Episode 19 – Jaws

This week Jessica is in the hot seat, since she had never seen the 1975 summer blockbuster Jaws, with special contributor Kara Hulce. We talk about whether the slower pacing of the film works, if the animatronics hold up, and we get a little confused about who the shark ate and when. Boy, that shark sure does eat a lot of people…

Clarifications:

This article says John Williams had scored 25 Spielberg films as of its publish date (2012). So there’s more now, you can do the math yourself. I say my guess of 25 was pretty darn good. Although, the upcoming Ready, Player One is notable in that John Williams will NOT score it.

Finding Nemo theory confirmed (well, as much as a wiki confirms anything…)

Not a lot of additional material for you this week, except that Adam also thought it was weird that Jaws was considered a horror film. By the same token, couldn’t Jurassic Park be considered horror?? Just think about THAT for a minute.

And here’s your exploding whale, about 2 minutes in.

Movies We Reference:

The Goonies (1985)

Tremors (1990)

Army of Darkness (1992)

Poltergeist (1982)

Bridge of Spies (2015)