# Jaws -- on the big screen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711 "2015-06-17T00:36:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/1 "2015-06-17T00:36:58Z")
I’ve just ordered my ticket to see _Jaws_ on the big screen next Sunday. (Just one this time. The SO said she’d be bored.) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/2 "2015-06-17T00:42:10Z")
[Read this article about it.](http://www.aintitcool.com/node/71676) Have you heard if it is going to be a high quality copy showing? ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/3 "2015-06-17T01:20:24Z")
A couple of times a year there is a movie brought to the big screen in a local art museum for charity. My wife and I never miss, and we saw Jaws a couple of years ago. It was a good time, and it is a lot of fun to see the movie on the big screen again. A month ago, the movie was “Some Like it Hot” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/4 "2015-06-17T01:31:06Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Read this article about it.](http://www.aintitcool.com/node/71676) Have you heard if it is going to be a high quality copy showing? We were pleased with [_Rear Window_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=752437) a few months ago. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/5 "2015-06-17T03:02:36Z")
I feel really old. I saw Jaws on the big screen when it first came out. ☹ I was afraid to even take a bath after I saw it. You really can’t beat seeing it in the theatre. The dark theatre, and the first scene where the girl is swimming at night, then the thumping of that music from the sound system. It’s creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/6 "2015-06-17T03:06:21Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > I was afraid to even take a bath after I saw it. _Still?_ :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/7 "2015-06-17T03:08:58Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > _Still?_ :eek: I got over it…last year. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/8 "2015-06-17T03:23:52Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > I feel really old. I saw Jaws on the big screen when it first came out. ☹ Same here. The restaurant we went to after had shark on the menu. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/9 "2015-06-17T03:34:50Z")
Me too. I saw it at the now-closed ☹ Century 21 (next door to the Winchester Mystery House). Boy, when that guy’s head came floating up out of the depths I almost jumped out of my seat…yikes! ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/10 "2015-06-17T04:43:12Z")
We’re were camping on Lake George for the week when I saw it. I refused to swim in the lake. :shudder: ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/11 "2015-06-17T11:32:58Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > I feel really old. I saw Jaws on the big screen when it first came out. ☹ Me too. I had a raft just like the little Kintner boy. That never saw water again. I’m taking my kids on Sunday. They love Jaws anyway, and it’s never scared them out of the water, so we’ll see if the big screen experience changes things. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/12 "2015-06-17T11:58:40Z")
I too remember seeing it at the cinema when it first came out and telling my ride how it scared the everlovin’ crap out of me. I’d just spent a week wade fishing in the ocean and never would have done that had I seen the movie first. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/13 "2015-06-17T12:04:23Z")
What the hell was the 1# bestseller novel Jaws like?! I can’t imagine how you’d turn the movie into a novel, at least JP had a bunch of science subplots. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/14 "2015-06-17T12:58:51Z")
> [@grude](#): > > What the hell was the 1# bestseller novel Jaws like?! I can’t imagine how you’d turn the movie into a novel, at least JP had a bunch of science subplots. The novel existed first. And why couldn’t you imagine it? It’s a good story, not just a bunch of shark-popping-out shots. There were some plot lines in the book that weren’t in the movie: Ellen Brody and Hooper had an affair. Also, there was a connection between Mayor Vaughan and the Mafia, further explaining why he was downplaying the shark attacks and working so hard to keep the beaches open. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/15 "2015-06-17T13:07:28Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > There were some plot lines in the book that weren’t in the movie: > > Ellen Brody and Hooper had an affair. Wow! [spoiler]Did Chief Brody know about the affair? I could see almost having to recast Hopper as someone other than Dreyfuss to even make that believable. Sure would add to the tension and intrigue out on the open water where a secret can be hidden forever. You said Hooper but at first I was thinking Quint, which might have been even better still.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/16 "2015-06-17T14:13:02Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Wow! > > [spoiler]Did Chief Brody know about the affair? I could see almost having to recast Hopper as someone other than Dreyfuss to even make that believable. Sure would add to the tension and intrigue out on the open water where a secret can be hidden forever. > > You said Hooper but at first I was thinking Quint, which might have been even better still.[/spoiler] I don’t remember - I haven’t read it in 30+ years. I do remember that Hooper dies in the cage in the book too. And it was definitely Hooper - book Quint may even have been more offensive than movie Quint. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/17 "2015-06-17T14:22:34Z")
One of the local theaters here in town showed \*Jaws \*a couple weeks ago, but we couldn’t make it. We did recently see _The Godfather_ and _The Blues Brothers_. I love watching ‘old’ movies on the big screen, especially when they’re ones I’ve seen many times, but only on television. I always wind up noticing tons of extra details that I missed on the first 37 viewings; I assume that’s because there’s nothing to distract attention away from the screen. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/18 "2015-06-17T15:44:00Z")
> [@grude](#): > > What the hell was the 1# bestseller novel Jaws like?! I can’t imagine how you’d turn the movie into a novel, at least JP had a bunch of science subplots. The book has a lot of Small New England Town soapy sub plots. As others said, it actually came first and was huge even before the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/19 "2015-06-17T15:46:34Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > We’re were camping on Lake George for the week when I saw it. I refused to swim in the lake. :shudder: I was about 7 or 8. I quit swim lessons. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711/20 "2015-06-17T16:13:28Z")
After I see _Jaws_, I’m going to have to pull out my copy of [_Blood Beach_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Beach). ‘Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… you can’t get to it!’ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaws-on-the-big-screen/722711.md?page=2)