American classic disaster film with perfect atmosphere

Alexys 2021-10-13 13:05:27

A fragment of this movie was missed in the school film class: during the National Day, tourists were playing on the beach, but they probably heard the news about the local sharks. At first, everyone did not dare to go into the water. Later, it was like the mayor. The black hands behind the scenes generally encouraged the other officials’ family to be "white mice" that were launched into the water in advance; after that, there was a long scene where we were fidgeting with the sheriff, and the crowd's feet fluttering in the water were being watched from the perspective of a shark, and we knew it would definitely be. Something happened, but I don't know when it happened.

Finally, the familiar dorsal fin appeared on the water, and the crowd fled in panic. We couldn't help but chant: Run, run, and it turned out to be a prank by the two children. When we smiled bitterly and said "Bear Kid Pill", the real shark appeared in the bay where the sheriff's son was! This is about the real twists and turns, let the audience's senses also ride the roller coaster along with the plot.

The second half of the movie turned into an "old man and the sea" style plot. The three of them went to sea, from the initial "different roads" to the later stage of drinking and talking. But what impressed me the most was the experience of the captain and his comrades being surrounded by sharks and eventually swallowed up. I couldn’t help but feel terrified, just like listening to the veterans talking about crossing the Cross Country Man Valley (?) or being covered with locusts when crossing the swamp. The same as the feet, so real. This also demonstrates the captain’s character: why his room is full of shark skulls, why he has to smash the radio, turn on the engine and fight the sharks desperately; it is for his friend who died under the shark’s teeth, and also for his own. pride.

Some people say that the final death of the captain revealed the director's anti-war sentiment, and I think that might be the case. He died just like the comrade-in-arms in his description, without the lower body, and screamed octaves high. He is an avenger, but he has been living in the horror stories of the year, and he did not wear a life jacket until the end...

Generally speaking, "Jaws" is better in the atmosphere, sometimes frightening, sometimes the heroic music is like sharks and people, and sometimes each has the upper hand. But watching this film today, the classics are certainly classics, but the horror segment has probably been surpassed by future generations.

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Jaws quotes

  • Brody: "Slow ahead." I can go slow ahead. Come on down here and chum some of this shit.

  • Brody: Smile, you son of a BITCH!

    [shoots at the air tank; the shark explodes]