Mark took me to see Jaws at the Dryden this weekend.

I LOVED LOVED LOVED this movie. I know, I am one of the few left in the world who hadn’t seen it…tell me something I don’t know!

I was in love with these two actors. The juxtaposition between the brashness and the nerdiness. Perfect casting! The movie was made in 1975 and I truly can’t imagine anyone making it better today.

“Y’all know me. Know how I earn a livin’. I’ll catch this bird for you, but it ain’t gonna be easy. Bad fish. Not like going down to the pond and chasing bluegills and tommycocks. This shark, swallow you whole. No shakin’, no tenderizin’, down you go. And we gotta do it quick, that’ll bring back your tourists, put all your businesses on a payin’ basis. But it’s not gonna be pleasant. I value my neck a lot more than three thousand bucks, chief. I’ll find him for three, but I’ll catch him, and kill him, for ten. But you’ve gotta make up your minds. If you want to stay alive, then ante up. If you want to play it cheap, be on welfare the whole winter. I don’t want no volunteers, I don’t want no mates, there’s too many captains on this island. Ten thousand dollars for me by myself. For that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing.”

Oh, and being the only one who never saw this film, during this scene…

I SCREAMED BLOODY MURDER! (I think the only one in the theater, poor Mark!) I’m not a queasy, squeamish girl…blood, legs, torsos no problem! At this particular point in the movie I was afraid the cute nerdy oceanographer was going to become shark food. Hence the scream. Mark later told me, that the next time I see this movie…I still need to turn away during this scene (even if I KNOW that it is only a dead guy floating..

WHY?

EYEBALL SCENE!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! (I sort of tried to find the picture and I screamed just looking at the thumbnail, I wanted to be brave and post a link, but I just can’t!!!) I was also hiding away from the screen when the Chief was stabbing the shark at the end…because I was certain he was going right through that eyeball and you do NOT want to be anywhere near me if that happened.

Whod’a thunk I would be so in love with a movie about a KILLER SHARK! See how useful boyfriends can be? 😉 When he said JAWS was playing I was like, uh, alright…

I found myself really hoping the MAYOR would make it into the water and that music would start…da dum. Da dum. Da dum da dum da dum.