In a weird twist of fate, I guess, the Jaws kid becomes Police Chief of Martha’s Vineyard. Martha’s was Amity Island in the original movie. This isn’t quite movie news, I know. However, Jaws has a special place in my heart and will likely always remain in my top five movies of all time. Like Star Wars, and Indy, Jaws literally helped define my life as a child and certainly gave me a massive interest in all things shark.
The kid in question, if you know the movie, is one of the kids who famously use a fake shark fin to confuse all the police in Amity. After the authorities discover it’s just two kids with a fake fin, the real shark slips into ‘the pond’ and kills a man.
Jonathan Searle was a local who appeared on the film. And like his father before him went on to become a Police Chief. Unlike his father who was Chief in Edgartown, the younger Searle stayed in Martha’s and grew up to be elected by the town board.
“I’m clearly elated and I’m humbled and honored to have been offered the position,” Searle told The Vineyard Gazette.
Let’s just hope this Summer doesn’t bring Searle face to face with a 25 foot White Shark. Although, if he does, at least he knows not to ignore the problem and keep the beaches open. Of course in reality, Martha’s is hardly the regular hunting ground of the Great White (Carcharadon Carcharias). Additionally, as I’m sure you know, the White Shark isn’t too keen on eating humans anyway and certainly don’t usually grow to the size of Jaws.
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As far as the Jaws franchise goes, it’s pretty much dead. The sequels, despite me enjoying them as a kid, are just not great movies. That first movie had a bang average concept, but was made so expertly, it elevated the genre to something beyond a simple monster movie. Spielberg has always (quite rightly) resisted any calls t remake the movie for a modern audience. Having modern special effects for me would do nothing to make that movie better in any way.
As for sequel, well they have hardly fared well. These days there seems to be a movie about a killer shark every year and they are normally horrifyingly inaccurate. I’m the kind of guy who watches shark movies then shouts at the TV when they make the shark do things that real sharks would not. Like how in The Shallows, the shark decided to completely ignore the free meal it had. Instead it decided to chase Blake Lively around. I mean I know the shark has to attack to make a movie, but when there’s a dead whale there, it would probably be safe as houses as long as you were not swimming around the whale itself.
No, for me, there’s only really been one good shark movie, and that’s Jaws.
Jaws kid becomes Police Chief of Martha’s Vineyard, at least his name isn’t Brody? As always, thoughts below or over on Discord. Was Jaws a one in a million, or are there any other good shark movies out there in your opinion?
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