@@InnaSoloTV The easy answer would be Quint's monologue, but I also love the bit when Quint starts to notice the tug on the line when no one else does, he keeps it quiet, and simply gets ready. What was yours?
The soundtrack is my favorite part. I saw this in '75 with my parents and my sister. She was 11 yrs old and I was 10. It scared my sister so much that she slept in our parents room with them for the next 3 nights. We didn't live near the ocean but that didn't matter to her. We still laugh about that.
I love a lot of scenes (like Quint's Indianapolis story). One scene I love to mention is when Jaws takes 3 barrels down. It was this moment when Quint first realized he was in over his head with a shark far more powerful than any shark he ever faced.
Here's the reason Quint broke the radio: after surviving the Indianapolis, it was personal. He became obsessed with killing sharks, and this was the big one. Personal revenge. He became like Captain Ahab in "Moby Dick".
Exactly. He wanted as little help as possible. It was bad enough for him to have Brody and Hooper along. Like you said, it was personal, and he wanted the credit for killing the shark, not a bunch of other people.
@@mikefoster6018 Yes, my explanation has always been that he just didn't want to share or even go without the bounty. Why would he be keen on taking revenge on this very particular shark? His hut is full of shark trophies. So it's obvious to me that he gratifies his inner need for vengeance on a regular basis anyways.
I saw this film in the theater on opening night, when the audience had no clue what to expect. I wouldn’t go farther than knee deep in the ocean for a couple of years after that. 😎
I watched Jaws when I was 10 years old in 1978. I haven’t been past shin deep in the ocean since. I don’t even like swimming in fresh water if I can’t see the bottom 🙄🤣
I saw this in the theater with my sister the day it opened in 1975. I was 15 and she was 13. There was a mom and dad and two young kids, a boy and a girl, sitting in the row in front of us. They were maybe 7, 8, maybe 9 years old but definitely under 10. The little girl was crying so hysterically when the boy on the raft was killed that she threw up. They all left at that point, and I thought then and now that mom and dad were idiots to take little kids to that movie. The whole world knew about the movie before it was released because Benchley's novel had sold millions by then. I guess they thought the shark would be captured, tamed, and become a pet.
I saw this in the theater at 11 years old with my friend and his dad. It was so memorable. About 50 years later, I still enjoy watching reactions to head in the boat. 😮
Quint broke the radio because he didn't want others to help, which might cause him to lose out on the reward money. Deeper down, though, he hated sharks because of his past and he was suffering from an Ahab obsession. As for "bow-legged women", just picture a woman whose legs are in the shape of a horseshoe... you'll understand the appeal to male swimmers. I watched this in theaters when it first released, and in the scene where the head popped out in the boat's hull, every butt in the theater came off the seat, people were screaming -- it was fabulous! You seem like you could use a fun comedy, dear, and Spielberg did one called "1941" (1979) that is a blast. Lorraine Gary, who played Brody's wife, Ellen, was also in it. Ensemble cast and hilarious story, I know you will love it. After watching "JAWS" (1975) you've earned yourself a good laugh. Marvelous reaction, Inna! ❤
This movie is special to me. My dad took me to see this in the theater when it came out in 1975. I was seven years old and I still remember how tense I was when they were hanging over the side of the boat pulling in the barrels. My dad was a horror fan and turned me into one. Every weekend from 1975 till around 1984 was a chill flick and Mc Donald's, and JAWS was the very first, I remember so well my mom griping at him as we were heading out to the car, "He's not going to be able to go to sleep!" LOL Yeah, this movie marks a very special era in my life for me and my dad..
Your Response to this movie was classic, do you need a hug 🤗. I was ten years old when I first saw this movie, my grandfather took me to the London premiere, I had nightmares for months. I have actually seen the full size model shark used in universe studios in California. The third movie was actually shot in 3D, which was terrible and terrifying at the same time.
Hi Inna, it sounds like you were describing BAIT (2012), tsunami bringing sharks into the city! Then there’s Malibu Shark Attack (2009) aka Goblin Shark, tidal wave brings shark inland, people fighting sharks in sunken buildings. Yup. Jaws started it all. I remember the common response was to just stay on dry land, so they found ways for sharks to go inland.
Good ole’ Ben Gardner strikes again!!! Imagine being in the theater when the head came out. 100 people screaming like you did,..jumping over the chair backwards into the lap of people behind. It was EPIC!!!! Others during other scenes were running out into the lobby vomiting. It was unreal. Most didn’t go swimming for years. Ben’s jump scare,.. greatest in movie history!!!!
Oh god. I first saw this movie when I was 8 years old, at my friend's birthday party sleepover. We watched it right before bed and were all traumatized. What the hell were his parents thinking?!
I was so glad you sympathized with the shark. Like Hooper, I love sharks. I used to dive and have taken some great pictures of different sharks. I have a photo of a beautiful 8 foot tiger shark that I took from less than 10 feet. The flash scared the shark.
Saw this when I was 15 at the theater Scared the living heck out of me. deep water still scares me. and I live in the Rocky Mountains and in Northern Arizona. No where near the Ocean. Yes I'm almost 65 now LOL.
I saw the movie when I was 24 years old, I'm 72 now and have never gone in the ocean again after seeing this movie. Most likely will not for the rest of my life.
His head isn't even severed. It's still attached to his body. You can see his coat and shoulders. The shark couldn't have even touched him. Because if it did, then there would have been no denying that the shark did it from the mayor even without the tooth. Because how else would he have gotten bitten in half with his head falling off? It's impossible. It was never intended for people to think that the head was severed. Imagine a body underneath the water after someone has drowned and it kind of just bobs around. His body was simply not in view and as his body was floating around, his head came over the whole of the boat. And that's all you can see but everything else was still attached. Now the real reason that it wasn't better explained is because obviously this was added after the fact. But if people are looking for an explanation as to how he died, and how he got the eye wound but without the shark actually biting him which would alert the mayor the most plausible answer is the shark attacked the boat and either caused him to hit his head and drown because of the water in the bottom of the boat caused by the hole, or gave him a heart attack and he drowned / died from that. The I missing, is simple. Krabs and little bait fish picked at his body until he was found. I know that's less exciting but that's the only thing that makes sense with the entire situation. If he has a heart attack, or hits his head, the mayor can look at the hole in the boat and say he had a heart attack and hit the rocks. And then fish picked at him. There's no shark bites there's no shark tooth there's no evidence of a shark now. If the shark attacks the boat and somehow bites his head off it's obvious that the fucking shark did it. So no his head was not severed
Thanks for including Quint's monologue in full. i am a subscriber and have enjoyed watching your music reactions. your star just rose higher in my eyes by including this bit of sad, but important history. thanks for the reaction
So glad to see you react to a great film based on a great novel. The news reporter on the beach on the fourth of July, was Peter Benchley. The author of the book Jaws. As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.
Also, the scene when they are examining Ben Gardner’s beat-up fishing boat, and Hooper pulls a shark tooth the size of a shot glass out of the hole in the hull -- just as Ben Gardner’s mutilated head suddenly appears -- is one of the greatest jump-scares of all time!
Great reaction! You really make watching movies again fun! A favorite part for many was when the shark exploded but it would not have happened. The SCUBA tank is filled with compressed air and is not combustible. The air would have just leaked out. No explosion. But is was fun ending.
Very good reaction awesome movie I saw this in the theatre I was just a boy then and I still remember a middle age husband and wife sitting a couple of rows ahead of me when the guy jumped onto his feet gave a quick look around and sat down again
When you said the name of the boat, Orca, it just dawned on me that Orcas are known to kill Great White sharks in order to eat their livers. All these years and I just noticed it.
Inna, you are beautiful. I love the way you get scared and say, "nononononono," real fast. It makes me laugh 😂 It's the only time in my life I have laughed during JAWS.😅😅
Yep. A masterpiece indeed. Everything with the shark is great but it's the characters and the performances that truly make this so brilliant. Quint's USS Indianapolis speech alone puts it in classic territory. And then there's John Williams' amazing iconic score.
I first saw Jaws shortly after it was released in a theater on the boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ. It's literally yards from the Atlantic Ocean. The theater was packed, and the audience was on the edge of their seats. Imagine those jump scares in a theater full of summer vacationers!
The only reason it takes him so long to talk after he sees the shark is cuz all the screams drowned out his famous line. So they left a big pause so people would hear it
Red paint, Squid, and kegs of dynamite were loaded into the shark's head. The head exploded on cue. The cameras smelled like fish guts for weeks afterwards. It made it the first summer blockbuster in history.
The sherrif was not sea sick, he was using the cologne to mask the smell of the chum, which is basically a mix of blood and fish guts, the smell can be horrific if you are not used to ir
Hi Inna! Great reaction. When I was a kid even a commercial advertising killer shark movies would scare the willies out of me. Once as a 7 year old child vacationing with my family on a beach in St. Augustine, Florida, a 5-foot Hammerhead swam right past me in the hip-deep shallows of the surf. My parents’ panicked reaction scared me more than the shark, it was just chasing its dinner and got just beyond an arms length away. Yet, I’ll never forget that it suddenly appeared so close (dorsal and tail fins breaking across the surface and distinctive head clearly visible just below the waves) in the water and then a few heartbeats after glided back out into the depths. Since then, the idea that something BIG is lurking out of sight under the water gives me anxiety at the ocean . . . lakes and rivers too. That said, if you came to me in an inflatable dinghy with a determined smirk, a fishing pole, frying pan, and jar of tartar sauce, I’d go out to sea with you to catch JAWS without hesitation . . . you are just THAT charismatic!!! Caio!!! 😉👍
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.
i saw this opening weekend and sat through it twice, the head scene the girl in front of me tossed her popcorn in the air and I got a whole bunch on my lap
Robert Shaw was so talented, in so many ways. Today he’s most widely known as a movie star, especially for his portrayal of Quint here. He was also incredible as King Henry VIII in the film version of “A Man for All Seasons". He started as a stage actor and did great Shakespearean performances. Also -- -- he was also a serious novelist and playwright. His 1968 play 'The Man in the Glass Booth' was based on his own novel of the same name, and it was a hit both in London and on Broadway. Its basic plot deals with man who is either a Jewish businessman pretending to be a Nazi war criminal, or a Nazi war criminal pretending to be a Jewish businessman. The play became a film. And it’s very impressive. It’s a subtle, complex look at questions of identity after massive trauma. Admirably, Shaw doesn't take the easy way out. He doesn't oversimplify. Instead, he digs deep into layer upon layer of moral issues that have no clear answer. Remarkable man. I can’t think of anyone else with such a breadth and depth of talent, charisma, and intelligence. He died aged 51. Way, way, way too young.
@@alaska_uk1303 Oh yes! For sure. He was so powerful there. I remember thinking: Paul Newman and Robert Redford are two of the most charismatic actors ever -- and yet it's Robert Shaw who dominates every scene he's in. You can't take your eyes off of him.
The underwater portion of finding Ben Gardner's boat was actually done in the editor's swimming pool, with some milk added to the water to give it a murky look.
JAWS was filmed in my home state of Massachusetts. Massachusetts consists of a mainland and two islands: Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. This movie was filmed on the beautiful island of Martha's Vineyard.
I live in New York and Jaws is playing on Broadway. The role of quint is being played by Robert Shaw's son. Robert Shaw is the original actor. I've really been meaning to go see it. The movie is actually a big part of my family. Every summer we watch the movie in a pool with the projector screen outside. It's something else floating in water while watching this movie
Hey Inna, shout out from the US Marine Corps! Great reaction to the head scene! 20:44 ! I'm from Bahston MA and love Cape Cod! My friend's husband is a Lobstah Fisherman! This was filmed I believe on Martha's Vineyard down the Cape! One of the Best reactions I've seen to this movie! ❤🤍💙💛
I rode the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard, where Jaws was shot, on Friday morning of a Labor Day weekend in the late 70s. It was packed, with more arriving all day. You could barely walk down the sidewalk in Vineyard Haven. Lots of money to be made, which accounts for the attitude of the locals wanting to keep the beaches open. The friend I was with showed me all the locations where Jaws was shot. Her great aunt and cousin were extras in the scene where the local merchants are arguing about losing money, and Robert Shaw draws the shark on the blackboard.
My late wife made me read the book before we saw the movie. The same was true for THE GODFATHER. In the book "Jaws" Matt Hooper has an affair with Mrs. Brodie and in the end the shark gets him. The only survivor is Chief Brodie. Spielberg orginally was going to have Hooper die but when a real Great White Shark got tangled up in the minature cage he decided to let Hooper survive.
@@lyndoncmp5751 Doesn't matter, you weren't married to my late wife. If a movie was based on a book, she bought the book and read it. We even had the books on TV series like NORTH AND SOUTH and CENTENNIAL. I was a little annoyed reading the books but eventually learned to appreciate it. It's the only thing she asked of me. She worked, cooked, kept the house clean and sometimes mowed the lawn. I miss sitting in bed at night reading with her. It didn't interfere with our sex life as most of the books we read had love scenes in them. I do miss her and hope someday soon to join her.❤😊❤😊
@@mikealvarez2322 Best wishes. My wife passed away from cancer and at just 48 so I understand. I was just pointing out that the film is much better than the book. Cheers. Best wishes.
@@lyndoncmp5751 I truly feel your pain. My wife was 43 when she died of metastatic breast cancer. She fought it for 9 years. She always knew it would take her since it ran in the family. This was before they discovered the cancer gene. It is a horrible disease and I pray some day they can find a cure. I was married to my first wife for 23 years. She was my childhood sweetheart. I remarried in 1996. My current wife is wonderful but my first wife was also my first love. Fortunately my current wife understands.
I an old guy that first saw Jaws at age10 in 75. It scared me but I still went swimming in North Carolina and Bermuda after seeing it. I was something of a shark-nerd back then.
No one talked about sharks in 1975. I was 11 and saw Jaws. I didn't know Sharks existed! Sh-- my pants! This movie was a whole knew form of entertainment it came out. Seeing it in the theatre at the time was unreal! The audience was a continuous wave of People jumping up and down in their seats. Jaws, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost ark changed packing, sight and sound in movies that everyone tries to follow to this day. Roy Scheider was a much loved movie star of the 70s & 80s. 2 of his movies I highly recommend "All That Jazz"(1980)a movie about the life of Bob Fosse made by Bob Fosse. "Blue Thunder"(1983) the best Helicopter movie ever made. Richard Dreyfuss in the 1970s starred in 4 groundbreaking movie that were massive hits! "American Graffiti"(1973)George Lucas right before Star Wars. "Jaws"(1975). "Close Encounters of the Third kind"(Spielberg) and "The Goodbye Girl" were both release at the same time Nov/30/Dec/14/1977. Both movies were number 1 at the box-office Christmas day 1977. Then in march 78 He won the Oscar for lead actor for The Goodbye Girl. The Goodbye Girl was the first Rom-com to make $100 million. The theme song The Goodbye Girl by musical icon David Gates is a classic.
I saw this in the theater when it came out, our family was then going to New Jersey shore for beach vacation, lots of people were afraid of the ocean after this
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…
The actor Robert Shaw wrote the monologue about the USS Indianapolis. The reporter on the beach was Peter Benchley, who wrote the book "Jaws". Ciao for now.
An Iconic movie with a classic jump scare (Ben Garner's head). The USS Indianapolis is in our history books as the largest mass animal attack on man. Quint's story is exaggerated on the number of deaths all being shark related. He is an interesting character driven by PTSD. Shark hunting is his way of handling the memory with payback. *Why Smash the Radio?* Chief Brody's constant need to call on the radio for help was frustrating Quint. Quint had already survived the Indianapolis without a radio, so he felt confident enough to smash that one. The money was only part of his motivation. Quint was obsessed (like Captain Ahab to Moby Dick). He wasn't going to let any help come in and steal away his latest & greatest shark conquest. Besides that, if word gets around that a prolific shark hunter had to call for help - his shark hunting business would probably be over.
Glad you enjoyed this Spielberg/Williams masterpiece. Loved watching your heart go into arrhythmia during those jump scares, lol. Nice surprise you had a heart monitor on your wrist. My Dad was 17 when he saw this in theaters and told me that one scene (with Hooper investigating that wrecked boat underwater) was one of the biggest scares he got in his life. I had to catch my breath as well when my Dad got the movie from Blockbuster
Two things. 1) The person portraying the news reporter was actually the author of the book from which the movie came. 2) In some research footage (and possibly footage for the movie), one shot had a shark actually caught on top of an empty cage. To ensure this footage was usable for the movie, they decided to have Hooper escape, whereas in the book, he dies. (Anyone, feel free to correct me on details)
21:08 Yep, this one's a keeper. My favourite film since the day it came out, I've watched dozens of these reactions. Some are great, some are terrible. Yours is a keeper. So much fun watching this with you!
The head jump scare was filmed in a swimming pool with milk added to the water to make it murky. The pool was in the backyard of Verna Field's home. She was the Editor of JAWS. After the movie's blockbuster success, Verna was hired as the first female Vice President of Universal Pictures. Spielberg did not direct JAWS 2 but I like it just as much as this movie.
The American television show Mythbusters once devoted an entire episode to testing the feasibility of some of the movie's scenes. In the climax of the episode, it was determined that destroying the shark in that manner would not work. The thickness of the air tank would cause only a bullet whole, but not an explosion. The most that would happen would be the pressure from the escaping air pushing the shark backwards until the air was exhausted.
I saw Jaws in the theater when it came out. I was about 19 then. Steven Spielberg got his first notoriety from this film, and I think he'd only done a couple of movies before this. Quint was the old-school shark hunter, and learned a lot from experience. Hooper was new-school, and had a lot of the most up to date knowledge from research.
man 16:16 that slap hurts me every time, my favorite part of the movie is when the guys are bonding having a drink to their legs on the boat. and they sing, then the shark comes and says hi.
From studies I've heard, sharks don't generally attack humans. The problem is that, due to limited vision underwater, they can sometimes be mistaken for other sea animals. Surfers, for example, run the risk because the surfboard can look like seals (mostly).
@Belzediel Seals was mostly an example (Thanks for the information, by the way). From what I understood, it's the shape of the swimmer from underwater that can sometimes confuse the shark. Also, I've heard that sharks don't particularly like the taste of human flesh, thus probably there are more injuries than actual deaths. The sharks take one bite and leave the human alone.
my great grandmother on my mom's side she loved sharks when she was alive I miss her so much , there is 3 types of sharks that are known to attack n maybe kill people : tiger shark , great white sharks n bull shark but the only shark that can go into ocean n fresh water rivers is the bull shark that makes them dangerous n have the strongest bite force since they are more built of power n bulky in size
@Belzediel yes but that shark is not on the top 3 main sharks that have been reported to attack more people more often n is not known more to get a reputation unlike the sharks i mentioned
When Quint put the Harness on and the Rod in the Holder - They are Connected to the Seat&Boat,,,the Harness Prevents the fisherman from being yanked off the boat by large fish.
The story about the USS Indianapolis is a accurate true account. Also one of the survivors of the Us Indianapolis spent the rest of his life killing sharks as Revenge. Spielberg just added a little bit of Hollywood to it and made this great movie that launch his career
The book and movie are based on real events that took place in the New Jersey beaches. 4 people were killed by a shark or sharks in the period of 2 weeks. One of the victims was a boy swimming rear the mouth of a river. A man dove in the water to help the boy and he was killed. That shark was probably a bull shark since they are the only shark that can live in fresh water. Bull sharks have been found hundreds of miles up rivers. The other 2 victims were attacked in the surf. They believe that shark was a Great White. Some facts about sharks: 1. More people are struck by lightning than are killed by sharks. More people die from bee stings than are killed by sharks. 2. People that are bitten by sharks usually survive. Sharks bite to check out what's in front of them. They then release the object if it's not on their menu. 3. Human beings are not on the shark's list of things to eat. First of all human beings are too boney. Second in the millions of years sharks have existed humans were generally not available. About 50 years ago there was a series of pictures featured in a South Florida magazine showing people swimming off the beaches with sharks within arms reach. The pictures were taken by a pilot that flew his plane along the beach pulling advertising banners. He first tried warning people but all they did was wave back. That's when he decided to take the pictures. I remember one particular picture that showed a woman on a raft and a shark as big as the raft right next to her. To be honest, my guess is that most of those sharks were nurse sharks that are basically harmless. When I was a kid I used to snorkel out to the sandbar at Crandon Park Beach and every now and then I'd come across a "nursey."
The reason Quint smashed the radio when Brody tried to call for help was not just out of greed since he wanted the bounty money of $10,000 (Which in today's money would be around $60,000), but also out of pride and superiority. After surviving one of the worst shark attacks in history, he decided to take pride in hunting down sharks as a way of avenging his friends who were killed by sharks. When Quint saw the huge great white, he saw it as his big moment. If Brody had called for help, then Quint would've lost that chance. And not only was Quint a tough guy who wanted to prove that he was invincible than everybody including the shark, but he's also a boat captain. *HE'S* in charge of the boat. So when Brody went to the radio to try to call for help, Quint felt that he was challenging his authority and and daring to go against his personal wishes. So he smashed the radio out of defiance. And it's also the reason why he wore out the boat engine against Hopper's warnings. Quint basically let his own personal pride override moral judgment and he became Captain Ahab in "Moby Dick". After Captain Ahab got his leg bitten off by the white whale Moby Dick and Quint saw his friends get munched on by sharks, both men became monomaniac with a life's purpose of hunting down sea monsters out of vengeance and forcing their crews to help them at all costs, even if it meant suicide.
Inna, you may have heard the Jaws music in the opening of the movie AIRPLANE. Captain Quint's story about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis was true. About 1000 men went in the water and fewer that 400 survived. They estimated that sharks killed fewer than 200 men. Others died of exposure, suicide, drinking salt water, or wounds. The ship did deliver Little Boy, the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima. I saw the movie on the big screen when it first came out. I believe the first attack on the girl was the most frightening. It plays on our deepest fears like our childhood fear of the dark. Then there is the unknown of an unseen monster attacking.😮
This is one of the VERY few stories where I liked the movie more than the book. There was no humor in the book, Matt Hooper was an asshole, just several plotlines that, thankfully, didn’t make it into the movie. The book’s author, Peter Benchley, has a cameo in the movie as a reporter on the beach. This movie also pioneered the summer blockbuster movie. I was a teenager living in Florida when this movie was released. The very first scene with Chrissy being attacked, I was ready to leave the theater! Glad I stayed for the whole thing 😁 It has become one of my all-time top 5 movies ever, even though it kept me out of the water for a good while! 😆 Inna, you should read up on the backstory of the making of the movie. You’ll understand why we never really get a good look at the shark. Spielberg turned the technical difficulties into a masterpiece of suspense ❤️ Also, the shark Bruce in Finding Nemo is an homage to this shark, who was nicknamed Bruce. Fun reaction! ❤🦈
What’s your favourite part of the movie? 🦈
@@InnaSoloTV The easy answer would be Quint's monologue, but I also love the bit when Quint starts to notice the tug on the line when no one else does, he keeps it quiet, and simply gets ready. What was yours?
The part where Brodie says, "You're going to need a bigger boat."
When Chief Brody kills the shark!
The soundtrack is my favorite part. I saw this in '75 with my parents and my sister. She was 11 yrs old and I was 10. It scared my sister so much that she slept in our parents room with them for the next 3 nights. We didn't live near the ocean but that didn't matter to her. We still laugh about that.
I love a lot of scenes (like Quint's Indianapolis story). One scene I love to mention is when Jaws takes 3 barrels down. It was this moment when Quint first realized he was in over his head with a shark far more powerful than any shark he ever faced.
That jump scare with the face at the boat.. gets everyone.
Ben Gardner's head never fails to get it's victim.
Here's the reason Quint broke the radio: after surviving the Indianapolis, it was personal. He became obsessed with killing sharks, and this was the big one. Personal revenge. He became like Captain Ahab in "Moby Dick".
Exactly. He wanted as little help as possible. It was bad enough for him to have Brody and Hooper along. Like you said, it was personal, and he wanted the credit for killing the shark, not a bunch of other people.
in the book he and the shark died the same way Ahab and Moby died
Yeah and he didn't want to lose his $10k if a load of people came to rescue them or find the shark.
@@mikefoster6018 Yes, my explanation has always been that he just didn't want to share or even go without the bounty.
Why would he be keen on taking revenge on this very particular shark?
His hut is full of shark trophies. So it's obvious to me that he gratifies his inner need for vengeance on a regular basis anyways.
Annually around the World, shark attack deaths: 10, car accident deaths: 1.2 million.
My favorite part was you. When you reacted to the first jump scare. That scene has scared so many people and you were the best haha!
😂😂😂😂 I agree! That was hilarious.
I saw this film in the theater on opening night, when the audience had no clue what to expect. I wouldn’t go farther than knee deep in the ocean for a couple of years after that. 😎
I saw it too back in the summer of 75 as a 15 year old! It kept people out of the water for a long time!😂😂🤣🤣
I watched Jaws when I was 10 years old in 1978. I haven’t been past shin deep in the ocean since. I don’t even like swimming in fresh water if I can’t see the bottom 🙄🤣
Definitely a pleasure watching your reaction - you're delightful!
I saw this in the theater with my sister the day it opened in 1975. I was 15 and she was 13. There was a mom and dad and two young kids, a boy and a girl, sitting in the row in front of us. They were maybe 7, 8, maybe 9 years old but definitely under 10. The little girl was crying so hysterically when the boy on the raft was killed that she threw up. They all left at that point, and I thought then and now that mom and dad were idiots to take little kids to that movie. The whole world knew about the movie before it was released because Benchley's novel had sold millions by then. I guess they thought the shark would be captured, tamed, and become a pet.
I saw this in the theater at 11 years old with my friend and his dad. It was so memorable. About 50 years later, I still enjoy watching reactions to head in the boat. 😮
My Mom took me when I was three. To this day....I still love swimming in the ocean after dark.
Quint broke the radio because he didn't want others to help, which might cause him to lose out on the reward money. Deeper down, though, he hated sharks because of his past and he was suffering from an Ahab obsession. As for "bow-legged women", just picture a woman whose legs are in the shape of a horseshoe... you'll understand the appeal to male swimmers. I watched this in theaters when it first released, and in the scene where the head popped out in the boat's hull, every butt in the theater came off the seat, people were screaming -- it was fabulous! You seem like you could use a fun comedy, dear, and Spielberg did one called "1941" (1979) that is a blast. Lorraine Gary, who played Brody's wife, Ellen, was also in it. Ensemble cast and hilarious story, I know you will love it. After watching "JAWS" (1975) you've earned yourself a good laugh. Marvelous reaction, Inna! ❤
This movie is special to me. My dad took me to see this in the theater when it came out in 1975. I was seven years old and I still remember how tense I was when they were hanging over the side of the boat pulling in the barrels. My dad was a horror fan and turned me into one. Every weekend from 1975 till around 1984 was a chill flick and Mc Donald's, and JAWS was the very first, I remember so well my mom griping at him as we were heading out to the car, "He's not going to be able to go to sleep!" LOL Yeah, this movie marks a very special era in my life for me and my dad..
Great memory!
50 years old, and still stands the test of time. My all time favourite.🦈🦈
Same here! Both age and fave movie! haha!
Inna's jumps and expressions really made this a super fun reaction. Loved your comments Inna. Quint's story of the Indianapolis is true.
Your Response to this movie was classic, do you need a hug 🤗. I was ten years old when I first saw this movie, my grandfather took me to the London premiere, I had nightmares for months. I have actually seen the full size model shark used in universe studios in California.
The third movie was actually shot in 3D, which was terrible and terrifying at the same time.
Jaws is on my list of top 10 movies of all time. Fun reaction and review 👊🏻
Hi Inna, it sounds like you were describing BAIT (2012), tsunami bringing sharks into the city! Then there’s Malibu Shark Attack (2009) aka Goblin Shark, tidal wave brings shark inland, people fighting sharks in sunken buildings. Yup. Jaws started it all. I remember the common response was to just stay on dry land, so they found ways for sharks to go inland.
This is probably the funnest reaction to "Jaws" I've ever watched.
The most famous jump scare in cinema history. Never fails.
Good ole’ Ben Gardner strikes again!!! Imagine being in the theater when the head came out. 100 people screaming like you did,..jumping over the chair backwards into the lap of people behind. It was EPIC!!!! Others during other scenes were running out into the lobby vomiting. It was unreal. Most didn’t go swimming for years. Ben’s jump scare,.. greatest in movie history!!!!
Oh god. I first saw this movie when I was 8 years old, at my friend's birthday party sleepover. We watched it right before bed and were all traumatized. What the hell were his parents thinking?!
I was so glad you sympathized with the shark. Like Hooper, I love sharks. I used to dive and have taken some great pictures of different sharks. I have a photo of a beautiful 8 foot tiger shark that I took from less than 10 feet. The flash scared the shark.
Saw this when I was 15 at the theater Scared the living heck out of me. deep water still scares me. and I live in the Rocky Mountains and in Northern Arizona. No where near the Ocean. Yes I'm almost 65 now LOL.
I saw the movie when I was 24 years old, I'm 72 now and have never gone in the ocean again after seeing this movie. Most likely will not for the rest of my life.
20:47 The severed head of Ben Gardner claims another jumpscare!
His head isn't even severed. It's still attached to his body. You can see his coat and shoulders. The shark couldn't have even touched him. Because if it did, then there would have been no denying that the shark did it from the mayor even without the tooth. Because how else would he have gotten bitten in half with his head falling off? It's impossible. It was never intended for people to think that the head was severed. Imagine a body underneath the water after someone has drowned and it kind of just bobs around. His body was simply not in view and as his body was floating around, his head came over the whole of the boat. And that's all you can see but everything else was still attached. Now the real reason that it wasn't better explained is because obviously this was added after the fact. But if people are looking for an explanation as to how he died, and how he got the eye wound but without the shark actually biting him which would alert the mayor the most plausible answer is the shark attacked the boat and either caused him to hit his head and drown because of the water in the bottom of the boat caused by the hole, or gave him a heart attack and he drowned / died from that. The I missing, is simple. Krabs and little bait fish picked at his body until he was found. I know that's less exciting but that's the only thing that makes sense with the entire situation. If he has a heart attack, or hits his head, the mayor can look at the hole in the boat and say he had a heart attack and hit the rocks. And then fish picked at him. There's no shark bites there's no shark tooth there's no evidence of a shark now. If the shark attacks the boat and somehow bites his head off it's obvious that the fucking shark did it. So no his head was not severed
Thanks for including Quint's monologue in full. i am a subscriber and have enjoyed watching your music reactions. your star just rose higher in my eyes by including this bit of sad, but important history. thanks for the reaction
So glad to see you react to a great film based on a great novel. The news reporter on the beach on the fourth of July, was Peter Benchley. The author of the book Jaws.
As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.
Also, the scene when they are examining Ben Gardner’s beat-up fishing boat, and Hooper pulls a shark tooth the size of a shot glass out of the hole in the hull -- just as Ben Gardner’s mutilated head suddenly appears -- is one of the greatest jump-scares of all time!
THE GREATEST JUMP SCARE IN CINEMATIC HISTORY
Great reaction! You really make watching movies again fun! A favorite part for many was when the shark exploded but it would not have happened. The SCUBA tank is filled with compressed air and is not combustible. The air would have just leaked out. No explosion. But is was fun ending.
Very good reaction awesome movie
I saw this in the theatre I was just a boy then and I still remember a middle age husband and wife sitting a couple of rows ahead of me when the guy jumped onto his feet gave a quick look around and sat down again
When you said the name of the boat, Orca, it just dawned on me that Orcas are known to kill Great White sharks in order to eat their livers. All these years and I just noticed it.
Inna, you are beautiful. I love the way you get scared and say, "nononononono," real fast. It makes me laugh 😂 It's the only time in my life I have laughed during JAWS.😅😅
😂 this comment made me so happy ahhaha
Yep. A masterpiece indeed. Everything with the shark is great but it's the characters and the performances that truly make this so brilliant. Quint's USS Indianapolis speech alone puts it in classic territory. And then there's John Williams' amazing iconic score.
I first saw Jaws shortly after it was released in a theater on the boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ. It's literally yards from the Atlantic Ocean. The theater was packed, and the audience was on the edge of their seats. Imagine those jump scares in a theater full of summer vacationers!
The only reason it takes him so long to talk after he sees the shark is cuz all the screams drowned out his famous line. So they left a big pause so people would hear it
The greatest jump scare in movie history (at 20:47) strikes again!
Red paint, Squid, and kegs of dynamite were loaded into the shark's head. The head exploded on cue. The cameras smelled like fish guts for weeks afterwards. It made it the first summer blockbuster in history.
The sherrif was not sea sick, he was using the cologne to mask the smell of the chum, which is basically a mix of blood and fish guts, the smell can be horrific if you are not used to ir
Hi Inna! Great reaction. When I was a kid even a commercial advertising killer shark movies would scare the willies out of me.
Once as a 7 year old child vacationing with my family on a beach in St. Augustine, Florida, a 5-foot Hammerhead swam right past me in the hip-deep shallows of the surf. My parents’ panicked reaction scared me more than the shark, it was just chasing its dinner and got just beyond an arms length away. Yet, I’ll never forget that it suddenly appeared so close (dorsal and tail fins breaking across the surface and distinctive head clearly visible just below the waves) in the water and then a few heartbeats after glided back out into the depths. Since then, the idea that something BIG is lurking out of sight under the water gives me anxiety at the ocean . . . lakes and rivers too.
That said, if you came to me in an inflatable dinghy with a determined smirk, a fishing pole, frying pan, and jar of tartar sauce, I’d go out to sea with you to catch JAWS without hesitation . . . you are just THAT charismatic!!!
Caio!!! 😉👍
" What is he doing ? " Hooper was doing an impersonation of a pirate mocking Quint's accent and behaviour.
Great reaction! I guarantee you Speilberg himself watches these reactions to admire his jump scare reactions 😁😁😁🦈🦈💀
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.
i saw this opening weekend and sat through it twice, the head scene the girl in front of me tossed her popcorn in the air and I got a whole bunch on my lap
the younger of the kids with the fake fin actually became a sheriff on that island a few yrs ago
Robert Shaw was so talented, in so many ways. Today he’s most widely known as a movie star, especially for his portrayal of Quint here. He was also incredible as King Henry VIII in the film version of “A Man for All Seasons". He started as a stage actor and did great Shakespearean performances. Also --
-- he was also a serious novelist and playwright. His 1968 play 'The Man in the Glass Booth' was based on his own novel of the same name, and it was a hit both in London and on Broadway. Its basic plot deals with man who is either a Jewish businessman pretending to be a Nazi war criminal, or a Nazi war criminal pretending to be a Jewish businessman. The play became a film. And it’s very impressive. It’s a subtle, complex look at questions of identity after massive trauma. Admirably, Shaw doesn't take the easy way out. He doesn't oversimplify. Instead, he digs deep into layer upon layer of moral issues that have no clear answer. Remarkable man. I can’t think of anyone else with such a breadth and depth of talent, charisma, and intelligence. He died aged 51. Way, way, way too young.
..........and don't forget Doyle Lonnegan in "The Sting".
@@alaska_uk1303 Oh yes! For sure. He was so powerful there. I remember thinking: Paul Newman and Robert Redford are two of the most charismatic actors ever -- and yet it's Robert Shaw who dominates every scene he's in. You can't take your eyes off of him.
When Chief Brody lifted up his shirt, he was looking at the scar where he had his appendix out!
The underwater portion of finding Ben Gardner's boat was actually done in the editor's swimming pool, with some milk added to the water to give it a murky look.
JAWS was filmed in my home state of Massachusetts. Massachusetts consists of a mainland and two islands: Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. This movie was filmed on the beautiful island of Martha's Vineyard.
the head in the boat was the guy who said to Hooper "hello Back" on the dock
My dad was a marine on Saipan and Tinian. 17 yrs old. He was one of the last men to see the USS Indianapolis
I live in New York and Jaws is playing on Broadway. The role of quint is being played by Robert Shaw's son. Robert Shaw is the original actor. I've really been meaning to go see it. The movie is actually a big part of my family. Every summer we watch the movie in a pool with the projector screen outside. It's something else floating in water while watching this movie
The funny time with Quint, was nice. And I like that in Jaws 2 you get remembered what happend in the first Jaws movie.
Such a fantastic film! The ORIGINAL summer blockbuster.
I loved it!
@InnaSoloTV I had a feeling you would!😊😉
Best suspense thriller ever!
Hey Inna, shout out from the US Marine Corps! Great reaction to the head scene! 20:44 ! I'm from Bahston MA and love Cape Cod! My friend's husband is a Lobstah Fisherman! This was filmed I believe on Martha's Vineyard down the Cape! One of the Best reactions I've seen to this movie! ❤🤍💙💛
I rode the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard, where Jaws was shot, on Friday morning of a Labor Day weekend in the late 70s. It was packed, with more arriving all day. You could barely walk down the sidewalk in Vineyard Haven. Lots of money to be made, which accounts for the attitude of the locals wanting to keep the beaches open. The friend I was with showed me all the locations where Jaws was shot. Her great aunt and cousin were extras in the scene where the local merchants are arguing about losing money, and Robert Shaw draws the shark on the blackboard.
My late wife made me read the book before we saw the movie. The same was true for THE GODFATHER. In the book "Jaws" Matt Hooper has an affair with Mrs. Brodie and in the end the shark gets him. The only survivor is Chief Brodie. Spielberg orginally was going to have Hooper die but when a real Great White Shark got tangled up in the minature cage he decided to let Hooper survive.
The film is sooo much better than the book.
@@lyndoncmp5751 Doesn't matter, you weren't married to my late wife. If a movie was based on a book, she bought the book and read it. We even had the books on TV series like NORTH AND SOUTH and CENTENNIAL. I was a little annoyed reading the books but eventually learned to appreciate it. It's the only thing she asked of me. She worked, cooked, kept the house clean and sometimes mowed the lawn. I miss sitting in bed at night reading with her. It didn't interfere with our sex life as most of the books we read had love scenes in them. I do miss her and hope someday soon to join her.❤😊❤😊
@@mikealvarez2322 Best wishes. My wife passed away from cancer and at just 48 so I understand. I was just pointing out that the film is much better than the book.
Cheers. Best wishes.
@@lyndoncmp5751 I truly feel your pain. My wife was 43 when she died of metastatic breast cancer. She fought it for 9 years. She always knew it would take her since it ran in the family. This was before they discovered the cancer gene. It is a horrible disease and I pray some day they can find a cure. I was married to my first wife for 23 years. She was my childhood sweetheart. I remarried in 1996. My current wife is wonderful but my first wife was also my first love. Fortunately my current wife understands.
I an old guy that first saw Jaws at age10 in 75. It scared me but I still went swimming in North Carolina and Bermuda after seeing it. I was something of a shark-nerd back then.
I've seen many reactions to this movie,
Yours is by far the best 🙌🏻
No one talked about sharks in 1975. I was 11 and saw Jaws. I didn't know Sharks existed! Sh-- my pants! This movie was a whole knew form of entertainment it came out. Seeing it in the theatre at the time was unreal! The audience was a continuous wave of People jumping up and down in their seats. Jaws, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost ark changed packing, sight and sound in movies that everyone tries to follow to this day. Roy Scheider was a much loved movie star of the 70s & 80s. 2 of his movies I highly recommend "All That Jazz"(1980)a movie about the life of Bob Fosse made by Bob Fosse. "Blue Thunder"(1983) the best Helicopter movie ever made. Richard Dreyfuss in the 1970s starred in 4 groundbreaking movie that were massive hits! "American Graffiti"(1973)George Lucas right before Star Wars. "Jaws"(1975). "Close Encounters of the Third kind"(Spielberg) and "The Goodbye Girl" were both release at the same time Nov/30/Dec/14/1977. Both movies were number 1 at the box-office Christmas day 1977. Then in march 78 He won the Oscar for lead actor for The Goodbye Girl. The Goodbye Girl was the first Rom-com to make $100 million. The theme song The Goodbye Girl by musical icon David Gates is a classic.
I saw this in the theater when it came out, our family was then going to New Jersey shore for beach vacation, lots of people were afraid of the ocean after this
what an EXCELLENT REACTION! 😁 you do a GREAT JOB of sharing how you are feeling 😉 thank you for making this movie SCARY and EXCITING again! 👍☺
they need to do something about this old man that swims around everyone
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…
The actor Robert Shaw wrote the monologue about the USS Indianapolis. The reporter on the beach was Peter Benchley, who wrote the book "Jaws". Ciao for now.
Well it was already written but it was way too long. Robert Shaw, himself a writer, edited it down and changed some parts.
it was filmed on Martha's Vineyard, MA the population goes from abt 20,000 off season to 220,000 in the summer
by far the best reaction i have seen to this classic movie, and hope to enjoy a few more soon.
Thank you 🫶❤️
An Iconic movie with a classic jump scare (Ben Garner's head). The USS Indianapolis is in our history books as the largest mass animal attack on man. Quint's story is exaggerated on the number of deaths all being shark related. He is an interesting character driven by PTSD. Shark hunting is his way of handling the memory with payback.
*Why Smash the Radio?*
Chief Brody's constant need to call on the radio for help was frustrating Quint. Quint had already survived the Indianapolis without a radio, so he felt confident enough to smash that one. The money was only part of his motivation. Quint was obsessed (like Captain Ahab to Moby Dick). He wasn't going to let any help come in and steal away his latest & greatest shark conquest. Besides that, if word gets around that a prolific shark hunter had to call for help - his shark hunting business would probably be over.
Glad you enjoyed this Spielberg/Williams masterpiece. Loved watching your heart go into arrhythmia during those jump scares, lol. Nice surprise you had a heart monitor on your wrist.
My Dad was 17 when he saw this in theaters and told me that one scene (with Hooper investigating that wrecked boat underwater) was one of the biggest scares he got in his life. I had to catch my breath as well when my Dad got the movie from Blockbuster
Check out the movies Deep Blue Sea(1999) and Jurassic Park(1993).
Two things.
1) The person portraying the news reporter was actually the author of the book from which the movie came.
2) In some research footage (and possibly footage for the movie), one shot had a shark actually caught on top of an empty cage. To ensure this footage was usable for the movie, they decided to have Hooper escape, whereas in the book, he dies. (Anyone, feel free to correct me on details)
21:08 Yep, this one's a keeper. My favourite film since the day it came out, I've watched dozens of these reactions. Some are great, some are terrible. Yours is a keeper. So much fun watching this with you!
Wow, her only shark movie experience up to this was Sharknado? 🤣🤣🤣
Perfect reaction to the "Head in the boat" scene - Don't worry, it got ALL of us lol.
Great reaction! Best reaction to Quint's death that I've seen. Good ol Ben Gardner getting jump scares for 49 years.
The head jump scare was filmed in a swimming pool with milk added to the water to make it murky. The pool was in the backyard of Verna Field's home. She was the Editor of JAWS. After the movie's blockbuster success, Verna was hired as the first female Vice President of Universal Pictures. Spielberg did not direct JAWS 2 but I like it just as much as this movie.
Ohhh! That’s so smart
The American television show Mythbusters once devoted an entire episode to testing the feasibility of some of the movie's scenes.
In the climax of the episode, it was determined that destroying the shark in that manner would not work. The thickness of the air tank would cause only a bullet whole, but not an explosion. The most that would happen would be the pressure from the escaping air pushing the shark backwards until the air was exhausted.
At the end it should have said "FIN", like in old French movies.
I saw Jaws in the theater when it came out. I was about 19 then. Steven Spielberg got his first notoriety from this film, and I think he'd only done a couple of movies before this.
Quint was the old-school shark hunter, and learned a lot from experience. Hooper was new-school, and had a lot of the most up to date knowledge from research.
man 16:16 that slap hurts me every time, my favorite part of the movie is when the guys are bonding having a drink to their legs on the boat. and they sing, then the shark comes and says hi.
I had a feeling that you were going to check your heart rate after the jump scare with the head popping out of the hole in the boat. 110
From studies I've heard, sharks don't generally attack humans. The problem is that, due to limited vision underwater, they can sometimes be mistaken for other sea animals. Surfers, for example, run the risk because the surfboard can look like seals (mostly).
OK but sharks have exceptional eyesight underwater, and there's really only one shark that mostly feeds on seals.
@Belzediel Seals was mostly an example (Thanks for the information, by the way). From what I understood, it's the shape of the swimmer from underwater that can sometimes confuse the shark.
Also, I've heard that sharks don't particularly like the taste of human flesh, thus probably there are more injuries than actual deaths. The sharks take one bite and leave the human alone.
my great grandmother on my mom's side she loved sharks when she was alive I miss her so much , there is 3 types of sharks that are known to attack n maybe kill people : tiger shark , great white sharks n bull shark but the only shark that can go into ocean n fresh water rivers is the bull shark that makes them dangerous n have the strongest bite force since they are more built of power n bulky in size
Seem to have overlooked the oceanic white tip there.
@Belzediel yes but that shark is not on the top 3 main sharks that have been reported to attack more people more often n is not known more to get a reputation unlike the sharks i mentioned
@@edgardofernandez7511 You said 'the three' not 'the top three'. OWTs have a competitive kill count.
Your reaction was classical! Just like the movie. From same time, exorcist will scare you to pieces, another classic! Peace and Prayers from Michigan!
When Quint put the Harness on and the Rod in the Holder - They are Connected to the Seat&Boat,,,the Harness Prevents the fisherman from being yanked off the boat by large fish.
The story about the USS Indianapolis is a accurate true account. Also one of the survivors of the Us Indianapolis spent the rest of his life killing sharks as Revenge. Spielberg just added a little bit of Hollywood to it and made this great movie that launch his career
One of my all time favorite movies ❤️❤️🦈🦈
More deadly than all sharks combined is the Hippopotamus over 500 people killed a year.
I agree, the shark is in his own environment doing its natural thing. I feel bad for the shark.
The book and movie are based on real events that took place in the New Jersey beaches. 4 people were killed by a shark or sharks in the period of 2 weeks. One of the victims was a boy swimming rear the mouth of a river. A man dove in the water to help the boy and he was killed. That shark was probably a bull shark since they are the only shark that can live in fresh water. Bull sharks have been found hundreds of miles up rivers. The other 2 victims were attacked in the surf. They believe that shark was a Great White.
Some facts about sharks:
1. More people are struck by lightning than are killed by sharks. More people die from bee stings than are killed by sharks.
2. People that are bitten by sharks usually survive. Sharks bite to check out what's in front of them. They then release the object if it's not on their menu.
3. Human beings are not on the shark's list of things to eat. First of all human beings are too boney. Second in the millions of years sharks have existed humans were generally not available.
About 50 years ago there was a series of pictures featured in a South Florida magazine showing people swimming off the beaches with sharks within arms reach. The pictures were taken by a pilot that flew his plane along the beach pulling advertising banners. He first tried warning people but all they did was wave back. That's when he decided to take the pictures. I remember one particular picture that showed a woman on a raft and a shark as big as the raft right next to her. To be honest, my guess is that most of those sharks were nurse sharks that are basically harmless. When I was a kid I used to snorkel out to the sandbar at Crandon Park Beach and every now and then I'd come across a "nursey."
The reason Quint smashed the radio when Brody tried to call for help was not just out of greed since he wanted the bounty money of $10,000 (Which in today's money would be around $60,000), but also out of pride and superiority. After surviving one of the worst shark attacks in history, he decided to take pride in hunting down sharks as a way of avenging his friends who were killed by sharks. When Quint saw the huge great white, he saw it as his big moment. If Brody had called for help, then Quint would've lost that chance. And not only was Quint a tough guy who wanted to prove that he was invincible than everybody including the shark, but he's also a boat captain. *HE'S* in charge of the boat.
So when Brody went to the radio to try to call for help, Quint felt that he was challenging his authority and and daring to go against his personal wishes. So he smashed the radio out of defiance. And it's also the reason why he wore out the boat engine against Hopper's warnings.
Quint basically let his own personal pride override moral judgment and he became Captain Ahab in "Moby Dick". After Captain Ahab got his leg bitten off by the white whale Moby Dick and Quint saw his friends get munched on by sharks, both men became monomaniac with a life's purpose of hunting down sea monsters out of vengeance and forcing their crews to help them at all costs, even if it meant suicide.
Jaws was inspired by the true 1916 Jersey Shore shark attacks.
Great vid! I really enjoyed watching you jump and get tormented by this movie. haha!
You don't find characters like Quinn anymore. Hollywood isn't interested in stories. They just want special effects and CGI.
Quint. Not Quinn.
Inna, you may have heard the Jaws music in the opening of the movie AIRPLANE.
Captain Quint's story about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis was true. About 1000 men went in the water and fewer that 400 survived. They estimated that sharks killed fewer than 200 men. Others died of exposure, suicide, drinking salt water, or wounds. The ship did deliver Little Boy, the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima.
I saw the movie on the big screen when it first came out. I believe the first attack on the girl was the most frightening. It plays on our deepest fears like our childhood fear of the dark. Then there is the unknown of an unseen monster attacking.😮
The Jaws theme has been homaged and parodied all over the place these last near 50 years. Could have been from anywhere really.
Remember kids, don't drink and do battle with giant killer sharks.
Without the money, people die slowly from cold and hunger 😢
Cello at the beach someone is about to die, is a theme in this film.
This is one of the VERY few stories where I liked the movie more than the book. There was no humor in the book, Matt Hooper was an asshole, just several plotlines that, thankfully, didn’t make it into the movie. The book’s author, Peter Benchley, has a cameo in the movie as a reporter on the beach. This movie also pioneered the summer blockbuster movie. I was a teenager living in Florida when this movie was released. The very first scene with Chrissy being attacked, I was ready to leave the theater! Glad I stayed for the whole thing 😁 It has become one of my all-time top 5 movies ever, even though it kept me out of the water for a good while! 😆 Inna, you should read up on the backstory of the making of the movie. You’ll understand why we never really get a good look at the shark. Spielberg turned the technical difficulties into a masterpiece of suspense ❤️ Also, the shark Bruce in Finding Nemo is an homage to this shark, who was nicknamed Bruce. Fun reaction! ❤🦈
Cage diving with Great White sharks is a tourist attraction in South Australia
Oh no, not the dog! Yes.
Not the kid! Yes.
"Aren't tiger sharks quiet friendly?"
Ha ha ha ha, *NO.*