Jaws - Book vs. Movie
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- Which one is better? A review and comparison of the 1974 novel "Jaws" by Peter Benchley and the 1975 movie of the same name directed by Steven Spielberg.
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I butchered the sea shanty at the end. Please forgive me.
You sound like you've been drinking to your legs and swimmin' with bow legged women.
That was very disrespectful I wanted to vomit you should have started over again
@@christinarango8652 😂
That bit from the book of Chrissie trying to feel her leg and finding the bone is just chilling. Imagine that happening to you.
Seriously!!
The book also has the shark breaking to surface with Chrissy in it's mouth and bites her in half. The mechanical shark couldn't do that .... obviously 😢😂😅
Read the book recently. Although it was well written and the story was compelling, the characters were so unlikable I found myself rooting for the shark. The movie did a much better job investing you in the protagonists and cheering when the shark blew up as opposed to the anticlimactic ending in the book where I simply said “that’s it?” after I was finished reading it.
Agreed!
yeah thats kinda the point they are more complex in the book than the movie, you feel a sense of conflict because sides of the conflict have their issues as opposed to everyone being good.
@@lampad4549 The 'problem' with the book was that it was very much a character play which just happened to have a giant shark bringing those characters together... and all those characters were so unlikable I agree with Raymond that the shark should've eaten them from the mob entangled mayor to the pathetic cuckolded Brody to the philanderer Hooper and so on.
In the movie the characterizations are still realistic since the focus isn't really on them and their interpersonal issues but rather the crisis of the giant killer shark. The mayor doesn't have to be involved with the mob to want to keep the beaches open but rather just a small town politician who wants the town to have a profitable summer season and ends up in over his head. Brody doesn't have to be a pathetic ineffectual cuckolded husband and on the flipside his wife and Hooper don't have to be involved in said adulterous affair since all of them are focused on the giant shark nomming swimmers like they were chicken nuggets.
Spielberg himself thought that, it was the main motivation for the changes
@@lampad4549hey fag quint does not get eaten by the shark in the book
If I recall Quint isn't eaten by the shark in the book - he gets his leg caught up with one of the ropes attached to the shark and is drowned.
That’s correct
Fun fact: Jaws was originally rated R. However, after some trimming of particularly gruesome scenes, it was re-rated to PG before it’s release.
(PG-13 was not a rating at the time of release)
Solid review Adam.
Good info, thanks Brant!
They cut a few seconds from the leg scene to make it R
And hooper bangs the chiefs Wife
Here in France, it was "Not recommanded for People under the age of 12" like the extrême majority or horror movies.
10:22 actually correction no he doesn’t. In the book, they’ve hooked the shark and are dragging it up slowly, when it begins racing up to the surface. It leaps out of the water and basically sinks the orcha, quint shoots the shark with a harpoon and then the shark slides into the water, the harpoon string is tied round his leg and he shouts for a knife but Brody doesn’t get it in time and quint is dragged under by the weight. Then when Brody goes under, he describes seeing the shark floating down to the depths, dragging Quint along behind it, his mouth still open and eyes still wide in shock and denial/defiance. At least that’s what I remeber.
Close but off slightly. Quint never technically 'shoots' it with any harpoons, as he doesn't use a harpoon gun like in the movie. He just throws the harpoons full old school whaler/Captain Ahab style. After fighting against the three barrels in it for a while, surfacing more and more often, it can no longer drag them under. Quint snags a barrel and attaches the rope to an electric winch to drag it up. It's not hooked on a fishing line and dragged up. It could be you didn't mean that by hooked, so forgive me if you didnt mean hooked as in literally on a fishing hook. Then it goes as you said with the rope going slack as the shark instead of fighting, rockets to the surface breaching and flopping onto the boat. Quint in a rage over it sinking his boat grabs a harpoon and using it more like a spear, by hand jabs the harpoon deep into its belly. From there on its exactly how you said.
Bruce: "It's alright, I understand. Why trust a shark, right?"
*CHOMP!*
It’s rated PG because PG-13 wasn’t invented till 1984 if I’m correct. They also never bothered to change the rating.
Also another interesting thing. Matt Hooper was supposed to die in the movie too, but a real Great White Shark got caught in the anti-shark cage so they had to do a script rewrite. Which resulted in Hooper living to see the daylight again
I’ve literally just read the book, and I’ve seen the film a hundred times, so my comparisons will be very partial to the film. However I did find the book engaging. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about Hooper and Brody’s wife getting it on, particularly with that long section talking about their fantasies and Ellen mentioning she’d like to be raped. That certainly was uncomfortable reading.
I like the fact that the book gave much more opportunities for characters like Hendricks, Vaughn and Meadows to stake their claim. I also agree with Dan Murell’s view that Ellen Brody’s was far more fleshed out an interesting, but it also comes at a cost, she is far less likeable, as is Hooper. I wanted Chief Brody to leave Ellen and for Hooper to get killed, I at least got one of my wishes. Quint was cool in the book, not as three dimensional as the film, but equally as colourful. His death by drowning as well as the Shark just dying before it can get Brody felt weird, though that’s probably because I’m so used to the film. I would have liked an epilogue too, the book just ends and I was left feeling unfulfilled.
Great work. I just read the novel. I found it disappointing, but I agree with you that the early chapters do a great job of fleshing out the moral and ethical issues involved in the decision whether or not to close the beaches. The film overall is vastly better. All the changes to the story work to the film's advantage.
Benchley seemed to rush the endings in his novels, at least with JAWS and The Deep. Almost to the point of being jarring.
That said, I do like the end of the novel, though as Benchley admitted having an “explosive” ending the movie was better for it.
Overall the book has its good points, it does benefit from the longer form. But the characters are all pretty unlikeable, and the movie finds humanity in them while retaining some of the things that made them who they were in the book.
@@ElCrab well said
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Thanks Joe! Greetings from across the pond 😎
I enjoyed both equally on their own terms. The shark dying the way it did in the book worked as it put you in Brody's place as it approached and even touched his chest before finally succumbing to its wounds. I always thought the shark holding the air tank in its mouth like a cigar was goofy as a shark would have spit out something it couldn't eat but audiences wanted a big explosion and got it; much to the displeasure of the author who later conceded for the movie it worked. I enjoyed the island scenes, Brody unexpectedly setting up a lesbian dinner date for Matt Hooper when the four dined together (it also got me interested in gazpacho without the ganja (PS, it's delicious)). I also enjoyed Harry Meadows' much larger role in the novel. It had to be painful for screenwriter Carl Gottlieb to whittle down and change that role for the movie when he was cast as Meadows. There are a lot of similar events that take place in both novel and movie and the movie was way more streamlined, especially by keeping the three men at sea instead of coming in each night.
I think there's enough differences to make each highly enjoyable on their own merits.
I think Speilberg said it best, in the book you actually wanted the shark to win.
I just finished the book today and I think this is a good analysis
Thanks Brooks!
I think it is a very loaded question to contemplate what is better the movie or the book? Both are 2 different mediums & in this case they both do a great job. Screenplays have to seek what is cinematic something you imagine in d when reading the text.
I read the book first and then saw the movie. As usual, people who watched the movie first prefer it to the book, but the book is leagues better which is pretty much always the case. I know people have sentimental connections to the films but the book has so much more depth, nuance, and detail. I know many say the book characters aren’t as likable, but I would argue the main character, Brody, is much more so because of how closely they follow his reality and struggles. You truly connect to him and the shark alone and no one else, and it makes the book simpler to appreciate while still fulfilling you with the depth of detail a book provides.
I think that the shark in Jaws is better than the CGI sharks of recent movies. I read the book quite a while ago, and remember the affair between Ellen and Hooper. I prefer Maritn and Ellen in the movie...they have such a comfortable, but loving relationship. And I'm so glad that they went with Richard Dreyfuss instead of some blonde beach boy. The character is so much better because of it.
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Thanks Brandon!
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Interesting
Thanks for the quick review, obviously both the book and movie are good.....gg, Tampa Florida
The book is much better
This was my favorite book of 2019, then watched the movie for the first time, and even though it's action-packed and well acted, I still liked the book more. It might be that the drama had me hooked, lol. And enjoyed the focus on the characters and not only the shark situation.
Currently I'm reading Dracula and I don't know which movie to compare it to after I finish. Anyway, keep up the good work with your channel and congratulations on your baby.
Thank you Violet! As for Dracula - consider checking out “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” from 1992 starring Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins. I plan on doing a Book v. Movie video on that eventually.
the shark drowns and so does Quint in the book
I can’t hate either, best piece of literature, and best piece of film, they’re a great summer read and watch.
What’s your favorite part of the book?
@@AdamWrightReviews definetly when quint slits the belly of some blue sharks and throws them back in so they start eating eachothers insides
@@Anthony-vc2fd yeah, that part was awesome!
l did watch movie and read a book and 100% movie is better than book.Big fan of Jaws.
0:45
I thought Quint drowned in the book.
I think you are right. Quint got his leg caught in the rope somehow and dragged under. I will have to read that part of the book again, to be sure.
"Look. You want to be sure. I want to be sure. We all want to be sure... "-
Matt Hooper
That’s because he did
Spielberg should be praised for pulling out a masterpiece from this shit.
The book was a bestseller that's why the movie was made. Stop hating book authors. They are the real genius
@@guilhermedinizdosreisgomes5030 I don't disagree that authors are geniuses.
But in this case (and it is rare) the film is so different and so superior to the book that I'm happy to stick by my original comment.
The shark is harpooned in the belly and it can't pull the barrels thru the water and it dies. That ending was just awful! The shark's death in the movie was iconic. The novel wins!
I would agree with movie over book.
I absolutely hated the book. Couldn’t have cared less about affair. 👎
Alex’s death in the uncut film the shark swims up to him and bites him clean in half also in the pond death the shark carries the dead man to Mike as he grabs onto Mike trying to save himself this were cut so the film wouldn’t be R rated or an 18 if you are British
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I would've hated seeing that onscreen that's too gruesome and extreme and gross to show onscreen.
Glad Jaws avoided using it..
I probably throw up at that uncut version.
i didn't see the movie yet, but i read the book once and I'm heading to read it a once again
I Believe Mrs Brody had a relationship with Hooper's older brother when she was young
Solid burp dude
Gracias muchacho
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When I was 15, I was in a department store and I walked by the book section and saw the novel on a stand and was really taken by the black & white cover (different from the one in your video). I read it cover to cover in one sitting while on summer vacation. The following year I stood in a huge line with a friend for hours only to have a theater employee yell "ALL SHOWS SOLD OUT". That was a very quiet ride home, but we eventually saw it. Experiencing the original source material first was great, and then seeing how Hollywood would treat it was really interesting. I love both, and I see them as completely different in almost every way. The book is a dark drama. Never once while reading it did I think "action movie". The film was great and the audience reaction in the theater was unforgettable. So for me it's a draw. I can't say one is better because they are so completely different. I think it would be interesting if someone did make a movie where they followed the book to the letter. A very dark, noir drama where not every character is likable (I don't need that anyway) and no CGI shark. After seeing the movie in the summer of '75, we went to the beach during a heat wave. There were no people in the water past their knees! I still own my original copy of the novel I bought 48 years ago!
Thanks for sharing!
I thought the movie was much better than the book. I didn't like the characters in the book, while I liked them in the movie. Also, dropping the affair between Ellen Brody and Hooper was the best thing they could have done.
To be honest, the more time I’ve had to marinate on it, the more I like the movie over the book.
Thanks for your comment!
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@@johnfitzpatrick3094 I plan to!
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I love both but I’d definitely say I enjoy the movie much more, I do enjoy a lot of the extra subplot stuff in the book but I feel most of it is unnecessary and messes with the pacing. Also the third act is genuinely my favourite act in all of media. The extra detail in the book is also really nice but I hate how dislikable the characters are and how anti climactic the ending is in the book regardless of any comparison to the movie. Over all I love them both and I’d give the film a 10/10 and the book a 9/10 both being amazing pieces of media.
The shark looked fake when the movie was released (this was often mentioned in reviews at the time). It looks fake today. It doesn’t actually matter that the shark looks silly, which is a good lesson about film making. A good film (strong story, etc.) can overcome crummy VFX.
Quint’s introduction in the book was weird. I have a feeling Benchley was trying to foreshadow or create a relationship between Quint and the shark. Unfortunately, whatever reason Benchley had for introducing Quint in such a way just lands flat.
I watched the movie before reading the book, so I knew who Quint was. Had I read the book first, I think I would have been confused and pulled out of the story for a bit.
Great video!
The movie is better
@@spillersandrew thank you
The book is simply awful
Quint is not eaten by the shark in the book. He just drowns. The book is much better than the movie. It is darker with more details.
Read the book many years ago. Definitely favor the movie, which is my favorite film EVER! Book had dull subplots, unlikeable characters, and an anticlimactic ending. The movie, on the other hand, is PERFECTION!
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Movie = better. While the book adds a lot more depth as to why the shark attacks are affecting Amity as a whole and why Vaughn is so reluctant to shut down the beaches (the whole Mafia thing which is absent in the movie and the summer economy dynamic which is talked about but the correlation isn’t really clear), the characters with the exception of Meadows and Brody aren’t particularly likable. Although it kind of cool to get the POV of the shark. I liked these scenes from White Fang and Call of the Wild in Jack London’s work too. It was interesting to hear these authors describe the animalistic nature of the characters and how not human they were in human terms.
Like you I saw the movie first when I was in junior high school. Read book in college. I enjoyed the book but hated the affair and mafia part.
I prefer the movie over book. Brody was and still is my favorite character
…for we’ve received orders going to sail back to Boston and so never more shall we see you again….
I'm very pleased they made the changes in the movie.
I've read the book and seen the movie, but in the movie the characters are a lot more likable than there are in the book, and more fun i suppose. This probably the reason i prefer the movie. I've recently completed a novel based on all four Jaws films which i plan to publish someday.
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also you didn't _completely_ butcher it, I could still tell that it was Spanish Ladies :D
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I have mixed feelings about the book. The suspense: amazing! The shark: terrifying. But the affair between Ellen and Hooper and the tension on the Orca kinda killed it. I much prefer the three men’s camaraderie and overall character in the movie!
Plus, the movie is so powerful and effective that I wish I could go back in time and see it for the first time again! I watched it for a film class paper on suspense, and was absolutely blown away by its masterful filmmaking!
The book is almost rated X
Nah, the shark looks extremely corny.
The book sucked
The book was Ok. I have always thought the screenplay for the movie was better.
I like the movie version better and the characters are more likable and glad the subplot of Hooper and Ellen Brody having an affair is not in the movie that part is just wrong glad it's not in the movie it would've gotten the movie version a bad rating and no one would like it.
Despite the differences, I like the book as well the movie. I must point out that Hooper and Mrs. Brody don't quite have a full on sexual encounter. But as I recall, they meet at a restaurant and discuss a sexual fantasy, hypothetically only. The ending of the book is a disappointment where the shark just stops and sinks to the bottom of the ocean.
If I am wrong about the affair. Please tell me exactly what the page number is and I will re-read it. (My spoiler alert:) I Just remembered reading about a discussion and a little imagined fantasy from Ellen where Hooper "goes down on her". I don't think they had an actual sexual encounter.
I can't tell you page number as I just listened to the audiobook, but after Ellen goes home she describes what happened. They did have sex.
They 100% had sex. They don’t show it I. The book, but Ellen reminisces about it afterwards
I disagree the book is too much like a soup opera.
The book was badly written anf all that affair stuff was totally superfluous. It inspired one of the vest films of all timw, thats about it.
WHO sees the movie first??? The book comes out then years later the movoe is made.. book is always BETTER...plot much deeper amd character development is as well .
The book sucked