Jaws - Film Review

        Dun-dun, dun-dun, ta-nun. The horror genre has a few number of great scores under its belt and the creeping shark fin of Jaws finds a great pulsing beat to accompany it.  Steven Spielberg's scary summer movie hits some high notes and a few low ones but still manages an unforgettable experience that will have viewers thinking twice about swimming out to far next time they are at the beach.
Amity, a small island community, is a busy tourist spot in the summer time.  A shark attack spurs the new local sheriff into action only to be brick walled by the developers into keeping the beaches open.  The more attacks that transpire finally enables a call to action for a local fisherman and the sheriff alongside a research scientist on a hunt for the great white.
It has become common knowledge on all the difficulties the robotic shark gave the filmmakers and how it turned into a visually chilling menace with the less of it they showed.  The drawback the photographer was unable to hurdle was the poor lighting on the several night scenes that were shot.  This also could work under the less a viewer can see the higher the tension is set but leaves one wanting a little more clarity or lighting on the situation.  There are great cinematic moments and what's most terrifying of the movie is that the daytime is just as dangerous as the night.
A great script and cast push this horror story into a unique area that touches on a man's plight with his new surroundings.  Sheriff Brody is a newcomer to Amity Island and not fond of water.  A really insightful line comes when asked why someone with no love for water would agree to move to an island town.  He responds, that it only looks like an island from the water.  The gaps that are set up are executed with finesse that makes for great storytelling and a logical build up to the climatic end.
Jaws, is everything a movie studio wants.  It has all the makings of a summer blockbuster with a touch of the horror and reality of living by the ocean that makes it great and stand apart.  This one will make a person think twice before going out for a swim.