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I know it's been said a thousand times before, but I bought/watched this movie recrently and think it's a great one. There are parts to scare you and make you smile/laugh, plus it's got a good story. Now this is a thing missing in most movies nowadays. Ofcourse there are a few exceptions, but the 70s was the best decade for films.
Just wanted U 2 know.

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Re: Jaws Jim P 09:59:38 08/30/00 (0)
The first time I went scuba diving in the Red Sea when I was in the Army all I could think about was that damn shark! Great classic movie! Gave millions a real phobia about swimming in the ocean. LOL!
Jim P
Re: Jaws bjjb 06:21:58 08/15/00 (0)
This movie has one of the best lines of all times. When Roy S. backs away from the stern after seeing the shark for the first time, with this glazed look on his face and says, "We're going to need a bigger boat".
Re: Jaws MikeP 12:57:35 08/14/00 (0)
Jaws is one of my favorites. Its one of only a few movies I can watch more than a couple of times. There are so many well done moments - when the reel twitches for the first time, when Robert Shaw talks about the Indianapolis, and on and on. I still jump when the shark hits the back of Hooper's cage, even though I KNOW its coming. Very well done.
Re: Jaws Johann E 05:06:34 08/13/00 (7)
On a patently silly note: How is the resolution for '70s movies on VHS
or DVD nowadays?
Richard Dreyfuss was really good in the 70s. Was Close Encounters made in the 70s or 80s?
- Re: Jaws Stephen Hayes 08:10:21 08/14/00 (6)
  > > Richard Dreyfuss was really good in the 70s. Was Close Encounters made in the 70s or 80s? < <
  Close Encounters is a late 70s movie. Dryfuss's best work in the 70s in my opinion was The Goodbye Girl. Great stuff.
  - Re: Jaws, Dryfuss, Psycho petew 16:13:43 08/14/00 (5)
    I though he was great in "Goodby Girl" too. That was when he was heavily into coke. It nearly killed him, but those hollywood guys get all the breaks when it comes to dope (let's see, who's another actor who keeps (RD Jr.) falling off the wagon).
    Did you see him in 'Opus"? Nice little movie.
    I love "Jaws". It's one of the films that I would actually buy and keep a collector's DVD copy of. This is the kind of film that makes you appreciate just how good and how influential Hitchcock was. The irony--one the the things that makes the film work so well is you don't get bombarded with the darn mechanical shark in every other scene. They had so much trouble getting the models to work right that they ended up with little actual footage they could use. As a result--they edited it into a Hitchcock masterpiece. It's what you don't see that's so frightening.
    I saw a bit of "Psycho" last night. Anthony Perkins is brilliant in that film. I watched the long scene where he "cleans-up" after his mother--the car that doesn't quite sink into the swamp--the expression on his face is so telling...That's another one to buy and keep in the collection. You did, of course, notice all of the "Birds" decorating the motel? yes? See it again. Hitch never lets you go easy--there's always a snag in the plot at just the right place. The tension he builds is what makes him the very best.
    - Hitchcock by accident Stephen Hayes 07:44:35 08/15/00 (0)
      > > As a result--they edited it into a Hitchcock masterpiece < <
      Chuckle. Great observation.
      > > You did, of course, notice all of the "Birds" decorating the motel? yes? See it again < <
      Those early motel scenes are some of the most compressed, economical scenes Hitchcock ever did. Did you notice the painting on the wall that covers the hole Norman spies through?
    - Re: Jaws, Dryfuss, Psycho Lee 16:29:22 08/14/00 (3)
      Speaking of Hitchcock, my wife was out working late in Walnut Creek last week and I had planned on a night of pure tunes for myself. Well, I had the tv on for a bit and turned the channel and there is that silver gullwing driven by the typical hitchcock gorgeous blonde (who I regret to admit I have no idea what her name is) pulling into to santa clara I believe in the Birds. Instead of listening to tunes, there I sat enthralled for what must have been the 5th or 6th time in my life loving every minute of that film once again. What an understatement to state he was the genuis of that genre of filmaking and such a profound effect he had on his craft.
      - Re: Jaws, Dryfuss, Psycho Stephen Hayes 07:36:43 08/15/00 (2)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Jaws, Dryfuss, Psycho posted by Lee on August 14, 2000 at 16:29:22:
        
        > > and there is that silver gullwing driven by the typical hitchcock gorgeous blonde (who I regret to admit I have no idea what her name is) < <
        That'd be Tippi Hedron (sp?), mother of Melanie Griffith.
        
        No kidding? Lee 08:34:25 08/15/00 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Jaws, Dryfuss, Psycho posted by Stephen Hayes on August 15, 2000 at 07:36:43:
        
        Well, Tippi is absloutlely gorgeous as if oyu need me to tell you. Is she still alive?
        
        Re: No kidding? Stephen Hayes 12:01:20 08/15/00 (0)
        
        In Reply to: No kidding? posted by Lee on August 15, 2000 at 08:34:25:
        
        Tippi is alive and well. She was interviewed in a Hitchcock retrospective not long ago.
        And if you liked her in The Birds, you may want to see Hitchcock's Marnie as well, where she co-stars with Sean Connery.
        Not surprisingly, Tippi was another of those Hitchcock actresses with whom Hitchcock fell in love.
        I never really thought she was much of an actress, but I'm willing to forgive her based on her looks ;-)

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