Only some of you will turn out sharks, just some. The rest are chum.
Finally, like a week or more after I finished reading it, here is my review of Jaws. I may be using the term 'review' lightly, but here at least are my thoughts on Jaws, my book club assignment for January. Spoilers under the cut for both the book and the movie.
( In my usual semi-scattered form )
( In my usual semi-scattered form )
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In other news, maybe I will read this. I love the movie and your review is intriguing.
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She also had apparently kept her good looks and figure even after having three kids, so there's that. Did I mention Benchley was a bit sexist?
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I was reflecting on the 'icky' (good word) parts of the book the other day, and thinking how glad I was that they left all that crap out of the movie. Excellent editing choices, keep the focus on the shark.
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I am a HUGE fan of Jaws the movie. I own it on DVD, and yet I still watch it on TV whenever it's on. I can quote it from memory (and not just "you're gonna need a bigger boat"). I've read all the trivia about it. I love Jaws <3. hee, same here! XD. Also, how perfect is the theme tune?
The focus being on the inner workings of a small town and how everyone in it is affected by this shark works in a book (especially with Benchley's use of an omniscient narrator that changes POV often) but wouldn't work quite as well in a movie. Plus, it's far more exciting for the film to concentrate on the shark and what to do about it, rather than delving into exactly what the mayor's motivations are, Ellen's history, how the town relies on summer tourism, and tiny insights into how this shark is affecting nameless characters we only see for one scene. I agree! Imo it definitely worked in the book, however in a film I think it would drag and give it a slow pace, which would really not be a good thing, especially as the ( ... )
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He kept using slang for the sake of using slang, and it came across like when older people try to be 'hip' and fit in with the kids these days. Aka, awkward.
Ooh, it didn't even occur to me that it was meant to show Hooper as racist in addition to all his other ~stellar~ qualities, but that's definitely a possibility! He's just so... ugh.
I think I would have been less bothered by the Ellen subplot if it had 1. affected the main plot more forcefully (I mean, it created tension between Brody and Hooper, but that could have been achieved in another way) and 2. BEEN RESOLVED. It just seemed to fizzle out, and if he wasn't ever going to go anywhere with it, why did he bother including it?
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ikr. Kind of like the mother in mean girls, who tries to sound cool and young etc. I always wondered if that was done on purpose to; in order to make them look immature and such?
He's awful in the book and unfortunately I've known a few Book!Hoopers in my time >.>
That always irked me; that it never reached a real conclusion. It was almost like it was thrown in as an afterthought to add length to the book tbh! :s
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