A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

Pros:  None Cons:  Awful screenplay, historical inaccuracies abound, laughable performances, tepid directing. On December 16, 1944, elements of three German armies -- 14 infantry and five panzer divisions in all -- attacked part of the American First Army along an 80-mile front along Germany's border with Belgium and Luxembourg. The sudden and unexpected counteroffensive hit the Americans in an area the Allies thought would be a nice, quiet sector for combat-weary divisions to rest and refit while green divisions fresh from the States could be acclimated to life on the line: the dark and deep forests of the Ardennes. Planned and ordered by Adolf Hitler himself, this massive onslaught was launched with one objective in mind: penetrate the American lines, pass through the "impassable" Ardennes Forest, cross the Meuse River, and capture the vital port of Antwerp. At the very least, the Allied supply situation would deteriorate enough to slow the Anglo-American ...

"Jaws" (1975) (c) 1975 Universal Pictures Directed by Steven Spielberg Written by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb Based on the novel by Peter Benchley Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton Brody: You're gonna need a bigger boat. Before  Avatar. Before  Titanic. Before  Star Wars, E.T.,  or  Raiders of the Lost Ark,  there was.... Jaws. Released on June 20, 1975, director Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Peter Benchley’s best-selling novel about a New England community terrorized by a predatory great white shark was the first of the modern blockbusters. With a script co-written by Benchley and Carl Gottlieb,  Jaws  features powerful performances by actors Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss, as well as an Oscar-winning score by composer John Williams. Tom Cassidy: What's your name again? Christine 'Chrissie' Watkins...