Movie #44: Jaws

Movie #: 44
Movie Title: Jaws
Year Released: 1975

Director: Steven Spielberg
Notable Cast: Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton

Short Description: When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and a grizzled fisherman set out to stop it. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: #56
IMDB.com: N/A
Ranker.com: #46
Lifed.com: #94
Empire.com: #5
FilmCrave.com: #68
FlickChart.com: #57



Date Watched: 9/26/2016

Grade: 3.5 out of 5 (Very Good)

Rationale: My lone previous Jaws viewing experience consisted solely of the second half of the movie, which is the hunt for the shark. Now that I have context for the hunt due to Steven Spielberg's excellent storytelling from the first half my feelings on Jaws go from its only ok to it's great. The characters were rich and for the most part full of depth with the actors, especially Richard Dreyfuss, doing an admirable job bringing them to life. Best off all, the theme from Jaws that John Williams created perfectly builds upon the suspense of each scene as the shark is getting ready to attack.