Notice something new every time
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Phydeaux50 — 9 years ago(August 03, 2016 10:23 PM)
I like the shrewd look Harry gives when Quint starts scraping his nails down the blackboard.
And then Mr Taft looks behind him to see if he's blocking anyone as the camera tracks towards Quint, sees that he's blocking Harry and goes on blocking him. Small town power games.
One that caught attention the first time I saw J was the number of bikes in Harry's shop; a multitude, far too many for just the local population. It begged a question as to why, which was answered by the Forth of July montage. It was just so difficult to get my head around that many tourists descending all at once.
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Phydeaux50 — 9 years ago(August 04, 2016 01:33 AM)
In a place where the furthest you can be from the sea is 70 miles, every holiday must surely count as a seaside holiday?
Where I grew up, which is a tourist town, by the end of the first week of the summer hols we'd know the name of every tourist.
Small town? So small you could carpet it.
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highpriestess32 — 9 years ago(August 04, 2016 01:42 AM)
It is more than 70 at a guess but I live in a place near Cardigan Bay (Wales). Wales is basically a car park for the English
I am not Welsh, however. I call myself a German living in "Englandistan"
I just went camping in Cornwall as it goes. They talk beep about beep over there and feel they are a country in their own right. They even have a flag which I find abhorent. I was once asked "Where exactly in England is Wales?" LMFAO - the Welsh suck and I have about as much regard for them as Quint had for Hooper
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Phydeaux50 — 9 years ago(August 04, 2016 07:49 AM)
He he, my sister is dating a guy from Devon, so I get the vibe you're sending.
And, it's official- 70 miles is the figure.
https://www.google.com.au/search?sourceid=chrome-psyapi2&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8&q=furthest from the sea in britain&oq=furthest from the sea in britain&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l4j69i60.6111j0j8
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highpriestess32 — 9 years ago(August 05, 2016 12:23 AM)
I stand corrected, Phy. It probably just feels like further due to the cr@p roads lol
Seriously, the country roads are devoid of traffic, just sheep, cows, cones and temporary traffic lights (which are always on red) sulk
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niallh20 — 9 years ago(August 05, 2016 06:54 PM)
I had the amazing experience of seeing this in the cinema and I never noticed just how much of an every-man Brody is. He has flaws, he is not perfect but he is our hero and we love him for every action he does even if it can be wrong because he just wants to do the right thing
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FilmSpectator — 9 years ago(August 08, 2016 02:54 PM)
I noticed Quint said the USS Indianapolis sank on June 29, 1945, when it was actually July 30, 1945. It's a known error in his monologue - I just didn't notice it before. In my opinion it doesn't detract from that scene - his story was so compelling, and based on an actual historical event.
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Phydeaux50 — 9 years ago(August 08, 2016 09:04 PM)
At 12:14 a.m. on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea and sank in 12 minutes. Of 1,196 men on board, approximately 300 went down with the ship.
That's from
http://www.ussindianapolis.org/
Given that that was local time, the time in Washington would have been 17 hours behind that, so about 7am 29th June.
Even so, a sailor on the Indianapolis may still count 'just past midnight' as being part of the day of the 29th, given they were still awake but not on watch.
I think it's more reasonable for Quint to recall it as the 29th for both reasons, and because it makes it a more personal retelling.
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Negasonic_WoodChipper_Warhead — 9 years ago(August 09, 2016 05:54 AM)
I noticed Quint said the USS Indianapolis sank on June 29, 1945, when it was actually July 30, 1945.
Hey man, Quint was there, I think he would know!
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Phydeaux50 — 9 years ago(August 13, 2016 08:17 PM)
It does imply that there was little information about the tragedy freely available in 1974. A mistake like that would have been picked up on, if it were common knowledge. Of course, by 1976 every man and his (half chewed) dog knew about it.
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bastasch8647 — 9 years ago(August 13, 2016 08:03 PM)
They very much resemble the wire rim "granny glasses" so popular with youth in the Sixties. In fact I was a little surprised to see Dreyfuss wearing them in 1975 because enough time had elapsed since the peak of the hippie era that they were already becoming passe - but they looked good on him and gave him the "college boy tone"
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Phydeaux50 — 9 years ago(August 14, 2016 12:21 AM)
While Hooper's glasses are octagonal rimless (and change in size from time to time if I recall), the wire rimmed glasses you're talking about have their origins as pre WWII government subsidised prescription glasses. It was John Lennon who was dressed in them by wardrobe for the movie
How I Won The War
, playing the part of working class canon fodder. He identified with his character to the point that he adopted the wire rim look and brought it into counter culture popularity.
I was a Beatles tragic in my younger days, if you haven't guessed.
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benGsboat — 9 years ago(August 13, 2016 09:31 PM)
I only recently noticed Hooper's subtle, disgusted headshake as Quint pops open his beer.
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Phydeaux50 — 9 years ago(August 14, 2016 12:09 AM)
Just watching with the sound off- a great way to appreciate the visual details- I it's amazing how much of the Orca is made of rebar.
Also just noticed that when Quint goes around the side while Hooper complains that it's not a shark on the line, he goes right past the killing lances to grab the gaff hook. He didn't think it was a shark, either.
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draven_54501 — 9 years ago(August 29, 2016 05:49 PM)
I just saw it a few weeks ago in a theater and it was the first time I noticed the Tiger Shark that was caught had arrows sticking in it. Can't tell you how many times I have watched it and never caught that. And the first scene with all three of them together and Quint is testing every body's mettle. On a shelf there is a can of Campbells soup. Turkey noodle. Never have seen turkey noodle soup. I want to try it.
