Review of Jaws (1975) by Francisco G — 25 Jan 2015

Jaws could've easily been a one trick gimmick, where the shark slowly eats some people from time to time and some dudes try to kill it. That's actually the premise and what happens through most of the movie, but it's all so incredibly varied and engaging that this is actually a hard flick to categorize.

It's an horror movie at times, a satyrical take on summer villages, an adventure movie later on with sort of Moby Dickian aspirations on some dialogues, amongst other delicious details. Not sure if Spielberg created the modern blockbuster here because of all the above reasons.

All I know, is that Jaws is an excellent movie that does many many things right, both on a technical and storytelling levels.