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Post by Skyroniter on Jul 14, 2013 9:42:32 GMT -5
OK, I live in a coastal community that survives economically on just a few industries. One of the largest is tourism. Reading my local paper (its published three days per week but two would be plenty). I come across this ad sponsored by one of our beach municipalities: To help our guests enjoy their visit, this town has been running a series of movies on an open air screen at its main beach on the boardwalk. Mostly "Finding Nemo" and that type stuff. So it looks like Wednesday night they plan to spice it up with a showing of "Jaws." I don't work in tourism and don't work in government so perhaps I'm missing something. There was a shark attack just last week about 100 miles south of us. Some nice lady got her foot chewed on a bit. You want people to come to your beach. You want them to stay until they run out of money. You want them to come back next year. You want them to enjoy the ocean. So you show them "Jaws?" Why not "Cabin Boy?" Can someone help me understand why you do this?
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Post by Crowfan on Jul 14, 2013 10:40:49 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't really get the wisdom of that. yes, the effects are dated, but it's still a scary movie, in the sense that it CAN happen. Sharks do attack people, granted not frequently, or in a SHARKNADO, but still, if tourism is your main industry, why on earth would you risk scaring them away?
And, I suppose they could argue that and here's a SPOILER: the shark dies at the end. Although apparently he gets reborn in Jaws 2.
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Post by crowschmo on Jul 14, 2013 10:55:12 GMT -5
Sharks are a collective. They remember every bad thing that ever happened to one of their own. (Even if it was BY one of their own). So they will swim gazillions of miles of ocean to wreak sweet vengeance on ONE family! It happens people!!
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Post by BJ on Jul 14, 2013 12:26:49 GMT -5
So you show them "Jaws?" Why not "Cabin Boy?" Would you like to buy a monkey?Even though I've been obsessed with Jaws ever since I saw it as a small child, and it gave me an interest in sharks rather than fear, I realize that's an unusual reaction. For me, it would be great seeing Jaws outside in a small, Atlantic, coastal town. However, I don't think your average person sees the film and wants to go for a swim, so I'd say agree that it's a bad idea. If you really want to scare people out of the water, you can tell them about the true story that inspired Benchley's novel. It's far more disturbing. Random story, but a couple months ago, I was surfing and saw a triangular fin spin in a circle, creating a weak whirlpool. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw taut fishing line come flying at my head. After I got under that, I was staring at the end of the line as a big spinner shark came flying out of the water about ten yards from me. I paddled in and stood next to the guy as he reeled in, when the line suddenly went slack. I walked a good ways up the beach before I paddled out again, with thoughts of an angry shark with a hook in its mouth, but at least I wouldn't be near any treble hooks and sharp nylon line.
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Post by afriendlychicken on Jul 14, 2013 18:06:10 GMT -5
We've had at least two shark attacks this year with thankfully minor injuries. There's a lot of tiger sharks in Hawai'i and they're quite aggressive. I rarely go swimming. I grew tired of trying to out swim those Portuguese man-o-wars & jellyfish. Honolulu's outdoors film events usually are Disney films. I don't know of one on this island. But I bet they would never show Jaws.
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Post by Frameous on Jul 14, 2013 18:08:46 GMT -5
Seems counterintuitive for sure. It is a great movie, and a crowd pleaser, but given the circumstances...
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Post by Skyroniter on Jul 14, 2013 22:26:50 GMT -5
We've had at least two shark attacks this year with thankfully minor injuries. There's a lot of tiger sharks in Hawai'i and they're quite aggressive. I rarely go swimming. I grew tired of trying to out swim those Portuguese man-o-wars & jellyfish. Honolulu's outdoors film events usually are Disney films. I don't know of one on this island. But I bet they would never show Jaws. There was a shark attack last week about 100 miles south. Some nice lady had her leg chewed on a bit. At least she didn't lose it.
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