JAWS GOT ME! First Time Watching
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- Finally watched Jaws and it was a really interesting film. Its #56 on the AFI list (Updated) Lots of cool techniques used in filming this which I greatly appreciated. I totally didn't think I would get a jump scared. But. Jaws got me!!!
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Original Movie: Jaws (1975)
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The face emerging from the boat is, to this day, one of the greatest jump-scares ever. And Quint's (Robert Shaw) monologue about the Indianapolis is still one of the best performances I've ever seen.
Quints monologue is the scariest part of the movie.
@@placebo5466 - The one about swimmin with bow-legged women?
And it almost didn't happen. Spielberg had to film it after the movie was finished in his editor's pool using milk to make the water cloudy.
@@placebo5466 And he was drunk for the entire scene..
Absolutely
Quint's story about the USS Indianapolis is one of the greatest monologues in movie history IMHO.
Chills every time I hear it..
He did some of it drunk and then refilmed some of it.
If you could go back in time to 1975 and see this movie in a very crowded theater, as I did, you wouldn't believe the collective screams. That's an experience one cannot forget.
I remember going to Jaws at Cinema 70 in Fargo when it came out. A family of 6 with little kids came in late and sat in the front row... the first epic death, they rushed out of the theatre!
I was an usher at the Odion Highland in Toronto at the time, we would hang out at the back just to watch the popcorn fly, fortunately we didn't have to clean up.
I saw it not just “during elementary school” but IN literal school. Perhaps in 2nd Grade, perhaps for English Composition class, between ‘81-‘84. We had no idea what were getting into, only that we had two hours outside our hot classrooms and inside the air-conditioned “Audio-Visual Room.”
So many movies were meant to be seen "On the Big Screen" . I just commented yesterday that "Apocalypse Now" is not the same when you watch it on a TV or on your phone. Experiencing it with an audience in the dark also adds to the effect
@jeffsherk7056 i commend you! I was born in 88 so I missed the release date! That is SO cool you got to experience it!
The story of the USS Indianapolis recounted by Robert Shaw was historically accurate
And not yet declassified at the time of the film.
Except for the dates, for some unknown reason.
Shaw had been drinking since the night before, when he told the story of the Indianapolis. He performed it in one take. One of the Great soliloquies in modern film
@@robinreiley1828 I really wish Spielberg would bookend his career with "Quint". They did make a movie about the USS Indianapolis , but apparently it sucked.
@@curtismartin2866 The Indianapolis movie only did the bare minimum in telling the story. Over 800 men were eaten by sharks. A lot of mistakes were made that allowed those men to die, and they pinned it all on the Captain. There was a lot more story to tell, including each of those sailors stories. Many of the survivors collaborated on a book that told of their experiences, and none of that was really used
The "Killer Shark" reporter on the beach on 4th of July was Peter Benchley the author of the novel Jaws.
That's a cool fact
There's a great story about Lee Fierro, who played Mrs. Kintner in "Jaws", as she went to eat at a restaurant. As she looked at the menu, she noticed that they served an "Alex Kintner Sandwich". She commented to the server that she had played the mother of Kintner in the movie years earlier. A few moments later, the owner of the restaurant, Jeffrey Voorhees, ran out to meet her. Voorhees was the boy who played Alex. They hadn't seen each other since the filming. (Love your reactions, Ames!!) 💖
Sadly she died from COVID-19 😢
@RichardM1366 she was 91. Let's not pretend every natural death from old age was Covid.
Speilberg only had a few movies of note before this. Sugarland Express, and death car, which was Jaws with a car. Then he did this and Close Encounters, and his fame was set! Hooper did some huge movies, Close Encounters, Mr Hollands opus, American Graffiti and the riot, what about Bob, and Let it Ride. Chief was in a huge 80s movie, Blue Thunder, and Quint was in a Bond film Dr no, Battle of the Bulge, Force ten from Navarrone, The Sting, The Deep.
@philmullineaux5405 From Russia with love was the bond film. He was the best bad guy of the Connery era Bond movies for me
@philmullineaux5405 "Hooper" was also in one of my favorites, The Goodbye Girl. At the time, he was the youngest best actor Oscar winner (30). And "Chief" was also great as Bob Fosse in the great All That Jazz.
Quint running his fingers down the chalkboard...one of the best character introductions ever.
A gritty man, indeed.
I don't think that without the fingernails down the chalkboard would have done his character any justice.
I just knew when you said I'm a really hard person to jump scare, that the face in the boat hull would get you 😂 it got everyone in the theater when it came out 😊
I’m glad I got a jump! Feels good to hear it gets everyone! That’s the brilliance of film making right there!!! The mis direct was great. I never saw that coming
One of the best jump scares of all time. And it wasn't even the shark 😂
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After my friend and I saw this in the theatre, we went back to see it five or six times (I was about 17 at the time). We always sat behind some kids/teens whom we could tell hadn’t see it yet. At all the scary scenes, we’d scream bloody murder and scare the crap out of them all! Sometime even during non-scary scenes! What a blast!
@@holddowna I'm just now getting around to this reaction, and I gotta admit, I snorted a little at 3:03, lol.
"Anyway, we delivered the Bomb." -- Best line in the film.
“Yeah but what kind of shark?”
@@Jpew2007 "Tiger shark"......."A What??" lol
Cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water. Our shark.
“Martin, can you do that?”
"I can do anything. I'm the Chief of Police."
I love it when people say I don't jump scare easily just before watching this movie!!! and I'm like 'Really'?
I'm always amazed that there are STILL people out there who have not seen these huge watershed movies that have become such a part of culture.
I know! I have seen lots of movies but I haven’t seen a lot of classics!!!
When I was a kid, I watched TV on cable and a lot of channels would have a movie time at 8 pm. They would show all the classics and also a lot of crappy movies. So I got to watch most of the classics at least once a year. I no longer have cable TV so if I want to see an older movie, I have to hunt if on a streaming services or order the Blu-ray.
Nice!
It made $470 million dollars ($1.6 billion dollars today) against a $13 million dollar budget.
Nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture, but won for Best Original Score, Best Film Editing and Best Sound Editing
Quint's accent is a Irish and New England accent. Robert Shaw, who plays Quint copied the accent from two guys he observed in Martha's Vinyard, a community in Massachusetts.
The USS Indianapolis story Quint told is based on a real WWII tragedy.
Quint is based off of a real Montauk Long Island shark fisherman who was famous in the 50'sw and 60's.
@@boki1693he also spent some time around Craig Kingsbury, the guy who greeted Richard Dreyfuss at the dock when he first arrived…and the guy who scared the piss out of everyone later with his dead head emerging from the boat hull. 🤣
23:30 - It's bloody because Sharks are attracted to the scent of blood
How did you get so many concussions?
Quint's monologue while they're drinking on the boat is so fantastic. If you watch Hooper, his demeanor changes COMPLETELY once he hears Quint mention the U.S.S Indianapolis. He knows exactly what he's going to say.
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I had the honor of meeting 11 of those survivors in 2004 at an Indiana air show.
They were having a meet n greet raising awareness to the memorial in the city and a book they had out.
A great bunch of older tough dudes shaking hands and taking pics with everyone.
Watching this scene means so much more since I met those guys, and the similar stories they were telling that day.
To this day Richard Dreyfuss still tears up talking about the great time he had and the friendship he had with the late Robert Shaw.
Shaw was around 47-48 in this scene, he died 3 years later at just 51.
The mechanical shark was notorious for having bad reliability on set, so they couldn’t use it on several of the scenes they wanted to. It was the composer use came up with that “DUH-Duh” to add enough tension to let the viewer’s imagination do the rest and fill in the gaps. Pure genius!!!
I believe by the end of filming they managed to get every planned scene with the shark done, plus a couple in addition not even intended initially.
most people know the Indianapolis story really happened but so did the Mary Ellen Moffat story..... a truly heartbreaking incident.
This didnt just have a huge pop-culture influence in terms of moviemaking, it also spawned an entire generation of kids who were literally scared shitless at the mere thought of sharks, like myself. I was 8 in 1977 when a friend invited me with his family to watch this. To this day I wish my parents had said no to that idea. I could not look at water, lakes, rivers, pools, you name it, without thinking about sharks for years afterwards. I thought it was just me but in the intervening years I have come to realise the impact that movie had on my generation. The author of the book later regretted writing it due to the harm it caused sharks. This was supposed to be about a ROGUE shark, not EVERY shark. I finally confronted my fear of sharks off the coast of Hermanus, South Africa when I went down in a cage with great whites. Beautiful and terrifying creatures. Great movie. Great reaction. To me the character development is what makes the film. Quint, Hooper and Brody have one of the great buddy character arcs in cinema.
Awww man! Woulda been so scary!!I love these guys!
I was terrified that Jaws would come out of the deep end of the pool and get me when I was a kid. Much later I became a scuba diver to help overcome that fear. And yet even today 40+years later, if my friends want to screw with me they would sing the Jaws theme as I was getting ready for a dive and watch me be paranoid in the water.
I also thought that a shark would magically appear in our pool to get me! I also had a wariness of my bathtub.@@randallsanchez3161
Nice to see my parents weren’t the only ones whose judgment lapsed when it came to Jaws. Mine took me to see it when I was five.
As a point of interest, the Quint monolog is 95% true. Actually happened
There's some debate over how many men were killed by sharks vs. exposure and drowning, but absolutely true.
@PJ818 true, but many exposure victims were taken by sharks after they passed
As far as I know the only definitive inaccuracy is the date (vessel went down on July 30th, rescue was August 2nd).
i was stationed over in Hawaii, when 'Jaws' premiered. I stood in line for over 3 hrs before getting into the theater. And although I was over there for just over a year.....surrounded by the beautiful ocean......i've never been swimming in the ocean again.
Omgosh!!!!
I honestly have watched this movie over 30 times and it never gets old. The cinematography is perfect and the music and performances are so so good. Just a perfect movie for me
Saw many times at the theater, ole Ben Gardner scaring the crap outta people for 47 years, thanks!
I discovered the vicarious thrill of watching reaction videos in 1975 with ‘Jaws’. The first time I saw it, the moment the severed head popped out of the boat, I felt my entire row jump back as every single person in the theater reacted. I went to see the film a few more times, this time I turned around as the jump scare took place. It was amazing to see the entire theater jump back and scream! I bought tickets for friends and classmates to see the film with me, just so I can see and hear them scream! Heh, heh, heh. After seeing this film so many times, I noticed an ‘optical illusion’ with the popping head. If you slow it down, the shadow on Ben Gardner’s severed head gives the illusion of shark teeth! The effect is the subconscious image of a shark with jaws open lunging at you! Jaws author Peter Benchley makes a cameo as the ‘Clark Kent-looking reporter on the beach.
I saw it in the theater also. The most impressive audience jump scare of any movie I've ever seen.
the iconic scene where they're on the boat talking about scars (the USS Indianapolis) and you see a shooting star in the background, the shooting star was real, no CGI in the 70's.
This movie absolutely terrified me in the theater then. It really is a masterpiece of suspense and HOLY CRAP THAT SHARK IS HUGE!!!
Hahah!!!! Thanks so much for watching!
Less of a jump scare movie, more of a consistent psychological mind screw.
But Spielberg being Spielberg, he throws one of the most effective jumpscares in cinematic history smack-bang in the middle just for shits and giggles...
I saw this in a small-town theater in 1975. I was fourteen lol. Scared the HELL outta us all. That jump scare with Ben's head had some people fleeing the theater. I had already read the book by the time I saw it but that was an added fright. Pretty much everyone's soda and popcorn went everywhere, lol.
Fun fact, the reporter at 18:06 is a cameo by Peter Benchey - the novel's author.
Omg I woulda hated being on clean up duty!!
I watched Jaws when I was 10 years old in 1978. I haven’t been past shin deep in the ocean since. I don’t even like swimming in fresh water if I can’t see the bottom.
We all watch Jaws reactions for the Ben Gardner jump scare 🤣
This was filmed about an hour from my house in Martha's Vineyard. The water was so cold that the mechanical shark kept breaking, so that's why they used the fin & came up with the iconic music to make up for not seeing the whole shark. This was the 1st "Blockbuster" & they just hoped the fin/music would work. It's my favorite movie
Wasn’t the mechanichal issues due to them testing it in fresh water, and not in salt water where the filming took place?
@@mattiasandersson8693That puppet was gonna break no matter what kind of water they tested it in. No good large animatronics until Jurassic Park came-out.
Great reaction Ames! There's a funny story in one of the documentaries about the making of Jaws. During filming the first scene with the girl swimming, Spielberg had the idea to have her start reciting the Lord's prayer while holding onto the buoy. There were about 15 Catholics in the crew and camera operators and none of them could remember the Lord's prayer correctly.
So, everything as usual. ;o)
Posers gonna pose..
I had to Google it to be sure but the 'lords prayer' just the 'our father'. And other then the last line as soon as I said the first line the rest poured out the way only music can indoctrinate.
"Here's to swimmin with bowlegged women."
Best toast ever!😂😂😂😂
I saw this movie on the second release of the movie in theaters. It was probably 1980-81. We saw it at a drive-in. We lived in Virginia Beach. We vacationed in Hatteras Island. This movie affected me for life.
I saw JAWS in the theater when it came out and I was seven. Taught me everything about audience reactions. I can still hear the screams from the head-in-the-boat. "A what?" is one of the biggest laugh lines I've still ever heard.
Same here...7 yrs old in '75. Lifelong memory.
This movie still looks good today and man that epic jumpscare 😂! Great reaction!
Definitely Spielberg’s best it launched his career and started the blockbuster. I love your videos very much.
Something that I saw recently in an analysis of Jaws was how Quint's death echoes his descriptions of deaths from the USS Indianapolis - so his entire life was a hunt to take revenge on sharks, but he still ended up dying just like his shipmates.
The irony...
I remember watching this with my grandmother. I was so scared. ( 7or 8 ) thst woman had wonderful taste.
I had a feeling your resistance to jumps scares would be tested by Ben Gardner's head popping out of the hull. It's one of the best timed jump scares in cinema history. You can't even prepare for it by listening to the score beforehand because it happens a fraction of a second before the start of the new measure.
It’s crazy! It’s absolute brilliance
@@holddowna It truly is. I saw this in a New Jersey shore cinema when it opened while the family was on vacation. I finished the paperback on the way down to Bayville, NJ. In the book, the first victim's body is described in horrific detail (even the revelation of it) so when the movie presented a tamed down version of the scene, I relaxed. I was entirely off guard when the head popped out especially since only the boat was discovered in the novel. You can only imagine the experience of having an entire movie theatre jump during that scene. The next day the whole family was swimming and crabbing in the bay.
@@bighuge1060 it's wild how much different the book is compared to the movie.I prefer the movie but the book felt like a new story to be uncovered in the Jaws universe.I'm about to read One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Just to see how much it contrast's to the movie.
Quint was always my favourite character, and he has the best lines. Both of his monologues are the best
He’s amazing
The kid who had the "He made me do it!" also had a great line.
The "he made me do it" kid actually went on to become the police chief on Martha's Vineyard.
see him in "The Entertainer" @@holddowna
On the opening 4th of July scene is a reporter. That character was portrayed by Peter Benchley. He wrote the book, "Jaws" and he also worked on the screenplay for the film.
Great reaction, as always.
Be safe..
Thanks for watching!!!!!
He also actually worked in TV news as a writer in NYC.
Oh shit she actually replied to someone 😂
Funny you brought up Finding Nemo, they named the Great White ‘Bruce’ in homage to Jaws, as the animatronic shark’s nickname on set was ‘Bruce’.
Thank you pretty Ames for reacting this masterpiece Jaws directed by Steven Spielberg starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss and the iconic music score by John Williams. The famous line is epic "You're gonna need a bigger boat".
So many great lines...
"That's some bad hat, Harry!"
"Come down and chum some of this shit!”
“Smile you son of a…BITCH!”
There’s an urban legend that during the filming of the opening sequence the actress broke her ribs due to the stage hands pulling on the harness she was attached to.
Several years back, I got to meet Susan Backlinie who played Chrissie Watkins & I asked her if this was true. She said that due to her training as a stunt person, she was able to position herself in order to prevent injury & had heard the urban legend. Anyway, during our brief conversation, she confirmed that she didn’t get injured during filming.
Fun Fact: the actor who played Alex Kitner (Jeff Voorhees) lives on Martha’s Vineyard & owns a restaurant. Back in 1999, Lee Ferro who played his screen mother in Jaws visited the restaurant purely by chance & noticed that there was an ‘Alex Kitner Sandwich’ listed in the menu. Ferro then told the staff that the sandwich was named after her son in Jaws….only for the manager, Voorhees , to come out & see her for the first time since they had filmed Jaws.
Also, the scene in the pond where the man looses a leg was originally much more violent. The POV shot as the camera passes Micheal, originally had the man in the sharks mouth, he then grabbed Michael whilst blood came out of his mouth.
It’s worth noting that the hand / arm covered in crabs is actually that of Spielberg’s assistant; she was partially buried for the shot.
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“I’m normally a really hard person to jump scare…”
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HEHEH I’m glad that was satisfying for ya hahha
13:21 Everybody, including me, has repeated that line "A Whaaaat?" after hearing it. LOL
A wonderful reaction! :08 Hard to jump scare 16:45 OMG!!! saw this movie opening week at the Cinerama Dome. The "face" jump scare stopped the screaming audience's collective heart! I experienced the collective terror of the ocean for many summers after that!
That woulda been UNBELIEVABLE! There was spooky stuff happening in my house so it added to the spooks! My most memorable moment was MI:1 with Tom Cruise in theatres when he was hanging trying to get the Knox list and not drip the sweat on the floor! This thou, would been such a great moment!
"Amity" as you know, means friendship!!!!
So hop on in the water!!!!!
22:50 - "Yeah, throw one of those into the Jaws's mouth. BOOM!" WOW! What a prediction! 🙂
Robert Shaw's monologue is a masterpiece!
Of all of the movie reaction videos out there, yours are, by far, the best. Your reactions are so genuine and your post movie analysis is spot on. Please keep doing what you're doing!
Hi Ames, nice to see you do my favourite film after your epic Band of Brothers reactions. It was nice to see you again.
1. Congrats on calling the manner of the shark's death so early!
2. The dog is actually Pippet, and I refuse to believe he's dead
3. Knocking on doors is, in fact, scary. lol
Have a good weekend!
Awe, I thought the dog's name was Tippet too. Which as a fly fisherman, I always thought was the coolest name.
Always thought the dog’s name was Pippin, because of the popular Broadway musical that was big in the early ‘70s. Guess I was wrong. Also “Pipit” makes a return to film in The Meg movies-albeit as a Yorkie, but a hilarious homage to Jaws. And his name in The Meg is actually Pippin. So there.
I assumed it was Pippin, as in the Lord of the Rings character. @@caseymoe816
It always made me laugh that this film made people scared of sharks but they hated seeing the dog die. The truth is that dogs kill many times more people than sharks do. In fact dogs are the third highest killers of humans worldwide which is way above sharks.
I first saw this movie when I was 3 years old. I couldn't stand watching other horror movies until I was a teenager, but Jaws... Jaws had the opposite effect on me as what everyone talks about, it made me love sharks. Been my favorite animal ever since.
That's nothing though. When Brody is looking at the pictures in the book of shark attack victims, one of those is of Rodney Fox. In 1963 Fox was participating in a spear fishing competition when he was attacked and dang near bitten in half by a Great White. By some miracle he lived, and afterward he dove into studying the creatures. He invented the shark cage we see Hooper use, pioneered underwater filming of sharks, studied them, became one of the world's foremost experts on them, and also one of the leading voices for their conservation.
Don't miss "The Bad Seed" , the original from 1956. No one is reacting to it. I doubt that anyone who's seen it has ever forgotten it.
The scene with the chief and his young son wasn't scripted. They were sitting around between scenes and the little kid just started making the faces. So Spielberg rolled camera on it and used in in the film.
It's my favorite scene of the movie. Early in his career, Spielberg was known for giving his actors wide latitude to improvise. The famous line "You're going to need a bigger boat" was ad-libbed.
@asterix7842 the line was ad-libbed but he didn't create the line. The film crew had been saying it to Speilberg when they were trying to get all the film gear onto the camera boat.
@@regould221 Interesting.
Most Americans had no clue about the USS Indianapolis until this movie. Quint's Monologue made a lot of people find out the truth about the USS Indianapolis, one of the saddest events in US Navy history.
I had no idea!
Today, even more people know nothing about the Indianapolis. The farther in time we move away from WWII, the less people know about those events.
@@holddowna I loved your reactions, especially the door knock. The head floating in the hole, my wife, a US Marine let out such a scream and jump when we were watching it with our children.
16:44 this was the moment I was waiting for as soon as you said you weren't prone to jumpscares, because this is one of the most technically proficient jumpscares I've ever seen. It's a concerted effort of the lighting, the framing of the shot, the momentary distraction of Hooper catching the falling tooth, and MOST importantly the orchestra sting from John Williams, which comes not when the head appears, but when you REALIZE you're looking at a severed head.
My partner and I refer to Spielberg, Cameron and others as "technicians" because they're capable of doing this kind of thing well, whatever else their films may lack.
This movie invented the summer blockbuster phenomenon, for better or worse. This was the first. Star Wars was the second a few years later.
Saw this as a 9 year old back in 1975 in a packed theatre over here in 🇬🇧 how lucky I was .
I was 14 yo when I saw this in the theatre.
One of the best jump scares in all of cinema. Such a fantastic movie. But I’m sure it was worse because of the knock and ghost for you lol. 😊
I grew up in Miami, Florida and was 10 years old when I saw this movie at a Sunday afternoon matinee. Up to that point, I had been a beach urchin and totally unafraid of anything in the water. After that Sunday, I didn’t go back in the water for 11 years. When I finally did I was snorkeling off a cay in the Caribbean when a 6 foot white tip came cruising along to have a look at me. I left the water and haven’t been back since. 😊
2:57 "Holy Heckin' Doodle Moley." Language, young lady! 🤣
So David Webster(Band of Brothers )wrote a novel about sharks years before Peter Benchly wrote Jaws. No one would publish it until after Jaws was released. It was released posthumously.
That is sad. I wished they could have mentioned that in the ending of Band of Brothers in the telling of David Webster’s fate.
@@tehawesomeface1337 it may be in one of the books
I have that book in my collection.
It's not a novel though. It's information on sharks. He was quite knowledgeable, for the times.
One of the kids that pranked everyone with the shark fin became the Chief of Police of the island where this movie was filmed. I always thought that was a really interesting tidbit. And I don't think a single person has been able to see the Ben Gardner sunken boat scene without being jump scared. I love how creepy this movie is because it's the anticipation that really gets you.
In hindsight, it was obvious that when Hooper approached the second hole in the boat, something bad would happen. We were all terrified anyway....LOL!
@@Stogie2112 oh it's definitely telegraphed, but it still delivers. I think they use the shark tooth to distract us for a micro second before the reveal. It can still get a little jolt out of me even though I've seen it so much haha.
Great reaction to a great movie.
This is the movie that made people afraid to go in the water. I wouldn't be too worried about them, though. About 100 people per year are killed by sharks worldwide, but about 100 million sharks are killed each year by humans, so I think sharks have more to fear from us than we do from them.
The mechanical sharks they used for filming (nicknamed Bruce, after Spielberg's lawyer) kept malfunctioning in the water. That's why you don't really see them for the first half of the movie, cementing Spielberg's reputation as a master of suspense. The shark that "ate" Quint had jaws and teeth made of foam rubber, to not hurt the actor.
The famous line, "You're going to need a bigger boat", was ad-libbed. Early in his career, Spielberg was known for encouraging his actors to improvise.
Richard Dreyfuss (Hooper) was recommended to Spielberg by Spielberg's friend George Lucas who had worked with him on American Graffiti. He initially turned down the role but eventually agreed to do it. He later had nothing but praise for Spielberg, who was still relatively unknown at the time.
Another great Spielberg movie with Dreyfuss is Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). If you liked Robert Shaw (Quint), he's in The Sting (1973), with Robert Redford and Paul Newman.
The shark in Finding Bemo, Bruce, is named after the mechanical shark. Spielberg called it Bruce BTS, after his lawyer.
Oh not this kid! Oh, not the dog! Yeah, about that......😀
I was ten years old when i watched this movie with my father at night and my little brother was 6 years old, the part when Jaws jumps on the boat and eats quin he woke up and you can imagine the screams lol. During the day in summer when we were all swimming i would pretend to push him towards the water and he would freak out as he was convinced Jaws was in there lol
There again, the great John Williams comes through is the best character of the movie with his wonderful music🎼💫❣️
Saw in the theater several times. I would turn in my seat to watch the ENTIRE audience jump when the head appeared in the boat.
This was the first PG movie I saw in the theaters back in '75 as a 14 year old (without my parents or other adults). My cousin and I went, and we were scared $#itless. Had trouble swimming in our pool at night after seeing it! But I saw it three times. It was held over in our theater for 15 weeks and it consistently continued to draw huge crowds in our 600 seat, single screen theater, throughout the run.
Who was was waiting for Ames to get Jump Scared by the dead fisherman?
Happy to see you re feeling better afterthe flu.
I was born in 1953. As a kid I spent many many summer days on the beach, with my family, and bunches of aunts, uncles, and cousins. I was CONSTANTLY in the water. I stopped going in the water after Jaws -- and haven't ONCE gone in the ocean since, lol. When I first saw it in the theaters the lines to get in were longer than at ANY OTHER TIME since!
What gets me is how fresh this movie still seems. Of course Quint's monologue rates as one of the greatest scenes in all of cinema. And I love the scene where Roy Scheider's character is saying goodbye to he wife on the doc. It's all about their love and concern for each other but their dialogue is about something else entirely. A great lesson for all writers.
So many great aspects of this film! Thanks for watching!
Happy New Year! You ought to see the two documentaries on the troubled making of this classic. In particular... "The Shark Is Still Working" and the feature length "The Making of Jaws" by Laurent Bouzereau.
If Bruce had worked correctly in the open ocean, we may have ended up with a lesser movie than the one ultimately produced due to the various incidents of the mechanical sharks breaking down.
Exactly what I was going to mention. Because they had so many problems getting the "robosharks" to work properly, Spielberg had to cut back on the shark footage and rely more on suspense rather than actual visuals of the shark -- which resulted in this masterpiece.
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@@michaelhoward142This mecha shark trouble forced the crew to improvise scenes and dialog. Lorraine Gary recalls the shoot turned into a kind of local repertory theater production, which brought out the best in everyone.
Today, a troubled film would stay troubled became there would not be the talent to correct it mid stream. The filmmakers and cast on "Jaws" were legendary. The producers of the film, Zanuck and Brown, were some of the best in the business at the time and understood how to make great, quality entertainment.
Ames: "Tippet! I'll never forgive you, Steven!"
None of us do, Ames. Nevertheless, we all still love this movie.
Hey Gorgeous! Shout out from the U. S Marine Corps! 16:44 Don't worry this scene gets everyone! Yeah this movie is truly a masterpiece and definitely belongs in the top 100. Did you know the original shark sank to the bottom of the ocean a few times? They made another one! Also, that's a true story of the USS Indianapolis. But in the movie he says June 29th it happened. But the history books has it written on a different day. USS Indianapolis, U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that was sunk by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945. Anyways, love your reactions. Keep them up! ❤🤍💙💛
This movie doesn't get old. Quint's monolog just kills you. Hard to believe he was drunk doing that scene. All pretty much a true story.
Wow!!
Just to expand on that a little, there were also takes where he redid it sober and supposedly you could tell which is which in the scene by looking at the condition of his eyes in each shot. If I remember the story correctly, after he did it drunk, he had asked how bad it was so even inebriated, he could sense he was off a bit of the time.
@@bighuge1060 they also had to carry him
@@andrewsawyer1375 Wow, that I didn't know. I think his words the next day were, "How much of a fool did I make of myself" or words to that effect. The one drunk performance that, if done sober, was masterful was Barry Fitzgerald in The Quiet Man. I hope I can see a performance of the play Shaw's son wrote about the making of that movie.
I was 13 when this came out. My friends and I stood in line for a couple of hours on opening night. I had already read the book, so I thought I was ready for the movie... HAH! No. Not at all, lol.
Great reaction! I used to love Jaws as a horror/thriller, but I've come to appreciate the deeper layers of the film. Chief Brody's character is fantastic. His humanity juxtaposed to the Mayor's cold business mind. The way he faces his fear of water and sharks to hunt the shark as a sort of redemption for not closing the beach. There's a great moment where Hooper and Quint are comparing battles scars, and Brody starts to lift up his shirt as if he's going to enter the contest, but then he stops himself. It hints at some past trauma that triggers his fear of the ocean, but also shows his character: he's not there for bravado, he's there for redemption.
Ames, I had the privilege of being an 8-year-old who went in my neighbor's station wagon to the now-defunct outdoor drive-in movie theater in rural Cornish, Maine, to see my first drive-in movie: Jaws. Saw it in the summer of 75, and while I didn't have nightmares afterward, I also didn't go into the deeper ocean until I was well into my teens. Scared the shit outta me, but I'll forever be grateful to see one of the greatest, most iconic movies of all-time as my first-ever drive-in experience. :)
Amy does it again! Your emotional reactions to the movies are the best. As always, it's great to see you smile.
I was enjoying it until she was somehow more disturbed at the (not shown) part where the dog perished, and far less concerned about the little boy (which WAS shown... graphically). Is there some kind of disorder or psychopathy associated with this sort of thinking?
@Mr.Ekshin Everyone reacts a little differently to what they see. My appreciation for Amy is in her range of emotional reactions. For me, it is a reminder of what emotions are. I'm just too burned out to experience what she can. Besides, she has an amazing smile 😃 and that is special for me to see.
@@seanharrigan6365 - Don't get me wrong, she's a cutie for sure and her reactions are fun. But as I said... that was a really weird kind of anthropomorphization. It's just a dog.
If you saw a dog on the side of the road that had been hit by a car, sure it's sad and all... but at the end of the day, it's a dog. Now imagine seeing a kid lying there. That's a traumatic image that would stick with you for life.
I lost my wife and daughter in a car accident, so I understand emotional pain. Amy is in her 20s and grew up in a different way. I can't speak for her personal experiences. I know that if I came across an accident, it would affect me emotionally. However, it would not be evident as I am emotionally closed. For someone like Amy to not show more emotion in that moment is interesting. But I would not worry unless it became a recurring element in her reactions. Sorry if that was to much information.
@@seanharrigan6365 - I've seen this before among younger reactors in particular. They are fine with all manner of violence and death with humans, but totally freak out at the mere hint that an animal may have been hurt. It's most likely some kind of strange virtue signaling as to how much they care about animals... as if animals are watching their videos? I know... strange, but true.
My mom was watching this on tv around 1980 (or so), and 8 year old me wanted to watch it. She said no, but i insisted (as all 8 year olds do). It scared the ever-loving shit out of me. 🤣
Funny how the film is about beaches being shut down in vacation season.. ..this film did more damage to the ocean vacation industry than the films world even comes close..
I saw this one in the theater on it's opening day in San Antonio. My family was heading to the beach for 2 weeks the next day. Uncle Gerald said it was a bad idea.
He was right!
Best jump scare ever. And Quint's introduction is best entrance ever. And John Williams is a genius. This is also the original "Summer Blockbuster."
TRUE STORY: My dad was a teenager when this movie first came out. He told me a couple of funny stories:
1. Just as the man's head came out of the boat, he was taking a drink of Coca-Cola. It scared him so badly he ended up dumping the whole cup of Coke over his head, drenching himself.
2. He also said that when the shark exploded at the end the crowd went INSANE. People were cheering, throwing popcorn up in the air, jumping up and down like their team had just won the Super Bowl.
All these years later, this movie STILL has that power. What a masterpiece.
YOU'VE NEVER SEEN JAWS....OK, Deep Breath. One of the best movies ever made and cemented Steven Spielberg as the genius he is. Also began his love affair with the sublime music of John Williams.
The actress at the beginning, who plays "Chrissie", was actually in a lot of pain due to the harness they used to pull her back and forth, similar to the setup that was used in The Exorcist to throw Linda Blair forwards and back that was also, apparently, very painful.
Steven didn't kill the dog ! The shark did !
11:00 That guy in the red hat was Robert Shaws' inspiration for the character of Quint, I think he was Shaws' chaperone the whole time or he stayed with him. Hence why he's in the movie cos he's not actually an actor, A LOT of the extras were real people and not actors.
22:50 WHAT A GREAT IDEA ! #ForeShadowing
Quint's USS Indianapolis story is a true story, there's actually also a movie about it. The USS Indianapolis was a real ship that sank in July 1945 following a secret mission in the Philippine Sea, and the immediate aftermath that left almost 900 people adrift in the ocean resulted in the greatest loss of life due to shark attacks in human history.
As a young boy back in the 70's, I probably enjoyed the best time in America for cinema. We waited on line to see this, but the line though long was not like the line for Star Wars. I was about 8 at the time and I was so scared. We had to leave the theatre coz my younger brother was screaming and crying with fright. When my father took us the second time so we can see it uninterrupted, the scene at the end where Brody hits the tank to destroy the Shark, there was such a deafening roar and cheer. Total strangers were hugging eachother and high fiving. We will probably never experience cinema experience like that ever again. That was an America that was as one! We had problems but nothing like today. You kids would have loved it.
That scene when they’re leaving to hunt the shark from Quint’s. Seeing the boat going out to sea through the shark jaws hanging in the window is such a great shot!
Love how Quint and Hooper start out as antagonists on the boat but then come to respect each other because of their shared knowledge of seamanship and sharks. The Chief ends up being the outsider landlubber. But then he is the guy who kills the shark in the end. He might not be a seaman but he's a pretty good shoot with an M1 Garand.
These small towns literally survive on 'summer dollars'. The townspeople are not greedy, rich folk - they are just regular people who don't know how to deal with this problem.
The mayor is not a bad person; he is more a greek chorus for the townspeople.
Robert Shaw, who plays
Quint, also plays Doyle Lonnegan in "The Sting", the best villain this side of Hans Gruber.
This is a classic. Great characters to care about, great score, good jump scares. xx
Perfect reaction. Thank you.
the opening scene will never lose its power. 🦈🦈🦈
It’s so good
I love your commentary on the movies that were such a big part of my youth. Great channel.👍
The most famous jump scare in cinema history. It never fails. Can you imagine that scene on a modern IMAX! There'd need be medics on standby.
Literally the greatest jump scare of all time
i LOVED IT
You were right on the basic concept for the barrels being attached to the sharks. Large fish and sharks need to move constantly to be able to get enough water through their gills to breathe, so if you were to slow the shark down enough it would end up suffocating.
Girl, you're my hero. Thanks for having such a great reaction!
I saw this movie when I was a kid of about 10 years old. Imagine how much it scared me.
The phrase "you'll need a bigger boat" became a popular one