The Bearded Trio

I have always been a sensitive soul.  Overly empathetic you might say.  This is very clear when I watch movies.  Within the first few minutes of a film if there is an intense, emotional moment or something sad…I am instantly a mess.  So I learned a long time ago that horror or violent/bloody thrillers were not normally my “thing”.  When Jaws came out in 1975 I was only four.  At that point the only films I had seen in the theater were Disney ones.  When Bambi’s mom died that was about all I could take for intensity. However in thinking about this topic and the early memories I have of “Jaws” from my childhood and being aware of it in pop culture, I realized my experiences of swimming in a pool and other kids either pretending to be a shark or humming out the theme song, may very well have been tied into the Jaws 2 sequel that came out in 1978.  Strangely enough, I almost had blocked it out, but I realized I saw that in the theater with m...