Jaws (30th Anniversary Edition)
I was never really scared of sharks and I've never thought twice about being bit when swimming in the ocean. Instead I'm too excited thinking about all the fun I'm going to have swimming and playing in the water at the beach. Besides, I think the numbers are on my side. When you take into account all of the people that go swimming each year in comparison to those that are attacked by sharks, I say let's go swimming!
After watching the movie:
(Possible spoilers below)
Alright. I get it. I'm not going to roll my eyes even a little the next time one of my friends say they're afraid of sharks. I'm sorry Andrea, I can't really play "shark attack" the next time we go boating and tubing in the Florida Keys anymore as well.
I don't know how I managed to go this long without ever seeing this movie. I also don't think I've realized just how big a Great White Shark is. It wasn't until these pictures were released that it finally clicked in my mind.
After watching the movie: The movie succeed. I completely understand why beach side hotels had to build so many pools after the movie was released, you win big scary shark!
OFFICIAL COUNT 55 DOWN 310 TO GO
Next up: The Best Years of Our Lives
*On a side note though, this is a little related to the movie, it's an article that I found on Yahoo! this summer that I saved in order to post with this write up. The following is just a cut and paste of the article, because I was worried the link wouldn't work by the time I watched Jaws.
'Jaws' Shark Hunted Down
by Liana Maeby · June 4, 2010
The star of "Jaws" has been found resting in a Los Angeles junkyard.
No, not Richard Dreyfuss -- the shark! With the 35th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's classic blockbuster just around the corner, an NPR reporter set out to track down the mechanical beast that struck fear into the hearts of so many.
In order to maximize their control over the creature, the "Jaws" filmmakers built three sharks for their 1975 movie. All created from the same mold, the sharks were dubbed "Bruce" after Spielberg's lawyer, Bruce Ramer. The gigantic metal creatures were 25-feet long and weighed hundreds of pounds. The heads alone came in at 400 lbs. apiece, with jaws the size of a small human.
When reporter and "Jaws"-enthusiast Cory Turner set out to track down Bruce's whereabouts, he went straight to the source -- the movie's director. A spokesman for Steven Spielberg explained that the original Bruces had all been destroyed, as no one had thought to save them.
But theories circulated on a Facebook page for the famous shark that another Bruce might be out there. After a little research, Turner discovered that a fourth shark had indeed been cast from the original mold, just months after its brothers were constructed. The baby of the Bruce family was created for display at Universal Studios Theme Park, where it hung by its tail for fifteen years.
In 1990, the shark was taken down and shipped out to destinations unknown. Turner picked up the phone and started dialing junkyards. He finally found the creature in a yard in the Sun Valley area of Southern California -- just minutes away from Universal. Turner brought the team who built Bruce -- art department members Joe Alves and Roy Arbogast to verify the shark's authenticity.
"It's the real one," Arbogast told Turner after examining the creature. "It's just kinda' nice to see it again after 25 or 30 years. It's amazing that it's still here."
Bruce's discovery couldn't come at a better time. There's talk that Universal might be considering a 3D "Jaws" remake -- with comedian Tracy Morgan in the shark-hunter role. Perhaps Bruce will find his way onto the silver screen once again.
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