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[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

I’m pretty sure this attitude spawned the video game Maneater and it’s amazing.

[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I read the book back in 08, and I hated it. The article discusses the reasons why pretty well, but puts things pretty succinctly in saying that it's because you kinda want the shark to eat the characters. They're not compelling, interesting people. The whole thing feels nihilistic to me.

Jaws is one of my very favorite movies, and probably the first one I think of when I imagine a perfect film.

[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago

He's a terrible writer, that's why.