Jaws is the only movie (within reason I guess) that I don't let my 13 year old watch.

We live by the sea with one of the world's best marine reserves right off shore. There are plenty of fish including sharks living right off the beach and you need nothing more than a mask and snorkel to get right in amongst them.

When I watched Jaws as a kid when it first came out, it scared me shitless and I still carry some of that trauma whenever I am snorkeling over a deep canyon where the blue just goes on forever and you can't see the bottom.

I just don't want my child to miss out on that because of the ability of Hollywood to scare us.

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boothby 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Jaws is the only movie (within reason I guess) that I don't let my 13 year old watch.

On the other hand, I totally forgot about Sharknado until just now; that's my next movie night pick and my kid's gonna love it.

	▲	kruffalon 24 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		What a great reminder... A Sharknado marathon is one of the things I really long for, but don't quite have the people for atm... Or maybe it's the time of year?? [Edit - added:] I wonder if you need to have watched both "Jaws" and "Beverly Hills 90210" to enjoy the series?

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temp0826 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I'd recommend you watch Jaws again, or at least some clips of it, just to see how cheesy it feels now. It's lost its teeth imo

	▲	throw-the-towel an hour ago \| parent [-]
		"Jaws lost its teeth"? I see what you did there. But yeah. I had the fortune to see Jaws on a bus in highland Bolivia (talk about a weird choice for forced onboard entertainment!), and it was more annoying than it was scary.