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Topic: I just ate a whole pack of chocolate biscuits and watched Jaws!

First off, I love this flick. When i first watched it years ago, i always thought the shark had come to the island for one reason... to kill crazy Quint. And it was killing all those people to get his attention.

Maybe Mr Jaws did? who knows..

But one thing i never understood tho.. Quint was a shark fisherman. So why was he on Amity island, where there were no sharks? that would be like opening a landscape gardening company at the north pole. Makes no sense!

Apart from that.. ITS JAWSOME!

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Re: I just ate a whole pack of chocolate biscuits and watched Jaws!

Death By Stereo wrote:

But one thing i never understood tho.. Quint was a shark fisherman. So why was he on Amity island, where there were no sharks? that would be like opening a landscape gardening company at the north pole. Makes no sense!

Just a point of clarification:  there are sharks pretty much everywhere there's salt water.  They just don't bother much with people, you have to go looking for them.   But the shark in Jaws is a rogue - it's a Great White, which is unusual for that area.  And it specifically targets humans, which is unusual for sharks in general.

So Quint's like the local dogcatcher who gets called in because suddenly there's a werewolf loose in the... holy crap, I just got a great idea for a movie.  *runs away*

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Re: I just ate a whole pack of chocolate biscuits and watched Jaws!

Trey wrote:

So Quint's like the local dogcatcher who gets called in because suddenly there's a werewolf loose in the... holy crap, I just got a great idea for a movie.  *runs away*

Dog the Werewolf hunter. A half man, half dog hybrid living in a small town as a veterinarian that saves the town from a werewolf on the loose.

Call The Asylum!

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Re: I just ate a whole pack of chocolate biscuits and watched Jaws!

But it's not like Quint lives on Amity. He comes after seeing the reports of the attacks.

Also, it's worth noting that Benchley's novel was inspired by actual shark attacks on the Jersey shore in 1916. The details are changed, but the basic ideas are all there: several unprovoked shark attacks, authorities playing them down to protect tourism, children being attacked in shallow waters, and the subsequent shark hunting frenzy.

However, there is no mention of the mayor having little anchors all over his suit.

Warning: I'm probably rewriting this post as you read it.

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Re: I just ate a whole pack of chocolate biscuits and watched Jaws!

Zarban wrote:

However, there is no mention of the mayor having little anchors all over his suit.

Dude, I grew up on Cape Cod; Martha's Vineyard is like, right there (though I've never actually been).  I can totally see that being in fashion even today, much less the late '70s.

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Re: I just ate a whole pack of chocolate biscuits and watched Jaws!

Zarban wrote:

But it's not like Quint lives on Amity. He comes after seeing the reports of the attacks.

Also, it's worth noting that Benchley's novel was inspired by actual shark attacks on the Jersey shore in 1916. The details are changed, but the basic ideas are all there: several unprovoked shark attacks, authorities playing them down to protect tourism, children being attacked in shallow waters, and the subsequent shark hunting frenzy.

However, there is no mention of the mayor having little anchors all over his suit.


I always thought Crazy Quint lived on the Island. I thought his house was the place there in at the end of the film. That was on Amity Island wasnt it..?

I watched a cool Jaws event video on You tube last week, where thousands of Jaws fans, get together to celebrate it on Martha's vineyard, and take a coach trip and see all of the sites were it was filmed.

They're only noodles Michael.

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