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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 124697" data-attributes="member: 23">I can relate. On every level.Being a voracious reader in childhood and early adulthood has done wonders for my imagination, I&#039;m sure. And I&#039;ve always loved being around books - even the ones I&#039;ve never read.You&#039;re right about the human aspect being as important as the horror. Jaws wouldn&#039;t be anything like as successful if it wasn&#039;t for the casting. And not just the drama - there&#039;s a great underlying humour to it. It&#039;s all about people, really. That&#039;s what makes the moments of horror so effective.Not every film is for everyone. Maybe Jaws just isn&#039;t your thing. But oh, Willie - it deserves so much more than a bad quality YouTube viewing. Give it a whirl on Blu-ray. There&#039;s an incredible amount of blood, sweat and tears that&#039;s gone into making it look absolutely wonderful without losing any of that Seventies documentary feel. If you have a surround system, it&#039;s also one of the best-sounding BDs out there (7.1 DTS-HD!).[MEDIA=youtube]Lcn06rKJn4s[/MEDIA]I&#039;ve watched it dozens of times over the years on TV, VHS, DVD. Watching it on Blu-ray, I&#039;ve noticed details (mostly background stuff) that I couldn&#039;t see before.Not that I&#039;d like to see any kind of remake of Jaws in reality, but if it had to be done I&#039;d be curious to see Benchley&#039;s book brought to life in all its salaciousness. Spielberg saidBut the book is the kind of material that seems tailor made for a mini-series. Even more than the film, the book spends a great deal of time on land, so it wouldn&#039;t need to be too heavy on SFX. They&#039;d just need to get the tone right for Amity. And the casting, of course.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 124697, member: 23"] I can relate. On every level. Being a voracious reader in childhood and early adulthood has done wonders for my imagination, I'm sure. And I've always loved being around books - even the ones I've never read. You're right about the human aspect being as important as the horror. [I]Jaws[/I] wouldn't be anything like as successful if it wasn't for the casting. And not just the drama - there's a great underlying humour to it. It's all about people, really. That's what makes the moments of horror so effective. Not every film is for everyone. Maybe [I]Jaws[/I] just isn't your thing. But oh, Willie - it deserves so much more than a bad quality YouTube viewing. Give it a whirl on Blu-ray. There's an incredible amount of blood, sweat and tears that's gone into making it look absolutely wonderful without losing any of that Seventies documentary feel. If you have a surround system, it's also one of the best-sounding BDs out there (7.1 DTS-HD!). [MEDIA=youtube]Lcn06rKJn4s[/MEDIA] I've watched it dozens of times over the years on TV, VHS, DVD. Watching it on Blu-ray, I've noticed details (mostly background stuff) that I couldn't see before. Not that I'd like to see any kind of remake of [I]Jaws[/I] in reality, but if it had to be done I'd be curious to see Benchley's book brought to life in all its salaciousness. Spielberg said But the book is the kind of material that seems tailor made for a mini-series. Even more than the film, the book spends a great deal of time on land, so it wouldn't need to be too heavy on SFX. They'd just need to get the tone right for Amity. And the casting, of course. [/QUOTE]

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