However, the breed as a whole has gotten
somewhat of a bad reputation because of this tendency, thanks in part to breeders that were less than ethical and people that got in over their heads when they purchased one of these dogs.
The
reputation of the original 1975 flick may have been
somewhat tarnished by the various
bad sequels (none
of them involving director Spielberg) and a horde
of lousy imitators (such as Piranha, Orca - the Killer Whale and the like), but this is mostly in the minds
of people who haven't seen the original in quite a while or at all.