|
|
Post by janntosh on Jan 16, 2020 17:43:34 GMT
Jaws? In the book he kills the shark but gets caught and dragged down with it Ahab style. In the movie he just falls into the shark's mouth and is given the most slow and painful death you can think of. Poor Quint
|
|
|
|
Post by lowtacks86 on Jan 16, 2020 18:11:03 GMT
Yeah, that scene is really hard to swallow
|
|
|
|
Post by politicidal on Jan 16, 2020 18:18:48 GMT
Symbolism. The shark was hungry.
|
|
|
|
Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 16, 2020 18:21:53 GMT
Something something SJWs...
|
|
|
|
Post by moviebuffbrad on Jan 16, 2020 18:35:43 GMT
He had Brody kill it to subvert our expectations.
The death itself isn't a lot more cruel than Chrissie's, only we see everything. At this point, the shark is no longer an unseen presence like in previous deaths.
|
|
|
|
Post by CoolJGSβΊ on Jan 16, 2020 18:46:08 GMT
1. Brody was the lead so he would kill the shark.
2. Quint was a jerk and of the three he was most worthy of death.
|
|
|
|
Post by ck100 on Jan 16, 2020 18:48:41 GMT
He scecretly has a mean streak in him.
|
|
|
|
Post by fangirl1975 on Jan 16, 2020 18:51:05 GMT
Quint's death seems worse than those of the shark's other victims because we see more and Quint puts up a fight.
|
|
|
|
Post by Spike Del Rey on Jan 16, 2020 19:10:40 GMT
He wanted the audience to absolutely hate the shark by the time Brody blew it up, so why not have it kill off a character who while gruff and a bit psychotic was also likable and trying to help the town, in the most horrific and gruesome manner possible?
|
|
|
|
Post by Prime etc. on Jan 16, 2020 19:32:09 GMT
Because it looked cool and so we see Quint faced with his worst fear.
Though it was also to make Brody's situation more suspenseful--so the one least capable of dealing with the water situation (though by that time Brody was the least nervous of the three) is the one who deals with it.
But it was also a common thing in the 70s to treat the "working class hero" rather negatively.
The movie ending is the David and Goliath theme, the book ending is more like War of the Worlds--the shark is stopped not by anyone's actions per se, but an accumulation of stress or just Nature.
|
|
|
|
Post by bravomailer on Jan 16, 2020 21:32:51 GMT
As I recall from the book, Hooper gets devoured too.
|
|
|
|
Post by RiP, IMDb on Jan 16, 2020 21:41:04 GMT
As I recall from the book, Hooper gets devoured too. 
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
@Deleted
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2020 21:47:03 GMT
I suppose the impetus behind it was the Ahab symbolism.
By that point in the film, Quint had become obsessed with killing the shark and it'd become his white whale. So you need a more climactic death scene to show his punishment for his hubris and single-mindedness that put them at risk. Also, the entire last part of the film had been about the struggle between them and the shark so the death of Quint had to work as a sort of microcosm of that struggle.
It's more satisfying on a dramatic level than if he'd just gotten dragged off into the water in one bite. I think that would have left people feeling unsatisfied.
|
|
|
|
Post by twothousandonemark on Jan 16, 2020 22:13:03 GMT
Someone had to go the big way, & Quint was the least redeemable of the 3 on the Orca.
|
|
|
|
Post by wolf359 on Jan 16, 2020 22:42:01 GMT
Yeah, that scene is really hard to swallow
LOL, wow!
|
|
|
|
Post by Lebowskidoo ππ·π on Jan 16, 2020 23:12:41 GMT
He survived the Indianapolis only to be chewed up on his own boat years later.
Why he didn't just move to Oklahoma after the war is beyond me.
Maybe confronting ones fears is not the way to go?
π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦
|
|
|
|
Post by millar70 on Jan 16, 2020 23:48:48 GMT
He survived the Indianapolis only to be chewed up on his own boat years later. Why he didn't just move to Oklahoma after the war is beyond me. Maybe confronting ones fears is not the way to go? π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦ Quint took out his fair share of sharks along the way. Truthfully, I think that's the way Quint wanted to go, that was his whole existence.....sharking! A little shaking, a little tenderizing, and down he went. |
|
|
|
Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Jan 17, 2020 6:44:05 GMT
In the original novel, the Richard Dreyfus character dies as well... after having fucked Brodyβs wife.
|
|
|
|
Post by ε: Dr.BLΞDβ¬ :ι― on Jan 17, 2020 9:08:30 GMT
Because he was horrid to children
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
@Deleted
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 21:58:34 GMT
As I recall from the book, Hooper gets devoured too. Yes, in fact Brody shoots Hooper in the neck. By accident, while Brody is in the jaws of the shark. I think that's what happened.
|
|
