Any time I hear about a new one coming out, I am hopeful but skeptical. That said, there have been a great many awful shark movies in the decades since then. I have ever since I was eleven and saw Jaws for the first time.
Up front: I admit it, I LOVE shark movies. A decent grab-the-popcorn, let's-take-scary-ride-and-be-entertained, what-if story. While this is not Jaws, this film contains enough to deliver what it should. Most of those things I could also attribute to Jaws - so let's take it easy, lighten up, and not forget that we're watching a monster movie. This is a Hollywood monster movie so yes, the shark does a few things that are skeptically farfetched: knocks a whale twenty feet, catches on fire, bites through metal, and pursues a lone surfer like a vengeful stalker in a Lifetime movie. The pace is steady and effective as the stakes continue to rise throughout. The villain (shark), again looks real, and is presented as the lurking terror that would scare anyone. The acting is solid as Blake Lively convinces as the film's hero. The special effects are terrific and the shark looks very real. The setting and filmography are first rate - this is a beautifully shot film. What makes or breaks them is execution and this one is well executed. Just off-shore, a great white shark strands a girl on a rock. This sort of plot you understand even before buying the DVD, if not. In a sea (my big book of puns was handy) of bad shark movies, this one works.
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