Toni's reaction is just like all of us at the theater in 1975 reacted, pointing, jumping, howling, panicking. A key to the movie was early on Spielberg had the shark kill a dog and a kid. Let's the audience know that all bets are off and anyone can be killed. Keeps you on edge that way.
yes, and after showing what COULD happen at any time, let the viewers wait and create suspense by showing lots of potentially scaring scenes without really showing the monster a lot. what was the total screen time before the finale, of this shark or of the alien in "Alien" ?
The Indianapolis scene. The best exposition in all of film history. I love how they start joking around, but Hooper's demeanor changes immediately when he hears the name of the ship. He's a shark expert, and has heard the story before. He knows what's coming. Five minutes of a man recounting a story, and it's the best part of an action movie.
It is one of the best scenes in the movies, but they did mislead a bit. The over 800 men taken by sharks did not all die from the sharks. Most survivors stated the majority of men deaths due to injuries and exhaustion. Yes there were shark attacks but not to the point one images from the movie's narrative.
I have heard Robert Shaw was drunk for the initial filming of the scene. The next day, he wanted to do it again, did and they ended up taking the first filming.
The absolute nerve that shark. Here they were singing a drunken sea shanty. Having male bonding, comparing scars, and everything and it had to come along and spoil everything.
David's laugh at that jump scare really showed his sadistic streak. That was hilarious. I can't talk, i wait for that scene in every reaction to Jaws and I was laughing right along with him. lol
I'm glad that Toni finally gets the reference. I've said it a few times during our marriage and she just kind of looked at me strange and shook her head.
I saw JAWS IN 75. I WAS 10. My older sister snuck me in! Of course, my older sister snuck me in to see ALICE COOPER, KISS, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, JUDAS PRIEST,.. ECTRA. JAWS & THE EXORCIST, WERE NO EXCEPTIONS!! I HAD THE COOLIST SISTER ON ANY BLOCK!!!!!
You guys play off each other so well. This may be too old a reference for you but you're like George Burns and Gracie Allen. David sets up the situation and Toni delivers the comedy while, at the same time, shows how truly smart she is.
If I recall, not very people had even heard the story of the USS Indianapolis before this movie. The movie about it with Nicholas Cage was very well done!
When Larry, the scummy mayor, asked that guy why he hadn't gotten into the water with his wife and grandchildren, how he should have responded to the Mayor was: "I'll tell you what Larry, you go grab your swim trunks and wade on in and I'll be right behind you in a little while." Shut down that conversation real quick. That part always peeved me.
Absolutely agree. It wasn't an accident though--it was *supposed* to p#ss people off. And it did!!! He was the villain of the movie (aside from the shark, of course). 🙂
The actress who played Chrissie (first victim) actually did work as a mermaid at Weeki Wachee Springs. Spielberg hired her because she could control her breathing and hold her breath.
I wonder how many people this movie impacted like that. I remember not wanting to go in the water at the beach because of this movie and I had never even seen it! 😂
@@popculturallychallenged I was 14 when Jaws came out. I saw the movie, then read the book. 63 years later, I'm afraid to be in the water, especially water I can't see what's in it. I've spent a lot of time on the water over the years, boating & fishing, but I always have "Jaws" on my mind - even in a swimming pool, no kidding. Crazy.
Some places have Jaws watch parties, where people are sitting in innertubes in the water while watching the movie on the big screen. Fun fact: It had a budget of $9 million and had a box office total of $476.5 million.
R.I. P. Susan Backline, a Hollywood actress and stuntwoman, who passed away May 11, 2024 at age 77. She portrayed Chrissie the first victim of the shark. She revealed years later that Steven Spielberg himself was one of twenty men pulling on one of the lines fastened to the her cut off jeans that was used to pull her back and forth in the water.
"You're gonna need a bigger boat." Fun Fact: Several decades after the film's release, Lee Fierro (RIP), who played Mrs. Kintner, walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed "Alex Kintner Sandwich" on the menu. She commented that she had played his mother so many years ago; the owner of the restaurant ran out to meet her, and he was none other than Jeffrey Voorhees, who had played her son. They had not seen each other since the original movie shoot. I'm told Jeff still owns the restaurant at Martha's Vineyard and he loves talking to fans. Lost Attraction Fact: Quint's (Robert Shaw) boathouse set was built in Martha's Vineyard on an abandoned lot. The city council made the production crew sign an agreement to demolish it after filming and replace everything exactly as it had been, right down to the litter. Writing Ensemble Fact: Quint's tale of the USS Indianapolis was conceived by playwright Howard Sackler, lengthened by screenwriter John Milius and rewritten by Robert Shaw following a disagreement between screenwriters Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Shaw presented his text, and Benchley and Gottlieb agreed that this was exactly what was needed. It's widely considered the best scene of the movie.
I was 9 years old in 1975, and our whole family went to see this. Surprisingly enough, I didn’t have any nightmares after. My 11 year old sister, however, did dream of the shark walking (not swimming) the hallway of our home to eat us all. That following fall, Saturday Night Live brought her nightmare to life as the iconic comedy sketch “Landshark,” robbing it of all of the horror she felt that night. Swimming wasn’t a problem after, since we were landlocked Chicagoans who swam in pools 99% of the time. The only lingering thing was learning to swim with our hands pressed together to simulate a shark fin and kick our legs while intoning, “Duuuuuh-duh, duuuuh-duh, duhduhduhduhduhduh…”
I was 10 in 75. And, for me personally, I wouldn't take a bath, swim in a kiddy pool, let alone an 8ft pool. Ironically, I joined the US NAVY, IN 85, 10 YEARS LATER. I BECAME OBSESSED WITH ICTHIOLOGY. The study of fish. Go figure.
😂😂 Even though she's seen Back To The Future, Toni has a terrible memory when it comes to movies and didn't understand this reference. 😂I think we're going to have to reintroduce her to it soon!
This movie came out when I was 8, and for my birthday I wanted to go see it. My mother warned me it was going to be scary, but I insisted because I wasn't a baby anymore. I spent the last third of the film on her lap with my face tucked into her neck, with my mom rubbing my back the entire time. She kept asking me if I wanted to leave, but I stuck it out until the end. I had nightmares for a week. I was sure there was a shark in our carpet at night. I swear, I saw fins roaming the carpet. But I loved the movie despite the nightmares, and it remains one of my favorite movies of all time. In the last 48 years, I've probably rewatched it over 5000 times, and I can quote the entire thing verbatim.
I was 8 as well in 1975, my parents took my brother and me to a triple feature drive in. They thought we would be asleep by the time Jaws on. I stayed up and watched it, I was terrified of any water, freaked out taking a bath, yet I watch this movie every time it come on.
Being 9yrs old seeing Jaws in the theater, it traumatized me. Stumbled across ur reaction and watching the pretty ladies reaction is priceless. It’s a brilliant film. Thx for letting us watch it thru her eyes..
What's funny about this reaction is the litany of anxious questions Toni asks.....and the answer you give is always "I don't know." This was great. I don't watch every Jaws reaction (there are just so many) but I wouldn't miss yours! The reaction to Ben Gardner's head was classic, I could see you getting ready for her to react to that moment long before it actually happened! Did a great job hiding it, though, you didn't give anything away! I don't think I've ever seen you laugh as much as you do in this reaction!!! I'd love to see you and Toni's reaction to Spielberg (and Richard Dreyfus') (and John Williams"!) NEXT movie together, "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"! It was "Jaws" and then "Close Encounters" that sealed the deal for Spielberg as "golden boy".....which was enshrined forever when a few years later he did "Raiders Of The Lost Ark", and then "E.T'" and "Poltergeist" the following summer. Great post-film remarks, you had your trivia downpat!
Although Amity Island is a fictious island, somewhere on the Eastern seaboard, Toni is correct: it was shot in Martha's Vineyard! My grandmother and aunt were actually visiting Martha's Vineyard when they were shooting Jaws and can totally confirm that all they heard all day was someone on a megaphone shouting "The shark isn't working! The shark isn't working!" :D They were blown away by the movie when it came out, though!
The last drive-in movie I ever saw was "Jaws" in 1975 when it came out. I will never forget the impact that it had on me as a young boy (I was 12 when it came out) . I hope you enjoyed the movie as I did...long live this masterpiece!
I love how she started out all “it’s not gonna be very scary cus it’s so old…” lol… Also, you’re absolutely correct about it being far more suspenseful because they used the shark so sparingly; the mechanical shark was infamous for never working properly. Spielberg originally intended on using it far more but was forced to go completely the other way and show it as little as possible for the first 3/4 of the film, which made it far better. And as others have noted, the head popping out of the boat halfway in ALWAYS gets people even today.
As it happened, the fact that they had trouble getting the shark to work made the movie more suspenseful. (Originally they had electronic controls for Bruce but had to switch to hydraulics bc it was short circuiting in sea water. So they adapted by re-writing the movie on the fly.
Only for the second half of the film. The mechanical sharks weren't ever scheduled to be used for the first half of the film. Spielberg was already a suspense director. Watch Duel and Something Evil.
40 years later and I still don't go into the water. Even got nervous swimming in a pool and taking a bubble bath. Who knows what's under the bubbles?! I was a kid. Scarred for life. Great movie, though and I'm happy to watch it again. Might as well. Can't do any more damage now.
I just turned 6 and the movie was released around my birthday. It was a truly terrifying, exciting and enthralling experience. These were the days of single screen theaters (not like modern day mall sized cinemas ...that devote most of it's screens showing the same movie). If a movie showing sold out, you waited 2 hours later for the next show, or went back another day, or check it out at the Drive-in. I remember a huge line for it and it played all into late fall with re-releases a few times before it broadcasted on national television (one of the highest ratings on record). This movie not only established the summer blockbuster, kicked Steven Spielberg into super fame and fortune, and was one of those rare Rated PG movies that were so intense that eventually PG-13 was created. There was no craze like the Jaws success phenomenon. The much anticipated Jaws 2, though not as great as it's predecessor, did very well and is a good sequel. The rest of the sequels plummeted in success and keeping the interest alive.
@@popculturallychallengedIt was then and as recently as last year, during the summer when it was re-released for a limited engagement, blown up and shown in both IMAX and Super 3-D formats. Was quite a thrill to see it in both and to see packed house of all ages. Audience gasped, screamed, laughed just as it was 1975 all over again...and everyone clapped at the end and stayed seated at the end credits (a rare and past time reaction to watching a great and fun film).
IRL the younger brother (Jonathan Searle) of the shark fin prank is now the police chief of Oaks Bluff in Martha's Vinyard where Jaws was filmed. 47 years later.
Awww, Toni is such a sweet heart! I feel bad the movie scared her, especially the part where they first actually show the shark and she’s fearing for the children’s lives. It was like she was living in the moment within the movie. I still love the movie, and I love the kind of emotions it brings out in people. I hope y’all have a great summer this year!
My son caught a baby shark, while fishing as a 8 year old, off Galveston Island, in Texas. Then something brushed up against my daughter's leg, she was 10, scared her so bad, she didn't go into the water for years! Quint smashing the radio was because of money & pride. He considered himself the greatest shark hunter. If Brody called the mainland, someone else could have come out to kill the shark. He would kill it or die trying. Robert Shaw played Quint. Great actor. Another movie to watch him in that I think you would enjoy (Toni won't need tissues) is THE STING. Also starring Paul Newman & Robert Redford. Great reaction guys! I enjoy you guys so much! Can't wait for your next one.
I've told this before in a comment, but One more time because of your reaction. My aunt took me to see this when it came out. She had snuck in snacks in her purse. When the head rolled out of the hull, it rained candy bars in the moviehouse.
Movie fact: During the first death when the girl was being thrashed from side to side, the harness actually broke the actress’s rib during that scene. She’s really screaming in pain.
We went and saw it in the theater in 1975 when it first came out!! And yes everyone in the theater (us included) jumped when that head appeared in the hole in the boat!!!
We all enjoyed that jump scare at the boat at night. I snuck in to see this in the theater when I was about 12. That was the scariest moment I'd ever had in a movie. Might still be the scariest. Very memorable! As for villains ... the true villain of the film is the mayor.
My dad was an excellent swimmer and one day his friend went into the sea for a long distance swim. My dad followed, caught ip to him and grabbed his leg. His friend nearly pooped. I have also been grabbed by a friendly octopus but that's a different movie.
The entire movie hinges on the speech Quint gives about the USS Indianapolis. What he told is an absolutely true story, and it shows you why he's so utterly obsessed with killing this shark. The speech is considered one of the finest performances of all time.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the theater! This movie absolutely terrified us back in 1975. I saw it sitting in the back of our station wagon at the drive-in theater. Even we kids were afraid to go to the beach that summer (though we each put on a brave face for our friends!) But good heavens, David! You have got to give Toni a break from all these war and gore-filled features! Please give her a choice of comedies, dramas, etc. to choose from! Set up a poll or two and let us make some suggestions! May I suggest Bridget Jones' Diary or something similar (my wife loved it)? p.s. Really enjoy all your reactions, though👍 Keep up the good work😊
My family moved to Hawaii the year after this movie came out. I didn’t give it much thought though because I was young and invincible. We were planning a day at the beach, with lots of food and fun in the water. Mom told us that on the island across the channel from where we were, they had caught a shark bigger than Jaws, and that they could tell it had just given birth. She told us not to go out too far. I was trying to catch a wave and body surf, when I kicked something in the water. Instantly I thought shark. I darned near ran on water. I was laying in the sand trying to catch my breath when a good sized chunk of plastic pipe washed up next to me. Lol
It's an incredible movie! I was 3 when it came out and I didn't see it for the first time until much later. Even having never seen it, it scared the crap out of me when I was kid. 😂 -David
I watched this movie the very first time I ever slept at a friend's place. Her parents left us alone with loads of sweets and popcorn and went over to the neighbors for a few drinks (if we would have hollered out of the window they would have heard us, so we were quite okay alone in the house really). We were about 8 years old and watched Jaws on TV. To this day I cannot watch this movie without pulling my feet / legs on the couch.... otherwise the shark might just bite them off 😂 Great childhood memories nevertheless 🦈😱
There is a good example of foreshadowing in this movie that everyone seems to miss: when Chief Brody is looking through books about sharks, researching the subject, while thumbing through the books, he comes across a photo of a giant shark with a compressed air tank from a diver in its mouth. Of course, this comes full circle at the end of the movie when Brody destroys the shark by shooting the compressed air tank in its jaws. I am always surprised that no one ever points that out; it seems like such an obvious oversight to me…
You two are so very very VERY much fun to watch. David you waiting in anticipation for that head to pop out and Toni's reaction.... I was dying!!! 😅🤣😂 I actually saw this at a drive in with my mom and aunt when I was 8 and my brother was 5. I just remember the two of us hiding under a blanket every time we heard the dundun dundun dundun start. We lived in San Diego; I've been afraid of the water since!!
What memories...! I saw the original on a date as a senior in High School in the theater in 1975. Incredible. We had never seen anything at all like this. Remember... no such thing as CGI.
An excellent underwater movie that Toni would actually like is "The Abyss" (1989) Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn by James Cameron. Ih has the first use of a 3D CGI object as something that was not on-set with the actors. It is only in one scene, but the transition from practical effects to CGI and back is really, really good. All the rest is models, practical effects, optical effects, and rotoscope compositing. Watch the extended version because the theatrical version had a lot of the plot and story elements cut by the studio in order to make an arbitrary run time so that theaters could get in a certain number of showings per day..
@BL Alley My understanding is that it was animated as a 2D object in a 3D space, whereas if it were animated as a 3D object it would have a thickness appropriate to the stained glass, like 1/4, 3/8, or 1/2 inch. When you watch it now, it is pretty obvious, no matter how cutting edge it might have been in 1985.
Oh man, I really envy Toni for seeing so many great and classic movies for the first time. This was fun, watching you two. I first saw the first half of Jaws here in Germany on TV in the eighties, must've been around eight years old, then my parents decided it was better to turn it of. Today, it's in my all time Top Ten movies. There's one great book about the production, Memories from Marthas Vineyard, with great stories and photos by the locals when the production shot there for too many weeks/months. :-D
Toni really fell for the suspense and those jump scares hook, line and sinker!!! This was absolutely fantastic and hilarious, thank you. Seriously though, why would anyone swim in the ocean, would you go for a jog in the jungle!!!???
I read the book a couple of years before this came out in theaters. It was even scarier than the movie. I remember watching this film in the theater at 14 years old. Scared the bejesus out of everybody. That jump scare with the head rolling out of the boat was something that will haunt me for the rest of my life LOL. Couple of pieces of trivia, first of all the reporter on the beach at 21:58 was a cameo by none other than Peter Benchley, the author of the novel the film is based on. Secondly, the little kid that was pointing blame at the other kid with the fake fin actually just became the real police chief of the real place 😊
That scene with the head has to be one of the best scares in movie history! 😂 That's cool that they were able to give the author a cameo and the kid becoming the real police chief is awesome! Thanks! 😃
Thank you David and Toni for reacting this super classic Jaws directed by Steven Spielberg starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss and the iconic music score by John Williams. Hey Toni "You're gonna need a bigger boat"😱😱😱
When the premiere took place here in Germany and the topic of the USS Indianapolis came up, you would have heard pins drop in the cinema. I think I forgot to breathe. Incidentally, the author of the novel, Peter Benchley, said in later interviews that if he had known about the consequences, would not have written the novel or written it completely differently. The sharks were then slaughtered by the tens of thousands. Including sharks whose species are completely harmless to humans. A large number (majority) of those who died on the Indianapolis did not die from shark attacks but from weakening, hypothermia, dehydration, Consumption of salt water and other factors.
Ridley Scott took a similar limited scene time approach in his 1979 "Alien" with Sigourney Weaver, which is more a suspense/horror/thriller in space than a sci-fi movie.
I had always wanted to join the Navy while growing up. I was 15 when this movie came out, and saw it at the drive in with my brother. Thats how I found out about the USS Indianapolis! I read a book about it and even though I still enlisted, and did my 20 years, iI always had a phobia about falling overboard and getting eaten by sharks. Thanks a lot Spielberg!!!
Toni - your intensity reminded me of when i first saw this movie in 1976? I was like what are doing going out in a boat, why are you so far from shore etc?? HaHa. Unlike normal scary movies with couple shock moments. The last half of Jaws was non-stop intensity!! Fun review.
It’s awesome to see your wife’s reaction to this film. This is my favorite horror film as it has the right amount of suspense and scares while also having characters you like and root for. Everyone in this film did an amazing job and I’m glad you shared this with your wife. I’ve been fortunate enough to see this film on the big screen a few times and I’m really glad I did as the experience is amazing. Great reactions from both of you. Take care!
Remarkably, Quint’s speech about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis is a historical fact. It really happened! His vivid description of the tragedy that resulted is one of the most epic monologues in cinematic history, and is the key to his character and his obsession with killing sharks. He smashed the radio not only because he wanted to secure the bounty and reward for killing the Great White, which is strictly a secondary consideration for him, but rather because he wanted revenge - or perhaps personal redemption - for his horrific experience, which he can only achieve by killing the man-eating shark himself.
My summer job in my High School junior year was usher at the Capitol theater in Clearwater, Florida while Jaws played. The theater was on the way to Clearwater Beach, and the manager had us put on the marquee "GOING TO THE BEACH? SEE JAWS FIRST." The chamber of commerce made him take it down. The local news rag (the Clearwater Sun, aka "the mullet wrapper") came out for a photo op. He climbed up the ladder and took down the first letter. Then he climbed down and said to me, "Okay, take it down." What a douche. I was a great job though. Saw the movie in whole or in part hundreds of times. It's still one of my favorites. People lined up all the way around the block to get in. I worked at the concession stand selling popcorn, candy and drinks to that hoard of people, and we had to add up orders and make change in our heads. The good old days.
Saw some great movies working there. Three Days of the Condor, The Missouri Breaks, Hindenburg, Midway (In Sensurround! When they put those subwoofers in there I thought the roof would come down) and Flesh Gordon for a midnight movie. The cops threatened to shut the place down with that.
Also the monster movie matinees, where some poor stooge would come out in costume during key scenes in the flick and get pelted with ju ju bees without mercy.
Hahaha.. You and Toni are the perfectly married couple, like Jeff Foxworthy's routine where the husband gets a simple text saying "pray for Tim he was in a car accident". When the wife was told, she asks: Were the kids with him? IDK What hospital was he taken to? IDK Was it his truck or the SUV? IDK Was he wearing his seatbelt? IDK Was Tim at fault? IDK Toni must have asked a dozen questions! Your response...IDK As in the movie theater when the head pops out of the hole in the boat, the audience all jumped about six inches. Love ya'lls reactions!👍
Bravo...now that's a reaction! - Toronto, Canada. I was 7, saw this opening weekend. We had just put up an above ground pool. And I wouldn't go swimming in the pool alone. Back in the 70's this film passed the rating PG cause it was based on nature. And no shark would watch this movie and start attacking people. True Story. That's how Spielberh was able to get by on the rating of this film. Perhaps the best film ever made. The Shark not working forced Steven to think of another way. So the Barrells. When they showed up, the shark was there, and the music. Fantastic movie. For a great read, read THE JAWS LOG, or THE MAKING OF JAWS. Amazing books on day to day filming of the movie. Many film makers consider these books to be the bible. It was the first Summer Blockbuster. First time I went to a theatre and there being two lines, one for ticket purchaers and one for holders. And the manager would always walk down the line counting, and you would pray he passed you before lowering his hand and stating, "People from here on back, we are sorry but all tickets have been sold out for the evening."
Thanks! I don't know if either of us could have handled this at 7! I was afraid to go into the water just hearing about this movie when I was a kid. 🤣 -David
@@popculturallychallenged Seriously. We, my older siblings ere putting up a brand new above ground pool. And the Radio Commercial played constantly. That's what we had a lot of in those days, radio ads. While the pool was filling up. My older brother took me. And that was it. Scared of all kinds of water. Including the pool. From fear a helicopter might drop a shark when I wasn't looking. What an amazing experiece. No other movie I believe has truly scared more people. Friends have had favourite horror movie selections. But I always argue. Nightmare on Elm Street didn't make you afraid to fall asleep. Jaws made everyone fear the water. Its a perfect film. And if I didn't mention it. The Jaws Log, and the Making of Jaws, are amazing books to read. And many film makers since have felt they are like a bible of movie making. Treat yourself and read them.
It's probably been mentioned but one of my favorite facts about this movie was that the author of the novel (Peter Benchley) felt so bad about the subsequent shark fear that he started a foundation for shark conservation and research. Sharks are actually wonderful animals.
I watched it the first time when released in 1975. I went with my Mum and Dad as I was 8 years old at the time. I still love it now and have it on 4k disc.
Going to the beach is incredibly safe. Beaches frequented by sharks have lifeguards and even patrolling helicopters in some instances. 5 people died of unprovoked shark attacks in 2022 while 42795 died in auto accidents, so take a trip to a beach sometime and just enjoy the beauty if you don’t want to get in. The story about the boat that got torpedoed and the survivors mostly died by shark attack is a true story, The boat was on a secret mission, so nobody was expecting it, and they sent out a rescue team far too late for most of them.
I've heard that before about the beaches being safe but then I hear this movie's theme music in my head at the beach and that safe thought goes out the window. 😂
Toni freaking out and you giggling having known what's coming is just *hilariously evil* I love it.
I was so looking forward to her reaction to that scene! 🤣
I thought jump-scare was a figurative term until today!
@@popculturallychallenged I know I could see you smiling just prior and I had to go back to watch her reaction 😂😂
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You two are cute together, haha.
Toni's reaction is just like all of us at the theater in 1975 reacted, pointing, jumping, howling, panicking. A key to the movie was early on Spielberg had the shark kill a dog and a kid. Let's the audience know that all bets are off and anyone can be killed. Keeps you on edge that way.
Very true!
yes, and after showing what COULD happen at any time, let the viewers wait and create suspense by showing lots of potentially scaring scenes without really showing the monster a lot. what was the total screen time before the finale, of this shark or of the alien in "Alien" ?
The Indianapolis scene. The best exposition in all of film history. I love how they start joking around, but Hooper's demeanor changes immediately when he hears the name of the ship. He's a shark expert, and has heard the story before. He knows what's coming. Five minutes of a man recounting a story, and it's the best part of an action movie.
It is one of the best scenes in the movies, but they did mislead a bit. The over 800 men taken by sharks did not all die from the sharks. Most survivors stated the majority of men deaths due to injuries and exhaustion. Yes there were shark attacks but not to the point one images from the movie's narrative.
It is mesmerizing.
I have heard Robert Shaw was drunk for the initial filming of the scene. The next day, he wanted to do it again, did and they ended up taking the first filming.
The absolute nerve that shark. Here they were singing a drunken sea shanty. Having male bonding, comparing scars, and everything and it had to come along and spoil everything.
@@Michael-yl2iq and about half written by the actor
The head popping out of the boat is one of the best jump scares in any movie.
Have you seen the “night-vision” footage from the early days of the film’s release? The reaction from the audience at that jump scare is fantastic!
Ben Gardner's head: scaring the life out of people for coming up on 50 years!
Yea he was waiting for that Lol
That scene gets everyone!
David's laugh at that jump scare really showed his sadistic streak. That was hilarious. I can't talk, i wait for that scene in every reaction to Jaws and I was laughing right along with him. lol
The second I heard, “Is this like Sharknado?” I knew this reaction was going to be good.
😂 Hope you enjoyed it!
"You're gonna need a bigger boat" is on the list of the top 100 movie quotations of all time. Want to go snorkeling? Enjoy your reaction.
Thank you so much for watching with us. So glad you enjoyed. - Toni 🤓
"You're gonna need a bigger boat" has to be one of the most famous lines in film.
I'm glad that Toni finally gets the reference. I've said it a few times during our marriage and she just kind of looked at me strange and shook her head.
Definitely! Alongside "We all go a little mad sometimes", "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" and "I do hope Miss. Alcocks pants aren't ruined".
The trailer for Jaws II started with the line, "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water!"
Saw it in the theater in 1975. An amazing experience because EVERYONE IN THE THEATER SCREAMED AT THE SAME TIME.
I bet that was cool to see in theaters!
I saw JAWS IN 75. I WAS 10. My older sister snuck me in! Of course, my older sister snuck me in to see ALICE COOPER, KISS, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, JUDAS PRIEST,.. ECTRA. JAWS & THE EXORCIST, WERE NO EXCEPTIONS!! I HAD THE COOLIST SISTER ON ANY BLOCK!!!!!
Saw it in the theatre in 1975 when I was 16. No film before or since had as much impact on me. Still my favorite 48 years later.
Toni: “That boat seems pretty small.”
😂😂😂 Chief Brody feels the same way.
You guys play off each other so well. This may be too old a reference for you but you're like George Burns and Gracie Allen. David sets up the situation and Toni delivers the comedy while, at the same time, shows how truly smart she is.
Thank you! 🥰
The Indianapolis story, one of the greatest film-monologues ever, is a TRUE story.
That was a great scene!
If I recall, not very people had even heard the story of the USS Indianapolis before this movie. The movie about it with Nicholas Cage was very well done!
It was the first ever summer blockbuster. The movie still holds up after all these years.
I think the shark looks better than some CGI these days!
When Larry, the scummy mayor, asked that guy why he hadn't gotten into the water with his wife and grandchildren, how he should have responded to the Mayor was: "I'll tell you what Larry, you go grab your swim trunks and wade on in and I'll be right behind you in a little while." Shut down that conversation real quick. That part always peeved me.
Completely agree!
Politicians suck.
Absolutely agree. It wasn't an accident though--it was *supposed* to p#ss people off. And it did!!! He was the villain of the movie (aside from the shark, of course). 🙂
The actress who played Chrissie (first victim) actually did work as a mermaid at Weeki Wachee Springs. Spielberg hired her because she could control her breathing and hold her breath.
Cool! Thanks for the info! 😃
I saw this movie as a teenager about 10 years after its release, up until then I used to swim out very far from the beach... never again.
I wonder how many people this movie impacted like that. I remember not wanting to go in the water at the beach because of this movie and I had never even seen it! 😂
@@popculturallychallenged I was 14 when Jaws came out. I saw the movie, then read the book. 63 years later, I'm afraid to be in the water, especially water I can't see what's in it. I've spent a lot of time on the water over the years, boating & fishing, but I always have "Jaws" on my mind - even in a swimming pool, no kidding. Crazy.
For the 45th anniversary, they had a water park set up where you could watch jaws while floating on a tube in the water. Kind of a water drive in.
That's cool! Not sure I could do that but it's cool! 😂
Some places have Jaws watch parties, where people are sitting in innertubes in the water while watching the movie on the big screen. Fun fact: It had a budget of $9 million and had a box office total of $476.5 million.
Ain't no way I'm watching this in the water. 😂
R.I. P. Susan Backline, a Hollywood actress and stuntwoman, who passed away May 11, 2024 at age 77. She portrayed Chrissie the first victim of the shark. She revealed years later that Steven Spielberg himself was one of twenty men pulling on one of the lines fastened to the her cut off jeans that was used to pull her back and forth in the water.
"You're gonna need a bigger boat."
Fun Fact: Several decades after the film's release, Lee Fierro (RIP), who played Mrs. Kintner, walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed "Alex Kintner Sandwich" on the menu. She commented that she had played his mother so many years ago; the owner of the restaurant ran out to meet her, and he was none other than Jeffrey Voorhees, who had played her son. They had not seen each other since the original movie shoot. I'm told Jeff still owns the restaurant at Martha's Vineyard and he loves talking to fans.
Lost Attraction Fact: Quint's (Robert Shaw) boathouse set was built in Martha's Vineyard on an abandoned lot. The city council made the production crew sign an agreement to demolish it after filming and replace everything exactly as it had been, right down to the litter.
Writing Ensemble Fact: Quint's tale of the USS Indianapolis was conceived by playwright Howard Sackler, lengthened by screenwriter John Milius and rewritten by Robert Shaw following a disagreement between screenwriters Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Shaw presented his text, and Benchley and Gottlieb agreed that this was exactly what was needed. It's widely considered the best scene of the movie.
That story about the USS Indianapolis was incredible! Thanks for the info as always! 😃
I was 9 years old in 1975, and our whole family went to see this. Surprisingly enough, I didn’t have any nightmares after. My 11 year old sister, however, did dream of the shark walking (not swimming) the hallway of our home to eat us all. That following fall, Saturday Night Live brought her nightmare to life as the iconic comedy sketch “Landshark,” robbing it of all of the horror she felt that night.
Swimming wasn’t a problem after, since we were landlocked Chicagoans who swam in pools 99% of the time. The only lingering thing was learning to swim with our hands pressed together to simulate a shark fin and kick our legs while intoning, “Duuuuuh-duh, duuuuh-duh, duhduhduhduhduhduh…”
I was 10 in 75. And, for me personally, I wouldn't take a bath, swim in a kiddy pool, let alone an 8ft pool. Ironically, I joined the US NAVY, IN 85, 10 YEARS LATER. I BECAME OBSESSED WITH ICTHIOLOGY. The study of fish. Go figure.
That's funny! 😂
Jaws 19 was the best film in the franchise. I went to see see at the Holomax in Hill Valley back in 2015. I remember it like it was yesterday.
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Great Scott!
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😂😂 Even though she's seen Back To The Future, Toni has a terrible memory when it comes to movies and didn't understand this reference. 😂I think we're going to have to reintroduce her to it soon!
nah. the shark still looked fake.
This movie came out when I was 8, and for my birthday I wanted to go see it. My mother warned me it was going to be scary, but I insisted because I wasn't a baby anymore. I spent the last third of the film on her lap with my face tucked into her neck, with my mom rubbing my back the entire time. She kept asking me if I wanted to leave, but I stuck it out until the end.
I had nightmares for a week. I was sure there was a shark in our carpet at night. I swear, I saw fins roaming the carpet. But I loved the movie despite the nightmares, and it remains one of my favorite movies of all time. In the last 48 years, I've probably rewatched it over 5000 times, and I can quote the entire thing verbatim.
I was 8 as well in 1975, my parents took my brother and me to a triple feature drive in. They thought we would be asleep by the time Jaws on. I stayed up and watched it, I was terrified of any water, freaked out taking a bath, yet I watch this movie every time it come on.
I remember, at the time of the release of the movie, people became afraid of sharks appearences even at their club’s swimming pools!!! 😂
I completely understand.... - Toni 🤓
Could not WAIT to see Toni react to this one.......She didn't disappoint !!!
No she didn’t.
We're glad you enjoyed it! 😃
Being 9yrs old seeing Jaws in the theater, it traumatized me.
Stumbled across ur reaction and watching the pretty ladies reaction is priceless.
It’s a brilliant film.
Thx for letting us watch it thru her eyes..
What's funny about this reaction is the litany of anxious questions Toni asks.....and the answer you give is always "I don't know." This was great. I don't watch every Jaws reaction (there are just so many) but I wouldn't miss yours! The reaction to Ben Gardner's head was classic, I could see you getting ready for her to react to that moment long before it actually happened! Did a great job hiding it, though, you didn't give anything away! I don't think I've ever seen you laugh as much as you do in this reaction!!! I'd love to see you and Toni's reaction to Spielberg (and Richard Dreyfus') (and John Williams"!) NEXT movie together, "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"! It was "Jaws" and then "Close Encounters" that sealed the deal for Spielberg as "golden boy".....which was enshrined forever when a few years later he did "Raiders Of The Lost Ark", and then "E.T'" and "Poltergeist" the following summer. Great post-film remarks, you had your trivia downpat!
Although Amity Island is a fictious island, somewhere on the Eastern seaboard, Toni is correct: it was shot in Martha's Vineyard! My grandmother and aunt were actually visiting Martha's Vineyard when they were shooting Jaws and can totally confirm that all they heard all day was someone on a megaphone shouting "The shark isn't working! The shark isn't working!" :D They were blown away by the movie when it came out, though!
That's awesome!
I saw Jaws in the theater in 1975. What a treat!! I just remember a LOT of people stayed clear of the water that summer!!
I can see why they did… 😂 - Toni
The last drive-in movie I ever saw was "Jaws" in 1975 when it came out. I will never forget the impact that it had on me as a young boy (I was 12 when it came out) . I hope you enjoyed the movie as I did...long live this masterpiece!
This movie was incredible!
I love how she started out all “it’s not gonna be very scary cus it’s so old…” lol…
Also, you’re absolutely correct about it being far more suspenseful because they used the shark so sparingly; the mechanical shark was infamous for never working properly. Spielberg originally intended on using it far more but was forced to go completely the other way and show it as little as possible for the first 3/4 of the film, which made it far better.
And as others have noted, the head popping out of the boat halfway in ALWAYS gets people even today.
Yeah, I think it was in 77. We went to Universal studios in the shark didn’t work then either. I was really disappointed.
I was so looking forward to seeing Toni's reaction to that scene.
As it happened, the fact that they had trouble getting the shark to work made the movie more suspenseful. (Originally they had electronic controls for Bruce but had to switch to hydraulics bc it was short circuiting in sea water. So they adapted by re-writing the movie on the fly.
Only for the second half of the film. The mechanical sharks weren't ever scheduled to be used for the first half of the film. Spielberg was already a suspense director. Watch Duel and Something Evil.
I agree. The scariest parts were when you didn't see the shark.
40 years later and I still don't go into the water. Even got nervous swimming in a pool and taking a bubble bath. Who knows what's under the bubbles?! I was a kid. Scarred for life. Great movie, though and I'm happy to watch it again. Might as well. Can't do any more damage now.
I just turned 6 and the movie was released around my birthday. It was a truly terrifying, exciting and enthralling experience. These were the days of single screen theaters (not like modern day mall sized cinemas ...that devote most of it's screens showing the same movie). If a movie showing sold out, you waited 2 hours later for the next show, or went back another day, or check it out at the Drive-in. I remember a huge line for it and it played all into late fall with re-releases a few times before it broadcasted on national television (one of the highest ratings on record). This movie not only established the summer blockbuster, kicked Steven Spielberg into super fame and fortune, and was one of those rare Rated PG movies that were so intense that eventually PG-13 was created. There was no craze like the Jaws success phenomenon. The much anticipated Jaws 2, though not as great as it's predecessor, did very well and is a good sequel. The rest of the sequels plummeted in success and keeping the interest alive.
Some movies you bought your after watliting in line then went and stood in another line till your movie time.........
This must have been incredible on the big screen!
@@popculturallychallengedIt was then and as recently as last year, during the summer when it was re-released for a limited engagement, blown up and shown in both IMAX and Super 3-D formats. Was quite a thrill to see it in both and to see packed house of all ages. Audience gasped, screamed, laughed just as it was 1975 all over again...and everyone clapped at the end and stayed seated at the end credits (a rare and past time reaction to watching a great and fun film).
IRL the younger brother (Jonathan Searle) of the shark fin prank is now the police chief of Oaks Bluff in Martha's Vinyard where Jaws was filmed. 47 years later.
That's so cool! 😃
Awww, Toni is such a sweet heart! I feel bad the movie scared her, especially the part where they first actually show the shark and she’s fearing for the children’s lives. It was like she was living in the moment within the movie.
I still love the movie, and I love the kind of emotions it brings out in people. I hope y’all have a great summer this year!
Thank you so much! 🥰 We hope you have a great summer too! 😃
My son caught a baby shark, while fishing as a 8 year old, off Galveston Island, in Texas. Then something brushed up against my daughter's leg, she was 10, scared her so bad, she didn't go into the water for years! Quint smashing the radio was because of money & pride. He considered himself the greatest shark hunter. If Brody called the mainland, someone else could have come out to kill the shark. He would kill it or die trying. Robert Shaw played Quint. Great actor. Another movie to watch him in that I think you would enjoy (Toni won't need tissues) is THE STING. Also starring Paul Newman & Robert Redford. Great reaction guys! I enjoy you guys so much! Can't wait for your next one.
Thank you! And thanks for the suggestion!
I've told this before in a comment, but One more time because of your reaction. My aunt took me to see this when it came out. She had snuck in snacks in her purse. When the head rolled out of the hull, it rained candy bars in the moviehouse.
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That's too funny! 😂
Your wife is so genuine and funny. Great reaction. This movie still holds up today. A forever classic.❤
Thank you! We agree, this movie is incredible!
You don’t have to swim faster than the sharks. You just have to swim faster than other guys.
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Best Jaws Reaction yet. Plus you're the first one to question the chain pulling the pier bit.
Thank you so much!
19:48, the part we all waiting for. 😆😂
I hope she didn't disappoint! 😂
Movie fact: During the first death when the girl was being thrashed from side to side, the harness actually broke the actress’s rib during that scene. She’s really screaming in pain.
Wow! That's crazy! 😳
Toni you are SOOOO animated, and delightful to watch! Watching to two of you is getting to be an addiction. 😄
Thank you so much!
your wife’s reaction is exactly how the theatres reacted when this movie came out
One of the few perfect films ever made. The behind the scenes of making the movie is as interesting as the movie itself.
We'll have to check it out. Thanks!
We went and saw it in the theater in 1975 when it first came out!!
And yes everyone in the theater (us included) jumped when that head appeared in the hole in the boat!!!
This must have been incredible to see in theaters!
Omg I starting crying when your wife did. Seeing her so distraught and panicked really broke my heart. Hope you gave her a big hug after! 😢❤
Thank you! Yes, I gave her a big hug afterwards. 🥰
For me, the best line is from Quint: "Anyway, we delivered the Bomb."
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We all enjoyed that jump scare at the boat at night. I snuck in to see this in the theater when I was about 12. That was the scariest moment I'd ever had in a movie. Might still be the scariest. Very memorable!
As for villains ... the true villain of the film is the mayor.
I was so looking forward to seeing Toni react to that scene! 😂
The head appearing in the hole in the boat is the biggest jump scare in this movie.
The story about the U.S.S. Indianapolis is 100% true. That terrible event actually happened.
That is so sad. 😢
I can just imagine them playing the theme at a neighborhood pool. People would absolutely levitate out of the water.
I remember that happening quite a bit when I was a kid! 😂
My dad was an excellent swimmer and one day his friend went into the sea for a long distance swim. My dad followed, caught ip to him and grabbed his leg. His friend nearly pooped.
I have also been grabbed by a friendly octopus but that's a different movie.
I don't think I would ever go swimming out in the ocean at this point! 😂
The entire movie hinges on the speech Quint gives about the USS Indianapolis. What he told is an absolutely true story, and it shows you why he's so utterly obsessed with killing this shark. The speech is considered one of the finest performances of all time.
That was a very moving scene!
Quint was Captain Ahab, and the shark was the whale, Moby Dick.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the theater!
This movie absolutely terrified us back in 1975. I saw it sitting in the back of our station wagon at the drive-in theater. Even we kids were afraid to go to the beach that summer (though we each put on a brave face for our friends!)
But good heavens, David! You have got to give Toni a break from all these war and gore-filled features! Please give her a choice of comedies, dramas, etc. to choose from! Set up a poll or two and let us make some suggestions! May I suggest Bridget Jones' Diary or something similar (my wife loved it)?
p.s. Really enjoy all your reactions, though👍 Keep up the good work😊
Well, we just watched one of her choices that I haven't edited yet. What did she choose? John Wick 2! 😂
@@popculturallychallenged Lol Never mind, I guess. What do I know? 🤣
My family moved to Hawaii the year after this movie came out. I didn’t give it much thought though because I was young and invincible. We were planning a day at the beach, with lots of food and fun in the water. Mom told us that on the island across the channel from where we were, they had caught a shark bigger than Jaws, and that they could tell it had just given birth. She told us not to go out too far. I was trying to catch a wave and body surf, when I kicked something in the water. Instantly I thought shark. I darned near ran on water. I was laying in the sand trying to catch my breath when a good sized chunk of plastic pipe washed up next to me. Lol
🤣. Better safe than sorry!! - Toni 😂
I saw it at the drive-in when I was 8. I consider it one of if not the greatest movie of all time.❤
Back on the first day of school in eighth grade (shows how old I am) the big question everyone had was "Did you see Jaws. Did you see jaws?"
It's an incredible movie! I was 3 when it came out and I didn't see it for the first time until much later. Even having never seen it, it scared the crap out of me when I was kid. 😂 -David
Don't know which was more fun to which -- Toni's reactions to the film, or your reactions to Toni
The last shot of the movie was the jump scare scene. They used the editor's backyard pool and poured gallons of milk into the water to make it cloudy.
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The rating for this movie is actually a whole story.
I remember being shocked as a kid with Temple of Doom and then the whole PG13 rating happening. I’m really surprised this wasn’t rated R at the time
I watched this movie the very first time I ever slept at a friend's place. Her parents left us alone with loads of sweets and popcorn and went over to the neighbors for a few drinks (if we would have hollered out of the window they would have heard us, so we were quite okay alone in the house really).
We were about 8 years old and watched Jaws on TV. To this day I cannot watch this movie without pulling my feet / legs on the couch.... otherwise the shark might just bite them off 😂
Great childhood memories nevertheless 🦈😱
That's too funny!
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There is a good example of foreshadowing in this movie that everyone seems to miss: when Chief Brody is looking through books about sharks, researching the subject, while thumbing through the books, he comes across a photo of a giant shark with a compressed air tank from a diver in its mouth. Of course, this comes full circle at the end of the movie when Brody destroys the shark by shooting the compressed air tank in its jaws. I am always surprised that no one ever points that out; it seems like such an obvious oversight to me…
Thanks for bringing that up. I didn't catch that and need to go take a look again. - Toni 🤓
You two are so very very VERY much fun to watch. David you waiting in anticipation for that head to pop out and Toni's reaction.... I was dying!!! 😅🤣😂 I actually saw this at a drive in with my mom and aunt when I was 8 and my brother was 5. I just remember the two of us hiding under a blanket every time we heard the dundun dundun dundun start. We lived in San Diego; I've been afraid of the water since!!
Thank you! I was so looking forward to that scene. 😂 -David
One of the most amazing things about the opening theme is that that wild solo over the bump-bump bump-bump rhythm is a TUBA solo.
What memories...! I saw the original on a date as a senior in High School in the theater in 1975. Incredible. We had never seen anything at all like this. Remember... no such thing as CGI.
This must have been incredible on the big screen!
An excellent underwater movie that Toni would actually like is "The Abyss" (1989) Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn by James Cameron. Ih has the first use of a 3D CGI object as something that was not on-set with the actors. It is only in one scene, but the transition from practical effects to CGI and back is really, really good. All the rest is models, practical effects, optical effects, and rotoscope compositing. Watch the extended version because the theatrical version had a lot of the plot and story elements cut by the studio in order to make an arbitrary run time so that theaters could get in a certain number of showings per day..
@BL Alley My understanding is that it was animated as a 2D object in a 3D space, whereas if it were animated as a 3D object it would have a thickness appropriate to the stained glass, like 1/4, 3/8, or 1/2 inch. When you watch it now, it is pretty obvious, no matter how cutting edge it might have been in 1985.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Oh man, I really envy Toni for seeing so many great and classic movies for the first time. This was fun, watching you two. I first saw the first half of Jaws here in Germany on TV in the eighties, must've been around eight years old, then my parents decided it was better to turn it of. Today, it's in my all time Top Ten movies. There's one great book about the production, Memories from Marthas Vineyard, with great stories and photos by the locals when the production shot there for too many weeks/months. :-D
Might have to check that book out. Thanks! 😃
Toni really fell for the suspense and those jump scares hook, line and sinker!!! This was absolutely fantastic and hilarious, thank you. Seriously though, why would anyone swim in the ocean, would you go for a jog in the jungle!!!???
Thank you! I don't understand that either, I'd rather go to a pool!
In three or four feet of water, you're USUALLY safe. LOL. 🤣
Fun movie fact: at 22:00 the reporter at the beach is Peter Benchley, the man who wrote the novel the movie is based on.
That is so cool! - Toni 🤓
Your wife's flappy hands during the Ben Gardiner face scene had me cracking up... Great reaction. Glad you liked it.
Thanks! I thought that was hilarious too! 😂 -David
Great movie! Great reactions! Thank y'all!
Thanks! 😃
I read the book a couple of years before this came out in theaters. It was even scarier than the movie. I remember watching this film in the theater at 14 years old. Scared the bejesus out of everybody. That jump scare with the head rolling out of the boat was something that will haunt me for the rest of my life LOL.
Couple of pieces of trivia, first of all the reporter on the beach at 21:58 was a cameo by none other than Peter Benchley, the author of the novel the film is based on. Secondly, the little kid that was pointing blame at the other kid with the fake fin actually just became the real police chief of the real place 😊
That scene with the head has to be one of the best scares in movie history! 😂 That's cool that they were able to give the author a cameo and the kid becoming the real police chief is awesome! Thanks! 😃
Thank you David and Toni for reacting this super classic Jaws directed by Steven Spielberg starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss and the iconic music score by John Williams. Hey Toni "You're gonna need a bigger boat"😱😱😱
Thank you! 😃
When the premiere took place here in Germany and the topic of the USS Indianapolis came up, you would have heard pins drop in the cinema. I think I forgot to breathe. Incidentally, the author of the novel, Peter Benchley, said in later interviews that if he had known about the consequences, would not have written the novel or written it completely differently. The sharks were then slaughtered by the tens of thousands. Including sharks whose species are completely harmless to humans. A large number (majority) of those who died on the Indianapolis did not die from shark attacks but from weakening, hypothermia, dehydration, Consumption of salt water and other factors.
That is so sad. Thank you for the insight. - Toni 🤓
Ridley Scott took a similar limited scene time approach in his 1979 "Alien" with Sigourney Weaver, which is more a suspense/horror/thriller in space than a sci-fi movie.
That's another one we need to introduce Toni to!
Oh I loved the look on your face when you knew it was about time for that head to appear in the hole in the boat!!!
I had always wanted to join the Navy while growing up. I was 15 when this movie came out, and saw it at the drive in with my brother. Thats how I found out about the USS Indianapolis! I read a book about it and even though I still enlisted, and did my 20 years, iI always had a phobia about falling overboard and getting eaten by sharks. Thanks a lot Spielberg!!!
Thank you for your service, sir.
Thank you for your service! I don't think I could have joined the Navy after seeing this! 😂
Toni - your intensity reminded me of when i first saw this movie in 1976? I was like what are doing going out in a boat, why are you so far from shore etc?? HaHa. Unlike normal scary movies with couple shock moments. The last half of Jaws was non-stop intensity!! Fun review.
Thank you!
Most shark attacks happen in three feet of water.
I think I'll just stay out of the water from now on. 😂
It’s awesome to see your wife’s reaction to this film. This is my favorite horror film as it has the right amount of suspense and scares while also having characters you like and root for. Everyone in this film did an amazing job and I’m glad you shared this with your wife. I’ve been fortunate enough to see this film on the big screen a few times and I’m really glad I did as the experience is amazing. Great reactions from both of you. Take care!
25:22 tears. 😢
toni is a treasure. 🥰
Thank you! 🥰
Considering this movie is almost as old as I am. It stands up very well. Certified Classic.
We were 3 when this came out and I have to say few movies from that era hold up well in the special effects department. This still looks great!
I personally think that, Deep Blue Sea is better than, Jaws
We've never seen that one. We might have to check it out! 🙂
Remarkably, Quint’s speech about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis is a historical fact. It really happened! His vivid description of the tragedy that resulted is one of the most epic monologues in cinematic history, and is the key to his character and his obsession with killing sharks. He smashed the radio not only because he wanted to secure the bounty and reward for killing the Great White, which is strictly a secondary consideration for him, but rather because he wanted revenge - or perhaps personal redemption - for his horrific experience, which he can only achieve by killing the man-eating shark himself.
My summer job in my High School junior year was usher at the Capitol theater in Clearwater, Florida while Jaws played. The theater was on the way to Clearwater Beach, and the manager had us put on the marquee "GOING TO THE BEACH? SEE JAWS FIRST." The chamber of commerce made him take it down. The local news rag (the Clearwater Sun, aka "the mullet wrapper") came out for a photo op. He climbed up the ladder and took down the first letter. Then he climbed down and said to me, "Okay, take it down." What a douche. I was a great job though. Saw the movie in whole or in part hundreds of times. It's still one of my favorites. People lined up all the way around the block to get in. I worked at the concession stand selling popcorn, candy and drinks to that hoard of people, and we had to add up orders and make change in our heads. The good old days.
Saw some great movies working there. Three Days of the Condor, The Missouri Breaks, Hindenburg, Midway (In Sensurround! When they put those subwoofers in there I thought the roof would come down) and Flesh Gordon for a midnight movie. The cops threatened to shut the place down with that.
Also the monster movie matinees, where some poor stooge would come out in costume during key scenes in the flick and get pelted with ju ju bees without mercy.
I can only imagine how cool this would have been to see in theaters!
Hahaha..
You and Toni are the perfectly married couple, like Jeff Foxworthy's routine where the husband gets a simple text saying "pray for Tim he was in a car accident". When the wife was told, she asks:
Were the kids with him? IDK
What hospital was he taken to? IDK
Was it his truck or the SUV? IDK
Was he wearing his seatbelt? IDK
Was Tim at fault? IDK
Toni must have asked a dozen questions! Your response...IDK
As in the movie theater when the head pops out of the hole in the boat, the audience all jumped about six inches.
Love ya'lls reactions!👍
Due to his war experience I think Quint suffered from survivors' dilemma and harbored a latent death wish. ANd why he took such risks.
Ohhhh - Toni 😟
your wife has the best reaction ever
The TV news reporter on the beach during the Fourth of July is the author of the book Jaws, Peter Benchley.
That is so cool!! I had to go rewatch that - Toni☺️
"You're gonna need a bigger needle." That's what I was thinking . . .
Right?!?! - Toni 😂
Bravo...now that's a reaction! - Toronto, Canada.
I was 7, saw this opening weekend. We had just put up an above ground pool. And I wouldn't go swimming in the pool alone. Back in the 70's this film passed the rating PG cause it was based on nature. And no shark would watch this movie and start attacking people. True Story. That's how Spielberh was able to get by on the rating of this film. Perhaps the best film ever made. The Shark not working forced Steven to think of another way. So the Barrells. When they showed up, the shark was there, and the music. Fantastic movie. For a great read, read THE JAWS LOG, or THE MAKING OF JAWS. Amazing books on day to day filming of the movie. Many film makers consider these books to be the bible. It was the first Summer Blockbuster. First time I went to a theatre and there being two lines, one for ticket purchaers and one for holders. And the manager would always walk down the line counting, and you would pray he passed you before lowering his hand and stating, "People from here on back, we are sorry but all tickets have been sold out for the evening."
Thanks! I don't know if either of us could have handled this at 7! I was afraid to go into the water just hearing about this movie when I was a kid. 🤣 -David
@@popculturallychallenged Seriously. We, my older siblings ere putting up a brand new above ground pool. And the Radio Commercial played constantly. That's what we had a lot of in those days, radio ads. While the pool was filling up. My older brother took me. And that was it. Scared of all kinds of water. Including the pool. From fear a helicopter might drop a shark when I wasn't looking. What an amazing experiece. No other movie I believe has truly scared more people. Friends have had favourite horror movie selections. But I always argue. Nightmare on Elm Street didn't make you afraid to fall asleep. Jaws made everyone fear the water. Its a perfect film. And if I didn't mention it. The Jaws Log, and the Making of Jaws, are amazing books to read. And many film makers since have felt they are like a bible of movie making. Treat yourself and read them.
It's probably been mentioned but one of my favorite facts about this movie was that the author of the novel (Peter Benchley) felt so bad about the subsequent shark fear that he started a foundation for shark conservation and research. Sharks are actually wonderful animals.
That was cool that they were able to include him. I agree, this movie impacted several generations opinions about sharks.
Fun fact that guy who played the newscaster what the microphone is actually. Peter benchley was the author of the book pause he did a cameo
Thanks for the info!
I watched it the first time when released in 1975. I went with my Mum and Dad as I was 8 years old at the time. I still love it now and have it on 4k disc.
That's so cool! This is an incredible movie! 😃
Jaws was the first movie I ever remember seeing in the theater as a kid, when I was 8-9 years old.
That must have been awesome to see in theaters!
Going to the beach is incredibly safe. Beaches frequented by sharks have lifeguards and even patrolling helicopters in some instances.
5 people died of unprovoked shark attacks in 2022 while 42795 died in auto accidents, so take a trip to a beach sometime and just enjoy the beauty if you don’t want to get in.
The story about the boat that got torpedoed and the survivors mostly died by shark attack is a true story, The boat was on a secret mission, so nobody was expecting it, and they sent out a rescue team far too late for most of them.
I've heard that before about the beaches being safe but then I hear this movie's theme music in my head at the beach and that safe thought goes out the window. 😂
7:11 -- BAM .. Nailed it.. The movie was filmed on Martha's Vineyard although the story and book takes place on Long Island.
Glad the “Mrs.” Enjoyed Jaws.. it’s an iconic film that scared us and the world in 1975.
Classic suspense. Thx
Thank you for watching with us. Looking forward to watching more movies with you. - Toni 🤓
I saw Jaws in the theater with a friend and his dad at the age of 9. My first thriller! Good times!
That's awesome! 😃