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Offline davidpt40

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« on: April 05, 2003, 11:32:54 PM »
Could there be a better movie?  I first saw JAWS when I was three or four years old.  The end scene with the shark racing towards Chief Brody would terrify me every time I saw it.  

JAWS was on tonight on AMC, and I couldnt help but marvel at how wonderful a storyline it had.  Its not totally unrealistic, and I believe that helps make it an enjoyable movie to watch.  

I have seen this movie perhaps 50 times, and I truely think it has helped shape me into the person I am today.  I have always had a fascination with fish, and am now studying biology at the University of Louisville with a goal of becomming a marine biologist.  

If I recall correctly, the original Jaws movie stirred up such anti-shark sentiment that people were chartering fishing boats and going out to 'hunt' sharks in the late 70s/early 80s.  

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« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2003, 11:50:24 PM »
Better? Not Sure, but Alien definitely scarier. "Thought" it would be a good idea to drop acid before watching the premier.
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« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2003, 11:55:14 PM »
OMG!  That musta be messed up.
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« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2003, 12:16:03 AM »
You have NO idea!:eek:
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Offline Sandman

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« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2003, 12:39:53 AM »
I thought it was a great movie when it came out... scared the sheet outta me. Today, that mechanical shark just looks silly.
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« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2003, 12:52:11 AM »
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Could there be a better movie?


Convoy. You remember the Rubber Duck.

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« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2003, 01:20:02 AM »
I was forced to watch that movie 60 nights in a row. We showed films on the Mess Deck and I was a messcook that Patrol. Convoy and Mr.Billion was the double feature. I still wake up in a cold sweat...
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Offline Sandman

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« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2003, 01:22:14 AM »
What boat, RPM?
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« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2003, 03:30:12 AM »
USCGC Boutwell WHEC-719    "The Aleutian Chain Gang"
She's with Task Group Tarawa in Persian Gulf right now.

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« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2003, 03:32:47 AM »
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USCGC Boutwell WHEC-719    "The Aleutian Chain Gang"
She's with Task Group Tarawa in Persian Gulf right now.


Ah... USCG... got it. I was USN.
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Offline hawk220

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« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2003, 03:36:02 AM »
Jaws came out when I was 11 and I saw it in the theater.. scared the holy hell out of me, I remember news reports of empty beaches and resorts cause the whole country was freaked out and didn't want to go in the water.
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« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2003, 03:36:50 AM »
Hell... remember the barf bags they used to hand out at the Exorcist?
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« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2003, 03:41:16 AM »
I tried to join The Navy, but they would not let me in because I could not swim, so I joined the Coast Guard. If the ship sank, I could wade back to shore.:D
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Offline VAQ

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« Reply #13 on: April 06, 2003, 10:11:18 AM »
I took a young lady to see Jaws when it came out (first date no less).  Worked rather well for some reason.
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« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2003, 10:43:21 AM »
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I took a young lady to see Jaws when it came out (first date no less).  Worked rather well for some reason.

Eraserhead (1977)


Heh, lived at the beach then. GF with whom I saw the movie was the prime mover on many backpacking trips afterwards. She seemed to lose all interest in the surf and sand..... ;)

100% w/ ya on Eraserhead.

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