Jaws....

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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,535
    Greatest movie EVER. This can't be disputed.

    "OK, well then can you tell me where there's a good restaurant or hotel on the island?"

    " --ah...you walk straight ahead."

    Hilarious

    ....Here lies the body of Mary Lee, died at the age of a 'hundred and three, for fifteen years she kept her virginity, not a bad record for this vicinity....
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    I read the book when I was eleven. I remember loving all the swear words in it so much that I underlined them all. :oops:
  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:
    Jaws was honestly my FAVORITE movie as a kid! I'd watch it over and over again. There is a lady in the movie who looks just like my mom.
    you sure we weren't separated at birth??!! :lol:
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,894
    I'll never forget seeing it with the family as a youngster (like 9) in a theater while on vacation on Cape Cod. A hot summer day, we went to the movies to get some AC. I remember the sensation in the dark theater while the music would play during those early underwater scenes filmed from the shark's perspective...felt like something was swimming under the seats, I lifted my feet up on my chair.
    Then when the movie ended, we returned to our rented cottage and went down to the beach. I got ankle deep in the water and could go no further.
    Masterful film, too bad Spielberg became so full of himself later on.
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  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    Byrnzie wrote:
    I read the book when I was eleven. I remember loving all the swear words in it so much that I underlined them all. :oops:
    OMG---my husband memorized the page where the "dirty" scene with Hooper started!!! hahaha---he probably STILL remembers that page #!!!
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
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  • Blind3
    Blind3 Posts: 1,149
    I love Jaws . This movie was the reason I became so fascinated with sharks, especially White Sharks. Finally acted on this fascination is 2006 when I went into a cage to look at White Sharks off The Great Barrier Reef . One more great reason to go to OZ when PJ tours there.
    "Buy the ticket,take the ride"
    Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

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    Johan Cruijff
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,129
    probably my favorite movie of all time

    Quint is definitely my favorite character of all time

    Quint: What are you? Some kind of half-assed astronaut? :lol:
    Quint: Jesus H Christ, when I was a boy, every little squirt wanted to be a harpooner or a sword fisherman. What d'ya have there - a portable shower or a monkey cage? :lol:
    Hooper: Anti-Shark cage.
    Quint: Anti-shark cage. You go inside the cage?
    Quint: Cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water. Our shark.
    Quint: Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again
  • acoustic guy
    acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    Without a doubt in my top three favorites of all time!
    Totally agree about QUINT. But all the characters in the film kick ass.
    LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS MOVIE.
    Get em a Body Bag Yeeeeeaaaaa!
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  • The Champ
    The Champ Posts: 4,063
    The best shit ever..
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    edited July 2009
    Ellen Brody: Martin hates boats. Martin hates water. Martin... Martin sits in his car when we go on the ferry to the mainland. I guess it's a childhood thing. It's a... there's a clinical name for it isn't there?

    Brody: Drowning.


    :lol: one of my all time favorite movies EVER !

    the banter back and forth between Brody , Hooper and Quint shaped me a lot in my writing when it comes to dialogue.

    Going to have to watch this tonight !!

    Every time one of my friends visits from out of town, it never fails this movie winds up been played.
    We quote the whole movie.
    The other people with us actually clapped for us when it was over. lol ah drunken nights watching jaws are the best. :lol:
    Post edited by the wolf on
    Peace, Love.

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    to not question your government is unpatriotic."
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    I know. One of the few movies that cause me to stop flipping channels and stop down whenever I run across it.

    The perfect movie.
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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    Good movie. That shark looked so fake though.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    it didnt look so fake in 1975 ;)
    Peace, Love.

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    to not question your government is unpatriotic."
    -- Sen. Chuck Hagel
  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    the wolf wrote:
    Every time one of my friends visits from out of town, it never fails this movie winds up been played.
    :lol:
    So should I put it on if you visit for the philly shows!? :P
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    the wolf wrote:
    it didnt look so fake in 1975 ;)

    lol..yeah I see your point.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    the wolf wrote:
    Every time one of my friends visits from out of town, it never fails this movie winds up been played.
    :lol:
    So should I put it on if you visit for the philly shows!? :P

    only if you want me to tune everything else around me out ! lol.
    Peace, Love.

    "To question your government is not unpatriotic --
    to not question your government is unpatriotic."
    -- Sen. Chuck Hagel
  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    libragirl wrote:
    the wolf wrote:
    it didnt look so fake in 1975 ;)

    lol..yeah I see your point.

    This actually made the movie better.

    It looked bad enough that this is why they went with the choice to make the "looking through the eyes of the shark" for many of the shark scenes ... thus limiting the amount of times you actually see a shark ... which, makes the movie so great. Fear of the unknown. Couple that with the sound track ... genius (even if by accident).

    read the trivia on imdb about the movie ... good stuff.
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  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    jimed14 wrote:
    libragirl wrote:
    the wolf wrote:
    it didnt look so fake in 1975 ;)

    lol..yeah I see your point.

    This actually made the movie better.

    It looked bad enough that this is why they went with the choice to make the "looking through the eyes of the shark" for many of the shark scenes ... thus limiting the amount of times you actually see a shark ... which, makes the movie so great. Fear of the unknown. Couple that with the sound track ... genius (even if by accident).

    read the trivia on imdb about the movie ... good stuff.

    i agree that it made it better. Plus since the shark didnt work most of the time they came up with using the barrels, and that made it scary without seeing the shark.

    man i love this movie. the book rocked too.
    Peace, Love.

    "To question your government is not unpatriotic --
    to not question your government is unpatriotic."
    -- Sen. Chuck Hagel
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    jimed14 wrote:
    libragirl wrote:
    the wolf wrote:
    it didnt look so fake in 1975 ;)

    lol..yeah I see your point.

    This actually made the movie better.

    It looked bad enough that this is why they went with the choice to make the "looking through the eyes of the shark" for many of the shark scenes ... thus limiting the amount of times you actually see a shark ... which, makes the movie so great. Fear of the unknown. Couple that with the sound track ... genius (even if by accident).

    read the trivia on imdb about the movie ... good stuff.


    actually it was because the shark didn't work...the first time they tried to use it, it sank...so the amount of shots of the shark you see were the times it was working...and those are quick shots :lol::mrgreen:
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,222
    edited August 2019
    Ian Shaw, Robert Shaw's son, rehearsing the USS Indianapolis speech for a play he wrote entitled "The Shark is Broken"
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnwuQNsDlMk
    Post edited by eeriepadave on
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