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In Reply to: Well, we got about 25% overlap. Is that good or bad? posted by Victor Khomenko on September 08, 1999 at 12:01:15:
Yes, you're right,most of the time the book leaves the movie in the
dust,( with exceptions). For example, I liked the movie "Jaws", and was
moderately frightened by it; however, the fear is nothing on the order
of the terror I experienced while reading first chapter of Benchley's
novel, the scene where the great white circled it's unknowing victim in
the dark oceanic waters, then attacked with ferocious, state-of-the-art
(cutting *serrated* edge) efficiency.
Blenchley's superb prose stimulated my imagination in a way the Spielbergian movie could not, in spite of the films excellent special
effects. - AH
I just love this movie, and I love my first edition hardcover too. The movie abandoned the theme of the affair between the chief's wife and the marine biologist: it's only hinted at, and makes no sense. Violence without sex. Now there's a movie first!
I have to admit I really love the movie too; executed well all around.
There is just something about vulnerablity to shark attack that evokes
the deepest primeval fear in me; perhaps it involves being attacked completely out of one's element, makes the vulnerablity all that much
greater. And it's very humbling to think that a large fish is actually
making a meal out of oneself, instead of vice versa. (The very notion is
outrageous and an affront to one's sense of self-esteem and dignity!)
I get a similiar fear with vulnerablity to large crocodile attacks also;
reminds me of the newspaper article I read some years ago about the unfortunate lone sunbather on a deserted beach in Darwin, Australia; all
that remained were a few bloody tattered clothes and a sandtrail leading
to the ocean where the giant saltwater beast had dragged it's horrified
victim! - AH
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