They filmed Jaws on the Martha's Vineyard Island in Massachusetts. I just came back from a vacation to Boston last week, including a day tour out to the Martha's Vineyard Island. The tour included a bus tour where the driver has lived on the island his whole life. The driver was 7 when they filmed the movie on the island, and he was one of the misc. public on the beach as an extra. Just about everyone who lived on the island participated as extras during the summer of filming. The driver said one of the boys who where under the fake shark fin is now the chief of police on the island. I saw the beach where all the public were, and the bridge that chief Brody jumped over the edge to get to his son. Due to rising ocean levels the current width of the beach is much smaller, currently only about 12' vs back during the filming were it looked like 50' or more. The island has 3 small towns (Tisbury, Oak Bluff & Edgartown), and an Indian Reservation (Aquinnah). The public beach & wood bridge scenes where filmed east of Oak Bluff, and the harbor & town scenes, where there is the small ferry where the mayor tells Brody he can't close the beaches, is in Edgartown. Chief Brody's house was a 265 E. Chop Drive, at the north end of Oak Bluff, but the house was demolished at some point and is just an empty lot now. But, you can recognize the neighbor's house & the dock where his son was sitting in the birthday gift boat, which are still there. It was fun to see the town of Edgartown which has a lot of white picket fences throughout (which survived the karate students karate chopping them, lol). I'm old enough to have seen Jaws in the theater in 1975 (I think it was the first scary movie I had seen up to that point?) When the head pops out through the hole in the boat, the whole theater jumped and a lot of people screamed very loudly, making the scene that much more intense & scary. I can tell you a lot of people saw that movie that summer, and it definitely did effect the general public's fear of swimming in almost any type of body of water for many years after. Thank you for your reaction. Good luck with your channel.
Robert Shaw (Quint) rewrote his monologue from the original in the script. And it's an excellent example of memory filtered though PTSD. In reality, the sharks did NOT claim 800 sailors... in fact there were some groups that never saw a shark at all. The crew complement was a bit over 1100 crew. When the ship sank, about a quarter of the men went down with it (fires, drowning, trapped). Of the 800+ that survived the sinking, about 500 died, mostly from sun and saltwater exposure, infected injuries, and dehydration. The 800 initial survivors were in several separated clusters, manynof them hidden from each other in the waves. Sharks really only claimed 200-300, which is a LOT, but not the 800 Quint claimed. But if you were unlucky enough to be in one of the groups that sharks harrassed, then it'd be easy to assume that was the case all around, and no one really knew then who all didnt make it off the ship, and even after getting the facts sorted later, the PTSD of the experience wouldnt allow you to remember it any other way than "dont know how many sharks, maybe a thousand!" Quint's monlogue was a very human monologue. Most movie and book monologues its like "thats NOT how people talk or tell stories". Quint's monologue was fantastic. It also gives a lot of insight into Quint's motivation. That experience scarred him. Which is why he makes a living killing the sharks... like revenge for his shipmates and himself. 2 "parts conquer your fears" and 1 part Moby Dick. Also explains why he smashed the radio. He was ABSOLUTELY 💯 committed, as he probably has been since June 29, 1945. He has a death wish, and he's not about to radio for help. Its either the shark, or him.
Quint didnt say Hooper has "silly" hands. He said "city hands". Soft hands. Rich person hands (Hooper did say his boat and equipment he bought himself and implied a wealthy family line). "You've been counting money all your life." City hands, as opposed to the calloused hands of someone who works for a living.
Thank you for posting this! I worked at a hospital in the Chicago area. I had the pleasure of meeting two of the Indy Survivors and becoming their friends. Over the years, I went VFW's and American Legion's where they would speak with some other survivors from the mid-west. Besides, serving on the same ship together they all seem to have many of same triggers for PTSD. One was they could not sleep on water beds It would put them right back into the ocean In their minds and bring about horrific dreams. and if would smell like a oil water mixture. Both of the survivors that I knew have since passed on. I believe that one survivor remains as of today. The crazy thing many of those men suffered from dementia and Alzheimer's, But those memories are forever burnt in the minds. One story I heard from one of the survivors was, He tried not to talk about the tragedy did not want it brought up. I guess one day he was having a tough time at work came home and wanted a warm bath. He dozed off int the tub and awakened to his skin pruning from being in the water too long . He saw his hands and lost it and it caused hallucinations. All this because back in 1945 when they were rescued, their skin was so wrinkled and pruned and being in salt water ,when pulled into rescue boat their skin would tear. The two survivors that I knew passed away in 2009 not far apart as I remember. My late father Passed in 2020 and is at rest in a military cemetery not too far from one of my USS Indianapolis friends. It was strange because my dad was put to rest during covid we could not pick a spot. When I visit dad I also visit my friend in the same section of the cemetery.
"Jaws" is the sum of its parts. Fantastic acting. Shakespearean actor, Robert Shaw, delivered one of the greatest monologues in film history. Nice reaction.
My big brother wouldn't go into the lake after seeing this movie! It was so funny. We were kids when this movie released, & although he was about 12 yrs. old, he was well on his way to his 6'2" stature. Much bigger than his peers. I still remember seeing him sitting on the shore of the lake w/ his life preserver on, (while other kids much smaller than him played ball, etc., in the lake)! All the while, he was responding to every prompt to go into the water with, "Jaws is in there"! It still cracks me up, to this day. He never would swim anywhere, other than a pool, after Jaws! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This movie single-handed ruined swimming in the ocean for MANY people... I was raised or lived within 5 miles of the Atlantic...after the movie..I only go in closed lake systems or pools..smh...I had nightmares for months !... 🌿🌿🌿
Forced the director and producers to improvise. The result was some great movie making. You didn't have to see the shark to grasp the suspense and terror. This is a lost art now a days.
JAWS Was the first giant shark movie. Up until this movie people were used to seeing sharks on t.v shows like Flipper or Sea Hunt or in James Bond 'Thunderball" or in a seaquarium where sharks are never that big so movie goers were surprised that A Great White shark could really grow to 20' in length. It effectivly turned a shark into the monster.
Glad you enjoyed this Spielberg/John Williams masterpiece. I was a little scared to go into the water (ocean or pool) for some time after seeing it. It’s so much fun watching it with a new audience when you see the movie again. Other Spielberg/Willams masterpieces to see: Indiana Jones movies of the 20th century, E.T, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Minority Report, and Lincoln
Quints experience on the USS Indianapolis gives you a lot of insight into the quint character. It explains why he hunts sharks for a living, why he broke the radio and didn't want any outside help. This shark was Quint's "white whale". He became obsessed with conquering and killing this shark himself no matter what.
Even if he wasn't drunk, nothing he could have done to help her anyway. And the scene that never made sense to me was the dead little boy's mother seemingly coming from his funeral. In a small town one would imagine that much of the townspeople AND the law officials would have attended the services as well.
They may have held a private service, not wanting any others to attend. She may also just be wearing black in mourning. Its just a device to tell the audience abour her state of mind
Before Jaws came out, studios didn't release movies in the summertime because "people don't go to the movies in the summer". Jaws is the first summer blockbuster!
I fish the beaches at night all the time, I stand in the water up to my chest and fish. I've been startled so many times I stopped counting. I was surrounded by a bait ball one evening with the bait jumping in the air all around me, I couldn't get out of the water fast enough. Lol I saw this movie opening night. 1975. Then almost every night for two weeks. Great movie!
I love this film. The story is great, the acting is great and the score and the shark. Xx I love watching first time reactions. That music is still scary. 😊
I have 2 different books about how this movie was made. When you said she was being rag dolled you were correct. But it was two guys on the bottom that had her in a harness and they just pulled her back and forth. Very cool.
Couple of things here...Brody's line "You're going to need a bigger boat" was ad libbed by Roy Scheider. Also to get the illusion of the 1st girl getting attacked is they made tear away shorts that have two ropes tied in them...two guys held a rope each & then take turns running in opposite directions on the beach hence her back & forth movement & the shorts were tear away in case she became scared & needed to release herself...it's all in a documentary about the making of JAWS...
This is my favorite movie. My parents took my older brothers to see it and drug me along. I was 5 and hooked. Lol. I did sleep with them that night but after that night I was fascinated by sharks. ❤✌
This came out when I was in my training school for the Army, in Massachusetts, Summer of '75. This was all they talked about. I didn't go. Then one weekend a bunch of the guys wanted to go out to Cape Cod to the beaches. I was like, yeah, no, count me out. Wasn't a hardship, I hate sand. I don't think I saw this movie until the 1990s. The reason he broke the radio was he would have lost the money if someone helped, like the Coast Guard. The $10,000 they signed off on is around $50,000 today. Money drives everything.
45:51 Notice the continuity.... the 3rd (well, 5th?) barrel knocked Brody's glasses off his face.... which is why he keeps missing his shot with the rifle later.
Also you would think that special effects and practical effects would increasingly get better from the first one to the fourth one... It did not get better it got worse somehow
I still don't like going in the ocean to this day. I was 13 going on 14 when this came out and next year this movie will be 50 years old. Nothing and no one was safe from dying in movies back then. 😂
Great reaction ❤ People always ask why he has two phones. One is for the house the other police business. The dog Pippet didn’t get eaten, when Brody is running across the bridge to the pond area you can see the guy and Pippet in the background. Roy Schieder is back in Jaws 2, well worth a reaction. Always would love to see a reaction to Stakeout 1987. Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez, action/comedy includes a Jaws reference 😊
@darrenwatkins7896 I am sure we are to believe the dog "Pippet" was eaten. Why else would they show the piece of wood just floating in the water and no sign of the dog as his owner is calling for him? It was one more "shark attack" that didn't require us seeing the actual shark. If that IS the same guy and dog on the pier most wouldn't notice as the scene was so quick and they were pretty far away. Kudos to you noticing that. I have seen this movie upwards of 50 times and never caught that mistake.
Liked for her being a fan of coffee ice cream. LOL Oh...and Quint accused Hooper of having "city hands"...meaning that he was a city dweller and thus had never done any really hard work in his life...and that was even without knowing just how wealthy Hooper was. Also, when Quint talked about the shark's weight, he said tons...and a ton is 2000 pounds...assuming he was using US tons (short tons)...so he was guessing that the shark weighed six thousand pounds.😮
This movie has a couple of tropes that have been made homage too in other movies. Two clear examples are when Quint and Hoooer are comparing scars. Lethal Weapon three does it between Riggs and Lorna. And when Quint gets dragged under, Tremors does a similar thing. Two movies you guys should watch, one with Roy Scheider in Marathon Man which also stars Dustin Hoffman. And one with Richard Dreyfus in Stakeout. It has a line adlibbed from this movie. Fun movie and would be cool to see if either of you catch it. I’m betting no. Would love to see you prove me wrong.
Roy Scheider is the main character which is why he's on the boat lol....plus I believe he wanted to get over his fear of the water and was guilty over the kitner kid. Brody mentioning they need a bigger boat foreshadowed the boat and quint Demise
Lol😂 I saw this when it came out at the Theater. I was young, live in Florida and have gone too the beach and have a shark swim right through my legs. Love this movie! 🎃 Halloween is my favorite.
The reporter on the beach is the author of the book. Robert Shaw reduced the USS Indianapolis dialogue down from 10 pages to what you just saw. He delivered it word perfect, hung over, in one take. If a commander had not noticed the Indianapolis was not in berth, they may never have been found.
The barrels are light. They're empty and sealed, full of air. They're supposed to be flotation devices that will stop the fish from being able to submerge. Living in air, we think of the strength it takes to pull a heavy load that wants to drag us down to the ground, but in water, it takes all your strength to pull a light load that wants to drag you up to the surface.
3 tons is 6000 pounds. Robert Shaw did the monologue twice on two different days. Once drunk and then again sober. When it was cut together no one could tell which was from which.
After this movie came out, nobody went to the beaches, I mean into the water. LOL. Seriously though, I believe the tourist industry at the seashore went down for a year or two.
1. Jaws was the first "Summer Blockbuster". 2. Boy Scouts don't need to do the mile swim to get their merit badge. It's an accomplishment all its own. 3. Lee Fierro/Mrs. Kentner actually slapped Roy Scheider. It took 17 takes. Once was so hard it knocked his glasses off. 4. The jump scare at Ben Gardner's boat was put in on purpose by Spielberg because they were having problems with the shark "Bruce" and his appearance was delayed, and the movie needed something earlier. Works every time.🤣🤣 5. IRL Dreyfuss and Shaw didn't get along, so Spielberg used the animosity to fuel their feud onscreen. 6. The boy that said, "He made me do it' is now the Police Chief of the town where this movie was filmed. 7. Hooper was wrong. The fish that hit the line was "our fish". 8. To me the best scene framing work was the pullback to the vandalized Welcome sign. 9. Movie magic: An animal that large couldn't hit the side of the boat as rapidly as it did UNDER WATER. 10. I suspect Quint's story about the Indy gave him PTSD flashbacks and contributed to his behavior after he told the Indianapolis story. It' personal. 11. I was in the Navy, and we were instructed to go for the eyes when confronting a shark. 12. Aside from the pool used in the Ben Gardner boat scenes, all of the shipboard scenes were filmed entirely at sea, 13. In the book not only does Hooper die, but he was also having an affair with Mrs. Brody. 14. JAWS II is the only other one worth watching. It revolves around the Brody kids and their friends. Including the mayor's son. 15 The third one was so bad that Scheider read the script and said NO. Note: Three tons = 6,000lbs not 3,000lbs.The more you know.🧐🧐
For sure. But I think it was also his "Captain Ahab moment". He wanted to kill the shark by himself to get revenge for the victims of the USS Indianapolis.
@@Markusewitz That was probably part of his motivation as well. He certainly killed enough Sharks. I was working off his introduction to the town council. Making it clear the payment was too him alone, not wanting anyone else involved to share the bounty.
Nothing to do with the money, it was a pure vendetta against the shark, he wanted to kill it and take some further semblance of revenge against sharks, it was final boss time, and he wanted no assistance
FrozenSurf. But he did want the money. Made a point of it. Set his price. He could have gone after it on his own at any time if he was that obsessed with it. He wanted to get paid in full, and did not want to share it with anyone else. Like he said he valued his neck. Wasn't going to put it on the line unless his price was met. No money, no hunt. He may have had a vendetta against sharks, but he wasn't stupid or crazy obsessed with revenge enough to not want to get paid.
I saw this movie when it first came out, and read that Spielberg was 27 yers old. I remember thinking that if this Spielberg guy can do this at 27, what will he do at 37, or 47, or 57?
I Love the way Quint looks at the room of spectators as he says, "...ladies and gentlemen." haha! Its as if he's saying to himself, "Ok, lets see what these idiots decide to do!"
Glad you guys finally made the connection between his experience on the Indianaoplis and his own death. It also explains his bashing the radio and his obsession with sharks in general as well as his obsession to catch and kill this shark specifically.
$10,000 in 1975 = $59,000 in 2024. So, it was a lot of cash. Yeah, do not waste your time on the sequels! I enjoyed watching you both react to this great movie, thank you. I have a movie suggestion for you. Please react to the John Wayne movie, The Cowboys. Thanks again
I'm going to let you know it's up to you. You can watch jaws 2. Jaws 3 is 3d, and there is jaws the revenge. Just going to say for all 4, it's family vs family
Why is the chief on the boat? My opinion is that he feels guilty enough about the kid dying that he forces himself to go. He's looking for redemption. Even though he has a phobia regarding the water, he goes out there. I think that's also why the chief is the one who personally kills the shark, it completes his character's story.
Great Reaction Guys Jaws made a Cultural impact First Summerblockbuster Hit back in 1975 And Guys Highly Recommended Movies for more scares Highly Suggest Checkout John Carpenter s The Thing from 1982 , Alien 1979 and Aliens 1986 All Masterpieces Classic Movies Like Jaws Amazing
Come live here in Rhode Island, there's plenty of beaches, we would be glad to welcome a nice couple like yourselves to our state. But, if you decide to open a fried clam stand to earn a living expect yourselves to want the beaches open too. Lol. It's a tough choice.
Be forewarned, the sequels kind of suck. But the original is a true classic. I was 13 when this movie came out (I'm 62 now) and I saw it 5 times in the theater that summer/fall (not cable or dad's or eve version back then). It inspired.me to want to be a marine biologist (like Hooper). Sadly, i never realized that dream, but i remain fascinated by sharks. Fortunately, great whites don't actually behave like this in real life and actually don't like the taste of humans. Unfortunately, they may bite out of curiosity and cause the human to bleed to death.
Don't let people down Jaws 2...of course not as good as the original but still very good... part 3 ummm... It's pretty much a joke if you want a good laugh... Go ahead and watch that one too...part 4 storyline is absolutely ridiculous and not believable...it destroyed the movie
FYI ... Adjusted for inflation, $10,000 in 1975 is equal to $59,103 in 2024. Also, a person can quickly die from shock. Of course, no great white sharks or ANY sharks for that matter would behave in this way. However, back in 1975, the public knew very very little about sharks and their behavior. There was no Discovery channel, NatGeo or "Shark Week" until many years later. Even the novelist, Peter Benchley, who wrote "JAWS"and the director Steven Spielberg regretted the negative impact the film had on shark populations and the perpetuation of shark stereotypes. Interestingly, Benchley became an advocate for marine conservation and shark protection.
Hi guys I just discovered you I really enjoy your sight what do we called I'm old so I don't know what it's called I'm also talking my text here so if it gets some things wrong please forgive me Jaws is actually my all-time favorite movie and please don't take it wrong but it is also my comfort movie I'll explain why I spent my life on the ocean with my daddy he was a fisherman he was a scuba diver he built all of our boats my first sailboat and I'll send a photo of my father and myself in the wetsuit City actually made for us so now that my daddy is on vacation he passed my memories of him are beautiful and just watching Jaws reminds me of my dad anyway I am Tamara I am now on hospice and so TVs very important to me and and watching you brought a lot of entertainment I really enjoyed your aspect on Jaws I do want to share a little bit with you the first shark that the first shark that got killed of course as you'll find out was not Jaws but unfortunately it was a real shark so it makes me quite sad I do love sharks I love all living things I'm a vegan now but the movie Jaws did give a lot of sharks a bad rap and the maker of the movie felt quite bad because people were out killing sharks like crazy when they didn't need to be killed they're a big part of our ecosystem is there a living thing just like we are play deserve respect as of course their living space is being polluted constantly but if we all gather together and try hard to take care of our world hopefully we'll make it a better place for our children I am a mother a grandmother and now a great-grandmother I do appreciate again your site is that what I would call it I'm sorry I don't know but thank you so very much it was very nice to watch I'm going to watch more of your your watching TV shows and movies for the first time I appreciate it my name is Tamara I wish you all peace and love and joy and as much happiness as you can handle
Brody and Hooper were constantly questioning and disobeying their Captain's order. Forcing Quint to do things he normally wouldn't do. Like destroying the radio. Truth is, it was the mutinous arrogance of Brody & Hooper, that got Quint killed. Note. Brody wouldn't even pump the water out of the boat. And was even against the idea of using the cage. And finally, that coward Brody wouldn't even attempt to save Quint by attacking Jaws. Which is what any woman would have done. So yeah, Brody got Quint killed, because of his cowardice. Which is why he took the job on Amity Island in the first place. Coward!
I personally don't think the Mayor made a good point when he said he didn't want to see the kid spill all over the dock. One, that's a presumption. They don't know, definitively, if that was THE shark that killed the boy. That's the whole point of an autopsy; to have a definitive answer. If he doesn't like the idea of human remains spilling out of the shark from an autopsy, then tough sh**. That's the nature of the procedure. And two, the Mayor already lost credibility, & respect, when he coerced a medical doctor to retract his initial report of the cause of death from being a shark attack, to being a supposed "boating accident." All for the sake of making "summer dollars." As you can tell, I really do NOT like the Mayor lol
You are the first reactors I've ever seen who actually knew about the USS Indianapolis.Well done.
Most people are lost in another world.
Quint's tale of the Indianapolis was told impeccably. This is a helluva classic movie.
Best part ever
They filmed Jaws on the Martha's Vineyard Island in Massachusetts. I just came back from a vacation to Boston last week, including a day tour out to the Martha's Vineyard Island. The tour included a bus tour where the driver has lived on the island his whole life. The driver was 7 when they filmed the movie on the island, and he was one of the misc. public on the beach as an extra. Just about everyone who lived on the island participated as extras during the summer of filming. The driver said one of the boys who where under the fake shark fin is now the chief of police on the island. I saw the beach where all the public were, and the bridge that chief Brody jumped over the edge to get to his son. Due to rising ocean levels the current width of the beach is much smaller, currently only about 12' vs back during the filming were it looked like 50' or more. The island has 3 small towns (Tisbury, Oak Bluff & Edgartown), and an Indian Reservation (Aquinnah). The public beach & wood bridge scenes where filmed east of Oak Bluff, and the harbor & town scenes, where there is the small ferry where the mayor tells Brody he can't close the beaches, is in Edgartown. Chief Brody's house was a 265 E. Chop Drive, at the north end of Oak Bluff, but the house was demolished at some point and is just an empty lot now. But, you can recognize the neighbor's house & the dock where his son was sitting in the birthday gift boat, which are still there. It was fun to see the town of Edgartown which has a lot of white picket fences throughout (which survived the karate students karate chopping them, lol). I'm old enough to have seen Jaws in the theater in 1975 (I think it was the first scary movie I had seen up to that point?) When the head pops out through the hole in the boat, the whole theater jumped and a lot of people screamed very loudly, making the scene that much more intense & scary. I can tell you a lot of people saw that movie that summer, and it definitely did effect the general public's fear of swimming in almost any type of body of water for many years after. Thank you for your reaction. Good luck with your channel.
Robert Shaw (Quint) rewrote his monologue from the original in the script. And it's an excellent example of memory filtered though PTSD.
In reality, the sharks did NOT claim 800 sailors... in fact there were some groups that never saw a shark at all.
The crew complement was a bit over 1100 crew. When the ship sank, about a quarter of the men went down with it (fires, drowning, trapped). Of the 800+ that survived the sinking, about 500 died, mostly from sun and saltwater exposure, infected injuries, and dehydration. The 800 initial survivors were in several separated clusters, manynof them hidden from each other in the waves.
Sharks really only claimed 200-300, which is a LOT, but not the 800 Quint claimed.
But if you were unlucky enough to be in one of the groups that sharks harrassed, then it'd be easy to assume that was the case all around, and no one really knew then who all didnt make it off the ship, and even after getting the facts sorted later, the PTSD of the experience wouldnt allow you to remember it any other way than "dont know how many sharks, maybe a thousand!"
Quint's monlogue was a very human monologue. Most movie and book monologues its like "thats NOT how people talk or tell stories".
Quint's monologue was fantastic.
It also gives a lot of insight into Quint's motivation. That experience scarred him. Which is why he makes a living killing the sharks... like revenge for his shipmates and himself. 2 "parts conquer your fears" and 1 part Moby Dick. Also explains why he smashed the radio. He was ABSOLUTELY 💯 committed, as he probably has been since June 29, 1945. He has a death wish, and he's not about to radio for help.
Its either the shark, or him.
Seen Jaws in theaters as a child.. a CLASSIC.
A great adventure film. Nothing like it hit the screens prior. It’s a masterpiece. Thx
I haven't seen Jaws in quite a while, still really holds up. Great fun watching this reaction.
Quint didnt say Hooper has "silly" hands. He said "city hands". Soft hands. Rich person hands (Hooper did say his boat and equipment he bought himself and implied a wealthy family line). "You've been counting money all your life."
City hands, as opposed to the calloused hands of someone who works for a living.
Thank you for posting this! I worked at a hospital in the Chicago area. I had the pleasure of meeting two of the Indy Survivors and becoming their friends. Over the years, I went VFW's and American Legion's where they would speak with some other survivors from the mid-west. Besides, serving on the same ship together they all seem to have many of same triggers for PTSD.
One was they could not sleep on water beds It would put them right back into the ocean In their minds and bring about horrific dreams. and if would smell like a oil water mixture. Both of the survivors that I knew have since passed on. I believe that one survivor remains as of today. The crazy thing many of those men suffered from dementia and Alzheimer's, But those memories are forever burnt in the minds.
One story I heard from one of the survivors was, He tried not to talk about the tragedy did not want it brought up. I guess one day he was having a tough time at work came home and wanted a warm bath. He dozed off int the tub and awakened to his skin pruning from being in the water too long . He saw his hands and lost it and it caused hallucinations. All this because back in 1945 when they were rescued, their skin was so wrinkled and pruned and being in salt water ,when pulled into rescue boat their skin would tear. The two survivors that I knew passed away in 2009 not far apart as I remember. My late father Passed in 2020 and is at rest in a military cemetery not too far from one of my USS Indianapolis friends. It was strange because my dad was put to rest during covid we could not pick a spot. When I visit dad I also visit my friend in the same section of the cemetery.
Quint was a little obsessed. Thoughts of Moby Dick come to mind.
yes, it was personal, I think he was getting tired of Brody wanting to quit and that's why he smashed the radio.
He also died in a simmilar way to Captain Ahab which Spielberg even pointed out in a behind the scenes documentary.
He also had PTSD and survivor's guilt. He never dealt with what happened to him.
"It's three thousand pounds, right?"
Three tons = six thousand pounds.
"Jaws" is the sum of its parts. Fantastic acting. Shakespearean actor, Robert Shaw, delivered one of the greatest monologues in film history. Nice reaction.
Love Robert Shaw
Ben Garnder’s head claims two more victims. 😂
Best jump-scare in movie history.
My big brother wouldn't go into the lake after seeing this movie! It was so funny. We were kids when this movie released, & although he was about 12 yrs. old, he was well on his way to his 6'2" stature. Much bigger than his peers.
I still remember seeing him sitting on the shore of the lake w/ his life preserver on, (while other kids much smaller than him played ball, etc., in the lake)! All the while, he was responding to every prompt to go into the water with, "Jaws is in there"!
It still cracks me up, to this day. He never would swim anywhere, other than a pool, after Jaws!
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This movie single-handed ruined swimming in the ocean for MANY people...
I was raised or lived within 5 miles of the Atlantic...after the movie..I only go in closed lake systems or pools..smh...I had nightmares for months !...
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The malfunctioning shark was the best thing that happened for the movie. 😊
Forced the director and producers to improvise. The result was some great movie making.
You didn't have to see the shark to grasp the suspense and terror.
This is a lost art now a days.
Actuall it was Verna Fields, the editor. She really saved Jaws and won an oscar for it.
JAWS Was the first giant shark movie. Up until this movie people were used to seeing sharks on t.v shows like Flipper or Sea Hunt or in James Bond 'Thunderball" or in a seaquarium where sharks are never that big so movie goers were surprised that A Great White shark could really grow to 20' in length. It effectivly turned a shark into the monster.
Glad you enjoyed this Spielberg/John Williams masterpiece. I was a little scared to go into the water (ocean or pool) for some time after seeing it. It’s so much fun watching it with a new audience when you see the movie again.
Other Spielberg/Willams masterpieces to see: Indiana Jones movies of the 20th century, E.T, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Minority Report, and Lincoln
Saw this in a packed theater when it came out. Great.
Was everybody surprised to meet Ben Gardner?
Quints experience on the USS Indianapolis gives you a lot of insight into the quint character. It explains why he hunts sharks for a living, why he broke the radio and didn't want any outside help. This shark was Quint's "white whale". He became obsessed with conquering and killing this shark himself no matter what.
Even if he wasn't drunk, nothing he could have done to help her anyway. And the scene that never made sense to me was the dead little boy's mother seemingly coming from his funeral. In a small town one would imagine that much of the townspeople AND the law officials would have attended the services as well.
They may have held a private service, not wanting any others to attend. She may also just be wearing black in mourning.
Its just a device to tell the audience abour her state of mind
No matter how many times I've seen this fantastic movie through the years, it's still incredibly entertaining 😍🥤🍿😁
As a 47 year old cinefile, Jaws is still my favorite movie of all time.
Never a dull moment!
Before Jaws came out, studios didn't release movies in the summertime because "people don't go to the movies in the summer".
Jaws is the first summer blockbuster!
I fish the beaches at night all the time, I stand in the water up to my chest and fish. I've been startled so many times I stopped counting. I was surrounded by a bait ball one evening with the bait jumping in the air all around me, I couldn't get out of the water fast enough. Lol I saw this movie opening night. 1975. Then almost every night for two weeks. Great movie!
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I love this film. The story is great, the acting is great and the score and the shark. Xx I love watching first time reactions. That music is still scary. 😊
I have 2 different books about how this movie was made. When you said she was being rag dolled you were correct. But it was two guys on the bottom that had her in a harness and they just pulled her back and forth. Very cool.
I was 11 when this came out I was terrified to even swim in a pool!!!!!😅 Classic movie 🎬 for sure!
Watching this again was awesome
Congratulations. You're the first reactors to realize he wanted coffee ice cream, not coffee.
Agreed. All the others are so stupid that they say "why would a kid get coffee?"
Couple of things here...Brody's line "You're going to need a bigger boat" was ad libbed by Roy Scheider. Also to get the illusion of the 1st girl getting attacked is they made tear away shorts that have two ropes tied in them...two guys held a rope each & then take turns running in opposite directions on the beach hence her back & forth movement & the shorts were tear away in case she became scared & needed to release herself...it's all in a documentary about the making of JAWS...
This is my favorite movie. My parents took my older brothers to see it and drug me along. I was 5 and hooked. Lol. I did sleep with them that night but after that night I was fascinated by sharks. ❤✌
the scene were there showing each other there wounds they were not acting drunk they were drunk they thought it would come over better 😊
My favorite movie I have seen all of them
This came out when I was in my training school for the Army, in Massachusetts, Summer of '75. This was all they talked about. I didn't go. Then one weekend a bunch of the guys wanted to go out to Cape Cod to the beaches. I was like, yeah, no, count me out. Wasn't a hardship, I hate sand. I don't think I saw this movie until the 1990s. The reason he broke the radio was he would have lost the money if someone helped, like the Coast Guard. The $10,000 they signed off on is around $50,000 today. Money drives everything.
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Notice the continuity.... the 3rd (well, 5th?) barrel knocked Brody's glasses off his face.... which is why he keeps missing his shot with the rifle later.
This was the first movie I ever seen in a theater...I was 10..my Mom kept covering my face everytime that music started😂
The music made the movie. You rarely saw the shark so added suspense!
Congratulations. You are the first reactors I have ever seen that knew what the USS Indianapolis was. And I've seen a lot of reactions to this movie😊
I saw this at the drive in when I was 8. It was awesome!!!
Also you would think that special effects and practical effects would increasingly get better from the first one to the fourth one... It did not get better it got worse somehow
U guys keep watching banger after banger! Loving your reaction as always!!
I still don't like going in the ocean to this day. I was 13 going on 14 when this came out and next year this movie will be 50 years old.
Nothing and no one was safe from dying in movies back then. 😂
One of my favorite movies.
Im a Gen'Xer. Love this nostalgia!
The modern Jaws is the movie, Open Water - based on a true story.
Its pretty scary too...because of that.
Great reaction ❤
People always ask why he has two phones. One is for the house the other police business.
The dog Pippet didn’t get eaten, when Brody is running across the bridge to the pond area you can see the guy and Pippet in the background.
Roy Schieder is back in Jaws 2, well worth a reaction.
Always would love to see a reaction to Stakeout 1987. Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez, action/comedy includes a Jaws reference 😊
@darrenwatkins7896 I am sure we are to believe the dog "Pippet" was eaten. Why else would they show the piece of wood just floating in the water and no sign of the dog as his owner is calling for him? It was one more "shark attack" that didn't require us seeing the actual shark.
If that IS the same guy and dog on the pier most wouldn't notice as the scene was so quick and they were pretty far away. Kudos to you noticing that. I have seen this movie upwards of 50 times and never caught that mistake.
Liked for her being a fan of coffee ice cream. LOL
Oh...and Quint accused Hooper of having "city hands"...meaning that he was a city dweller and thus had never done any really hard work in his life...and that was even without knowing just how wealthy Hooper was.
Also, when Quint talked about the shark's weight, he said tons...and a ton is 2000 pounds...assuming he was using US tons (short tons)...so he was guessing that the shark weighed six thousand pounds.😮
Enjoyed your reaction!
This movie has a couple of tropes that have been made homage too in other movies. Two clear examples are when Quint and Hoooer are comparing scars. Lethal Weapon three does it between Riggs and Lorna. And when Quint gets dragged under, Tremors does a similar thing. Two movies you guys should watch, one with Roy Scheider in Marathon Man which also stars Dustin Hoffman. And one with Richard Dreyfus in Stakeout. It has a line adlibbed from this movie. Fun movie and would be cool to see if either of you catch it. I’m betting no. Would love to see you prove me wrong.
Great job you guys!!!!
Roy Scheider is the main character which is why he's on the boat lol....plus I believe he wanted to get over his fear of the water and was guilty over the kitner kid. Brody mentioning they need a bigger boat foreshadowed the boat and quint Demise
Lol😂 I saw this when it came out at the Theater. I was young, live in Florida and have gone too the beach and have a shark swim right through my legs. Love this movie! 🎃 Halloween is my favorite.
The reporter on the beach is the author of the book. Robert Shaw reduced the USS Indianapolis dialogue down from 10 pages to what you just saw. He delivered it word perfect, hung over, in one take. If a commander had not noticed the Indianapolis was not in berth, they may never have been found.
My mother would not get me a pool. She took me to see Jaws. The next day I got a 3 to six foot pool!
The barrels are light. They're empty and sealed, full of air. They're supposed to be flotation devices that will stop the fish from being able to submerge. Living in air, we think of the strength it takes to pull a heavy load that wants to drag us down to the ground, but in water, it takes all your strength to pull a light load that wants to drag you up to the surface.
I'm really enjoying this channel!!
3 tons is 6000 pounds. Robert Shaw did the monologue twice on two different days. Once drunk and then again sober. When it was cut together no one could tell which was from which.
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There was a cartoon on called Jabber Jaw at the time, it got backlash from kids over this movie
After this movie came out, nobody went to the beaches, I mean into the water. LOL. Seriously though, I believe the tourist industry at the seashore went down for a year or two.
1. Jaws was the first "Summer Blockbuster".
2. Boy Scouts don't need to do the mile swim to get their merit badge. It's an accomplishment all its own.
3. Lee Fierro/Mrs. Kentner actually slapped Roy Scheider. It took 17 takes. Once was so hard it knocked his glasses off.
4. The jump scare at Ben Gardner's boat was put in on purpose by Spielberg because they were having problems with the shark "Bruce" and his appearance was delayed, and the movie needed something earlier. Works every time.🤣🤣
5. IRL Dreyfuss and Shaw didn't get along, so Spielberg used the animosity to fuel their feud onscreen.
6. The boy that said, "He made me do it' is now the Police Chief of the town where this movie was filmed.
7. Hooper was wrong. The fish that hit the line was "our fish".
8. To me the best scene framing work was the pullback to the vandalized Welcome sign.
9. Movie magic: An animal that large couldn't hit the side of the boat as rapidly as it did UNDER WATER.
10. I suspect Quint's story about the Indy gave him PTSD flashbacks and contributed to his behavior after he told the Indianapolis story. It' personal.
11. I was in the Navy, and we were instructed to go for the eyes when confronting a shark.
12. Aside from the pool used in the Ben Gardner boat scenes, all of the shipboard scenes were filmed entirely at sea,
13. In the book not only does Hooper die, but he was also having an affair with Mrs. Brody.
14. JAWS II is the only other one worth watching. It revolves around the Brody kids and their friends. Including the mayor's son.
15 The third one was so bad that Scheider read the script and said NO.
Note: Three tons = 6,000lbs not 3,000lbs.The more you know.🧐🧐
I like all of the Jaws franchise
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Quint smashed the radio because he wanted 100% of the reward and credit. Didn't want anyone else involved.
yes and stubborn
For sure. But I think it was also his "Captain Ahab moment". He wanted to kill the shark by himself to get revenge for the victims of the USS Indianapolis.
@@Markusewitz That was probably part of his motivation as well. He certainly killed enough Sharks.
I was working off his introduction to the town council. Making it clear the payment was too him alone, not wanting anyone else involved to share the bounty.
Nothing to do with the money, it was a pure vendetta against the shark, he wanted to kill it and take some further semblance of revenge against sharks, it was final boss time, and he wanted no assistance
FrozenSurf. But he did want the money. Made a point of it. Set his price.
He could have gone after it on his own at any time if he was that obsessed with it.
He wanted to get paid in full, and did not want to share it with anyone else.
Like he said he valued his neck. Wasn't going to put it on the line unless his price was met.
No money, no hunt.
He may have had a vendetta against sharks, but he wasn't stupid or crazy obsessed with revenge enough to not want to get paid.
Territoriality and the stats for shark attacks are still true with little variance even 50yrs later.
No, 3 tons is SIX thousand pounds.
Jaws 2 is warth it but 3 in not
I saw this movie when it first came out, and read that Spielberg was 27 yers old. I remember thinking that if this Spielberg guy can do this at 27, what will he do at 37, or 47, or 57?
was that JAWS? what ya been watching for the past hour???? lol 🙈🙈🤣🤣🤣
I Love the way Quint looks at the room of spectators as he says, "...ladies and gentlemen." haha! Its as if he's saying to himself, "Ok, lets see what these idiots decide to do!"
"Was that Jaws"??? No, its your fairy godmother. Christ... Someone get this guy a dunce cap. WHO ELSE IS IT GONNA BE???
Glad you guys finally made the connection between his experience on the Indianaoplis and his own death. It also explains his bashing the radio and his obsession with sharks in general as well as his obsession to catch and kill this shark specifically.
A classic movie loving it❤
$10,000 in 1975 = $59,000 in 2024. So, it was a lot of cash. Yeah, do not waste your time on the sequels! I enjoyed watching you both react to this great movie, thank you. I have a movie suggestion for you. Please react to the John Wayne movie, The Cowboys. Thanks again
I love this movie
The mayor was a certified 🤡. He was the villain of the film not the shark
I'm going to let you know it's up to you. You can watch jaws 2. Jaws 3 is 3d, and there is jaws the revenge. Just going to say for all 4, it's family vs family
Why is the chief on the boat? My opinion is that he feels guilty enough about the kid dying that he forces himself to go. He's looking for redemption. Even though he has a phobia regarding the water, he goes out there. I think that's also why the chief is the one who personally kills the shark, it completes his character's story.
Great Reaction Guys Jaws made a Cultural impact First Summerblockbuster Hit back in 1975 And Guys Highly Recommended Movies for more scares Highly Suggest Checkout John Carpenter s The Thing from 1982 , Alien 1979 and Aliens 1986 All Masterpieces Classic Movies Like Jaws Amazing
Come live here in Rhode Island, there's plenty of beaches, we would be glad to welcome a nice couple like yourselves to our state. But, if you decide to open a fried clam stand to earn a living expect yourselves to want the beaches open too. Lol. It's a tough choice.
Good movie.
When you saw the head come out of the hole in the boat you said that's the guy who are you referring too i know who it is just curious of you do
@ 36:07 - Its 3000kg (3 tons) so the shark weighs just over 6500lbs
Are you afraid to go in the water now?
Quint destroyed the radio because he didn't want the possiblity of someone coming out and "stealing" his 10 thousand dollar payday
he was going to need that payday because he was tearing up the Orca pretty fast, even without the shark's damage to it.
The chief is scared of the water, that's why he didn't go in!
Be forewarned, the sequels kind of suck. But the original is a true classic. I was 13 when this movie came out (I'm 62 now) and I saw it 5 times in the theater that summer/fall (not cable or dad's or eve version back then). It inspired.me to want to be a marine biologist (like Hooper). Sadly, i never realized that dream, but i remain fascinated by sharks. Fortunately, great whites don't actually behave like this in real life and actually don't like the taste of humans. Unfortunately, they may bite out of curiosity and cause the human to bleed to death.
24:00 Mayor Vaughn demands the tooth, the whole tooth and nuttin' but the tooth!
The first one is the best and the second one is decent but the rest are not good
Just like the Godfather
3 tons is 6k pounds.
Don't let people down Jaws 2...of course not as good as the original but still very good... part 3 ummm... It's pretty much a joke if you want a good laugh... Go ahead and watch that one too...part 4 storyline is absolutely ridiculous and not believable...it destroyed the movie
Agree. Jaws 2 was not as good as the first. But it was still a good movie. Lol, there is no Jaws 3 in my mindscape.
Jaws 4 > Jaws 3
City hands.
Movies back then was the real deal. Today, despite all the technology, most movies sucks.
Quint's tale pertaining the USS Indianapolis on the date of the incident was way off?,,, it's not on June but on July of 1945?,,,
2 phones.. one for work and one for aocial use 👍
FYI ... Adjusted for inflation, $10,000 in 1975 is equal to $59,103 in 2024. Also, a person can quickly die from shock.
Of course, no great white sharks or ANY sharks for that matter would behave in this way. However, back in 1975, the public knew very very little about sharks and their behavior. There was no Discovery channel, NatGeo or "Shark Week" until many years later. Even the novelist, Peter Benchley, who wrote "JAWS"and the director Steven Spielberg regretted the negative impact the film had on shark populations and the perpetuation of shark stereotypes. Interestingly, Benchley became an advocate for marine conservation and shark protection.
May I suggest ROCKY 1976
There is Jaws 2 3 and 4.
$10,000 in 1975 is worth $58,512.27 today
Hi guys I just discovered you I really enjoy your sight what do we called I'm old so I don't know what it's called I'm also talking my text here so if it gets some things wrong please forgive me Jaws is actually my all-time favorite movie and please don't take it wrong but it is also my comfort movie I'll explain why I spent my life on the ocean with my daddy he was a fisherman he was a scuba diver he built all of our boats my first sailboat and I'll send a photo of my father and myself in the wetsuit City actually made for us so now that my daddy is on vacation he passed my memories of him are beautiful and just watching Jaws reminds me of my dad anyway I am Tamara I am now on hospice and so TVs very important to me and and watching you brought a lot of entertainment I really enjoyed your aspect on Jaws I do want to share a little bit with you the first shark that the first shark that got killed of course as you'll find out was not Jaws but unfortunately it was a real shark so it makes me quite sad I do love sharks I love all living things I'm a vegan now but the movie Jaws did give a lot of sharks a bad rap and the maker of the movie felt quite bad because people were out killing sharks like crazy when they didn't need to be killed they're a big part of our ecosystem is there a living thing just like we are play deserve respect as of course their living space is being polluted constantly but if we all gather together and try hard to take care of our world hopefully we'll make it a better place for our children I am a mother a grandmother and now a great-grandmother I do appreciate again your site is that what I would call it I'm sorry I don't know but thank you so very much it was very nice to watch I'm going to watch more of your your watching TV shows and movies for the first time I appreciate it my name is Tamara I wish you all peace and love and joy and as much happiness as you can handle
I was just wondering how much Quints $10,000 fee would be in 2024.? 😊
Brody and Hooper were constantly questioning and disobeying their Captain's order. Forcing Quint to do things he normally wouldn't do. Like destroying the radio. Truth is, it was the mutinous arrogance of Brody & Hooper, that got Quint killed.
Note. Brody wouldn't even pump the water out of the boat. And was even against the idea of using the cage.
And finally, that coward Brody wouldn't even attempt to save Quint by attacking Jaws. Which is what any woman would have done. So yeah, Brody got Quint killed, because of his cowardice. Which is why he took the job on Amity Island in the first place. Coward!
I personally don't think the Mayor made a good point when he said he didn't want to see the kid spill all over the dock. One, that's a presumption. They don't know, definitively, if that was THE shark that killed the boy. That's the whole point of an autopsy; to have a definitive answer. If he doesn't like the idea of human remains spilling out of the shark from an autopsy, then tough sh**. That's the nature of the procedure. And two, the Mayor already lost credibility, & respect, when he coerced a medical doctor to retract his initial report of the cause of death from being a shark attack, to being a supposed "boating accident." All for the sake of making "summer dollars." As you can tell, I really do NOT like the Mayor lol
And why couldn't they have moved the shark before the necropsy? Like to whatever shed Brody and Hooper wind up doing it in?