Brody: You're gonna need a bigger boat.
I re-watched Jaws, since it had been awhile.
The idea behind the movie is great. Who isn't scared of sharks? Even if you love sharks and think they're cool and want to protect them and know that shark attacks are rare, isn't the idea of a shark attack terrifying?
The thought of a great white fin headed your way...duh dun, duh dun!
Maybe I've just watched too much Shark Week. Entirely possible.
I've read that the author of the book, Peter Benchley, regrets writing it, because it spurred people to go out and try to hunt sharks (bad bad, don't do it people). Benchley has since become a shark advocate. Still, his idea is one that seems made for the big screen: A big, man-eating shark is terrorizing a once safe town.
Yet somehow I always find the movie a little slow, considering the material. I don't know what it is. The subject matter is great, the actors are good, it has Steven Spielberg directing for pity's sake! But something is missing, and I can't put my finger on it. Any ideas, please post them.
And if anyone is wondering, it seems that shark fatalities were up last year -attacks were down, but fatalities were up:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/19/world/shark-attacks-worldwide/index.html
Duh dun!
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