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I think I was 14 - I know my mom dropped me off that the theater.. and then had to drop me off quite a few more times over the next few weeks..
What I distinctly remember more than anything about the first time I saw Jaws, was the absolute tension I felt throughout the whole movie.. There was so much tension during the scenes - and these scenes in particular - the initial attack on Chrissy, the two bozos with the holiday roast, Hooper checking out the bottom of Ben Gardner's boat, and Quint's Indianapolis monologue, that you could cut it with a knife.. and in all those scenes they never once showed the shark.. brilliant.. I've never experienced so much tension in a movie in my whole life..
and afterward, I thought I was NUTS because I didn't wanna go to the ocean, or the lake, or even a swimming pool.. Total irrational fear.. but, then from talking to other people, I learned they didn't even wanna get in a bath tub.. So, even more irrational fear than I had.. I've never seen another movie that affected me like that.. and somehow, amazingly, it made me become a diver in 1991 so I could learn more about the undersea world - sharks in particular.. so, you could say Jaws made a lifelong lasting impression on me..
Friendship is like peeing your pants.. Everybody can see it, but only you can feel the warmth..
What I distinctly remember more than anything about the first time I saw Jaws, was the absolute tension I felt throughout the whole movie.. There was so much tension during the scenes - and these scenes in particular - the initial attack on Chrissy, the two bozos with the holiday roast, Hooper checking out the bottom of Ben Gardner's boat, and Quint's Indianapolis monologue, that you could cut it with a knife.. and in all those scenes they never once showed the shark.. brilliant.. I've never experienced so much tension in a movie in my whole life..
and afterward, I thought I was NUTS because I didn't wanna go to the ocean, or the lake, or even a swimming pool.. Total irrational fear.. but, then from talking to other people, I learned they didn't even wanna get in a bath tub.. So, even more irrational fear than I had.. I've never seen another movie that affected me like that.. and somehow, amazingly, it made me become a diver in 1991 so I could learn more about the undersea world - sharks in particular.. so, you could say Jaws made a lifelong lasting impression on me..
Friendship is like peeing your pants.. Everybody can see it, but only you can feel the warmth..
