in my mind the film was 2 halves- Learning about the shark, and the boat voyage to hunt the shark. I thought the beggining of the film and the set up were all fine and properly timed, but the voyage was dragged on way too long. The filmmakers gave you a chance to learn more about those 3 men and watch them as they bonded, but for me it deterred my attention from the main objective. But also, I was thinking of the movie more narrow mindedly. On one hand, their objective was to kill this man-eating creature, but on the other hand, this is a story of male relationships and rural vs. city thinking-the last two of which I had not though of.
