JAWS would never catch on today.
Much of what made Jaws feel so real to so many people was something that they couldnt understand or explain but they knew was very real and different from the fiction of other movies.
Back then nearly all of us spent summer at lakes, ponds, and pools swimming with our family and friends. The majority experienced that on a basis that was regular enough that we intimately knew not just the feel of the water but the sounds and smells that went along with each of those different swimming instances.
One thing that didnt change was the underwater sound of feet pounding the surface from a swimmers kick and that was written into the soundtrack.
We could all hear the person trying to get away as they kicked embedded in the music as the shark closed in. Each time we jumped in the water we could hear Bruce closing in on us from behind.
Todays kids spend summers watching TikToc in the basement and most wouldnt connect that rhythmic pounding with anything let and certainly wouldnt experience that feeling of being unprotected and stalked.
“I dont get it. Its just a dumb movie about a fish and the CGI isnt very good.”
You’re right about the effects of the movie, feeling the sun on your face, the cool evenings chill, tasting the salt of the ocean water and the coppery taste of blood as the poor girl is thrashed about in the warm water.
I was too young to know the taste of beer but I did know of the results of getting drunk.
My aunt gave the novel for a Christmas present and I eagerly opened the book and began reading but not before I thoroughly examined the lovely naked woman on the cover!
I don’t remember much differences from the movie but do remember Ellen Brody giving head to Hooper as the we’re going down(no pun intended) a road in a Volkswagen.
Pretty heddy stuff(no pun again) for a 13 year old virgin!
To this day as I am clicking through the channels and I run across the movie,I will stop and watch,hoping I haven’t missed Quint’s Indianapolis solilique
To this day, after countless viewings it still sends a chill down my spine!
I hear what you’re saying and it seems generally plausible but, three years ago I asked my 11 yr old son if he wanted to watch JAWS with me he said no! I asked him why not and he said “Because I want to go in the water and swim when we go to be beach!”