11-30-2015, 07:12 PM
(11-30-2015, 05:41 PM)izzy Wrote: About Jaws, you comment interests me. Maybe I was to young to "get it" when the movie came out, but the whole Hooper and Brody;s wife thing alluded me in the movie, but the novel made the affair very clear in graphic detail. I think that element was very lost in the movie, and the whole Hooper-Brody dynamic was lost in the movie.
I was interested in the background story behind Jaws, so I bought the book. I was actually more interested in the mechanics of the shark (nicknamed Bruce), but the story of the crew going up to Maine to film this blockbuster was really fascinating. Spielberg's vision for the film was to have the shark be the star of the movie, naturally. He didn't want big name actors to play in the roles. He also didn't like the characters in the book (I agree with him there). He took out the affair and made the characters into what we see on the screen. I thought they all had a terrific chemistry. That makes much more sense to me since they need to rely on each other on this boat chasing down a monster shark. I also liked the whole nice touch with the wife and kids. That made it a much more solid story than ruining it with an affair. The little boy imitating Brody at dinner is a classic.
I got to see the mechanical shark at Universal Studios in California. We were lucky because it was actually working the day we were there and it came right up next to the tram. It's a terrific effect. At Universal in Florida, we road a boat that the shark chased. Near the end of the ride, the shark gets blown up. Totally fun.
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