Jaws

Great book.

The novel Jaws is significantly different than the Academy Award winning movie. Although the author is also credited with the screenplay along with Carl Gottlieb, there are stark differences that I think make the movie a much better story.

I am so happy the movie took the liberties it did with the story because the book has almost zero likable characters and how it became so popular is a mystery....

Better than the movie . More deaths . Affairs . Hopper as the bad guy. And the shark being the shark .

Jaws

The main reason I am giving this book a two star review is because of the affair scene. It served no purpose and had no relevance to the story. All it did was mess with the pacing of the story. The whole issue of the affair was unnecessary because it did not add anything to help progress the main plot line. The story would remain the same without it.

Still holds up as an exciting read and actually will encourage to learn about sharks and the need for their conservation

I already knew some details about the book that was not included in the film. Of course, film will differ from the book due to many factors. The main reason is the driver or the person in command in each medium of said story. The director of the film and the author of the book. Although the film takes another course from the book, reasons that were made not by choice. As in less shark and more suspense, this made for a better movie. In fact, it was one of many “not by choice” and “had to resort to” ways to film the movie which made it into a success and the first to be coined a “Blockbuster” summer hit. Those were the technical difficulties, to put it mildly, with the more important being turned down by the actors of choice or producers turning down actors of choice. So, we, meaning fans or the audience were the lucky ones to be rewarded with the cast as we know it today. Robert Shaw as Quint Roy Scheider as Chief Brody Richard Dreyfuss as Hooper Lorraine Gary as Ellen Brody Murray Hamilton as the Mayor Larry Vaughn The one thing that stands out in the film and not in the book is Quints story of the real-life event of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during WWII. Director Steven Spielberg and other crew members agreed how finally this had become a movie. This, after exceeding the schedule to film and the cost to produce it. Why am I not giving examples from the movie itself except for Quints speech? You will be satisfied after watching Jaws. How much is to each individual. You will fear the water and sharks afterwards. You will not complain to the number of times the shark is in view during the film. It goes back to the saying “less is more” and believe you me any more and some of us may not finish watching it. Any less might even have the same effect. Remember, this is my opinion. Jaws is one of the finest movies in the history of American film making. Steve. Spielberg is a genius who stuck to his guns on his vision towards filming in open water where others would not do so. Compared to all of his movies this is his best one. First, remove the films you say are better if they are about true accounts. Next, remove the films that are not as plausible when comparing a shark versus other animals gone wild. He took the challenge of making a film in the Atlantic Ocean about a shark terrorizing a small town by using technology not yet in existence in Hollywood to scare the audience. Nothing was going as planned. Over budget in cost and deadline to film almost made him give up. It was a nightmare and which the shark terrorized only him and crew. I have to include the editing because that plays important, very important, to this movie. Verna Fields won an Oscar for film editing Jaws. Such a brilliant editor as she was also nominated for American Graffiti and Paper Moon. The book is a superb one from author Peter Benchley. Because of his knowledge of sharks no other book, fact or fiction, has had more success than Jaws. The book and film are great in their own right but yet are almost two stories separately. Which leads me to not say the movie is better than the book. I purchased the film many years ago and this book very recently. And you may want to buy both and you may not be disappointed.

AMAZING

This book is the worst! It's like oh when kids read this they emailed me and asked how they can save these amazing creatures....whatever! No child should ever have to suffer their eyes when there's a mom behind her kids back and husbands....has sex with someone else! It's a terrible book, full if swearing, the movie was great the book is terrible. I got to like chap 30 and stopped after tht terrible person did the thing! It disgusts me and us not a kid book. And also it's like the book from the sharks point if view...?!?!?! Not! The shark comes, eats, then leaves while women go a adulterous. I would never get this book or pay money to do anything by right reviews to flush it down the toilet.