A lot of films are made in Hollywood today and as time progresses creating a 'perfect' film becomes fewer and further between. However, if we were to hop in a time machine and travel back to the year 1975 we would come across the original theatrical release of a gem called "Jaws."
"Jaws" not only holds up over time, now pushing nearly forty years, but retains it's perfection. A film that seemed nearly impossible to make in it's day still creates the horror that it held when it was originally released. This film still causes people to fear going into the water. An effect only a true horror film can create.
Almost everyone I know is familiar with the story of "Jaws." A great white shark arrives in Amity, a small town on the coast of Martha's Vineyard. Whilst there, the shark begins terrorizing the residents and creates panic on the fourth of July, an essential time of the year for Amity's tourism. After the shark attacks on the holiday the mayor and Chief of Police Martin Brody hire the help of Quint, a tried and true shark hunter, to kill the great white.
The legacy of "Jaws" is one that causes the film's most hardcore fans to pilgrimage to Martha's Vineyard for various conventions and to meet the locals who took part in the film's production. Even the film's score is still widely used today and instills the horror that it did nearly forty years ago.
To recommend this film as anything less than part of the Essential Collection would be down right ludicrous. After all, anyone who owns movies whether it be casually or as a collector needs to have a copy of "Jaws."
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