70's Movies: Was JAWS a scary or a bad movie?

[Darth_Kitten]

I saw it last night and was just curious. At times the shark looked fake but I was startled a few times. So was my bird. :)

[sundog]

1. it's great

i just watched it again a few weeks ago & realized how tight the whole production is...

i used to think a shark lived in my blue carpet when i was a kid... i had to jump from the hallway to my bed :scared:

:P

[Darth_Kitten]

2. the shark jumping on the boat.....

was pretty sick... :)

I missed the first part of the movie this time.

[sundog]

3. best to watch it on dvd... the 2.35:1 makes a world of difference

spielberg did a lot with the panavision

i still think it's the best thing he ever did, considering his budget at the time & the gamble universal was taking... these days, budget, marketing & cgi guarantee his success

[Darth_Kitten]

4. Well he did a great job then......

:) He must not have had a large budget, and it is kind of thrilling in places.

[sundog]

9. exactly - all the fx were done in the raw - still gets your blood pumping

[ooglymoogly]

5. right up there with psycho and the orig. the thing, nt

[Pepperbelly]

6. it STILL rocks on the big screen.

Hell, on TV for that matter.

[caty]

7. I saw it at the theater

when it first came out. The scene at the beginning where the girl gets killed in the water scared the h*ll out of me. I started shaking and didn't stop until the next day.

[calico1]

8. Me too!

I can remember that every time you heard the music you'd know to cover your eyes!

[caty]

12. I kept seeing

that girl getting yanked under the water for a second and her eyes darting back and forth trying to figure out what was going on. Oh--I'd better stop. I'll have nightmares tonight.

[DerekG]

10. Anyone who votes "Bad movie" simply has no taste

"Jaws" remains the pinnacle of escapist cinema, just as "The Godfather" is the zenith of film drama.

[enigmatic]

11. Brilliant film

The scene where Quint, Chief Brody, and Matt are down in the Galley and doing some male bonding, where Quint talks about being on the USS Indianapolis, is one of the 5 best scenes in film history..