JAWS (1975) Movie Reaction! | First Time Watching This Classic Masterpiece! | Review & Discussion

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  • @coldflamebluedragon196
    @coldflamebluedragon196 Рік тому +553

    The story of the USS Indianapolis recounted by Robert Shaw was historically accurate

    • @fettel1988
      @fettel1988 Рік тому +72

      And one of the best deliveries in cinema.

    • @Vektorix28205
      @Vektorix28205 Рік тому +10

      It is an accurate story, but Robert Shaw got the date wrong. Indianapolis went down at the end of June 1945, not July.

    • @KentuckyBrad
      @KentuckyBrad Рік тому +24

      @@Vektorix28205 went down on July 30th, 1945 my friend

    • @darthroden
      @darthroden Рік тому +19

      @@Vektorix28205 Also the number of dead is accurate, more or less, as is the survivors: 316 out of a crew of close to 1,200 men.
      About 300 of them had been killed by the Japanese torpedoes and sinking itself, and those in the water died from a combination of exposure and from the shark attacks.

    • @theawesomeman9821
      @theawesomeman9821 Рік тому +14

      ​@@Vektorix28205Shaw's a sailor not a historian, so I am willing to overlook his error.

  • @nubbin0036
    @nubbin0036 Рік тому +116

    Just a hell of a movie. The cast is fantastic, especially Robert Shaw as Quint. His monologue about the USS Indianapolis gets me every time.

    • @rnw2739
      @rnw2739 Рік тому +7

      A superb English actor!

    • @GraciasKike
      @GraciasKike Рік тому +4

      Facts

    • @TheAdventurer1
      @TheAdventurer1 Рік тому +2

      Gets mattere too. One of the greatest monologues ever put on film.

  • @macross25
    @macross25 Рік тому +16

    "You're gonna need a bigger boat" was adlibbed by Roy Scheider and left in by Spielberg as it was a perfect fit for the scene.

  • @Charles_Gaba
    @Charles_Gaba Рік тому +230

    Quint’s Indianapolis story is accurate and is considered one of the greatest monologues in film history.
    And don’t feel bad about freaking out over the head popping out-that gets EVERYONE every time even 48 years later.

    • @GK-yi4xv
      @GK-yi4xv Рік тому +14

      Shaw was a notorious heavy drinker, and his first attempt at the monologue was done drunk, and he botched it so badly, Spielberg was going to remove the scene from the movie (!)
      Shaw sobered up, apologized, and asked for a second shot at it. 'And the rest is cinema history'.
      I do believe they spliced in some of the original 'drunk take', though. I think you can see when he suddenly turns emotional (then suddenly turns back to calm and cool).
      As for the Indianapolis, I believe it's become fashionable for historians to try to pick apart the original account ("Most probably died of exposure, and/or thirst, not sharks, and their bodies may have been eaten by sharks later")

    • @jamesrowles9249
      @jamesrowles9249 Рік тому +7

      Yeah, that damn head got us all, lol.

    • @Charles_Gaba
      @Charles_Gaba Рік тому +3

      @@GK-yi4xv Yeah, I’ve heard that as well. And the picking apart is stupid-not only does it completely miss the point, it also wouldn’t have made sense for Quint to know every detail about how each sailor died. He was one of those trapped in the ocean, for heaven’s sake-he could hardly have been expected to know whether every single crewmate died of exposure vs being killed by a shark!

    • @johnioannou7578
      @johnioannou7578 Рік тому +3

      Spielberg actually couldn't create a good script regarding that scene so he asked his friend John Milius (director of Conan the Barbarian) if he could come up with a good monologue for Quint's story. Milius actually wrote pages and pages for the monologue, but due to it's size it was decided to be trimmed down to what we saw in the movie.

    • @illustrated__man
      @illustrated__man Рік тому +2

      @@GK-yi4xv Mostly true.. I believe the scene within the movie is actually a cut-up of both takes.

  • @robertcartwright4374
    @robertcartwright4374 Рік тому +13

    I saw this as a teenager when it came out. On the walk home my friends and I were so keyed up, it was as if a giant shark might lunge at us from every dark alley we crossed!

  • @joescott8877
    @joescott8877 Рік тому +15

    "He's obsessed with getting a bigger boat." "I don't blame him. Get a yacht!" LOL!

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 Рік тому +40

    Nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture but won for:
    Best Original Score
    Best Sound Editing
    Best Film Editing.
    It was a box office and critical success making $470 million dollars ($1.2 billion dollars today) against an $11 million dollar budget.
    Based on the novel of the same name.
    The tagline reads "The No.1 terrifying bestseller is now the No.1 terrifying motion picture."

  • @steveclapper5424
    @steveclapper5424 Рік тому +63

    It would be impossible to overstate the impact this movie had.

  • @ripley312
    @ripley312 Рік тому +60

    It still blows my mind that Spielberg was only 26 when he directed this masterpiece.

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 8 місяців тому +6

      Age 26 in 1974 was age 40 today.

    • @rickymoranjr9609
      @rickymoranjr9609 7 місяців тому +5

      @ripley312 agreed, plus I'm glad they haven't made a reboot for this flawless masterpiece. they would've ruined it

    • @jcp1984again
      @jcp1984again 4 місяці тому +1

      @@rickymoranjr9609 , sure but then again, a ton of shark movie shlock has been made instead.

  • @joes6527
    @joes6527 Рік тому +6

    Just as an "FYI", in 1975, when the movie was made, Shaw was asking for $10,000 (American Dollars). Today (August 1, 2023) that would be $56,711.71.
    And the way Shaw told about the USS Indianapolis was incredible. Fantastic acting!

  • @johnmason9655
    @johnmason9655 Рік тому +6

    The greatest ad lib in history about a bigger boat by Roy Scheider.🦈

  • @HackWilson14
    @HackWilson14 Рік тому +45

    This movie is arguably my favorite of all time. It can never be replicated due to the use of special effects in modern times. The shark scenes and the water scenes look so real here because they actually filmed in real water and built an animatronic shark while also mixing in footage of real sharks. Now a days, we get special effects and green screens which are always so obviously fake that it takes me out of the film and makes it seem fake. When filmmakers actually film on the ocean with real background ocean noise and real wind, then it feels real and thrilling. You just can’t replicate this stuff with special effects. The best way to use special effects is to mix it in with real stuff.

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Рік тому +1

      Yeah, I can't stand seeing fake CGI skies, water and even fire now. It's lazy.

    • @bretturner3178
      @bretturner3178 Рік тому

      How many shark movies have there been since? How many even have a chance of being as good?

  • @karimhicks8376
    @karimhicks8376 Рік тому +6

    That iconic JAWS score won an academy award!

  • @WhatOWhatO
    @WhatOWhatO Рік тому +25

    In a couple of hours we go from 'I feel sorry for sharks' to 'GET HIM IN THE EYEBALLS!'

  • @AustinFoss00
    @AustinFoss00 Рік тому +16

    Hearing this girl say Tiger sharks "Don't even eat humans" is kinda morbidly funny considering a video has been trending for 3 days now of a Russian tourist in Egypt being eaten by a Tiger Shark

    • @victorfatalys1076
      @victorfatalys1076 Рік тому +2

      True, the only sharks that don't eat humans are the Baking Shark, the Whale Shark and the Megamouth Shark; only eat plankton, every single other shark will eat humans when hungry, or "play" with them out of curiosity (usually by biting them...)

    • @johnyd1911
      @johnyd1911 Рік тому

      Him calling for his Papa broke my heart... 💔

    • @Vfr_
      @Vfr_ 6 місяців тому

      ​@@johnyd1911 with stand by me playing in the background...nightmare til the end

  • @DoktorStrangelove
    @DoktorStrangelove Рік тому +4

    Saw this at age five in either late ‘75 or early ’76. My dad told my mom, “He’ll be OK.”
    I was _not_ OK.
    Dad had to take me to the back of the theater after Hooper went into the water. After the Chief shot the scuba tank and it blew up, he told me to look and see that it was over. I was still a tad worked up.

  • @kevinehle6637
    @kevinehle6637 Рік тому +15

    I saw this in the theater when I was 11 years old. My friend's dad invited me to go to the movies with them. I had no idea what Jaws was, so I was shocked by it.
    I do remember thinking that I live in Wisconsin. I don't have to worry about getting eaten..

  • @krishnamurtiism
    @krishnamurtiism Рік тому +8

    Love people’s reactions to this classic film. Loved Robert Shaw’s performance, an underrated actor and very good novelist. I met his son in London and got him to sign one of his dads books.

  • @roguechevelle
    @roguechevelle Рік тому +29

    I think it holds up because they didn't show the shark too much (do to mechanical issues) so they used other ways to build tension and they had good characters with great moments like you said even taking time to show the moment with the chief with his youngest son. I also liked the moment where his wife was thinking that their boy in the boat was okay then seeing the illustration of the shark destroying a boat starts yelling for him to get out, it feels realistic and a human response. And Quint's monologe is so good, it's also terrifying.

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Рік тому +2

      The shark was kept hidden by design for the first half of the film though. They never intended to use the mechanical shark for the beach attacks. Couldn't in just waist to shoulder deep water anyway. Spielberg was already a suspense director. Watch Duel and Something Evil.
      Far more of the shark was supposed to be used for the Orca set scenes yes, and it wouldn't work for ages but not for those early scenes. The documentaries cause confusion on this point but the fact is the first scheduled use of the mechanical shark/s wasn't until July 1974, after the beach scenes were already filmed in May and June. The sharks then didn't work properly until September.

    • @roquefortfiles
      @roquefortfiles Рік тому

      It holds up because it was a well written script. The decision to only reveal the shark in the third act had nothing to do with it not working. It was in the shooting script. The barrels were not used to substitute for the shark not working. The barrels were used to heighten the suspense. They were in the novel already. Every single planned for shot of the shark was filmed.

  • @apple4935
    @apple4935 Рік тому +2

    “It’s a good-sized boat, though…” 🤣

  • @edgarcia4794
    @edgarcia4794 Рік тому +32

    Jaws being the first of the giant shark movies took a lot of people by surprise that Great whites regularly grew to 17 feet in length so a 25 foot one could easily be believed. At the time my dad co-owned a fishing Trawler out of Oceanside Ca. and people would pay me to take them out to see if they could spot a large Great White. The biggest I ever coaxed to the surface was 17 feet long.

    • @Dystopia1111
      @Dystopia1111 Рік тому +2

      In 1937 a local fisherman hauled in a 20-foot great white just offshore from Longboat Key, Florida (Manatee County, just south of Tampa- St. Petersburg). Kinda glad I didn't learn about this until years later, I was on those beaches all the time as a kid.

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Рік тому +2

      Back then it was widely thought great white sharks could grow to over 30ft, so 25ft was not thought to be the record size. 20 footers plus were seldom even questioned. Now we know different and 25ft must be around the absolute maximum.

    • @edgarcia4794
      @edgarcia4794 Рік тому +3

      @@lyndoncmp5751 When you read what was thought true. For about 90 % of my tours people only thoughts of sharks were from Flipper. Sea Hunt. and James Bond Thunderball so they were all really hoping to see a 25 or 30 foot Great White like you mention.

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Рік тому +2

      @@edgarcia4794
      Even a 17 footer must have an amazing thrill for your tour group. That's still as long as my living room. I've only seen a replica of that size. In Streaky Bay, South Australia when I backpacked around Australia in the mid 1990s. They have or had a replica of the record rod and reel great white caught by Dion Gilmore there in 1990.
      The shark was disqualified from the IGFA list because they discovered he used a seal or sea lion as bait and that's against the rules.
      Cheers.

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 6 місяців тому

      Rookie numbers compared to a megaladon
      Supposedly extinct for millions of years, but for the tooth found a couple of hundred years ago dated as being only a few thousand years old

  • @daustin8888
    @daustin8888 Рік тому +24

    This movie truly was lightning in a bottle. Can't be replicated or surpassed

    • @trhansen3244
      @trhansen3244 Рік тому +1

      I am hoping they will at least try to remake it but this time with a diverse cast that reflects all the people in the world, all genders and all religions.

    • @daustin8888
      @daustin8888 Рік тому +1

      @trhansen3244 Even if that method did have a good box office track record, it wouldn't matter.
      Because Jaws is a movie that can be remade.

    • @deathmetal271
      @deathmetal271 10 місяців тому

      *’t

    • @DLB-Paranormal
      @DLB-Paranormal 5 місяців тому +1

      @@trhansen3244 But why?
      It wasn't discriminatory. It was based on a novel and surpassed that in so many ways.
      It never has to be remade and never should be.

    • @DLB-Paranormal
      @DLB-Paranormal 5 місяців тому +1

      JAWS is pretty much my favourite film of all time, but I'm still very fond of JAWS 2, as it's the only sequel to the original that's worth a damn.

  • @lukebarber9511
    @lukebarber9511 Рік тому +9

    One of the strangest conversations I ever had in my life was about the film Jaws; I went to Germany as an exchange student, and one evening the students I was sharing a house with started talking about our favorite films. When I mentioned Jaws as one of my favorite films, at one point in the conversation I was talking about the film in German, but then switched over to English to do an impression of Quint's Indianapolis speech, and then switched back to German. Afterwards, there was a kind of stunned silence, and then one of the students asked me "What have you been drinking?"...

  • @araani8740
    @araani8740 Рік тому +12

    The OG summer blockbuster!! I got to see a 3D rerelease of Jaws in a packed theatre a while back, so fun! I'd already seen it but there were so many people and kids who were watching it for the first time ever that were screaming at the jumpscares! Its amazing that an almost 50 year old film could resonate with people of all ages, really speaks to the quality of filmmaking.

  • @80s_kid
    @80s_kid Рік тому +22

    34:45 Practical effects will always be scarier than CGI, no matter how expensive the CGI is. CGI is great for complementing landscapes or creating moods (background, cityscapes, hellscape, alien planet, etc.) but I don't think complete characters should be made 100% with CGI. To this day, Predator, Alien Xenomorph, Chucky, the terrifying lifeless Arnold puppet head in T1, or the stop motion Terminator at the end of T1 still works for me. (I can't even imagine Gizmo from Gremlins 1-2 as CGI. A good example of this nowadays is Grogu, who was cleverly not created with CGI.)

    • @itzbp9949
      @itzbp9949 Рік тому +1

      I completely agree look how terrible the meg is just awful

    • @briansview2886
      @briansview2886 Рік тому +1

      Simply not true. GOOD CGI is impeccable TODAY

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Рік тому +2

      still me
      Even great CGI still has that cartoon look, particularly backgrounds.

    • @briansview2886
      @briansview2886 Рік тому

      @@lyndoncmp5751 no such thing as GREAT CGI that looks like a cartoon. It looks real

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Рік тому +1

      @@briansview2886
      Yes there is. Your good/great CGI still looks like a cartoon to me. I can tell its fake, especially the skies, sea, fire, explosions etc. It never looks real.

  • @toastnjam7384
    @toastnjam7384 Рік тому +2

    One of the kids doing the shark prank was recently named police chief on the island where the movie was filmed.

  • @androyus
    @androyus Рік тому +28

    Oh look, my request during Achara's birthday stream actually came true! She finally watched Jaws 😁🦈

  • @alejandroyava
    @alejandroyava Рік тому +117

    Actually, Tiger Sharks are known for being one of the few species of sharks that attack humans, in fact, is the second one with more attacks registred behind the Great White. Most of the attacks are non lethal, however.

    • @unclemeat7310
      @unclemeat7310 Рік тому +24

      Bull sharks as well, except bull sharks have been known to swim miles up river into brackish water.

    • @MrTech226
      @MrTech226 Рік тому +14

      There was an attack by a Tiger Shark in Egypt's Red Sea few days ago. Russian tourist was mauled to death by a Tiger Shark. Bystanders in horror recorded his death.

    • @jollyrodgers7272
      @jollyrodgers7272 Рік тому +6

      Most Tiger Shark attacks are NON-lethal?! How can they tell when drownings and/or lost at sea aren't death by shark?

    • @njtopcatt
      @njtopcatt Рік тому +7

      Tiger sharks ... garbage cans with fins.

    • @alejandroyava
      @alejandroyava Рік тому +5

      @@jollyrodgers7272 Of all the REGISTRED Tiger shark attacks, most of them were non lethal.
      Wich means that most of the times that is known that a Tiger Shark attacked a human and was registered, it was non-lethal.
      Besides, death by sea can come in many forms rather than a shark attack. Drowning, thirst, hunger.

  • @adellittle3547
    @adellittle3547 Рік тому +2

    When Chief Brody says “Ya gonna need a bigger boat” yeah, I’d want a cruise ship. 😆

  • @Lewis9700
    @Lewis9700 Рік тому +18

    18:00 You're very insightful and 100% right. Brody's son was frozen in panic and I believe that's what saved him. Sharks respond to movement. If he tried to swim away, the Shark hunting instincts would've kicked in and he would've gone after him.

    • @Muckylittleme
      @Muckylittleme Рік тому

      Yeah very insightful
      Huffs "capitalism" bathing in all the comforts capitalism has given her obviously privileged life. on a for profit video, on a corporate platform.
      🤡

    • @AncientDragonGod
      @AncientDragonGod Рік тому

      Actually, there's a deleted scene that was filmed of the shark trying to get Sean, but the estuary man was still alive in the shark's mouth and he pushed Sean out of the way to save him
      ua-cam.com/users/shortsNr537tD9W2Q?feature=share4

    • @OneEyedJack1970
      @OneEyedJack1970 Рік тому +2

      Actuually, the guy it just ate was still sticking out of the shark's mouth and he pushed him out of the way as the shark closed. That's in a deleted scene, I believe.

    • @Lewis9700
      @Lewis9700 8 місяців тому

      ​@@Muckylittleme Give it a rest. Capitalism is only about 100x better than socialism

    • @Muckylittleme
      @Muckylittleme 8 місяців тому

      @@Lewis9700 I suggest you reread my comment.

  • @lee784
    @lee784 Рік тому +17

    I must of seen this film about a Billion times already 😂but it's still my favourite movie of all time🎉

    • @johnyd1911
      @johnyd1911 Рік тому

      Saw it again at a Theater during one of the Anniversary Shows a few years back.
      To watch a whole nuther generation get the shit scared out of them was priceless.... ❤️

  • @michaelandrew4488
    @michaelandrew4488 Рік тому +2

    Jaws had its offical US release 20th June 1975. Still holds up very well .

  • @Packard63
    @Packard63 Рік тому +10

    Great reaction ladies.....some of us enjoyed the initial reaction back in 1975 at the cinema. That was an experience that you never forget.

    • @Achara
      @Achara Рік тому +4

      I bet it was wild!

    • @Packard63
      @Packard63 Рік тому +2

      @@Achara Movie was a PG rating, i was 12 so my dad took me.

    • @johnyd1911
      @johnyd1911 Рік тому +1

      There wasn't massive multiplex theaters back then so they tended to be much bigger.
      I remember most of my neighborhood seeing it on opening night...

    • @baptistekande6000
      @baptistekande6000 Рік тому

      @@Achara Hey Achara, big fan of your channel. If you ever get a chance, you and Steph should react to these 3 movies. They are great 90's classics
      1. THE BODYGUARD - Starring WHITNEY HOUSTON and KEVIN COSTNER
      2. JEWEL OF THE NILE - Starring MICHAEL DOUGLAS
      3. LABAMBA - Based on true story [On a famous Mexican American singer cant remember the name]
      Have great one.
      Bless
      🙏🙏🙏

    • @dalehoward3704
      @dalehoward3704 Рік тому +1

      ​@@baptistekande6000La Bamba--RICHIE VALENS

  • @apple4935
    @apple4935 Рік тому +8

    The word “genius” is overused in Hollywood. Steven Spielberg is a genius.

  • @RaeCharle5
    @RaeCharle5 Рік тому +11

    Achara & Steph’s facial expressions during this are hilarious 😂

  • @zmani4379
    @zmani4379 Рік тому +2

    Great reaction - 19:10 "It's a good-sized boat, though" "Yeah, they should be ok" - er, yeah ... that's the ticket ... hehehe

  • @alvargas5095
    @alvargas5095 Рік тому +2

    Jaws is Spielberg's most popular movie. In my opinion, the greatest movie I've ever seen.

  • @jondishmonmusicandstuff2753
    @jondishmonmusicandstuff2753 Рік тому +26

    OK so here's a fun fact the reason why the shark looks incredible. It's because sometimes you're looking at real sharks and then they spiced those pictures within the mechanical shark pictures so it was very well made this movie

    • @Imagination-In-A-Box
      @Imagination-In-A-Box Рік тому +1

      Was gonna say some of the cage scenes particularly when the shark burst through the cage was real footage and the diver really had to avoid the shark. To be clear it is cut with fake shark footage so it goes from real to fake.

    • @galandirofrivendell4740
      @galandirofrivendell4740 Рік тому +3

      @@Imagination-In-A-Box Actually, there was no man in the cage when the real shark attacked. The plan was to have a short man, about 4 feet tall, inside of a smaller cage so that any real sharks swimming nearby would look proportionately larger. However, before the stunt diver could enter the cage, a real shark got tangled in the empty cage. The thrashing of the shark was so thrilling that the footage was kept in the movie, and Hooper's character was allowed to survive, although he dies in the novel. A prime example of serendipity.

    • @Imagination-In-A-Box
      @Imagination-In-A-Box Рік тому +1

      @@galandirofrivendell4740 Ah yeah that is the story. Misremembered on my part but yes I remembered parts of it were legit footage of a shark in the cage. Appreciate the correction.

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Рік тому +1

      First shots filmed for Jaws in February 1974 off Dangerous Reef, South Australia by Ron and Valerie Taylor and Rodney Fox.
      The Taylors were asked to go back in March to film more footage, but they were threatened by local abalone divers to not chum in the sharks. This was shortly after abalone diver Terry Manuel had been killed at Streaky Bay. The Taylors couldn't get more footage in March. They tried again in April but poor weather and no sharks scuppered that. So Spielberg had to be content with what the Taylors had filmed in the February.
      Source: Valerie Taylor, Great Shark Stories 1978.

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Рік тому

      @@highcountrydelatite
      I sorry I didn't quite understand what you meant. A mass scene?
      Rodney Fox was actually attacked. Three of his friends were attacked as well. I'm sure he knows a fair bit about shark attacks.

  • @jeffdetmer4681
    @jeffdetmer4681 Рік тому +4

    Great reaction ladies. The story of the USS Indianapolis is true. The water dumped on the reel was to keep the rig from getting hot enough to burn through the line. The actress who played Mrs. Kintner (mom of the boy who was killed) many years later she was on vacation in (I think) Seattle. They stopped in a seafood place for lunch and she saw on the menu the Alex Kintner fish sandwich. She told the server that she had played Alex's Mom in the movie and the server went and told the owner. He came out to say hello to her. It was the kid who had played her son. They hadn't seen or spoken to each other since the film wrapped.

  • @ericsteadman6687
    @ericsteadman6687 Рік тому +2

    You both did an Awesome job of reacting to Jaws.
    It’s one of my favorite movies.
    A classic.
    So Brilliant from start to finish.

  • @Xardion55
    @Xardion55 Рік тому

    19:12 - "It's a good sized boat though."
    I was laughing so hard at this...

  • @putinscat1208
    @putinscat1208 Рік тому +4

    One of John Williams well deserved awards for this one.

    • @billybereu2010
      @billybereu2010 4 місяці тому

      Everything John Williams did deserves an Oscar. Every score is an absolute masterpiece

    • @putinscat1208
      @putinscat1208 4 місяці тому

      @@billybereu2010 I disagree. John reuses scores and puts them into new ones. For example, Home Alone + Hook became Harry Potter. Jurassic Park was a very good score, but he was busy winning that year for Schindler's List.

  • @thedarkknight2221
    @thedarkknight2221 Рік тому +10

    There are documentaries made about the making of Jaws that are JUST AS ENTERTAINING as the movie itself. From difficulties filming on the actual ocean instead of a giant water tank, to real life clashes between the actors who played Hooper and Quint, to the mechanical shark 🦈 constantly breaking down because of the saltwater.
    And then they nearly lost a diver to an actual Great White🦈! The scene when the shark is caught and struggling with the cage was real and completely on accident. They had a little person as the stand in for Hooper to give the shark a bigger sense of scale but the shark got tangled up and the diver had to bail out. Thankfully the diver was okay, and they managed to get it one film. It’s why they changed the script from Hooper getting eaten to surviving.
    But sadly the biggest impact this movie had was that it gave the misconception that all sharks are man eaters. Peter Benchley, the author of the book, said that if he knew what he knew about how sharks are actually beautiful animals that are needed for the ecosystem to thrive he would’ve changed the book. He’s now and advocate for shark conservation.
    Funny Fact: Steven Spielberg jokingly said that he now is afraid of sharks because he knows they got their bad reputation from Jaws so he is on their list of sworn enemies.🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Рік тому +2

      Sharks as man eaters didn't start with Jaws. Jaws tapped into a fear that was already there.
      When the mayor says "you yell shark and we've got a panic on our hands...." he's right. Sharks were already feared.

    • @BillyButcher90
      @BillyButcher90 Рік тому +1

      Well, Peter Benchley is also to blame for sharks getting a bad rep as he himself admitted due to not knowing so much about sharks when he wrote the book

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Рік тому

      @@BillyButcher90
      Science didnt know much either. The rogue shark thing was a scientific theory at the time. Jaws actually was the thing that lead to more knowledge and understanding. It created mass interest.

    • @BillyButcher90
      @BillyButcher90 Рік тому

      @@lyndoncmp5751 It actually created so much fear of the sharks to the point of it being hunting season and for more people to stay away from the beaches.

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Рік тому +1

      @@BillyButcher90
      Sharks were already being hunted well before Jaws. The record rod and reel great white shark was caught in 1959. Quint was based on real life shark fisherman Frank Mundus in the 1960s. The grey nurse shark was nearly wiped out in the 1960s because of spear fishing, as they 'looked' like man eaters. So they were heavily targeted.
      The numbers of sharks killed specifically because of Jaws is exaggerated and was tiny compared to the REAL dangers that occurred due to the Asian shark finning industry, commercial gill net and long line by-catch and the beach netting programmes. It's these that are responsible for the vast majority of the declining shark populations worldwide. Not Jaws.. Beach netting has been around since the 1930s.

  • @davidhutchinson5233
    @davidhutchinson5233 5 місяців тому +1

    I was just a kid in Ocean City MD in 1975 with my family. EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY was staying out of the ocean that summer it played in the movies.

  • @williambanks2223
    @williambanks2223 Рік тому +9

    Several decades after the filming of “Jaws” (1975), Lee Fierro, who played Mrs. Kintner, walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed that the menu had an “Alex Kintner Sandwich.” She commented that she had played his mother so many years ago. The owner of the restaurant ran out to meet her - none other than Jeffrey Voorhees, who had played her son. They hadn’t seen each other since the original movie shoot.

  • @les4767
    @les4767 Рік тому +1

    "It's a big enough boat."....Hee Hee! wait'll they get to the "You're gonna need a bigger boat" line!

  • @lrjw68
    @lrjw68 Рік тому

    "Thats a good size boat though."
    "yah, they should be OK"
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @spyklej4910
    @spyklej4910 Рік тому +3

    FYI, Peter Benchley is the reporter on the beach, and shark cage scenes were shot off the coast of Australia, by Ron and Valerie Taylor

  • @grindingdeviance1864
    @grindingdeviance1864 Рік тому +1

    "Do you guys get the 10 thousand..?" EXCELLENT question! All the times watching this film I never thought about that point!

  • @blakewalker84120
    @blakewalker84120 Рік тому +1

    27:28 "That's how you lose a leg."
    The guy in the red boat in the pond says "Hold my beer."

  • @jakewaters1546
    @jakewaters1546 Рік тому +1

    I love watching these two reacting!!!

  • @johnerickson4703
    @johnerickson4703 Рік тому +2

    Let's not forget John Williams' role in this movie. Not just an iconic theme, but for the first part of the movie every time there is a *real* shark attack the theme plays leading up to it. When it's a fake out attack , like the guy in the swim cap and the kids with the fake fin, the theme isn't played. It gets you used to when and when not to expect the shark. You hear the music - there's the shark. No music - no shark. That's what makes the reveal with Brody chumming so much better - no lead up to the shark with the music.

  • @riculfriculfson7243
    @riculfriculfson7243 Рік тому +1

    20:56. I've watched my father literally lift himself out of his chair TWICE when watching this this scene.

  • @allenslayman4272
    @allenslayman4272 Рік тому +3

    There's a running joke in the movie monster industry " So still just one good shark movie? Every director: "sighs ..yeah"

  • @irvxan
    @irvxan Рік тому +9

    The timing, after what happened in Egypt. 💀

    • @muhammadnazrin3390
      @muhammadnazrin3390 Рік тому +1

      Was about to type the same

    • @bradlopez5154
      @bradlopez5154 5 місяців тому +1

      Went to Sharm El Sheikh a month after the December 2010 shark attacks which lead to one woman dying.

  • @iDanPrakash
    @iDanPrakash Рік тому +1

    The amount of times I was rewatching this movie the past 3 months, A nice 3 30am Australian time surprise to see pop up 😊

  • @TheRealZAD
    @TheRealZAD Рік тому

    Its so dope seeing y'all react to this movie. And y'all are right. All these years later and this movie DEFINITELY still holds up.

  • @chasehedges6775
    @chasehedges6775 Рік тому +12

    Still a classic and one of Spielbergs best

  • @darkjedi447
    @darkjedi447 Рік тому +1

    1st time on your channel. Great reaction, very fun! Thanks so much for reviewing JAWS.
    Keep smiling 👍🙂

  • @Windupchronic
    @Windupchronic Рік тому +3

    In the original script, Hooper dies in the cage when it's attacked. However, the B-roll footage they filmed had an incredible shot of a shark caught in a small scale version of the cage, struggling to get out, thrashing about. The only problem was, the cage was empty at the time.
    So they changed the ending to have Hooper escape from the cage so they could use that shot.

  • @danilopapais1464
    @danilopapais1464 Рік тому +3

    The "That's a good sized boat" line had me on the floor laughing.

  • @maggie_rhee_wählt_blau
    @maggie_rhee_wählt_blau 9 місяців тому +2

    "He's an Idiot....", Achara said at the beginning!
    Why???? Because he was not jumping into the Ocean fighting the Shark with fists?😂

    • @steelydanlover1972
      @steelydanlover1972 12 днів тому +1

      Yeah, and on top of the fact that he has no weapons but his own fists to use to attack the shark with, he's also drunk and tired.

  • @TheAerovons
    @TheAerovons Рік тому +1

    I saw an ad in the paper in St Louis, it said "SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW TONIGHT" so I went. It was JAWS, before it was released. I have never been to a film where the audience was so involved. They literally stood up and clapped when end credits began.

  • @dunringill1747
    @dunringill1747 Рік тому +7

    You were right. Here's some trivia, including some of what you touched on:
    1) "Bruce" the mechanical shark wasn't working most of the time which resulted in a more suspenseful movie.
    2) After this movie, Shark hunting increased to such a level that many shark species populations still have not fully recovered.
    3) Quint's USS Indianapolis story retells the most massive animal attack in history.
    4) "Jaws" was the first movie to be called a Summer Blockbuster.
    5) "Jaws (and later, "Gremlins") are both rated PG. They were two key movies to influence the creation of the PG13 rating.

    • @Charles_Gaba
      @Charles_Gaba Рік тому +1

      It was actually Gremlins and Temple of Doom which led to PG13. Both came out the summer of ‘84 and parents freaked. Jaws might have been referenced during the debate as well but it had come out 9 years earlier.

    • @dunringill1747
      @dunringill1747 Рік тому +2

      @@Charles_Gaba I thought I heard Jaws (released June 20, 1975) was the spark of the rating controversy but the discussion didn't really go far at first. I could be wrong.
      You are correct the last two movies sneaking in at PG before the PG13 creation were Temple of Doom (released May 23, 1984) & Gremlins (released June 8, 1984). Yes, parents were really complaining about the rating system by this time period.
      Gremlins was the most definitely the last movie under controversy. The first movie to receive the PG 13 rating was Red Dawn (released August 10, 1984).

    • @Charles_Gaba
      @Charles_Gaba Рік тому +1

      @@dunringill1747 You could be correct-it probably at least got the initial rumblings going, but it took another 9 years for the letter films to be the final straw.
      I think you’re correct about Red Dawn as well.

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Рік тому

      Bruce was only intended to be used for the second half of the film out at sea. Bruce needed deep water to be operated. Bruce was never scheduled to be used for the first half of the film for the beach attacks. The shark was hidden there by design. They were filmed early on. May to end June '74. First scheduled use of Bruce wasn't until July.
      The beach attack scenes were filmed in only 3 to 4ft of water. Impossible to use Bruce. Not only the size of the mechanical shark itself (or themselves as there were three) but the platform and the gimbal arm. Waist deep water is far too shallow.
      It was when filming moved out to sea in July where it all went wrong. Bruce wouldn't work, weather and tide problems, boats appearing on the horizon etc.

    • @lyndoncmp5751
      @lyndoncmp5751 Рік тому +1

      Also the Asian shark finning industry, commercial gill net and long line by-catch and the beach netting programmes have been far more responsible for declining shark populations than Jaws.
      Shark fishing was already very popular before Jaws. The record IGFA great white shark was in 1959. Quint was partly based on real life Long Island shark fisherman Frank Mundus. The Australian grey nurse shark was decimated in the 1950s and 1960s by spear fishing, simply because they 'looked' like man eaters, despite being fish eaters.
      Sharks were already having big problems before Jaws. It's just that few cared until Jaws made sharks very fashionable and of greater interest.

  • @jjkcharlie
    @jjkcharlie Рік тому +5

    Spielberg used the same actress from the first scene in 1941 (which is one of my favorites).

  • @Rellj16
    @Rellj16 Рік тому +1

    Some FANTASTIC jumpscare moments on some great classic scenes. Loved this for you two! Haha

  • @stephaniemccracken1324
    @stephaniemccracken1324 9 місяців тому +2

    The line 'you're gonna need a bigger boat ' was not scripted. Roy Scheider did that off script and it is iconic.

  • @antoineporche-rideaux4841
    @antoineporche-rideaux4841 Рік тому +17

    Fun fact the woman who played of the mother little boy went into a restaurant about twenty years after the movie came out and this guy came out of the back of the restaurant and ran up to her and he happened to be the guy who played her son in this movie and after meeting again they became friends until she passed away

    • @michaelriddick7116
      @michaelriddick7116 Рік тому

      Yeah they had a "Kitner" sandwhich and a bunch of other Jaw's themed items on the menu :)
      They hadnt seen each other since filming those scenes :) 🥰

  • @Tiisiphone
    @Tiisiphone Рік тому +2

    A timeless masterwork that aged very well! Thanks for reacting to it. I was a teenager when I saw this movie, and it really scared me.

  • @firstpartygamer
    @firstpartygamer 5 місяців тому +1

    I love Achara's hand gesture when she is scared

  • @evertondenver
    @evertondenver Рік тому +7

    That jump scare always work on firt time watchers. 😅

  • @kdub7807
    @kdub7807 Рік тому

    Enjoyed your time on the rollercoaster knows as JAWS, lol. Very entertaining; love it there’s no pretense or roll playing. You ladies meant every squint, peek, gasp scream and look away!
    I’m definitely staying tuned…👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @CarloisBuriedAlive
    @CarloisBuriedAlive Рік тому +1

    I love that Brody uses the gun and the tank to kill the shark - the two things that Hooper and Quint criticized each other for bringing onto the boat.

  • @OrsonBuggy1958
    @OrsonBuggy1958 Рік тому

    I watched this several times in the theater.. I paid just to sit in the back so I could watch the audience react to the jump scare at 14:00. It was worth every penny. Anything in someone's hand would go in the air or hit the floor.. Ah, the things we did before the internet.

  • @Jordashian93
    @Jordashian93 Рік тому +3

    Perfect time to watch this when the first day of summer is just 10 days away

  • @khurrambaig1867
    @khurrambaig1867 Рік тому +1

    That iconic dialogue at 33:10 gives me goosebumps even today 😄 smile you son of a 🤣😁

  • @chadwickvon8019
    @chadwickvon8019 Рік тому +4

    Tiger sharks will definitely eat people. Saw a video of Russian guy on vacation get eaten by a tiger shark the other day actually.

  • @gmunden1
    @gmunden1 Рік тому +2

    The boy isn't an idiot. He was passed out on the beach. She was far enough in the water where no one would hear her, especially with waves crashing against the shoreline.

  • @Lewis9700
    @Lewis9700 Рік тому +7

    Quint destroyed the radio, because he wanted to kill the Shark himself. It would've been his greatest conquest. Plus he wanted the $

  • @bobc538
    @bobc538 Рік тому

    When it cut back to the beach and dude was passed out and you both leaned forward hands raised in disbelief I couldn't help but laugh. Hilarious 😂😂😂🎉

  • @dtnetlurker
    @dtnetlurker Рік тому +4

    John Williams made this film a success. There is no film that I have ever seen in all of film history where music is more important than it is with JAWS. A bold statement yes, but so SO true. It means either a B movie flop without it, or a huge blockbuster with it. John Williams is a true artist the likes of which we may never see again.

    • @Enthymene
      @Enthymene Рік тому +1

      I personally think Williams' score (both its presence and absence) is crucial to making things like the floating head jumpscare work.

  • @endlessgrief9930
    @endlessgrief9930 Рік тому +3

    I was taken to see this movie in theaters WHEN I WAS 8 YEARS OLD. The head with one eye missing in the hole in the boat ruined my childhood.

  • @imocchidoro
    @imocchidoro Рік тому

    I love great practical effects. The "thing" actually exists. The work and talent that goes into creating a film like this is awesome.

  • @steve8510
    @steve8510 Рік тому +6

    First scene was night time, you can't see blood in the dark or by moonlight, it just blends with the water

  • @ericsteadman6687
    @ericsteadman6687 Рік тому

    I’ve seen a lot of video’s of people reacting to Jaws on UA-cam.
    Both of you have had the best reactions to all that goes on in the movie.
    Cheers and best wishes to you always.
    Great Post.

  • @otisroseboro5613
    @otisroseboro5613 6 місяців тому

    One Of My All Time Favorite Movie's, Great Reaction Ladies

  • @SeeMore-ki7mq
    @SeeMore-ki7mq Рік тому

    I was 14 when i saw this in cinemas and you ladies really took me back. Brilliant reaction.

  • @brendanmatelan2129
    @brendanmatelan2129 7 місяців тому

    This is my absolute favorite movie. I know it damn near word for word, seen this movie since I was 10 years old, and still love it to this day.

  • @sandimcalisterblood2675
    @sandimcalisterblood2675 Рік тому +1

    Genuine reactions. Hiw refreshing and enjoyable to watch. By the way, I read the book and saw the movie when I was 12 years old in 1975. I have never ever gone to the ocean since without thinking of this movie😊

  • @B-a-t-m-a-n
    @B-a-t-m-a-n 2 місяці тому +1

    "I used to hate the water. I can't imagine why." I always took it as though Brody just faced the absolutely most terrifying thing in the ocean and beat it. What is there to be scared of now? Loved your reactions!

  • @mark-nm4tc
    @mark-nm4tc Рік тому

    Your reaction to the end was the same as the entire cinema back in '75. The audience all cheered.

  • @markw592
    @markw592 Рік тому +1

    4:54 One of the greatest moving shots ever!!

  • @Fredlugo99
    @Fredlugo99 Рік тому

    I love this you guys reacting to this movie. Achara saying Ayyayay😅 love it

  • @mikedignum1868
    @mikedignum1868 Рік тому +1

    Quinn is basically Capt. Ahab. The boy (Alex) that was eaten was originally to show Jaws coming out of the water (mouth open) and taking the kid...Spielberg left it out for some reason.

  • @mnomadvfx
    @mnomadvfx Рік тому +1

    Hahhah, never noticed before at 4:03 the police incident form reads CORNERS OFFICE instead of CORONERS OFFICE 😅

  • @Charles_Gaba
    @Charles_Gaba Рік тому +2

    I believe one of you asked why Quint had Brody pour water on the line-that was to keep it from overheating as it was being pulled off the reel.

  • @livebackwards
    @livebackwards Рік тому +2

    Great reactions and insight. Always love watching this film traumatize new people!

  • @CasualGamerGameplay
    @CasualGamerGameplay 5 місяців тому +1

    One time 2 years ago I'm just sitting at home bored out of my mind and randomly decide to look up the schedule of a local movie theater for that weekend and what do i see but that they're showing Jaws so me and a friend of mine who hadn't seen Jaws by then like me instantly got tickets and that weekend went to see it.......we both walked out being unable to describe just how good this movie is because that first time and on the big screen too you need a little bit of time to digest what you've just seen

  • @edgarcia4794
    @edgarcia4794 Рік тому +3

    The white liquid coming out of the Tiger Shark is it's digestive fluid it's mostly digestive acid so it burns your eyes and nose and smell strong and pungent.

  • @Edward-xv3bo
    @Edward-xv3bo 9 місяців тому

    ...it cools the fishing line...(Great reaction guys, very funny too!)