[boatbums]

I was in college when Jaws came out and I stood in line for almost an hour to get in. When the opening scenes started and the young skinny-dipping woman was being dragged through the water screaming her head off, I was this close to walking out! If I hadn't waited in line so long, I probably would have. Funny thing is my campus was located on the Atlantic ocean and I don't think I went back into the water the whole rest of the time I was there.

[Capt. Tom]

When the opening scenes started and the young skinny-dipping woman was being dragged through the water screaming her head off, I was this close to walking out!

I almost did that in another movie.

Many years ago when I was traveling I had some car trouble I had to have it fixed immediately.
I was in a small town down south I dropped it off to be fixed and went to the local movie theater to kill the time while it was being repaired.

The movie MASH was playing and I had no idea what it was about.

After abut 15 minutes into MASH I was upset and was thinking about walking out-they think soldiers in Korea getting crippled maimed and suffering horrible injuries is funny.

Then I realized the only way the doctors and nurses in the surgical hospital could keep their sanity faced with these horrible ongoing medical disasters was to act like they did. So I stayed. -Tom