JAWS genre?

[mixojoe]

Hey all just writing a paper justifying the film JAWS as a horror. One questions is though what sub-genre of horror would you class it as? It did start one of its own but i cant think of what the term for it is? It was a new age in horror with natural beasts lol

[ShankS]

I wouldnt classify it as 'horror' myself .... it's more of monster suspence movie.

[bone collector]

I would say its a thriller, but thing i dont get, i cant believe that people actually thought that it was scary, i was 5 when i say it and people in the theaters were screaming man, and the sharks dont like actual sharks, the first one was good but the others were just boring

[Living/Dead]

bone collector
I would say its a thriller, but thing i dont get, i cant believe that people actually thought that it was scary, i was 5 when i say it and people in the theaters were screaming man, and the sharks dont like actual sharks, the first one was good but the others were just boring

Well to this day the movie Jaws still keeps a lot of people out of the water, even though science and probablility would tell you it's safe. So you may not have been scared but it did have a deep impact on most people who have saw it. I guess if you had to put Jaws in a sub-horror genre it would go under the "creature" category, or maybe an animal attack category.

[JokerMONEY3000]

Its not scary when u watch it, but does have an impact weather u relize or not. When I saw Jaws when I was like 6. I thought sharks really were that big. lol I didn't know until I was 11 that great whites are no where near that big.

[ShankS]

I think i'm gona watch Jaws tonight, aint watched it in ages

:)

[mixojoe]

thanks everyone. I think personally JAWS is a distinct and incredibly influential horror of the late 70s and treuly bites into man's primal fears lol. Will post paper when i am finished. One person is arguing that The Sound of Music is a horror lol

[Chainsaw Guy]

My Fav is the 1st one

[nine9]

I must say that JAWS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME!

I even just about could recite it as I watch it.......can see it over and over and never get sick of it!:D

[Vodstok]

Jaws is a good movie, but i will continue to hate Peter Benchley forever and ever. He is a piece of shit.

[nine9]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Jaws is a good movie, but i will continue to hate Peter Benchley forever and ever. He is a piece of shit.

Why?

Have to admit that the book was poorly written IMO! The movie for once was better.

[Vodstok]

I have a bone to pick with any scientist who uses their knowledge for profit IF it causes harm. peter Benchley is a marine biologist, as far as i am concerned it is his resposibility to educate, not to instill fear.

He used hisknowledge to get rich, and has doomed sharks to be hunted worse than ever before because he used people's fear nad his education to write a story about a killer shark.

PLUS, he is a poor scientist to boot. He re-hashed Jaws for "The Beast" to capitalize on his 20 year old idea, only this time about a giant squid. Now he is using people's ignorance to generate fear of another animal that doesnt deserve it AND he cant even get his facts straight. One of the important "details" in that hunk of crap was that giant squid have a distinct ammonia smell that is prevalent whenevr they are around.

i have a book by Richard Ellis (a REAL scientist...) that states that Benchly didnt fabricate this, but had to have done next to no research on the subject to use that "fact" since it was disproven shortly after it was "discovered".

I am very touchy when it comes to killing things out of ignorance, and i hold Benchly responsible for much of it.

Sorry if i seem snippy, it is not directed to you in any way. i hate that guy, and i have not had any coffee this morning :)

[nine9]

Originally posted by Vodstok
I have a bone to pick with any scientist who uses their knowledge for profit IF it causes harm. peter Benchley is a marine biologist, as far as i am concerned it is his resposibility to educate, not to instill fear.

He used hisknowledge to get rich, and has doomed sharks to be hunted worse than ever before because he used people's fear nad his education to write a story about a killer shark.

PLUS, he is a poor scientist to boot. He re-hashed Jaws for "The Beast" to capitalize on his 20 year old idea, only this time about a giant squid. Now he is using people's ignorance to generate fear of another animal that doesnt deserve it AND he cant even get his facts straight. One of the important "details" in that hunk of crap was that giant squid have a distinct ammonia smell that is prevalent whenevr they are around.

i have a book by Richard Ellis (a REAL scientist...) that states that Benchly didnt fabricate this, but had to have done next to no research on the subject to use that "fact" since it was disproven shortly after it was "discovered".

I am very touchy when it comes to killing things out of ignorance, and i hold Benchly responsible for much of it.

Sorry if i seem snippy, it is not directed to you in any way. i hate that guy, and i have not had any coffee this morning :)


Wow......LOL! you have really thought about all this!

I agree with your statement about promoting the slaughter of animals out of ignorance..............this same thing occured with wolves as a result of folklore. Anyway Benchly may be a scientist but a lousy writer......I am very particular about the literature I choose to read. My brother being a writer himself.......I was fed the best of the best since I was a teenager.

The movie however.........I love anyway..........just as a great classic horror............putting all facts aside. :)

[Vodstok]

Stephen speilberg and all involved are above blame, being entertainers and not educators. And it is a great movie, in spite of it's origins.

And yes, i have thought about it WAY too much :)