Jaws

[Boltlady]

There's a lot of promotion going on about the fact that the movie is now 50 years old and contained a lot of 1sts in the industry. Another thing it did was make people afraid of sharks. Marine people are trying to dispel that because sharks rarely do attack people.

Ironically, not too long before that movie came out I had finished reading a book called Shark. (I believe that was the title, it was over 50 yrs ago.) Virtually every attack that the shark made in that movie was a copy of one that had actually been made by a real shark. Although they were all done by different sharks at different times and places, it was a composite of them all. Having read that did make me afraid of sharks.

 

[RickWA]

There's a lot of promotion going on about the fact that the movie is now 50 years old and contained a lot of 1sts in the industry. Another thing it did was make people afraid of sharks. Marine people are trying to dispel that because sharks rarely do attack people.

Ironically, not too long before that movie came out I had finished reading a book called Shark. (I believe that was the title, it was over 50 yrs ago.) Virtually every attack that the shark made in that movie was a copy of one that had actually been made by a real shark. Although they were all done by different sharks at different times and places, it was a composite of them all. Having read that did make me afraid of sharks.

Many things about this movie were/are overrated…except the mayor’s wardrobe. That dude had some killer sportcoats!

 

[sensible don]

I think we need a bigger boat........

 

[reason10]

One thing the movie pointed out. When you are swimming in salt water, you are not at the top of the food chain. As Hooper said in the movie, "sharks just swim, eat, and make little sharks."

They aren't evil. They are just very efficient eating machines.

 

[reason10]

They got a couple of good box office sequels out of the original.

I just PRAY that Marvel doesn't come along and try to re introduce the first scenario, like so many others.