It's impossible to say how anyone would react in a similar situation, but I felt like I was a member of the group and my arms were getting tired. All I kept thinking was swim faster...Very real feelings of impending doom! Genuinely scary film with no shortage of suspense.
That Is One Nutty Hospital!
I agree! I kept wanting to scream at the tv 'MOVE YOUR DAMN ARMS AND LEGS!!!' Like you said, it's hard to say what you would do in that situation but I'm pretty sure I would atleast attempt to haul ass through the water.
shareOh my gosh its so funny that you guys were thinking this. The whole movie I was saying...shouting, really "Stop looking at the F___ing shark and swim your a$$ off!" Seriously, watch it again. That last scene Luke looks at the shark like thirty times. If he'd have just kept swimming he'd have survived...idiots!
sharelol, I almost came out of my seat!
Ass melt Mattie swam faster and kicked off the whole thing, before that it was just curious...trashing doesn't work.I think his strategy was to look menacing or keep it @ bay, as it never seemed to attack head on, probably because it can't
given the location of the mouth.
Another thought that came to mind was he wanted to show some face, to appear human and not like a seal.I think this shark acquired a taste for US.
Damn the slow metabolism and bone to flesh ratio reasoning for avoiding humans & all....maybe it liked us because of it...ya know that lil extra crunch!
The whole movie I was saying...shouting, really "Stop looking at the F___ing shark and swim your a$$ off!" Seriously, watch it again. That last scene Luke looks at the shark like thirty times.
The worst thing to do is splash. You take on the impression of a seal etc.
shareI was thinking the same thing. The constant splashing while it was believable because they were frantically trying to keep their eyes on the shark, I know that had to be making things worse and I kept hoping that Luke would mention this or something lol.
And as for them swimming faster, yes!! I was yelling at my computer screen, "Stop looking for it and GO!!" Hahaha...Especially when they were as close as they were to the island at the end. After they got that girl, Suzie, I'm like, "Look, she's dead! This is freakin chance to book it!! GO!!!!"
Oh my gosh its so funny that you guys were thinking this. The whole movie I was saying...shouting, really "Stop looking at the F___ing shark and swim your a$$ off!" Seriously, watch it again. That last scene Luke looks at the shark like thirty times. If he'd have just kept swimming he'd have survived...idiots!
Seriously...
They have to sit on that tiny little rock/reef and have a rest while the island can be seen in the distance. Swim you fools! You can rest once you're safe. I'd have given everything I had to get to that island, even if I had to put the girl on my back.
They had to swim at least 10- 12 miles? In rough waters? With NO food or water? No way to rest really since the idiots didn't have any life preservers (just a couple of rubber things).
A couple had already said they couldn't swim that far and I doubt hardly anyone could. How do you keep your bearings out there? Hot sun during the day and cold waters at night?
They did get lost. That's made clear in the script.
Luke's plan is to swim to 'Turtle Island.' But after Matt gets killed and it gets dark, it's made clear that they are completely lost. Susie even says so. ("We're lost in the middle of the ocean in the middle of the f____g night.") Then when it gets light they see that - by pure chance - they are close to another island. It's not the one they were aiming for. Luke says "Well its not Turtle Island. But it's land."
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"Maybe I should go alone"
- Quint, Jaws.
They had to swim at least 10- 12 miles? In rough waters? With NO food or water? No way to rest really since the idiots didn't have any life preservers (just a couple of rubber things).
Life jackets are usually stored in a locker, not on the deck, and certainly not worn all the time. And getting a life jacket out of an upturned boat is almost impossible.
However, they could have improvised with the flotsam shown around the boat before the depart. I was disappointed that Luke did not salvage more things from the boat.
No, no, and no. In open water like that, you do NOT want to kick your arms and legs like that. Swimming around that will will ATTRACT the shark and excite it, making it more likely to attack you. That's the type of behavior you would do if land was right by you and you can get out, not when you're in open water like that. The average human swims 3 feet per second. The average shark swims 50 feet per second. There is no way in hell a person can out swim a shark.
shareABut the natural thing for a human to do when under attack is fight or flee, and there's no way you can fight a shark whilst in the water. Not many humans would stay still when a shark is bearing down on them. Rambo, Jason Borne, and James Bond might be able to, but not your average human will swim light hell or try punch it or something.
shareI don't remember my feelings during the film, since it's been a while, but these complaints remind me of some from a movie called Frozen (the ski lift one) where they made some hilariously ridiculous decisions when their lives were at stake.
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