I think Tom meant “summer movie” as in “a movie about summer.”

And, of course, Benchley was kind of horrified for the rest of his life with what he’d wrought in terms of public hostility toward sharks.

The shark is such an abstract concept for most of the movie, it sends a jolt up your spine when you finally see it at the beginning of the third act. Brody’s grousing about shoveling chum into the water, the shark just pops up for a second in the background (out of focus to boot) but it makes you sit up and pay…

Also to be fair to the mayor, shark attacks on beach swimmers are really rare. There has been a bit of shark panic on Cape Cod in recent years, with some people wanting hunts of sharks and the seals that they usually feed on. Of course, more people drown or die in traffic accidents on Cape Cod, or probably get toxic…

How in God’s name can you write an article about Jaws and never once even mention John Williams’ score?

My Mormon parents decided I was too young to see Jaws when it came out (I was 10) even though all my friends were seeing it. But they compromised by letting me read the novel. Little did they realize that there was a chapter long explicit sex scene in the middle involving Hooper and Mrs Brody.

My husband and I did a project where we watched every best picture from the first until present, in order.  I was VERY surprised at how much I enjoyed the 70's.  As a child of the 70's I had missed so many of them.  In fact, my memories of Rocky turned out to be Rocky III.  It’s a great decade to revisit!

I’m curious why Scheider feels like a second tier 70s star today, compared to someone like Hackman or Caan. He had a bunch of memorable spots in big box office movies and more dramatic roles.

so reading the comments here it sounds like a bunch of us had crap 70s parents that didn’t care if the movie traumatized us.

We could talk all day about genius moments in “Jaws”. I vote for the moment when Brody is flinging chum and the shark leaps out of the water.  “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” is one of the all-time great movie lines, but right before that--Brody is pissed off and muttering, then the shark surges into the screen,…

In Mayor Vaughn’s defense, he’s in way over his head here. How much violent crime would a small tourist town like Amity see in a decade? His biggest problems are on the order of making sure there’s enough parking for the summer guests and the school kids aren’t being too loud with their parties. He probably got…

Can you imagine a movie like this selling out theaters now? Long, long scenes of dialogue, long, long, slow buildup of tension? Character development? A sense of place? Watching a movie from the ‘70s feels like time travel.

The practical effects that were used to make the first Jurassic Park movie served it well.  It still looks great in the close up shots with the actors interacting with the anamatronic dinosaurs.  

First time I saw it was at a water park wave pool. Which, by the way, is a terrifying way to see it. I’d rather be standing in line in the 70s, for that bit at least.

Me at 6 years old with my family and at drive in movie. scared the crap out of me I would not swim in our pool the next day. I remember seeing the milk men delivering milk when we got home from the drive in. yes I am old. that world is GONE.

this was my first summer blockbuster. We, as a family saw it in the drive in theater. I was a 6 year old. There was no force on earth that could have gotten me into our back yard swimming pool the next day.

I think it’s hard for people to remember just how *amazing* the Jurassic Park dinosaurs were in 1995. We’re so used to realistic CGI now, but when the movie came out most viewers associated CGI with the look of Tron or Lawnmower Man - the realistic Raptors and T Rex were just unprecedented.

Remains my favourite film of all time. Not a single frame is wasted or out of place. A work of absolute perfection.

I already left my diatribe about the nuance of cheering in the theater, but I can’t really leave this without commenting more on the movie itself.

“Endgame” was one of the rare times that fanservice was used in support of the story and characters, rather than being a hamfisted attempt to trick audiences into liking something they wouldn’t like otherwise.

Say whatever you want about cinema and amusement park rides, but I judge a movie by how much I invest in the…