was way too farfetched (even by the unrealistic standards set by the rest of the movie beforehand). it seemed like an impossible task to plan, foresee the outcome of, and execute successfully, and she used but a few seconds to do it successfully.
shareI agree it was over-the-top, but it was in a fun, exciting way that worked for me (and I'll admit I acknowledge this scene won't work for everybody). Really, at that point, she was winging it and was relying a lot on luck.
Even in the original Jaws (spoilers for those who have somehow never seen it), Brody's plan relied on a ton of unlikely luck, what with being able to place the oxygen tank in the shark's mouth and expecting it to continuously stay lodged in a visible spot and the shark doubling back rather than continuing to attack from the bottom and swimming out far enough to give Brody enough space to aim, fire six shots, and get an explosion from which he was a safe distance from. But it was an immensely thrilling and exciting setpiece and a fantastic way to cap-off a great thrill ride. The buoy sequence in The Shallows isn't on that level, but it's the same principle; the scene was fun and exciting enough for me to ignore its implausibilities.
erm, no... brody didnt have a plan... he was hitting the shark with the tank and just chucked it into its mouth to make it go away... he didnt have a plan, it was just luck that the shark couldnt eat it but kept it in its mouth... at the end, brody just seen the opportunity with the tank as it was still in the sharks mouth.. but it was never his plan
shareI would dispute your claim that it was not Brody's plan. At the 25 to 26 minute mark of the movie, Brody is flipping through a book about sharks, looking at several photos and one of them is a photo of a shark with an oxygen tank lodged in its mouth. Later on, when he fails to tie the tanks up tightly, Hooper scolds him that the tanks can blow up. He put those two details together at the last second to formulate his plan. It's one of the things I love so much about the movie, that little subtle details like that come together at the end.
When the shark makes its last run, he even says "Come on, show me the tank! Blow up!" in a very deliberate manner. I'm not saying it was his goal from the start of the hunting trip to kill the shark this way, but when he saw the tank floating in the water in front of him, that's when he saw the opportunity. He even threw the tank into the shark's mouth. He wasn't trying to bat the shark away with the tank. He was aiming to get the tank into its mouth.
Ok, 2 points, one agree, the other is disagree but in a lighter sense.
Agree: Chiefy had every intention of shooting the tank. From the moment Hooper berated him about how fragile those tanks are, Chiefy was on his game. The tanks are shown multiple times(And Chiefy's reaction to them) to serve as a subtle reminder to the viewer. Sure, he may have not have had a clear plan but nonetheless, he had an idea.
Disagree: In that book, it's NOT a Tank. It's a Bite Force Measurer. I know, it's hard to tell. I've just watched JAWS about a million times and actually have read that book in my Elementary School Library YEARS AGO lol. So, not a huge deal but not a tank. I'm sure Spielberg meant for it to be a Visual Clue of the tank though, rather than what it really is.
Thanks for clarifying the object in that photo!
shareHooper rips Chiefy apart for not securing and/or being cautious with the tanks. From that moment on, those tanks are CONSTANTLY visually reinforced to the Viewer. He absolutely had a plan. No doubt about it. The next time you watch JAWS, look for the hints Spielberg put into the film with those tanks. It was a rash plan but it was definitely something he thought about at that moment in time. He saw an opportunity.
shareLudicrous. He grabbed the gun with the express purpose of using the tank to destroy the shark. What you saw wasn't him trying to deliberately bash the shark in the face with the tank. You saw him trying to get the tank into a mouth that was being opened and closed without ending up in the mouth in the process. He had the gun over his shoulder, and then immediately after the shark left, he climbed the mast and said "okay come on, show me the tank."
If he hadn't been planning to do this the whole time, why did he grab the gun beforehand and not shoot the shark when it was feet from him in the bridge?
I'm not normally a "the book was better" guy (they're different mediums. You consume them differently.) But have you read the book? And to be honest, the movie adaptation of Jaws is way better in a bunch of respects but one:
It's ending. The Orca has already fully sunk and Brody doesn't even try to swim away. He just floats there, resigned to his fate when the shark finally bleeds out and dies of its previous injuries while slowly swimming toward him. It's a thousand times more intense...
Just not very cinematic.
This was purposely campy. How you did not get that, I do not know.
Then it was a poor decision, because it doesn't fit with the tone of the rest of the film. Having her figure out a way to get herself back on the beach would have been a far better choice. The ridiculousness of the ending puts a huge damper on what was otherwise a surprisingly ok movie.
Hope/desire is your greatest strengthto stay alive. You never know...
shareThe way she 'KILLS THE SHARK" was more in lines with something you would see in a Scooby-Doo cartoon. It just didn't FIT or WORK With the rest of the film and completely took me out. UGH.
shareYeah that was some cartoon sh×t. Way to ruin what was a pretty good movie.
shareTook me out too.Wayyy over the top
shareWell put. It was a typical cheesy action finale.
shareThe only thing I questioned about that scene was, her going so deep, so quickly, wouldn't it affect her ears and head? Cos scuba divers have to equalise to avoid bursting an eardrum of being in a lot of pain. Unless she didn't go as deep as it made it look
shareNah, it wasn't deep enough. An "atmosphere" is 33 feet, and most divers can go that far with no ear damage or needing to decompress. Then they just need to remember to exhale on the way back up to keep their lungs from getting an embolism.
shareOf course it was!!! But it was exciting! You do understand the concept of entertainment right? Go watch a documentary if you want realism.
I am so sick of people on IMDB
You are so sick of people on IMDB? Okay. Leave. You won't be missed. By the way, the way she killed the shark was stupid. Would have been more believable if the buoy had a sharp spike sticking out of it from the shark breaking it and she jumped off when the shark tried to attack her.
shareWas I talking to you d bag? Your mom called supper is ready
shareActually, you were. My comment was in response to your comment, "I'm so sick of people on IMDB." You see, the word, "people" is plural of the word "person." I hope you understand what "plural" means. I'm not sure you do but...fingers crossed. Anyway, when I read your pathetic whine, I responded because as a "person" (remember, that one is singular) on IMDB that makes me one of the "people" and hence, you were talking to me. So my question now is, who is the d bag?
BTW, AWESOME line about supper. Really feeling the burn from that one!
First off it is very difficult to take Simone seriously named 'Skippy'. Secondly great response 3 weeks later. So listen Skippy mind your own business I wasn't talking to you and you aren't IMDBMAN protector of all.
Lastly the supper comment obviously burned or you wouldn't have mentioned it. Call me when the acne clears up
What if during her 24 hours on the reef Blake had developed "Carrie"-like powers of telekinesis and simply "willed" the shark to smithereens? That'd be unrealistic too but hey, it's just a movie, right? I mean, go watch a documentary if you want realism, right?
So what do you think, pal? How would you've felt about Blake developing telekinesis in order to get herself out of trouble?