto tiburón que se come a 5 pajuos en toda la puta película, y 1 puto tipo que se corta los cojones para agarrarlo, y lo peor del caso es que NADIE LE PARA BOLAS, osea, si un condenado tiburón se está comiendo a todo el mundo ¿CÓMO COÑO VAS A DEJAR UNA PLAYA ABIERTA Y RECIBIR A TODOS LOS TURISTAS QUE VENGAN?

El argumento no puede ser más idiota, en serio es lo que expresé en el primer párrafo. A veces pienso: Ok Carlos, analiza la película como si estuvieses en 1975 viéndola…

This is the film we can all thank for bringing us films like The Dark Knight, Iron Man, and other acclaimed blockbusters. It’s the film that proved that production companies don’t have to only release their good films in the late fall and early winter. The concept is simple, yet intriguing. Monolithic shark attacks beach, town goes nuts, who’s going to stop it? Just imagine this happening to your town.

In a world of CGI driven movies, it’s hard to imagine the acclaim it would receive if made today because what makes it special is that it reels in the audience via their imagination. It’s well documented that “Bruce” the mechanical shark was difficult to control and footage of “him”…

Saw Jaws last week on the big screen (first time at the theater). I can summarize this viewing as follows: like watching it for the first time, makes me think of The Master, wow this is a funny movie.

Seeing a film like this in a theater setting is great not only for a better appreciation of the way it was filmed, but the shared experience of key moments adds so much value to them. Lines of dialogue or jump scares that were coming - nearly everyone in the theater knew they were coming. Yet there was an electricity to the moments as they happened. The crowd did not speak the lines ala Rocky Horror, rather they reveled together in…

Title: Jaws (1975)
BD-50 Dual-Layer Disc / 2 Disc Set
Video: 1080p / AVC
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Subtitles: English SDH, French, and Spanish
Run time: 124 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Rating: PG
Region Coding: Region Free

Roy Scheider as Chief Brody
Robert Shaw as Quint
Richard Dreyfuss as Hooper
Lorraine Gary as Ellen Brody
Murray Hamilton as Mayor Vaughn
Carl Gottlieb as Editor Meadows
Jeffrey Kramer as Hendricks
Susan Backlinie as Chrissie
Chris Rebello as Michael Brody
Jay Mello as Sean Brody
Directed by Steven Spielberg

When production of Jaws began in 1974 Spielberg was still a new face in Hollywood with only having a couple feature length films to his credit. He knew Jaws…