Jaws

Sophia Evans76 · 2004-09-24T02:39:51+00:00

I have to point out (despite that picture above 😁 ) that Jaws isn't actually a "shark movie"... even if there are sharks all over the screen—and I mean the rea…

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#21 · May 3, 2005

Raymond Palmer8 said:Heh, Deep Blue Sea...🙄

Jaws actually hit home for me. I’ve had an experience with something similar before, so I could really feel the weight of it. That sense of dread was all too real.
That’s why this movie was absolutely chilling—it was brutal to sit through. Pure horror in every sense of the word.
Definitely worth a watch.

It felt like they were going to be caught before the end.
😢

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#22 · May 3, 2005

I've managed to dig up the first lead
😳

Apparently, this whole thing is based on a true story involving an American couple on their honeymoon out in Australia about four or five years back...

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#23 · May 4, 2005

cro Fag said:based on a true story

That pretty much sums it up. They could have made a movie about two people haunted by giraffes and still slapped a "based on a true story" label on it—after all, just because it's based on actual events doesn't mean the whole movie actually happened the way they showed it.

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#24 · May 4, 2005

Jose Chase2 said:That’s the whole point. They could have taken two people possessed by giraffes and slapped a "based on a true story" label on it because it’s only based on reality. That doesn't mean the entire movie actually played out the way it really happened.

Yeah, obviously.
I get how that "based on" logic works.
I figured that out watching "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," where the movie isn't even about some maniac slaughtering teenagers, but about a psychopath who killed two women—and it didn't even happen in Texas.

But regarding this specific film, everything I've gathered up to this point suggests these events are almost entirely factual.
It really was about a couple left adrift at sea, and a camera was actually recovered from inside a shark's stomach!
There was supposedly a message on it, or they realized the couple had been alive for 24 hours!
And they only started searching for them after that 24-hour mark passed!
I don't know, the whole situation surrounding this movie is deeply unsettling to me.
😳
How can such fatal negligence—leaving people out in the open ocean—even happen?! Not just in some disorganized corner of the world, but in developed nations like Australia!
😲

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I traveled to Australia a few years ago right after this incident occurred. The couple had been in the water for just over 24 hours before anyone realized they were missing. As a SCUBA diver myself, I know it takes anywhere from two to three hours just to reach the reef for a tour by boat. Once you're out there, the current is brutal; there is absolutely no way to swim back to shore if you get stranded. Eventually, their gear was located, but they were never found. Their bodies were never recovered, though the woman's wetsuit washed up on a beach, shredded and covered in bite marks. They also found a camera inside the belly of a shark, along with a plea for help indicating they had been in the water for more than 24 hours. There are two main theories regarding their deaths. The first is that they were eaten by sharks, mirroring the film. The second is that they stripped off their gear and committed suicide, leaving them to be scavenged by sharks. The movie attempted to depict a possible scenario. It is a confirmed fact that they were eaten by sharks, but we still don't know if that was the direct cause of death.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374102/board/nest/15452271

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#25 · May 4, 2005

I tracked it down
😳

If you're actually looking for more details—though good luck, since info is pretty thin even considering how much it shook things up back in the States—just punch "Eileen Lonergan" into the search bar.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...e+search&lr=

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#26 · May 5, 2005

Jose Chase2 said:That's the point. They could have cast two people possessed by giraffes and still slapped a "based on a true story" label on it since it's only based on reality. It doesn't mean the whole movie actually happened...

And who survived to tell the truth anyway? All we know is they were forgotten. Everything else is just fiction...

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#27 · May 5, 2005

Alex Rogers96 said:And besides, who actually survived to tell the story the way it really happened?

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#28 · May 5, 2005

Alex Rogers96 said:And who’s actually left alive to tell the story exactly how it went down? The only truth is that they were forgotten. Everything else is just fiction.

Exactly.

But—
some elements from the movie actually line up with what really happened.
I looked into the actual incident, and this one guy on his site laid out a possible scenario—since he’s been out on the open ocean himself—

They found a woman's outfit all torn up—so maybe it was sharks or a coral reef...
On top of that, the husband's suit was completely intact.

There actually was a buoy near them—but the current was too strong for them to reach it.
They were basically abandoned because of poor coordination.
The people in real life were genuinely miserable and frustrated with their existence—just like the characters in the film. That’s what actually gives the movie its psychological depth.
😳

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#29 · May 5, 2005

Jose Chase2 said:http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/images/23_8_2004_Fin.jpg[/IMG]

Nah...
From everything I've read about them,
they don't actually like human flesh. It doesn't sit right with them,
and they only tear into it if they're wasted or genuinely starving.
😳

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#30 · May 5, 2005

cro Fag said:they don't actually like eating people, it's not really their thing
and they only go after them if they're, I don't know, agitated or just starving

you know it, I know it... but I guess the question is, do the sharks actually know?

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#31 · May 5, 2005

quietdriver3 said:You know it, I know it... but do the sharks know it?

Let's hope
😁

At least they're an endangered species, thank God.
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#32 · May 6, 2005

cro Fag said:They found a woman's outfit all shredded up—so maybe it was some stray dogs or just the coral reef...

Nah, her husband killed her and now he's busy stitching things up with his mistress.😁

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#33 · May 8, 2005

Jose Chase2 said:No way—he killed her and now he’s playing house with his mistress.😁

Dark humor! 👍 😁

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#34 · May 8, 2005

No movie can touch a Spielbergian shark thriller, let alone that boring slog. The Blair Witch Project is way more engaging than that flick. I feel like I just threw $8.25 away on such a mindless movie.👎

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#35 · May 9, 2005

Jose Chase2 said:No way. He killed her and now he's just playing house with his mistress.😁

Look, basically,
the tourism industry tried to spin this whole thing as some tragic accident—like he killed her and then himself...
claiming they might even still be alive and just trying to skip town to start over with new identities..

The media and the courts were actually peddling this garbage as truth. Honestly, they're even more delusional than those people back home.
🙄

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#36 · May 9, 2005

Hellblazer said:No movie can touch a Spielbergian shark flick, let alone that boring slog. The Blair Witch Project is way more interesting than this trash. I wasted my $8.25 on such a stupid movie.👎

😲
but the Blair Witch Project is a complete fabrication.

the events in this film actually happened.

and I think it serves as a good warning... it probably saved many lives—and it’ll save plenty more in the future
😳

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#37 · May 12, 2005

Quote : Undertow

Sophia Evans76 said:

I have to point this out (even if it contradicts the picture above). 😁 "Jaws" isn't actually a shark movie. I don't care what anyone tells you. Sure, there are sharks in it—real ones, too, not those cheap rubber props or some glitchy CGI mess you see in modern flops—but that’s not what the film is about. It’s something else entirely.

I think the last movie that actually shook me—the kind that leaves you with this nagging, itchy sense of unease for days afterward—was "29 Palms" by B. Dumonta.
Thank God I only caught Dodgeball fifteen minutes after watching Jaws. 😁 So, I ended up spending the rest of the night basically dying of laughter. Honestly, what else could I have done? 😁

Honestly, this movie has one of the best endings I've ever seen. It’s not over-dramatized or trying too hard to pull at your heartstrings. In fact, it's almost startlingly blunt. But once you sit with it and really process what happened? It feels incredibly raw and real. It’s probably the only way that situation could have actually played out.

The ending wasn't the only way this could have gone down—the director definitely kept us guessing until the final frame—but when it actually hits, just like in the real-life tragedy, you feel this total sense of identification and pure helplessness. It’s that gut-wrenching feeling you get during a war, where everything you've built—your education, your life's work, your wildest dreams—suddenly means absolutely nothing because your entire existence is now at the mercy of someone else. Truly chilling.

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#38 · Jul 24, 2005

yep..
😳
it's official...

this movie completely killed my desire to hit the coast this summer.
😳

I don't miss the ocean at all.
😳
I don't even have those usual seasonal dreams about being at the beach like I do every single year around this time..

actually, more than that...
🙂
staying far away from the water.

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#39 · Jul 28, 2005

The thing that really gets to me is when the production value just falls below what I can actually stomach.
It ends up dragging everything else down with it, too... making the whole thing feel way too amateurish.
And since the work itself isn't exactly breaking any ground or being revolutionary, my final verdict is... well, it’s barely watchable.

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#40 · Jul 28, 2005

stormycyclist13 said:Furthermore,
🙂
getting away from the coast

I mean, you aren't traveling that far out just to go scuba diving, and everything should be more durable anyway. 😬

And I have to agree, there is quite a bit of truth in this film. I suppose it captures a certain relative "reality," much of which mirrors what actually happens in the real world.

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