Lesson Of The Day: Being cheap gets you KILLED!!!

Too right!

and a depth finder too...

and a good captain

My problem with this movie...especially as people compare it to JAWS (one of my all-time favorites)...is that it's not 1975 anymore, and we're not on an old, beat-up fishing boat like the Orca. Which means when you're in trouble, you don't have to worry about being Sheriff Brody and having Quint sneak up with a bat, to smash the cheapie short wave CB radio and your sole hope of rescue.

Lesson of the day: being cheap gets you killed! So the next time someone invites you on their ritzy sailboat, to have a ritzy blue water vacation, just remember to pull out the credit card first. These days...37 years later and unlike 1975...technology is a little better. Which means a mere 200 bucks will buy a personal waterproof GPS locator. And only $500-$800 will buy a deluxe waterproof satellite phone that can instantly connect into a GLOBAL search and rescue satellite network.

Hey, it's better to be safe than sorry.
And it's DEFINITELY better to be out a few hundred bucks than to be Great White Shark food!!!

The movie is based on a true story from 1983, There was no GPS system anywhere that was available to civilians at that time.

My problem with the whole situation is that they were using the yacht's only life raft for random pleasure cruises. That's what got them killed. If they were going to use their inflatable for random excursions, then it's not a life raft. They should have had a life raft stored on the yacht explicitly for emergencies. Any responsible boat owner, especially one that takes it on the open ocean, would have a dedicated life raft.

Who in the hell is comparing this movie to Jaws..one of the most quotable, greatest cinematic achievements of all time. The only comparison is that there were sharks involved. Jaws is an absolute masterpiece. (within the confines of what they dealt with during filming and the limits of the technology of the time) it scared me out of the water (I grew up on Cape Cod during this time and night swam quite often) for pretty much ever..and every time I do get in..I think of it. Name another movie that has made that kind of impact on the collective conscious of the world. Right or wrong as far as actual behavior of sharks. Off topic...but if anyone is comparing this not bad movie for a Saturday night popcorn affair to Jaws..needs to go to film class or stop commenting on movies forever. For the record, I think I would have searched for weapons and stayed on the damn boat. In fact, I'm sure, I would opt for that decision. I would wish we had a bigger boat.

"Here lies the body of Mary Lee; died at the age of a hundred and three. For fifteen years she kept her virginity; not a bad record for this vicinity."

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