"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water," are words ingrained in my brain from childhood when the Jaws movies scared the heebie-jeebies out of kids and adults alike worldwide - or at least they did me.
The original movie recently screened on Rialto Channel
one Saturday evening. I settled down to watch it with my three children telling them that when I was their age, this was the scariest movie of all time.
This caused them great amusement as they watched, telling me how "lame" it was. I was a tad put out, but I accepted that kids are not easily impressed when films are now computer-generated and in 3D. Then it got to the scene where Jaws leaps out and bites the fisherman in half. All three kids screamed, and leaped out of their chairs and jumped on my knee. Ha, gotcha!
Luckily this screen experience has not scarred them for life as they still love to swim in the sea.
Rightly so, as we live in a region with arguably some of the country's best beaches. Shark wise, I am told, Bay beaches are relatively safe.
