http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17878
I choked up a little while reading this touching tale of a man and a woman visiting a comic book store in search for Archie comics. Even if you hate reading about my comic book related posts, you should take a moment to read this marvelous tale.
Yes, it’s true. I have never seen Jaws until this year. I may have caught a bit of it on TV once but quickly turned it off since I wanted to watch the entire Spielburg epic. I don’t think I have to really explain this one…released in 1975, it became the first ‘summer blockbuster’ of film; a story about a shark attacking the waters of a beach town.
Eric, Annie and I watched this with great anticipation. They had already seen it so it was nothing new to them. But for me, it was exciting to think of watching a film that stood the test of time. Overall, the film was great. I really enjoy older films as they spend more time spacing the film out…a lot more character development, a lot more dead-time as I like to call it. Spielburg is just starting out in his film making here and already I can see that his thoughts on specific camera shots and pacing of the film are high caliber.
I had a good laugh when Jaws perished as I didn’t see it coming until the end and I thought there was no way they would kill him off in that matter…but they did and it was grand.
I can’t say I’m really scared to go into the water after seeing this film, but at the same time, there are no sharks in the lakes around here, right?