Your "Jaws" moment?

[Archae]

Anyone have any clear memories of seeing Jaws for the first time?

I went with two of my friends, I was "Joe Cool."

Until that head came into view through the hole in a boat.
I frikkin' levitated. :D

[mr_hat]

1. Spielberg had me at duh-DUNT.

[mdhunter]

15. Or, rather, John Williams had you at...

[kick-ass-bob]

2. I was afraid of the bathtub after that.

:scared:
(I was like 10 or something)

[RebelOne]

4. I thought I was the only one.

[HEyHEY]

3. I love the story in the middle - Quint rules

[mr_hat]

6. True story, too. There are a couple chilling books

about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the scapegoating of her captain.

[sundog]

5. when I got attacked in the pond

I was in shock... they took me to the hospital.

Mom said she would get me coffee ice cream.

[Demit]

7. It actually was from the book, reinforced by the scene in the movie--

When the woman was swimming alone at night, felt something brush her leg, then reached down for her foot AND IT WASN'T THERE. >shudder<

[WilliamPitt]

8. I used to have nightmares about the shark coming up through my floor

I was in the second floor of an apartment building miles away from the ocean. Go figure.

I still hate swimming in the ocean because of that movie.

[sundog]

11. me too

I had blue carpet & I would jump from the hallway to my bed.

Just to avoid getting bitten on the way there :scared:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

19. Hee Hee

Me too. Lived in an apartment just off Bayshore in Tampa. Thinking one could just swim up the street and knock on my door like SNL's "land shark."

[liberal N proud]

9. That moment got be as well!

[patrice]

10. Hey, the previews were enough for me . . .

I think it was the way they used that girl just floating so nice and peaceful there in the night with the moon and all, and then Jaws hits her . . . . . !!!!!!

I was depressed for a week!

[SweetLeftFoot]

12. Pussies

In Australia we watch Jaws before we go swimming.

[fluffernutter]

14. lol, too funny.

:hi: welcome to DU - great username!

[GregW]

16. Mate, I lived in Caloundra when Jaws came out

and there was not a whole lot of swimming going on!

[SweetLeftFoot]

20. Sharks are like anything

if you gunna get got, you're gunna get got.

Did you stop going outside when Twister came out?

[MisterP]

24. you can't "get got" by a shark if you're not in the water

(though the alternatives are pure Monty Python)

[fluffernutter]

13. i used to go w/my best friend to Martha's Vineyard, but after that

we didn't want to go to the beach.

that first scene with the girl in the water got me :scared:

[CottonBear]

17. It was my first non G or PG movie!

My dad and I went to see Jaws. My mom and siblings took in Benji (the dog movie.) I was so scared. The music was scary. When that shark ate Quint - Yow! My grandparents (both sets) lived at the ocean. I was a very cautious swimmer and boater after that!

[The empressof all]

18. Never Saw it

Just hearing about it gave me the willies.

[hfojvt]

22. I never saw it either

not my kinda movie. It is a good thing too because we visited the ocean in my native South Carolina that summer, and went "swimming". My little brother was freaked because I was about fifty feet from shore, where the water was still only about three feet deep. We used to live in South Dakota, and you can find shark teeth there too.

[IntravenousDemilo]

21. I've never seen Jaws

When it came out, they wouldn't let me into the theatre because they said I was too young. Same with The Exorcist and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. And I still haven't seen Jaws or the entire Exorcist (I sneaked in to see Cuckoo's Nest). But hey, I have Jaws on tape, and I may get around to it one day.

[yvr girl]

23. I read Jaws at the beach in Hawaii

I finished reading about the young woman who gets attacked at night, and then I went out for a swim. Big mistake. I swam out for a bit, and then I decided to see if I could still touch the bottom. I stepped on a jellyfish. You never saw anyone get back to shore so fast. I didn't finish reading the book - not good for a beach vacation.

[Patiod]

25. I wish I HAD been afraid of sharks

When I was in my twenties, I used to go swimming in the ocean at the Jersey shore after the bars closed.

I'm surprised I made it to my forties.

Can't really think of anything much stupider - I used to rationalize that since the guy I would go swimming with was a lifeguard, it was okay. Even if there was a hurricane coming and the current was so strong that the waves were running parallel to the shore.

What's scary is that it was always my idea, not his. Aren't guys supposed to be the ones taking stupid risks.