Jaws

It helps because it is fast and crazy and gives you a sense of panic and, to me, makes me feel like you are right next to the person in the water or on the boat during the attacks.

They use it silence and natural sound very well. Like when they are throwing chum off the boat and it is just them talking and you can hear the chum hitting the water and there is no music. Then Bruce rises from the water, also the first time you see him, and the music starts and scares the crap out of you

The attacks are cut in a discontinuous style and also they very end part when he blows up Bruce it is a discontinuous style.

The music helps the film a lot! It adds so much suspense! Like the opening of the film with the girl swimming alone. The camera rising from the bottom of the ocean rising to her feet, that famous score kicks in and just sends chills down your spine.

I think this film would still do well if it were released in today's box office.

I think this film is scary because it really taps into a fear that almost everyone has or that at least crosses their mind. When I first saw this movie I was scared to go near any water source! I think Spielberg achieved this mainly with not showing the shark, which was due to mechanical issues, and I really think the score had a lot to do with the suspense.

Dances with Wolves

I would say it was a Western-Drama Epic. It has Indians, Shows people at their highest and lowest and it has the super wide open landscapes and shots like an epic would have. Also a ton of extras.

I really think the music helped push the story forward and really gave even deeper emotion into the story.
1. During the buffalo hunt, the music really helped with the excitement.
2. When Dances with Wolves and Stands with a fist hookup that also gave emotion into the scene.
3. When Dances with Wolves is captured by the soldiers and the Sioux come rescue him in the river. The music really gave you a sense of excitement and it helped show that he is accepted into their group.

The music paralleled the sound when certain events would happen. Like when something shocking would happen they would make the sound effect volume go very high up and also make the music really loud during that part.

I thought the acting was very good. I especially liked Kicking Bird and Wind in His Hair. I thought that they both did a phenomenal job!

I though the directing was very good. Especially since this was Kevin Costner's directorial debut!

The music was absolutely incredible! It can be making you cheer, to super angry and then bring you to the verge of tears. Absolutely amazing.

I really enjoyed this film. This was my first time viewing of it and I already wish I could go back and watch it for the first time again! I think this film won the Oscar because it was really a different take on western film. Most of the westerns show the Natives as being "Thieves and beggars" and this shed a whole new light on what they probably went through!