JAWS! (1975) *We are strictly pool people from now on* | First Time Watching (MOVIE REACTION)
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We didn't have PG13 in the 70's. We didn't have PG13 until after Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom and Gremlins came out. Those 2 movies were the reason they created the PG13 rating. The first PG13 movie was Red Dawn in 1984 starring Patrick Swayze.
Jaws was the first Summer Blockbuster. It was also responsible fir a large part of my generation not going in the ocean. I still won't and I was 14 when this came out.
The barrels are supposed to keep the shark from submerging very deep so it's closer to the surface for tracking. Also the story Quint told about the USS Indianapolis is a true story.
Is there any film that you are not an expert on?? You are a wealth of knowledge, @toodlescae!! I’m gonna have to have you come be a cohost so I can get this trivia in real time :) Thank you as always for your insightful comments!
@@DavidvsFilm lol. Lots of movies I know nothing about but I have watched a LOT of tv and movies in 60 years. Some good. Some bad. I have somewhere around 500-600 movies on DVD. Either store bought or recorded from tv for personal use.😁
What a lot of people forget was that PG wasn't meant to be a family friendly rating back then.Yes,all ages could go,but with the suggestion that parents should decide if their kids could handle it.Even so,with Jaws,the producers put the extra warning "May be too intense for younger children" on all posters and TV ads.
@@anthonymunn8633 My parents ignored that warning. I saw Jaws in a theater when I was five.
@@toodlescae I was probably 12 though almost 13 later in that Summer, when I first saw it.
One of the reasons we don't see much of the shark was that they had like a zillions things that went wrong with the shark prop... (basically, it kept breaking down)... In the end, it turned to their advantage as the viewers imagination is much more powerful than any special effect. Just seeing that floating dock, or those yellow barrels was enough. John Williams' genius score also helped greatly...
That's what I was thinking (about the mechanical failures). Totally agree on suspense of the unseen!
Actually the unseen shark was planned for the first half of the film. The mechanic shark was never scheduled to be used until the Orca based scenes. That's where it kept breaking down. The shark not being seen in the first half was by design.
Supposedly, there's still one of the mechanical sharks on the bottom of the ocean floor somewhere.
Oh, David, you were talking during one of the big jump scares, LOL. When I first saw this in the theater, I KNEW it was coming, but the theater was full and EVERYBODY else jumped, which made me jump too. (Yeah, I'm old enough to have seen it during its original run. And yes, it was PG.) Love the Marc-David banter!
Haha I know, right!!! Running my mouth. Shocking.
The shark slamming into Hooper's cage made me jump in the theater, too, although for a different reason. I had read Peter Benchley's novel, so I knew the shark was going to attack and had steeled myself for that scene. But when the shark rammed the cage, a lady in the seat next to mine screamed and leapt ino her boyfriend's lap. She scared me more than the shark.
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Same here. I was 10ish when I 1st saw JAWS.
"I expected more" said no one else ever in the history of watching Jaws 🤣
The musical score...iconic! Just two notes at the beginning yet it creates such dark dread!💚
"This is not PG!!"... Yeah... For today's generation. Young folks these days tear up and cringe by a mere glimpse of something that's out of their comfort zone. Still love your reactions though!! :)
There was no PG 13 when this movie released, and R had to have clear visual nudity. So yeah, it was a different time
Hahahah @Daniel Morency, right??
@Arcadeperfect Reviews I figured it was the nudity. Isn't that crazy?? Now I see more nudity walking through Six Flags than I do in some movies.
"If I can't see my feet....retreat!" This is the best thing I have heard all day!😄😄💚I'm exactly the same amigo
YESSSSSSSS
i’ve said that every since I was a little kid and seaweed touched my foot 😂, also been stung by a jellyfish ⚡️. Also peeing on a jellyfish sting is a myth I’m not gonna say how I know 😂
Nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture but won for
Best Sound Editing
Best Film Editing
Best Original Score
It made $470 million dollars ($1.3 billion dollars today) against a $13 million dollar budget.
The opening scene was #1 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.
thank you so much Shaine!!! This is exactly the kind of info I love to learn. Wow
This is my favorite movie all time. Everything is spot on perfect. I saw it 5 times during the Summer of ‘75, and it scared the hell out of every audience that saw it. It got not one, but TWO standing ovations at the end of the movie. It rocketed to the #1 spot as the all-time movie money-maker in just 60 days (unadjusted for inflation). Adjusted for inflation, it remains the #7 all-time movie blockbuster - and that’s WITHOUT the benefit of numerous re-releases that all of the other movies on that inflation-adjusted Top Ten List have. It was an atmospheric experience with a full house, alternating horror and some pretty funny laughs. You felt like you were on an adventurous journey of discovery with the 3 main characters in the boat, one of awe, and gruesome horror. John Williams’ unforgettable music score gave the shark a persona of gigantic, unstoppable, oncoming death. And it all worked so well because the script played out lik e real life. What a movie this was when it was released - a true phenomenon. The summer of ‘75 is so special to me: I was 15 and I saw “Jaws” AND I read “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. Wow - it’ll always remain my favorite summer!
I LOVE this comment, @Widdermaker! Thank you so much for sharing your experience and your insights, thoughts. Greatly appreciated.
When this movie came out in 1975, our family was at the beach in Delaware, and we went to see JAWS at the theater, and then back to the beach the next day. I went in the water... and got stung by a jellyfish. Not as traumatic as a shark attack, but it still hurt. I believe this was Steven Spielberg's third film, after "Sugarland Express" and "Duel", which was one of the best made-for-TV movies you will ever see. That's a recommendation for "Duel". "Jaws" was the film that got his career kicked into high gear.
Haha yeah you are braver than I would have been, Bob! Thanks for the heads-up on Duel
@@DavidvsFilm YES watch DUEL, great idea! :)
"Duel" is a definite must-see. The plot might be simple (mild-mannered business man is terrorized by a homicidal trucker) but Spielberg knows how to ratchet up the tension.
In a little “life imitates art” trivia. , Jonathan Searle, the fake shark kid who said the he made me do it line was recently appointed sheriff of Oak Bluffs, the town on Martha’s Vineyard where the movie was filmed. He’s basically Chief Brody now (with, we assume, less shark issues than Brody dealt with)
No way!! That's awesome. Once again, @amberdot42 to the rescue with some cool trivia. :) Thank you
Pg 13 did not exist when this came out. But I'm pretty sure this movie and plenty of others was the reason they added the new rating.
Ahhh I didn't realize that!!! Haha, makes sense though. I bet this one did come up in the conference room when they were discussing it, yes. lol
I was born in the end of 1972, I want to say I was around 6 when my dad and step mom decided to watch this one night after my sister and I had "gone to sleep". I didn't see the whole thing from behind the chair my dad sat in, but I saw enough of it to know that I never wanted to set foot in the ocean.
Mark, I love you for the "Mine? Mine? Mine?" quote!
Hahahaha oh I can imagine.
Must see "Sharknado". You'll no longer be pool people either.
Fun fact: You were supposed to see more of the shark but the animatronic almost was always not working, and they couldn't afford to make another one or fix it constantly (I believe they already went over budget). They used the theme to cause suspense and used the shark as sparingly as they could. It was very well received and thought to be even better than if the shark was shown more.
Love seeing your channel grow! Jaws, the movie that to this day has me worried when I swim. Even worry in swimming pools, you never know....a baby shark might pop out through a pipe or something! 😳😄😄Sending love you two💚
yep 😂
Aww thank you my friend!!!! Much love back from both of us.
@@DavidvsFilm 💚💚💚
Not much of the shark?. Bruce (the shark) had constant mechanical problems. So Spielberg had to get creative.
That's what I was thinking.
Another fun Fact this movie is the first "SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER" movies didn't usually release in the summer because most places didn't have AC. This movie is a summer movie so they wanted to release it over the summer and it did so well that other big movie started doing the same.
Innnnnnteresting! That makes sense. You always have the best random facts!
And everyone was scared to swim after this because it came out in the summer! WHAT A TIME to be alive. As a kid it’s all we did in the pool was play shark! Ah. Memories.
I loved coffee flavored ice cream when I was a kid, too!
Still like it.
I don't recall ever even seeing coffee flavored ice cream, actually. But I DO remember as a child, my grandparents had those coffee flavored candies called Nips around the house. And the first time I accidentally ate one, I thought I would die. lol. (I love coffee now)
I didn't like coffee ice cream but I remember it being popular in the late 70s
@@GreatOutdoors1 I had no idea! I bet I’d love it now.
Came for the movie, stayed for the banter 🤣😂🤣 yall had me cracking up!
Haha thank you Amanda!!!
also i want to go swim next to a whale shark and the worlds biggest great white her name is Deep Blue
What do you call a man with no arms & no legs and is in a pot?
Stew 😆
Ahhhhhhahahhahahaha well-played, Doré. ;)
In 1975, movie ratings worked kind of like this:
G - Yeah, sure, we'll let all the kids come in.
PG - We'll let the kids in, but you'll want to find out whether you'll let them come see this movie.
R - We're not letting kids in unless you take them.
X - Nope, kids can't come in no matter what.
Haha great explanation, thank you, @David Trimboli!
Don't be afraid to just watch the movie and not react. You are missing a lot of stuff by chatting.
Hi @Docwho10th! Yeah, I really appreciate your suggestion, but we're a reaction channel, so that's gonna be hard to no react ;)
@@DavidvsFilm Sometimes less is more ;-) Just watched another reactor not react to part of a movie because the acting in the movie was so good and there was so much info being presented. One of the best non reactions to a reaction to a movie I have ever seen, ha ha ha. (The breakfast Club) (Silence of the lambs) Some of these movies are INTENSE in certain scenes and they need to be absorbed and enjoyed slowly like a great steak. Then you have other movies that are like candy or fast food that have less substance....as you can tell I am FAT guy! lmao!
First summer blockbuster. The first scene was really scary. You didn’t see the shark or any blood but you knew what was happening to her. There were men on either side of her pulling ropes tied around her and she broke a rib. Screams were for real. The USS Indianapolis was real. The barrels are full of air. If they can tire it out they’re hoping to drown it. Sharks have to move to stay alive. I didn’t swim in the ocean for years after this. I can swim in the ocean now but I don’t go beyond the waves. One time in SC, I saw fins and got out of there fast….turned out to be dolphins.
Such a great comment, @Baby Fry, thank you!!! Yeah that girl's death at the beginning with being pulled all around is frightening. The jerky movements.
Fact: Because of this movie real fear hit the shore community and hundreds of sharks were hunted and killed. Steven Spielberg had to tell the public to please stop.
Thanks so much for your comment, @AUTHOR Alma Pagan. That's terrible!! I understand how that happens as a result of folks seeing the movie, but still. I'm glad he said something.
He ruined the radio because he wanted the 10k.
Also there is an Ahab v Moby Dick parallels going on.
Ahhhhh thank you, @voodoochile333! that makes sense, makes sense
For the life of me, I still don't understand why my parents let 10 year-old me go see this movie in the theaters when it came out. The scene where Quint is sliding down the deck towards the shark's mouth, screaming in terror as it gets him, is one of the most horrifying things ever put on film IMHO.
Spielberg wanted Lee Marvin for the role of Quint .... But he balked at being eaten by the Shark so Robert Shaw got the part!
Maybe because it was rated PG? That's a kids movie rating. A lot of parents let their kids go see this by themselves back then, mine included when it came out.
Haha yeah, I would have been horrified!! lol. That was some of his best acting at the end, btw. So yeah, I would have believed it was real as a child.
@@eloisapompa5048 Yes, I'm sure that's true because it was rated PG. If it came out now I think it would have at least been PG-13, which may have made a difference.
My parents took me to see it when I was FIVE!!!
This movie spawned a bunch of alternate creature movies. The very first movie my parents took me to was one of those called The Deep where the killer creature is a giant eel. That was the 70s for you.
Hahahaha hey I'm still scared of eels. And piranha.
The monologue from Quint is based on the true story of the USS Indianapolis…I rewatched the movie with that understanding and that part of the movie had me in tears.
I was stationed over in Hawaii when this movie premiered. Saw it in Honolulu & was over there for nearly a year. I know I never went swimming in the ocean again after that.
I believe it!
even though i love this movie and grew up watching it i pity the sharks above the human cause human in the water is the dinner bell for a shark since we went into their home also sharks are quit awesome in my opinion and would love to own a black tip reef shark
Yeah so I hear ya on us going into their home, and I made a comment about that in the video. for sure. just like I wouldn't expect a shark to wander into my living room, I do not intend to go into his neck of the woods haha
PS... There are some great whites wearing trackers out there that have their own Twitter page, and it follows them in their travels!
Thank you, Dani! That will be my new horrifying obsession.
I talked my dad into watching this in the theater and we loved this movie. It was one of the only movies we saw together. Also “we need a bigger boat” was a total ad lib by Roy. It was kept in the movie because it really exemplified his characters paranoia of the sea. As stated in the comments, the shark gave them a lot of hell in production so it’s not seen very often which turned out to be a bonus for the movie. Also, Spielberg named the shark Bruce after a lawyer that he knew. 😂 This was my introduction to Spielberg and man what a ride throughout the years! Hope you continue to watch Spielberg movies. They are the best!
That's awesome you got to see with your dad. I didn't realize the boat line was an ad lib, and you know how much I love trivia like that, so thank you, my friend!!
@@DavidvsFilm This is also why the shark in Finding (Nemo? Dory? idk) is named Bruce. Fish are friends, not food lol
Film ratings hadn't been refined yet. We had G, PG, R, X. So, yeah. It was PG.
I still am gobsmacked that my mom took me, age 7!, with her & my then 14 yr old brother to see it in the theater. She screamed like crazy when the head popped out of the boat & my brother & I slunk down in our seats embarrassed, lol.
Your dad jokes crack me up since you're definitely not old enough for them. Guess you have an old joke soul. ;) Enjoyed the reaction vid.
JAWS wasn't Spielberg's first movie, but was the first Summer blockbuster & benefited much from its animatronic shark not working so Spielberg had to get creative with ways to stimulate the viewer's imagination. Also, Dreyfuss was already a star but thought his last movie had been so bad he ought to take anything that came along, including a shark movie. He & Shaw (Quint) loathed each other. There are lots of interesting behind the scenes stories about the movie. It's a true classic.
Omg I LOVE a good rum punch. Mark's got great taste!
Thank you, @KatiesGoldenDust! I'll make sure he sees this comment :)
I wish I could afford patron so I could pay for you to watch "The Car" It came out in 77 so I watched it when I was 9.😉😉 Anyway it was THE most NON scary, movie I had seen so far (of course only being 9, that really doesn't say much😂😂)
This is without a doubt the greatest summertime movie ever. I was like 10 when this movie came out. My sister took me to see this movie and it totally freaked me out, I loved it. This was the first of 3 horror films that I watched during that time period and lead to my addiction to them to this day. The second was The Exorcist, freaked me out more than Jaws. LOL The third freaked me out so bad I didn't try to sleep all night. My mom and sister got a big kick out of that fact the next morning. (LOL) The Night of the Living Dead was on late night tv so I watched it. Great memories.
Don't always comment but I enjoy all of your reactions. Good stuff. Keep up the good work.
Hi dorkmier!! Aww I'm so glad that you did comment though! Exorcist was my first movie reaction last year (and that reaction was a hot mess lol), but the movie itself didn't get me that bad. This one will CERTAINLY mess with my head FOREVER when getting into oceans or bays, and I guess I'll have to check out Night of the Living Dead on your recommendation :)
@@DavidvsFilm I was 10, 11, 12 years old when I saw those movies for the first time, I'm now 57 and enjoy a good horror movie very much. From what I've seen with outer reactors Night of the Living Dead has no copyright issues so they were able to post the full reaction on here.
Just a side note I lived in Texas for 8 years, 1 in AUSTIN and 7 in Houston. Austin was great but at 19 in 83/84 couldn't save money. Good times and good memories.
I was still afraid of sharks in pools. Not to mention one place I lived as a kid, our pool had an automated cleaner/sucker/snake thing. Like a roomba for a pool. Scared the crap out of me.
Hahaha yeah, you're like, I'm just gonna play it safe as a land mammal.
The shark was named Bruce on the set, named after Steven Spielberg's divorce attorney at the time. And, I know you noticed, that was what the shark was named in Finding Nemo as a way to pay homage to this film. :)
If I remember right, you're actually better off swinging for the eyes of a shark over the nose. Since, not only does hitting the nose not really faze them, but there's an alarmingly high chance your hand would just slide down toward the teeth when you hit the nose. Even that might not do much though, since, it's a shark. If it's attacking you, it's because it attacks animals your size...animals that could *also* kick the shit out of a human and are much better suited to the water.
But yes, you're right, sharks can't swim backwards--or at least not anything we'd describe as "swimming." Basically they can manage just enough to let them wiggle their way out if they get their head stuck someplace and not much else.
Yes Orca's do kill sharks, And sharks can't swim backwards, because the have to keep moving forward to be able to breath.
They don’t show the shark because the shark didn’t work correctly. One of the greatest happy accidents in cinema history
"The Car" Is another scary movie that will not scare the crap out of you, but just enough to scare you! Hope that makes sense 😉🍻🍷
Hahaha it does, AnnMarie!
Jaws 2 is good but not great like the original. Jaws 3 was in 3D and I like it but not a great movie. Jaws The Revenge (4) sucks.
Couldn't watch your reaction, sharks don't murder people.
Predator please for your more scary themed reactions would be nice, hint hint!!!😉💚
yep PG back when people knew it was make believe and could handle it !!! LMBO
PG-13 didn't exist until 1984, so it was PG or R for this. Hence the PG rating.
Back when PG(Parental Guidance) actually meant something lol.
Movie suggestion: A SOLDIERS STORY (1984).
the shark was a robot and was very clunky to much shark would ruin realism.
PG rating.
Guess us kids were tougher back then. 😏
Hahaha right? One of my favorite memes is a guy saying, "My generation is not strong. My grandfather fought in World War II. I had a anxiety attack watching the finale of Breaking Bad."
You know I say the "Wassup?" with you now, right?
I live in Massachusetts right above Martha's Vineyard so it's basically the same waters but poor people live here. I feel like this movie is why I don't know how to swim. We went to the beach but just looked at the water. lol I was born in '73 so this movie was new when I was little. I can never tell how old you are David is because the references say Gen X but then other things make me think younger. I'll assume you got Marc when he was jailbait. 😇 Or he actually is a vampire. PG was different back then since there was no PG-13. So PG movies had boobs and light curse words. I don't think violence was considered bad yet. Unless it was super violent then it got an X, which became NC-17 later. They didn't show the shark that much because it kept breaking down.
If you guys like shark tracking movies, you should watch THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU if you haven't. It's Wes Anderson's best in my opinion. It's not scary. It's quirky but surprisingly heartfelt.
Hahahaha I love that about Wassup!!! And yeah, don't let Marc fool you- I give him the good side of the light lol. (And he is actually a vampire, yes.) I appreciate the background on the rating system. I didn't realize that! I also love Wes Anderson but have NOT seen Life Aquatic, so thank you!! I've only seen Rushmore and Royal Tennenbaums.
Massachusetts is a MAJOR favorite state of ours. We will be back up that way (Boston/Salem) area this Fall, in fact :)
@@DavidvsFilm Salem? Around Halloween? 🤔 You're a wizard, David. I knew it. 🤓
Basically when they made this movie the studio said th shark looked like shit. 😂😂
Have you read Moby Dick he's Ahab and the shark is his whale he's obsessed
I've had to stop watching, you talk far, far too much and you missed the biggest jump scare because you turned away talking. I had to stop the video and no thanks I won't subscribe.
Hey at least you gave it a shot, and I appreciate that. Thanks, @Rockgod 2004
PG-13 didn't exist yet, and R rated was saved for lots of nudity. They used to be a lot more forgiving on PG back then.
Thanks, @RetroRobotRadio!
You have to remember the era. The special effects are great for the time.
It's funny that you mentioned that you don't expect to see a shark in your living room. After seeing this film, when I was 13, I had a nightmare that Jaws was coming down my hallway towards my bedroom. I was absolutely petrified.
Um, F*CK YES!! I would be terrified if I dreamed that TODAY, David! lol
Try Duel, Steven's first movie, it was so intense
the "We're gonna need a bigger boat.." line by Roy Schieder was an adlibbed line. Years later in the 90's he played the captain of the widely popular TV series SeaQuest: DSV, where he kept quipping during the first season, "The boat's too big!"
Haha cool!
The line is you're going to need a bigger boat not we're. And Peter benchley as well as one of the writers of the script, the gentleman who played the news reporter meadows, actually stated in an interview in 2005 that Roy scheider said that that line was in fact in the script and was not ad-libbed and he definitely had lived a lot he said but that was not one of the lines that Roy came up with. And the writer was embarrassed that he had been telling it wrong for decades
Oh this is PG alright, back when PG MEANT Parental Guidance NEEDED to watch the film. Now these days PG means PRACTICALLY G. The movie industries made PG-13 as a means to curve all the parents who complained about PG films being too scary. And THEN they kept complaing that PG13 was too raunchy, so they had to make a shit ton of new rules to complicate the rating system even further. And all of this ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS stems from parents who don't wanna do their job and manage their kids. It's gotten to the point where Parents DEMANDED DeadPool was re-edited to be PG13 because parents didn't wanna see the R rated film... so they did a year later as a joke and PUSHED that PG13 rating to the max limit.
Thanks so much, @decusq! Great comment :)
My mother was 6 months pregnant with me when this came out so I didn't see Jaws until years later. Then Jaws 3 came out in 3-D in 1987. I was 7! We never made it through the opening credits. I started screaming when the grouper head's mouth kept opening and closing without the body. We had to leave the theater.
Now on to Jaws facts:
1. The Indianapolis story is true although a few of the facts are wrong, like the date mentioned. It has only been declassified a few years before the movie so it wasn't common knowledge. This movie brought it to the publics attention.
2. The book explained why the mayor wanted to keep things open... The town owed money to the Mob.
3. Cooper died in the book but they had such a cool video of the shark on top of the cage but with a person in it so they let him live.
4. Lee Fierro who played Mrs. Kintner actually slapped Roy Scheider on several takes. For years people would come up to her asking her to slap them too.
5. Several decades after the filming of Jaws, Lee Fierro walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed that the menu had an "Alex Kintner Sandwich". She commented that she had played his mother to the waitress. suddenly the owner of the restaurant ran out to meet her - none other than Jeffrey Voorhees, who had played her son. They hadn't seen each other since the original movie shoot.
6 Peter Benchley, who wrote the book, later regretted it because of all the sharks killed following the film. In his later year he worked with shark conservationist to stop the slaughter.
He was also one of the founding board members of the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
7. The word "coroner" is misspelled not once, but twice in the form Chief Brody is filling out for the shark's first victim. This is my personal favorite besides the fact that "You're going to need a bigger boat." was an ablib.
Also Robert Shaw was drunk on set quite a bit which caused problems with Richard Dreyfuss.
If you get a chance watch the making of Jaws it's quite fascinating to see.
Haha thank you so much, Cynthia! I'd love to watch the making of. And I really appreciate all the facts you shared. I have a feeling I would have been the same way as you had I been in the theater lol
1. Goof: Chrissie's body parts are too far up the beach to have been washed up there without a storm.
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. It works every time😲
5. IRL Dreyfuss and Shaw didn't get along so Spielberg used the animosity to fuel their feud onscreen.
6. Hooper was right. The fish that hit the line was a game fish.
7. "You're gonna need a bigger boat" is one of the greatest adlibs in history. It was the first time Roy actually saw Bruce.
8. Goof: An animal that large couldn't hit the side of the boat as rapidly as it did UNDER WATER.
9. All of the shipboard scenes were filmed entirely at sea.
10. I suspect Quint's story about the Indy gave him PTSD flashbacks and contributed to his behavior after he told the story.
11. I was in the Navy and we were instructed to go for the eyes when confronting a shark.
12. The boy that says, "He made me do it." recently became the police chief of the town where this was filmed.
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 after Scheider read the script he turned it.
PS: Sharks cannot swim backwards, and they can't stop swimming forward or the water
won't flow through their gills.
When I was in the Navy I was stationed on Oahu for 3 1/2 years and it was 3 years 5 months too long. Sorry guys
Hey @William Jones, what a great comment, THANK YOU!!! And especially thank you for typing all this out. I love trivia, so this is great. Your Oahu statement made me laugh. haha
I always thought Michael was asking for coffee flavored ice cream, no? Since his mom was asking if he wanted ice cream.
Hi Pam!! Yeah, I believe he was. We did not hear it that way- I took it as, "Do you want ice cream?" And he replied, "Coffee," and we took as in "No, I want coffee." Now if she'd said, "What flavor ice cream do you want?", and he said, "Coffee", that would have been clearer to us personally. But other people seemed to catch on just like you did that he meant the flavor, and not the drink, so it was probably just us haha ;)
From the original TV commercial, which freaked me out when I was 11.
"...rated PG. May be too intense for children. Starts this Friday."
Hahaha, "It'll scare the sh*t out of you. Starts Friday. Be there."
Jaws 2 was ok except for those irritating and annoying teenagers.
Jaws 3(D) was made, you've guessed it, in 3D. But the shark was super cheap-looking that even grade school kids could do better. And the storyline had absolutely nothing to do with Amity or the Brody family or the first two films. It was set in an aquarium for the public. The movie was kinda like how Halloween III took an exit from the whole Michael Myers thing and spun it off another way. It was so dumb.
Jaws 4 was set in the Caribbean, Bahamas or some place like that with the Brody family coming back and the kids all grown up. And the funny thing is [dumb, rather] is that the shark had some sort of psychic connection with the Chief's wife.
So I'd say only the first two were good. The rest were crap.
Hi Remy!!! Thank you so much for the info on the sequels. I am a sucker sequels, even the bad ones. You perfectly summed up each one so that I know what to expect. Thanks again brother
PG-13 wasn't a thing until Gremlins/Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom in the 80's. I think it was originally a 15 rated movie, but as ratings have lessened over the years it's now considered "PG".
The mechanical shark did have a lot of issues so it wasn't seen as much as originally intended, but I think the movie actually benefited from seeing it less.
Thanks, @The Underbaker! Also, fyi, I pulled one of your comments to include in the Spilling the Peach Tea video on Star Wars tomorrow, so be sure to watch :)
Jaws 2 is a pretty good sequel and you see the shark a lot more. Jaws 3 is ok but suffers from the poor 3D filming of the early 80's. It is also the biggest shark at 35 feet! Jaws The Revenge is the worst of the sequels, but still enjoyable.
Well the waters outside will be getting warm again soon. Right about time to revisit Amity lol. Thanks for the advice, Steven!
@9:59
Mark: 😳😱
David: Blah, blah, blah
Haha, I was really anticipating a good David reaction too. 😄 Love the vids guys!!
Lol hazard of the trade, my man! I circled back with some jumps at the end, but can’t win them all :)
There was no PG-13 in 1975.
Robert Shaw was an actor and playwright in real life. He was also a heavy drinker and was inebriated most of the time when he’s on screen. His drunken rants are legendary but sadly he was taken too soon and died around the age of 50. He left behind a wonderful legacy of films though. His “Indianapolis” speech in this film ranks as probably the best speech ever in a movie. That they didn’t give academy awards for best picture and director to JAWS is one of the worst gaffs ever by Hollywood. There has not been a better film made that year up to and including today. (For those who think 1975’s One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest was a better movie…go to your room and stay there.) good video!
Thank you, @wkanost, and lol at "Go to your room and stay there" haha. Yeah, I looked him up afterwards because he was such an on-screen presence, and I was curious if I'd seen him in anything else. He was great, and his style of relaying the speech was especially good because I felt like I was listening to a real person, not an actor (if that makes sense)
Steven Spielberg's first movie was made for TV film "Duel", about a salesman being chased around the southwest by a strange truck driver. Richard Dreyfus' was in 9 movies before this one.
I had no idea Dreyfus had done that many films before this one!! Thanks, @Big Picture, appreciate the info.
16:46 Why would he do that? Possibly because Brody wants a bigger boat, whereas, Quint wants $10k.
Yeah, looking back now you're right, that makes sense. In the moment though, I was just thinking, Do you have a death wish?? Also, complete side note, thanks to this movie 7 months later I still say, "A whuuuuuut?" for clarification lol
😂 😂 😂 A whole generation,,, never went in the Ocean, or the bath or shower or barely even the bathroom 🚽... I saw this as a 7 year old 😱... Yep the day's before massive restrictions 😂 😂 we got life experiences and hardened early
Haha, kind of like Psycho- people never showered with the same innocence again...
PG-13 wasn’t around back then. I can’t remember what year it was. What gave it an R rating back then was it having the “f” word in it or any kind of nudity. Things have changed so much since then.
Seriously! Thanks, Daryn. Yeah, we just watched Blazing Saddles, and we were like, "THIS is R, and Jaws wasn't??" But what you wrote explains that :)
Another boomer that saw it immediately when it came out. The phony shark caused so much trouble Spielberg used the music and the jump scare for effect and it worked. People were scared witless (no cgi then). I developed Thalassaphobia and I’ve never been in dark water since. Good job guys.
Hi @Mediocre Comedian! Yeah, worked on me! lol. I will never get into the ocean again without thinking about this. Every.
Jaws was almost rated R Spielberg fought for the PG rating and won! 1975 was way before PG-13 came out
Thanks @zosometalgod! I had no idea about this until after watching Jaws. Makes more sense now.
There was no PG-13 back then. Saw it at the drive in. Imagine watching this outdoors on big screen in a swimming pool on floaties. My friends apartment complex did that one summer. 😳
You are correct about orcas killing great whites. They’ll actually just eat the liver and take off. So it’s almost like they’re donating the rest to the needy fishies.
AND by you are correct about them having issues with the shark animatronics. In the end, it was better and more suspenseful not seeing the shark in the first half or so.
Thanks so much, @Jeanine!! Appreciate it and that's a no-go on watching this in the water. Even a pool lol
Quint destroys the radio bc he wants revenge for the USS Indianapolis. Remember? “No distress signal had been sent” he wants that shark dead, by his hand, for all his shipmates that didn’t make it. He’s got all those boiled shark jaws in his shack one by one, in memory of his fellow Seamen.
Makes sense now. And thanks for tying in the shark jaws- I remembered all of them back at his shack, but I hadn’t connected them to his fallen bros. Appreciate the comment, Opal!
two is good but three and four were ok.
Might check out an earlier Spielberg directed movie, from 1971, called Duel.
Thanks Liz!
FYI… PG ratings did not go into affect until 1984. Inspect all Ratings . Yes movie is 1975.
Thanks Jarrett!
Quint was much like Captain Ahab from Moby Dick. Willing to destroy his ship and get killed trying to kill the whale.
Thank you, Amy! This makes way more sense now.
You guys didn't even mention what is probably the greatest speech in the history of film. The USS Indianapolis is a true story by the way. Seriously man
How could I follow that speech? He said it all :)
The thing with the barrels has to do with a sharks ability to breath. Unlike some fish, sharks have to keep swimming in order to keep oxygen moving across its gills. By attaching a barrel (or two or three) to it, you make the shark have to work harder to keep swimming. Eventually, it because too exhausted to swim, stops, and drowns.
Ahhh makes sense, thanks @chad lynch! Yeah, we didn't know. Appreciate the comment sir-
Loved your reaction. When the kid asks for coffee he’s referring to the flavor he wants. Back in those days coffee ice cream was very popular.
Ohhh! Yeah that makes more sense. Haha. Thanks Nick!
I agree with him....I wanna get away with wearing turtlenecks in the summertime.....
F yes!!
Do you know why divers 🤿 fall backwards into the water?
Because if they fell forward, they’d still be in the boat. Ba dam tis
Lol!!!! Love it.
This was right before pg-13 and was one of the reasons for pg-13. The reason given for the pg and not R rating was the violence was considered inimitable in real life and so not deserving of an R rating. The reason for the secrecy around the Indianapolis was it was delivering the first atomic bombs and the Navy was paranoid about the Japanese discovering where they had been and maybe sabotaging the bombs before delivery. No one was supposed to know where they were going or where they had been .
Thanks so much, Steve! Definitely appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment with this info, sir
This movie was filmed on the island of Martha's Vinyard. I have friends that live there and just about anyone living there was used as a background extra. This meant that everyone I would visit over the years would show me this movie so they could point out every shot that they were in. Great movie but I think I'm past the scary part.
Ha! Yeah, I bet. I grew up close to where they filmed Steel Magnolias, and to this day I'm pretty sure there are still framed autographs in every restaurant, supermarket, and bank in town. lol
Just a quick point. Spielberg's first film was 'Duel' (another great).
I've heard that! It seems to come highly recommended. I'll have to check it out, thanks @Haeleth 72.
Got to hand it to spielberg. shooting around a mechanical shark that didn't work 50% of the time and still making it suspenseful.
Hell yes!
I saw Jaws in the theater when I was 13 yo with my brothers. My oldest brother grabbed me when the man's one eye head popped out of the boat. I jumped out of my seat. Many of us said we would never go into the ocean afterwards.
Haha you can always count on older brothers, right? I can imagine this would be awesome in the theaters on the big screen and deafening sound. What I can’t imagine is what some people do now- go to water parties where they float in a pond or lake and watch this on an outdoor screen. No.
Don't watch the sequels. They get progressively worse, and 4 is on record as one of the dumbest films ever made.
I read that! But that tempts me, also.. I love a good train wreck. :)
I haven't been swimming ANYWHERE after seeing this movie in 1975 at the age of 13.
Oh I get it!
The Indianapolis story really happened. It was declassified by the movie but nearly no one knew about it until Jaws.
That's definitely been one of the more interesting things I found out :)
I have swam with sharks twice its fun. I did both times down in Florida. Try it I think you might enjoy the experience
Oh @Joe schwartz, I don't know... lol.
less than a handful of humans are killed by sharks every year, thousands of thousands of sharks are killed by man but someday soon they will organize
haha soooooon....