Maybe that was a bad example, but you are kind of proving my point…you can't put a shark in a scene without people automatically thinking "Jaws", whether that was the intention or not. I think the author is just pointing at sharks and saying "look, 'Jaws'", so to speak. Lynch, Korine, Refn, maybe some Argento…yes.…

This was not NEARLY as bad as the reviews imply. Critics can be rather jaded…they should have expiration dates. Anyway, the imagery is quite stunning actually, and if this is Gosling merely ripping off his idols, well, he's got me intrigued to see what he can do when he really gets going. It is rather directionless…