JAWS REVIEW

          Enter Jaws theme music, Tuh Tuh, Tuh Tuh, Tuh Tuh, Who doesn't know the classic theme and film? I feel there isn't a person older then 10 that has not seen the film jaws. For those who haven't seen it *Spoiler alert* this is what Jaws is about according to IMDB."When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it." So the film is definitely an Iconic film for sure and stands the test of time but is it really a masterpiece and one of the greatest films ever made?
         So Jaws stars Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, and Murray Hamilton. It's music score is done by John Williams who's also done *drumroll* STARWARS. Yes, now we know why Jaw's music is so appealing. The Cinematography is done by Bill Butler but everyone knows the film was directed non other than boy wonder *at that time* Steven Spielberg. The Film runs 124 mins long and was released in 1975 with genre categories as Adventure, Horror, Thriller. In my personal opinion, Jaw's is not a horror film but maybe it was back in 1975 . I see Jaws as an adventure film for sure. The film just works perfect because at that time, no one had done anything similar with style and music and story for sure. Personally, I don't find it to be the greatest film ever nor I find the film to be that interesting. I mean don't get me wrong I'd watch it if it's on tv or at someones house.
            The way this film is done is simply amazing. Yes I know I said I don't find to be the greatest film but when it comes to mechanics and presentation, It's a whole different ball game. See Jaw's has many iconic moments and the fact that we don't see the great white shark till the end of the film is part the reason. It builds suspense. That Iconic shot scene with Brody at the beach and the camera zoom's in on his face but zooms out at the same time, *the trombone shot* puts true perspective as well. The locations of the shoots are well detailed. Its as if Jaw's is the perfect fruit basket but you have to look at it from this perspective, not everyone enjoys fruit and not everyone enjoys particular fruit. Overall I don't feel Jaws to be compared to Citizen Kane or any other film but like my professor who will be grading this review, I too share his theory. All films are subjective and there is no good or bad film, there is only art. An example of that would be simple, Not everyone likes the Mona Lisa so I'll leave at this note. Can Jaw's be the Mona Lisa of films?