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Originally Posted by Anthropophagus
Jaws is my number one film and it is also responsible for my not liking the open water.I never swim in the sea and even when alone at the local pool i get nervous.Stupid i know,and being a Brit there is no chance of shark in these cold waters.
But it touched me that much,even now i quiver when i am on a pleasure boat on a small lake and i am 49 years old.I know,i know,it is funny to think about it but that's what that movie did to me.But,it is still my favorite and wouldn't change a thing.:D
I recently watched the Bluray i had just bought with my 10 years old daughter and she loved it but didn't have that shock feeling as i did back in the early 70s.Times have changed it would seem.
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I know what you mean! This seems hard to believe, especially at the time, but my parents took my family to see Jaws at the theatre in 1975, and I was 6 years old. (Maybe they couldn't find a babysitter.) And it effected me as well. That night, I was too scared to leave my legs hanging off my bed.
I'm not afraid of swimming in lakes or the sea, but that fear is there deep in the subconscious still.
I have to say, considering the effect Jaws had on you, I'm a bit surprised you decided to show it to your 10-year-old daughter. That's not a criticism, by the way. I'm curious though, if you wrestled about it? What was your final reasoning to have her see the movie?