Right! They say Gen X and Elder Millennials aren't a good judge of "kid=friendly" content because our shows/tv were a bit much for the newer generation😂
i know! Gen X here. I'm not surprised people are afraid of being "cancelled" now....because my generation was afraid of "death by shark." When you shield kids from fear, they grow up without perspective and being afraid of every little thing.
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse I'm a baby boomer. Those times were really wild. You could mail order WW2 military surplus weapons like M-1 carbine for $25 with 20 rounds clips. Bannerman's catalog offered gattling guns and civil war cannons for sale. During hunting season, high school students would bring their hunting rifles and shotguns to school so they could go hunting right after class on Fridays. As kids we rode our bikes all over the place, often miles from home. In the summer we stayed out til supper time then went back out again until dark. A lot of kids started working at age 12 as newspaper boys. Every Friday I would go around to collect from my customers. Also went around knocking on strangers' doors asking if they would like to subscribe. It was a great time.
I agree with you, and let me clarify: we love the iconic 'jaws' sound. What threw us off was when it switched to a more 'happy' and disney sounding track when the moment was still tense/serious for us. Thanks for commenting!
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse happy?...the intent was "adventurous" ..as the humans now had the "upperhand" for the moment, ..why play the same "Jaws is lurking, Jaws is on the prowl" theme while the humans have the upperhand.?.how stupid would that scene be if the iconic Jaws them was played during it?
@@matthunter983 We never said they had to play the iconic Jaws theme the whole time. The adventurous track just felt odd to us is all, just our opinion. Otherwise a great soundtrack!
The adventure/terror/adventure/terror alternating thing is a psychological trick to amp up the stronger emotion. They've been using it on people since the dawn of entertainment: an ebb and flow that oscillates bigger and bigger. If you can bring the audience emotion "down," then when it gets back up, it goes higher. They use in in Deadpool when they have action-blood, then a joke, action-blood, then a joke. Each joke gets stronger, each action gets bloodier. If you notice, this movie is a MASTERPIECE of ratcheting terror. You rarely see the shark, but you are getting gradually and gradually more scared and uncomfortable.
i was 15 and spent every summer at the Jersey Shore and body surfed every day. This movie came out that summer and I saw it in the theater and the next day as I head into the water, the sound track pops into my head and i decided to forego body-surfing (the waves weren't great anyway 😉) and just cool off in shallow water. It took me about 3 days to get back in the water.
I was born on June 17th 1975 and Jaws was released on June 20th, 1975. I was 3 days old. You could say I'm a life long fan. Jaws is my go to movie. I watch it 3 times a week.
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse Yes I have seen all of them. Jaws 2 is a good one. Jaws 3D is ok and Jaws the Revenge is ok. You should check out Alien from 1979 it's a great movie
Gotcha, might have to react to Jaws 2 eventually! We actually had a react video ready to go for Alien (right before our Aliens video) but due to technical issues we lost the footage...was a major bummer (We loved the movie btw).
Hi guys Ian from Glasgow Scotland one of the first soundtracks I bought by the amazing composer John williams . A great soundtrack can make a.movie even better .
Correct, it wasn't two fins you saw, it was the same shark but the dorsal fin and the tail. The guy's head you saw, Ben Gardner, is the guy that pulled Matt Hooper on the dock and said, "hello back, young fella..." The head scene was added later after a screening when Spielberg deemed they needed just one more scare. So they filmed that in the editor's swimming pool and added milk to create the murkiness. Lastly, when the guy in the little boat gets it, the reason you see Brody's son in the water and the camera coming towards him, originally the shark was going to come to him with the dude hanging out of his mouth and he was going to grab Brody's son as a last ditch effort to survive and that's what really put him in shock (I think). But he cut that out. Fun blooper btw, when the guy in the little boat gets knocked over, he's barefoot. But when his leg comes down it has a shoe on it. The great thing about this movie is all the tension throughout.When Brody is sitting on the beach and every scream and splash just jolts him. Even when he spills the paintbrushes. Little things like that just keeps things tense for the views. And that monologue Robert Shaw delivers is epic. He wrote a good bit of it and apparently he was so wasted (BIG drinker) they had to shut down for the day and he thought he may have been fired. Came back the next day and just nailed it. Enjoyed your reaction!
Those were all great tidbits! especially the one about Brody's son and the guy on the boat. And about Robert Shaw...wow what a performance. Can't think of a monologue that hit like that in a while...since Stellan Skarsgard in Andor.
Sir, if this is one of the oldest movies you've seen, you two need to broaden your horizons. A high percentage of the all-time best movies are from decades before Jaws. Good luck with your channel.
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse You're very welcome... where to start? How about It Happened One Night, Casablanca, Ben Hur, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Godfather I and Godfather II. That gives you a movie from the '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s and the Godfathers from the early '70s. While I have your attention, one sure way to bump up your viewership would be to watch the three Lord of the Rings movies (and be sure to go for the extended editions. They're very long, but worth every minute!). I could name many dozens more... I'll bet others will hop on here with some of their suggestions. Have fun, and try those above. You won't be disappointed.
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse You're very welcome. Where to start? It Happened One Night, Casablanca, Ben Hur, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Godfather I and Godfather II... that'd give you a sample from each decade starting with the '30s. There are so, so many more. I'll bet others will hop on with their thoughts. While I have your attention, a sure way to boost your viewership would be to watch the three Lord of the Rings movies. They're truly great films. Watch the extended editions. They're very long, but well worth it. Have fun!
If I remember correctly, this movie is considered the first real summer blockbuster. And yes, it did make people think twice about going into the water. Most movies back in the 70-80's that would be considered R now, were PG. And it was not uncommon for kids under 10 to watch these movies all the time (I was one of them and most of my friends were also)
The shark's death in the script was for it to die from the wounds suffered in the hunt. Steven Spielberg wanted to have a dramatic death. The shark's head was filled with red paint, fish guts, and kegs of dynamite. It went off on cue. The only bad part was the camera got splashed with the fish guts. The explosion was successful and it made Jaws the first Summer Blockbuster in history.
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse cool I have subscribed. Just watched the thing with u guys. Love how many times your wife says WOW lol. Can’t wait for u guys to watch John Carpenter (Escape from New York).
The first attack was the most horrifying. It's the combination of the girl being helpless in the water and the night which scares us as children. If you like JAWS you'll love the land based version of it, TREMORS. 😊
Funny you mentioned that, we were trying to decide which one to react to > Jaws or Tremors. Tremors is def one of those we'd like to react to in the future!
The music changes to "adventurous" whenever the people get the upper hand over the shark. When the tables finally turn and the humans are the ones chasing the shark, rather than the shark eating them. That's why it gets more "upbeat".
The actor who played Hooper is Richard Dreyfuss… he’s been in alot of things. He was in the film called “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” also directed by Spielberg
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse he was also in a comedy with Bill Murray called “What About Bob?” If you guys are Bill Murray fans, you should definitely check it out, it’s very funny
@@keetahbrough This guy was in so much stuff and I don't think i've seen him in any of it...lol. We'll check out What About Bob thanks for the recommendation!
Actually, dawn and dusk are when some sharks are most active because they feed on the mid-ocean sea creatures that come up to surface to feed on the plankton.
This movie was one of the firet summer block buster movies to come out. The reason this was so big was when it was realeased. Nobody had done that before. And yes, this movie traumatized a whole generation of movie goers. I was a kid when this came out, I still don't like going into the water. Since this.movie ushered in the concept of the summer blockbuster, you are seeing tropes in their infancy. And that includes the movie soundtrack. The Jaws theme is there but they do revert back to a more jaunty soundtrack during the showdown when the boat gets the upper hand. They are learning the language. Later on movies are made that have very iconic soundtracks that tie the music to the movie. Halloween had an iconic soundtrack as well as Superman and the king of opening soundtracks is Star Wars. But if you want summer blockbuster soundtrack perfection where every storybit has an iconic music sound, then go no further than The Lord of the Rings trilogy. You should also check out some classic 70's movies. Kelly's Heroes is a good start, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, The Godfather, The Shining. You are in for a roller coaster. Also love that you have Tolkien in box set (looks like the 1977 version) as well as dnd (even though I am not really a 5e guy).
Thanks for understanding my small nitpick w/ track changes! We both haven't seen The Godfather, or the Good/Bad/Ugly so those will be good ones to react to. The Tolkien box set was my father's, and after checking it looks like 1973. I don't get the chance to play tabletop D&D much but I'm a big fan of the Baldur's Gate series on PC.
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse ah yeah, 1973. That was my first Tolkien set. And I hope you get to play a RPG on person at some time. Amazing experience. Talking about soundtracks, do try to watch The Godfather. It's almost a perfect film and that time well get inside you and never leave. A great slapstick movie from that time as well is What's Up Doc. Barbara Streisand and Ryan O'Neal. Saw it when I was a teen and has been a favorite ever since.
Oh interesting about the Nic Cage movie! Also, it appears as if the shooting star being real or not is a topic that's debated somewhat. It did look cool in the scene though!
The author Peter Benchley has a cameo as the reporter from the beach. He regretted that through his book and the movie people were really afraid of sharks. Later he engaged himself in the preservation of marine life. In 2023 there were a total of 69 unprovoked shark attacks on humans recorded in which10 people were killed - worldwide!
Just additionally, yeah, this created a problem for sharks. Lots of rehabilitation to be done. I was 18 in the Army at Ft Devens, Mass. when this came out. A few weeks after, a bunch of guys and a few of us women decided to go to the Cape for a weekend. I opted out. First, because I don't like sand. Mostly because I hadn't seen the movie, but wasn't crazy enough to get in the water. The first orca that survived capture were in 1965 taken near Tacoma. There was a movie in 1977 that came out about orca, named Orca. In that one, most people rooted for the orca. Sentiments about ocean life had started changing. Rapidly. It was less than 20 years later, after Free Willy came out, that the demand to stop the trade and to actually free Keiko became so burdensome on the aquarium that they attempted to free him. He died never integrating into a pod, of pneumonia. Again, not yet fully understanding the dynamics in their pods. The Russians have successfully released some. But, they were released where they were captured after around a year. They were able to reunite with their pods, or at the very least be able to have close enough language to be 'adopted' into another pod. Orcas actually eat the livers from sharks and leave the rest for the ocean. They've figured out precisely where to bite to pull that liver out. It's amazing.
I remember watching Free Willy as a kid, that movie was huge. I believe there was a recent video of an older orca torpedoing a great white shark, first time seen by humans. It's just funny that by coincidence Quint named his boat that, given everything that we learned about them afterwards.
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse Yeah, I don't think they realized until recently how devastating orcas are to sharks. It's really interesting. We probably see this more because there are a lot more researchers out there. I was watching something here on UA-cam about humpback whales attacking orcas and even going as far as to hide prey from them. Holding seals on their flippers to keep the orca away from them. It has happened with one human also. A humpback shielding her from a shark.
The problems it caused sharks were balanced up by the mass interest and subsequent research this film lead to. The Asian shark finning industry, commercial gill net and long line by-catch and the beach netting programmes were the big problems for sharks. That was on industrial level. Orca predation on great white sharks is completely overexaggerated. Only a few pods have been known to do this and only certain individuals within those pods. 99.9% of orcas do not prey on great white sharks and 99.9% of great white sharks do not experience orca predation. In fact, great white sharks are a bigger danger to other great white sharks.
@@lyndoncmp5751 Glad to hear that about the movie driving up interest/research. About Orca predation on sharks > I can understand it's rare but it was still fascinating to see on video!
24:12 "Oh, there's the leg. Oh that was good." Except that the bloody leg had a shoe on the foot, and the guy in the boat was barefoot. Take another look. But yeah, that leg look pretty real on film.
The $10,000.00 bounty Quint wanted to kill the shark would have been about $52,000.00 dollars today, adjusted for inflation. Plus Quint was getting paid $200.00 a day whether the shark was caught or not, as agreed by the chief when they were in Quint's boathouse.
As far as the rating goes, you have to take the rating in the context of the time. In 1975, the ratings were much more liberal compared to today. PG-13 didn't exist. Perhaps today, Jaws would have received an R rating for graphic violence.
14:40- And she did..Put the town of Amity in the red for 5 years.( Jaws 2) 20:07 Larry's so full of it..he dosen't want the beaches open because he owes N.Y Mafia $$ for his wife's hospital bills and summer rentals. If they don't lease, he can't pay them back--Which means HE may wind up shark food as in, "Ain't got our dough, huh? Tony-Vito--take dis guy fishing"
That's only in the book. Not in the film. In the film the mayor is only interested in the detriment to the town's summer tourist industry. No other reason.
Saw this around 14 w pop at the drive-in in his 75 Chevy 😅🔥we were strictly swimming pool swimmers for about a decade afterwards... everyone was😅...that boy with the yellow raft was HORRIFIC..lol
Oh boy do I remember those canvas covered rubber rafts. All day playing with friends in the salt water (Redondo beach of southern california) getting tossed off the raft...legs sliding across that sandy, salty water covered canvas. By the end of the day our legs were beet red RAW. But we had fun!
"Jaws" having a PG rating is nothing. "Escape From the Planet of the Apes" features a mother, a father and an infant child being brutally shot to death. And that movie was rated "G!!!" Movie ratings have always been nothing more than censorship. No one has ever been physically or mentally harmed by watching a rated R movie. The whole rating system is absurd.
Had no idea about planet of the apes! I will say I got messed up from watching Event Horizon as a kid (my dad had no idea it was a horror movie when we rented it).
@@clarkness77 Can you point to where he states this? I based my statement off of a documentary called 'The Making of Jaws' which came out in 1995. Yes it's old but it's the last time I paid any attention to this subject, so maybe things have changed, I'm not sure.
I can't believe you just asked if they put a shooting star in the movie. How would they do that in the sky, sir? In the seventies, it was a real shooting star, and in fact, there were two of them in the movie.That's all
The story he tells about the ship going down wasn't originally written that way. He wrote an eleven page script one night and it was put in. Yes, the barrels hold the fish up and tire it out.
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse the writers did, yes. The book author said years later he wished he hadn't written it because of how people reacted to sharks after the movie. For years killing them was common. Luckily it was found out to be the opposite of what was needed. Oh, the tiger shark was caught off the coast of Florida and shipped up for the movie.
It was John Milius who wrote the full length monologue. Robert Shaw, himself a gifted novelist and playwright, said it was too long and he was uncomfortable with much of it so it was Shaw who edited it down, rewrote parts and turned it into the monologue he felt comfortable delivering.
It was okay to see someone chomped on by a shark by tweens in the 70s, but not to allow them to see people smoking, which would have possibly gotten it an R rating in the 80s. PG-13 came out in 1984. Honestly, I don't think parents were dumb enough to take a kid to this back then. Ocean conservation was just beginning with the help of Jacques Cousteau's expeditions on his boat Calypso. It was a TV show that helped wake people up to what was happening in the oceans. Episodes on UA-cam. That mechanical shark broke down so often during shooting they had to add the music for suspense. I think it worked out better.
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse No, it really didn't. The 1980s was when smoking was stopped in workplaces. When I was a kid doctors smoked in hospitals, there were ashtrays at the end of grocery store aisles. Shockingly, they really were able to start scaling it back. In the same instance, started the dietary recommendations and replaced sugar with high fructose corn syrup causing the diabetic rates to skyrocket and obesity to become out of control. I think we are seeing pushback on that now.
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse Well, you figure the smoking rates were at like 80% up through the 60s. I don't know a teen during my time that didn't smoke. The vaping rates are far, far less than that. With state laws coming down on it, they should be able to scale that back. The 1990s they really came down with the laws on selling to minors and started fining store owners over it. So, they should be able to get it down.
Hey DNJ, nice reaction! If that was the oldest movie you have seen on your channel, then how about a classic comedy from 1955: The Court Jester (1955) Danny Kaye, Angela Landsbury (murder she wrote) and Glynis Johns (the mother in Mary Poppins.) This has some perfection hidden behind stupendous comedy, all intertwined in three storylines. Rotten tomatoes gave it a %97 rating, and well deserved at that!
To clarify I meant about specific behaviors we've seen/know about today (though the ones that kill sharks are pretty rare based on what someone else here said). Thanks for commenting!
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse To clarify I meant the film makers. I feel they named that boat Orca for the exact reason you picked up on. I imagine many people (like myself lol) would not know that. Thanks for that tip.
Mayor is not the villain. The villain is US, the people. Does the mayor care EITHER way about the town? Like most people he wants to keep his job. You keep THAT job by doing what the PEOPLE want you to do. If the town meeting wants the beach open....they MAYOR is elected by them to do what THEY want NOT what he wants. I've noticed that people --- even highly educated and smart reactors --- seem to blame the mayor instead of blaming PEOPLE. When you think about it, the mayor is a SUPERB public servant: he KNOWS the people so well that he knows the will of the people who elected them BEFORE they even tell him. They voted for a man who makes decisions THEY want. You heard them in that town meeting: PEOPLE: "Are you going to close the beaches?" Brody speaking for the officials, INCLUDING the mayor.:" Yes. Yes. we are." PEOPLE: groaning. unhappy. shuffling "48 hours like THREE WEEKS" The villain isnt the shark - he's doing what sharks do (looking for food and eating it). The villain isnt the mayor - he's doing what mayor's do (the will of their constituents) The villain is the people - our own self interest ABOVE our fellow man. The villian is US. The mayor's villainy reflect OUR villainy. Most reactors and viewers cant see it, or dont want to.
You make a good point with the townspeople being at least part of the blame. We do mention around 9:25ish that the town "doesn't care". However, the film very obviously points to the mayor as being the main obstacle to dealing with the shark, so it's understandable that a lot of people will take issue with him (us included). He's arrogant, and he doesn't listen to the scientific expert (Hooper) that was hired to be there. Anyways, I think you have a point. But even the townspeople aren't going to be 100% in agreement with every issue.
Nope, it basically had to have full on breasts and bush to be rated “R” back in the day. And even then it still might be “PG”. I loved being a kid in the 70s and 80s. Saw lotsa stuff on TV and theaters that I probably shouldn’t have. Also congrats for being the ONLY reactor I’ve ever seen to criticize John Williams’ genius. That was just ….weird.
LOL! For clarification, we love the soundtrack!There were just some parts in the movie where the scenes felt tense/serious and it would move to a track that sounded very upbeat and adventurous. Thanks for commenting!
48:45 I always shake my head in disbelieve about how prudish the USA is: "No swearing, no smoking, no nudity... [no whatever]! Let's censor all that immoral stuff!" Here in Austria and I guess in most of Europe you have all of that in the media without any restrictions. You won't see any blurred out or matted body parts or hear any beeps to overlay certain words. When in a movie a naked Tourette patient is cursing around while swinging his willie in the wind, it is what it is (also on public TV). 😁
Great reaction! Just found yalls channel. Please react to Wind River, starring Jeremy Renner ( Hawkeye ) and Elizabeth Olson, ( Scarlett Witch ). Based on a true story! And The Accountant with Ben Affleck and Anna Kendrick, and Eagle Eye with Shia Labeouf, Michelle Monahan, Billy Bob Thornton, and Rosario Dawson!
Sorry, she slapped the wrong guy. The chief's call was over written by the mayor. She should of slapped the mayor. Small towns the mayor and towns board has last word
So you're bothered by the special effects because you KNOW it cant be a real shark. When you watch Transformers or Deadpool or Marvel, do you think it cant be real, so the special effects are crappy?
It actually didn't bother us, and we were able to stay drawn into the movie. It was really well done, which we mentioned in our discussion/review. If we gave the impression that we were 'bothered' by the special effects, then our apologies but that simply isn't the case.
We're getting an earful for sure lol! Just want to clarify that we love the soundtrack, it's just the way the sound switched from the iconic tense jaws music to a more upbeat one during some scenes > it felt a little odd to us. That's my main criticism, everything else about the film score was great!
@@kittykatt7652 Looks like pagers didn't explode in use until the 80s, so even those weren't as common. I think what happens is Jane and I see this movie, and it looks 'modern' enough that we still associate modern things with it sometimes.
Best monologue we've seen in recent memory!
Little factoid for ya...Matt Hooper died in the book..
@@XDarkSyntaXOriginal Why am I not surprised it was a book...it's always a book lol!
PG in 1980 was for us cool Gen X people who didnt get offended at the smallest things. lol
Times were wild back then
Right! They say Gen X and Elder Millennials aren't a good judge of "kid=friendly" content because our shows/tv were a bit much for the newer generation😂
i know! Gen X here. I'm not surprised people are afraid of being "cancelled" now....because my generation was afraid of "death by shark." When you shield kids from fear, they grow up without perspective and being afraid of every little thing.
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse I'm a baby boomer. Those times were really wild. You could mail order WW2 military surplus weapons like M-1 carbine for $25 with 20 rounds clips. Bannerman's catalog offered gattling guns and civil war cannons for sale. During hunting season, high school students would bring their hunting rifles and shotguns to school so they could go hunting right after class on Fridays. As kids we rode our bikes all over the place, often miles from home. In the summer we stayed out til supper time then went back out again until dark. A lot of kids started working at age 12 as newspaper boys. Every Friday I would go around to collect from my customers. Also went around knocking on strangers' doors asking if they would like to subscribe. It was a great time.
What the hell, Dude?!! "Jaws" has one of the most famous soundtracks of all time!
I agree with you, and let me clarify: we love the iconic 'jaws' sound. What threw us off was when it switched to a more 'happy' and disney sounding track when the moment was still tense/serious for us. Thanks for commenting!
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse happy?...the intent was "adventurous" ..as the humans now had the "upperhand" for the moment, ..why play the same "Jaws is lurking, Jaws is on the prowl" theme while the humans have the upperhand.?.how stupid would that scene be if the iconic Jaws them was played during it?
@@matthunter983And they skipped the main intro to the iconic JAWS score at the very beginning.
@@matthunter983 We never said they had to play the iconic Jaws theme the whole time. The adventurous track just felt odd to us is all, just our opinion. Otherwise a great soundtrack!
The adventure/terror/adventure/terror alternating thing is a psychological trick to amp up the stronger emotion. They've been using it on people since the dawn of entertainment: an ebb and flow that oscillates bigger and bigger. If you can bring the audience emotion "down," then when it gets back up, it goes higher. They use in in Deadpool when they have action-blood, then a joke, action-blood, then a joke. Each joke gets stronger, each action gets bloodier.
If you notice, this movie is a MASTERPIECE of ratcheting terror. You rarely see the shark, but you are getting gradually and gradually more scared and uncomfortable.
This is the first film where someone getting drunk and passing out actually saved a person's life
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i was 15 and spent every summer at the Jersey Shore and body surfed every day. This movie came out that summer and I saw it in the theater and the next day as I head into the water, the sound track pops into my head and i decided to forego body-surfing (the waves weren't great anyway 😉) and just cool off in shallow water. It took me about 3 days to get back in the water.
Haha...I don't blame you!
I was born on June 17th 1975 and Jaws was released on June 20th, 1975. I was 3 days old. You could say I'm a life long fan. Jaws is my go to movie. I watch it 3 times a week.
That's some dedication! Have you seen the other Jaws movies? Are they worth watching in your opinion?
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse Yes I have seen all of them. Jaws 2 is a good one. Jaws 3D is ok and Jaws the Revenge is ok. You should check out Alien from 1979 it's a great movie
Gotcha, might have to react to Jaws 2 eventually! We actually had a react video ready to go for Alien (right before our Aliens video) but due to technical issues we lost the footage...was a major bummer (We loved the movie btw).
Hi guys Ian from Glasgow Scotland one of the first soundtracks I bought by the amazing composer John williams . A great soundtrack can make a.movie even better .
Hello Ian! Yes it's a great soundtrack agreed. Thanks for commenting!
This is one of my favorite movies love the line"MARY ELLEN MOFFET BROKE MY HEART" Brilliant. When they are matching scars 😂😂😂
😄that was a good one!
Correct, it wasn't two fins you saw, it was the same shark but the dorsal fin and the tail. The guy's head you saw, Ben Gardner, is the guy that pulled Matt Hooper on the dock and said, "hello back, young fella..." The head scene was added later after a screening when Spielberg deemed they needed just one more scare. So they filmed that in the editor's swimming pool and added milk to create the murkiness. Lastly, when the guy in the little boat gets it, the reason you see Brody's son in the water and the camera coming towards him, originally the shark was going to come to him with the dude hanging out of his mouth and he was going to grab Brody's son as a last ditch effort to survive and that's what really put him in shock (I think). But he cut that out. Fun blooper btw, when the guy in the little boat gets knocked over, he's barefoot. But when his leg comes down it has a shoe on it. The great thing about this movie is all the tension throughout.When Brody is sitting on the beach and every scream and splash just jolts him. Even when he spills the paintbrushes. Little things like that just keeps things tense for the views. And that monologue Robert Shaw delivers is epic. He wrote a good bit of it and apparently he was so wasted (BIG drinker) they had to shut down for the day and he thought he may have been fired. Came back the next day and just nailed it. Enjoyed your reaction!
Those were all great tidbits! especially the one about Brody's son and the guy on the boat. And about Robert Shaw...wow what a performance. Can't think of a monologue that hit like that in a while...since Stellan Skarsgard in Andor.
The Sheriff had two phones in his house because one was the family's phone and one was the sheriff department's phone.
Sir, if this is one of the oldest movies you've seen, you two need to broaden your horizons. A high percentage of the all-time best movies are from decades before Jaws. Good luck with your channel.
Thank you, and we plan on doing just that! Do you have any recommendations?
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse You're very welcome... where to start?
How about It Happened One Night, Casablanca, Ben Hur, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Godfather I and Godfather II.
That gives you a movie from the '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s and the Godfathers from the early '70s.
While I have your attention, one sure way to bump up your viewership would be to watch the three Lord of the Rings movies (and be sure to go for the extended editions. They're very long, but worth every minute!).
I could name many dozens more... I'll bet others will hop on here with some of their suggestions.
Have fun, and try those above. You won't be disappointed.
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse You're very welcome. Where to start?
It Happened One Night, Casablanca, Ben Hur, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Godfather I and Godfather II... that'd give you a sample from each decade starting with the '30s.
There are so, so many more. I'll bet others will hop on with their thoughts.
While I have your attention, a sure way to boost your viewership would be to watch the three Lord of the Rings movies. They're truly great films. Watch the extended editions. They're very long, but well worth it.
Have fun!
We've both seen LOTR multiple times, but reaction videos for the other recommendations could work! We'll be sure to look those up. Thanks once again!
If I remember correctly, this movie is considered the first real summer blockbuster. And yes, it did make people think twice about going into the water. Most movies back in the 70-80's that would be considered R now, were PG. And it was not uncommon for kids under 10 to watch these movies all the time (I was one of them and most of my friends were also)
Jaws must've been that generations Jurassic Park for the kids who watched it.
The shark's death in the script was for it to die from the wounds suffered in the hunt. Steven Spielberg wanted to have a dramatic death. The shark's head was filled with red paint, fish guts, and kegs of dynamite. It went off on cue. The only bad part was the camera got splashed with the fish guts. The explosion was successful and it made Jaws the first Summer Blockbuster in history.
@@RichardM1366 yea the shark just sinking would be anti climatic. Explosion was the way to go it was so epic!
Brody: protagonist
Quint : antihero
Hooper: scientist
Jaws: main character
Mayor: MAIN VILLAIN
Barrels: recurring characters
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse well played lol
@@rashadwalker8218 😄
Steven Spielberg always puts a shooting star in every movie. Back to the Future 3, when Doc was kissing his gf as example.
I don't seem to recall any shooting stars in his newer(ish) stuff. Could just be straight up missing it though
Nice reaction ❤❤❤I disagree on music. One of top 5 iconic sound tracks ❤❤❤❤
Tyvm! To clarify, we do like the soundtrack, but some of the track placement felt a little odd. Agreed that it's very iconic!
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse cool I have subscribed. Just watched the thing with u guys. Love how many times your wife says WOW lol. Can’t wait for u guys to watch John Carpenter (Escape from New York).
@@perrycampbell6499 Thank you! We both haven't seen Escape from New York that we'll add that to the list!
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse what track placement felt odd?
The first attack was the most horrifying. It's the combination of the girl being helpless in the water and the night which scares us as children.
If you like JAWS you'll love the land based version of it, TREMORS. 😊
Funny you mentioned that, we were trying to decide which one to react to > Jaws or Tremors. Tremors is def one of those we'd like to react to in the future!
The music changes to "adventurous" whenever the people get the upper hand over the shark. When the tables finally turn and the humans are the ones chasing the shark, rather than the shark eating them. That's why it gets more "upbeat".
The actor who played Hooper is Richard Dreyfuss… he’s been in alot of things. He was in the film called “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” also directed by Spielberg
We didn't recognize him until later. And we have never seen Close Encounters either! might be a good one to react to. Thanks for commenting!
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse he was also in a comedy with Bill Murray called “What About Bob?” If you guys are Bill Murray fans, you should definitely check it out, it’s very funny
Ya, watch Richard Dreyfuss in What About Bob? That's the funniest movie I've ever seen.. xo
@@keetahbrough This guy was in so much stuff and I don't think i've seen him in any of it...lol. We'll check out What About Bob thanks for the recommendation!
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse I actually brought up What About Bob first… I don’t know why my response got deleted
The joke with Chief Brody looking at his scar is that is was a tiny little one from a surgery, and he knew it didn't compare to their cool stories!
Actually, dawn and dusk are when some sharks are most active because they feed on the mid-ocean sea creatures that come up to surface to feed on the plankton.
@@AARONANKRUM good to know! In case i ever go in the ocean lol!
This movie was one of the firet summer block buster movies to come out. The reason this was so big was when it was realeased. Nobody had done that before. And yes, this movie traumatized a whole generation of movie goers. I was a kid when this came out, I still don't like going into the water.
Since this.movie ushered in the concept of the summer blockbuster, you are seeing tropes in their infancy. And that includes the movie soundtrack. The Jaws theme is there but they do revert back to a more jaunty soundtrack during the showdown when the boat gets the upper hand. They are learning the language.
Later on movies are made that have very iconic soundtracks that tie the music to the movie. Halloween had an iconic soundtrack as well as Superman and the king of opening soundtracks is Star Wars. But if you want summer blockbuster soundtrack perfection where every storybit has an iconic music sound, then go no further than The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
You should also check out some classic 70's movies. Kelly's Heroes is a good start, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, The Godfather, The Shining. You are in for a roller coaster.
Also love that you have Tolkien in box set (looks like the 1977 version) as well as dnd (even though I am not really a 5e guy).
Thanks for understanding my small nitpick w/ track changes! We both haven't seen The Godfather, or the Good/Bad/Ugly so those will be good ones to react to. The Tolkien box set was my father's, and after checking it looks like 1973. I don't get the chance to play tabletop D&D much but I'm a big fan of the Baldur's Gate series on PC.
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse ah yeah, 1973. That was my first Tolkien set. And I hope you get to play a RPG on person at some time. Amazing experience.
Talking about soundtracks, do try to watch The Godfather. It's almost a perfect film and that time well get inside you and never leave.
A great slapstick movie from that time as well is What's Up Doc. Barbara Streisand and Ryan O'Neal. Saw it when I was a teen and has been a favorite ever since.
Thank you for the recommendations and kind words, really appreciate it!
The shooting star was a real moment during filming. They also have a movie out about the Indianapolis with actor Nicholas Cage
Oh interesting about the Nic Cage movie! Also, it appears as if the shooting star being real or not is a topic that's debated somewhat. It did look cool in the scene though!
The shark's name is Bruce, named after Director Steven Spielberg's Lawyer Bruce Ramer.
For real? reminds me of Finding Nemo lol...
No the shark is just called the shark. The mechanical contraptions used in the making of the film were nicknamed Bruce. 😝
@@lyndoncmp5751 Fair enough 😆
The author Peter Benchley has a cameo as the reporter from the beach. He regretted that through his book and the movie people were really afraid of sharks. Later he engaged himself in the preservation of marine life. In 2023 there were a total of 69 unprovoked shark attacks on humans recorded in which10 people were killed - worldwide!
Oh that's a really cool piece of trivia!
Just additionally, yeah, this created a problem for sharks. Lots of rehabilitation to be done. I was 18 in the Army at Ft Devens, Mass. when this came out. A few weeks after, a bunch of guys and a few of us women decided to go to the Cape for a weekend. I opted out. First, because I don't like sand. Mostly because I hadn't seen the movie, but wasn't crazy enough to get in the water. The first orca that survived capture were in 1965 taken near Tacoma. There was a movie in 1977 that came out about orca, named Orca. In that one, most people rooted for the orca. Sentiments about ocean life had started changing. Rapidly. It was less than 20 years later, after Free Willy came out, that the demand to stop the trade and to actually free Keiko became so burdensome on the aquarium that they attempted to free him. He died never integrating into a pod, of pneumonia. Again, not yet fully understanding the dynamics in their pods. The Russians have successfully released some. But, they were released where they were captured after around a year. They were able to reunite with their pods, or at the very least be able to have close enough language to be 'adopted' into another pod. Orcas actually eat the livers from sharks and leave the rest for the ocean. They've figured out precisely where to bite to pull that liver out. It's amazing.
I remember watching Free Willy as a kid, that movie was huge. I believe there was a recent video of an older orca torpedoing a great white shark, first time seen by humans. It's just funny that by coincidence Quint named his boat that, given everything that we learned about them afterwards.
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse Yeah, I don't think they realized until recently how devastating orcas are to sharks. It's really interesting. We probably see this more because there are a lot more researchers out there. I was watching something here on UA-cam about humpback whales attacking orcas and even going as far as to hide prey from them. Holding seals on their flippers to keep the orca away from them. It has happened with one human also. A humpback shielding her from a shark.
@@rhiahlMT Orcas really living up to their nickname
The problems it caused sharks were balanced up by the mass interest and subsequent research this film lead to.
The Asian shark finning industry, commercial gill net and long line by-catch and the beach netting programmes were the big problems for sharks. That was on industrial level.
Orca predation on great white sharks is completely overexaggerated. Only a few pods have been known to do this and only certain individuals within those pods.
99.9% of orcas do not prey on great white sharks and 99.9% of great white sharks do not experience orca predation. In fact, great white sharks are a bigger danger to other great white sharks.
@@lyndoncmp5751 Glad to hear that about the movie driving up interest/research. About Orca predation on sharks > I can understand it's rare but it was still fascinating to see on video!
The full grown woman wasnt splashing around like the dog and the kid.
that makes sense!
24:12 "Oh, there's the leg. Oh that was good." Except that the bloody leg had a shoe on the foot, and the guy in the boat was barefoot. Take another look. But yeah, that leg look pretty real on film.
Ohhh good catch!
I saw Jaws at the Brazos Twin Drive in when it came out and you could hear people scream everywhere when the head popped out of the boat 😂
I don't doubt it...wow that jump scare was 10/10
The Barrels are to make it tired, Sharks drown if they don't keep moving.
Gotcha, that makes sense!
32:03 - the Barrell serves 2 purposes. Yes it does keep the Shark close to the surface and wears it out.But it also makes possible to find the Shark
The white bottle he was sniffing was old spice after shave
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The $10,000.00 bounty Quint wanted to kill the shark would have been about $52,000.00 dollars today, adjusted for inflation. Plus Quint was getting paid $200.00 a day whether the shark was caught or not, as agreed by the chief when they were in Quint's boathouse.
As far as the rating goes, you have to take the rating in the context of the time. In 1975, the ratings were much more liberal compared to today. PG-13 didn't exist. Perhaps today, Jaws would have received an R rating for graphic violence.
Not a bad payday!
14:40- And she did..Put the town of Amity in the red for 5 years.( Jaws 2) 20:07 Larry's so full of it..he dosen't want the beaches open because he owes N.Y Mafia $$ for his wife's hospital bills and summer rentals. If they don't lease, he can't pay them back--Which means HE may wind up shark food as in, "Ain't got our dough, huh? Tony-Vito--take dis guy fishing"
That explains a lot lol.
That's only in the book. Not in the film. In the film the mayor is only interested in the detriment to the town's summer tourist industry. No other reason.
Saw this around 14 w pop at the drive-in in his 75 Chevy 😅🔥we were strictly swimming pool swimmers for about a decade afterwards... everyone was😅...that boy with the yellow raft was HORRIFIC..lol
Lifetime swimming pool user here. It's not so bad! Yes I agree that scene with the boy shocked us haha.
Oh boy do I remember those canvas covered rubber rafts. All day playing with friends in the salt water (Redondo beach of southern california) getting tossed off the raft...legs sliding across that sandy, salty water covered canvas. By the end of the day our legs were beet red RAW. But we had fun!
"Its on the older side of movies" come-on... many of the greatest movies of all-time were made between 1940 - 1980 !
Fair point. We are hoping to watch more movies in that range to see what its all about!
The fadeout scene was done deliberately so the viewers can hear brody say we can radio for a bigger boat. They needed a bigger boat
Hooper in the book died in the cage! Quint died the same in the movie.
Glad they left Hooper alive in the movie, we loved his character!
"Jaws" having a PG rating is nothing. "Escape From the Planet of the Apes" features a mother, a father and an infant child being brutally shot to death. And that movie was rated "G!!!" Movie ratings have always been nothing more than censorship. No one has ever been physically or mentally harmed by watching a rated R movie. The whole rating system is absurd.
Had no idea about planet of the apes! I will say I got messed up from watching Event Horizon as a kid (my dad had no idea it was a horror movie when we rented it).
That was a real shooting star caught on film and they decided to leave it in the film.
That's wild if true. I think there was 2 of them?
Stop spreading misinformation lol it was added in post production Spielberg's long confirmed it
@@clarkness77 briefly looked it up and saw that a lot of ppl still argue for either way. Got a link by any chance?
@@clarkness77 Can you point to where he states this? I based my statement off of a documentary called 'The Making of Jaws' which came out in 1995. Yes it's old but it's the last time I paid any attention to this subject, so maybe things have changed, I'm not sure.
Just a quick google search is all u need
I can't believe you just asked if they put a shooting star in the movie. How would they do that in the sky, sir? In the seventies, it was a real shooting star, and in fact, there were two of them in the movie.That's all
So you telling me that in Space Odyssey...they literally went up in space for the movie? 😆
The story he tells about the ship going down wasn't originally written that way. He wrote an eleven page script one night and it was put in.
Yes, the barrels hold the fish up and tire it out.
So he shortened it? Thanks for clarification on the barrels!
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse the writers did, yes.
The book author said years later he wished he hadn't written it because of how people reacted to sharks after the movie. For years killing them was common. Luckily it was found out to be the opposite of what was needed. Oh, the tiger shark was caught off the coast of Florida and shipped up for the movie.
@@FollowingGhost yea i can understand that… I would feel a little guilty also. Cool to know about the tiger shark!
It was John Milius who wrote the full length monologue. Robert Shaw, himself a gifted novelist and playwright, said it was too long and he was uncomfortable with much of it so it was Shaw who edited it down, rewrote parts and turned it into the monologue he felt comfortable delivering.
@@lyndoncmp5751 He did a great job, can't get better than that IMO
We found out your preference at the first beach attack. 😢😂
lol!
16:30 They were not acting to the smell because they really bought a dead shark for that scene and it was already starting to rot.
It was okay to see someone chomped on by a shark by tweens in the 70s, but not to allow them to see people smoking, which would have possibly gotten it an R rating in the 80s. PG-13 came out in 1984. Honestly, I don't think parents were dumb enough to take a kid to this back then. Ocean conservation was just beginning with the help of Jacques Cousteau's expeditions on his boat Calypso. It was a TV show that helped wake people up to what was happening in the oceans. Episodes on UA-cam. That mechanical shark broke down so often during shooting they had to add the music for suspense. I think it worked out better.
Interesting that smoking would have been rated R in the 80s. Probably made it more 'cool' at that point. Cool tidbit about the shark!
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse No, it really didn't. The 1980s was when smoking was stopped in workplaces. When I was a kid doctors smoked in hospitals, there were ashtrays at the end of grocery store aisles. Shockingly, they really were able to start scaling it back. In the same instance, started the dietary recommendations and replaced sugar with high fructose corn syrup causing the diabetic rates to skyrocket and obesity to become out of control. I think we are seeing pushback on that now.
They were able to scale it (smoking) back, but replaced it with vaping. Vaping might be on the downturn a little bit now too though?
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse Well, you figure the smoking rates were at like 80% up through the 60s. I don't know a teen during my time that didn't smoke. The vaping rates are far, far less than that. With state laws coming down on it, they should be able to scale that back. The 1990s they really came down with the laws on selling to minors and started fining store owners over it. So, they should be able to get it down.
@@rhiahlMT 80% that's wild. I used to smoke when pack was $3.50. I hear nowadays its $10 or more. Glad to have kicked and kept off the habit.
Hey DNJ, nice reaction!
If that was the oldest movie you have seen on your channel, then how about a classic comedy from 1955:
The Court Jester (1955)
Danny Kaye, Angela Landsbury (murder she wrote) and Glynis Johns (the mother in Mary Poppins.)
This has some perfection hidden behind stupendous comedy, all intertwined in three storylines.
Rotten tomatoes gave it a %97 rating, and well deserved at that!
Thank you! We'll have to check that one out! We are planning on eventually doing some movies in the 60s and 50s, we just don't know which ones.
ROCKY 1976
Ooo we might have to. Thanks for the recommendation!
Of course they knew about Orcas. Why would they not? They make sure we see plenty of shots of the name on the boat.
To clarify I meant about specific behaviors we've seen/know about today (though the ones that kill sharks are pretty rare based on what someone else here said). Thanks for commenting!
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse To clarify I meant the film makers. I feel they named that boat Orca for the exact reason you picked up on. I imagine many people (like myself lol) would not know that. Thanks for that tip.
@@kittykatt7652 Ah, gotcha! and np!
Mayor is not the villain. The villain is US, the people. Does the mayor care EITHER way about the town? Like most people he wants to keep his job. You keep THAT job by doing what the PEOPLE want you to do. If the town meeting wants the beach open....they MAYOR is elected by them to do what THEY want NOT what he wants.
I've noticed that people --- even highly educated and smart reactors --- seem to blame the mayor instead of blaming PEOPLE. When you think about it, the mayor is a SUPERB public servant: he KNOWS the people so well that he knows the will of the people who elected them BEFORE they even tell him. They voted for a man who makes decisions THEY want.
You heard them in that town meeting:
PEOPLE: "Are you going to close the beaches?"
Brody speaking for the officials, INCLUDING the mayor.:" Yes. Yes. we are."
PEOPLE: groaning. unhappy. shuffling "48 hours like THREE WEEKS"
The villain isnt the shark - he's doing what sharks do (looking for food and eating it).
The villain isnt the mayor - he's doing what mayor's do (the will of their constituents)
The villain is the people - our own self interest ABOVE our fellow man.
The villian is US. The mayor's villainy reflect OUR villainy.
Most reactors and viewers cant see it, or dont want to.
You make a good point with the townspeople being at least part of the blame. We do mention around 9:25ish that the town "doesn't care". However, the film very obviously points to the mayor as being the main obstacle to dealing with the shark, so it's understandable that a lot of people will take issue with him (us included). He's arrogant, and he doesn't listen to the scientific expert (Hooper) that was hired to be there. Anyways, I think you have a point. But even the townspeople aren't going to be 100% in agreement with every issue.
Those weren't hippies. Hippies were 60s this is 75. They are just college kids, I know I was 21 in 75.
Weren't hippies in the 70s also? But fair point now that I look at it again there's probably not enough to simply point at them as hippies. My bad
Nope, it basically had to have full on breasts and bush to be rated “R” back in the day. And even then it still might be “PG”. I loved being a kid in the 70s and 80s. Saw lotsa stuff on TV and theaters that I probably shouldn’t have.
Also congrats for being the ONLY reactor I’ve ever seen to criticize John Williams’ genius. That was just ….weird.
LOL! For clarification, we love the soundtrack!There were just some parts in the movie where the scenes felt tense/serious and it would move to a track that sounded very upbeat and adventurous. Thanks for commenting!
Another film the both of u should watch is crimson tide with Denzel Washington and gene hackman
It's on our list of potential movies to react to! Thanks for the recommendation!
48:45 I always shake my head in disbelieve about how prudish the USA is: "No swearing, no smoking, no nudity... [no whatever]! Let's censor all that immoral stuff!"
Here in Austria and I guess in most of Europe you have all of that in the media without any restrictions.
You won't see any blurred out or matted body parts or hear any beeps to overlay certain words.
When in a movie a naked Tourette patient is cursing around while swinging his willie in the wind, it is what it is (also on public TV). 😁
You talking about the news? because the US doesn't blur out anything or beep out curse words in movies/TV either lol.
so what films has Austria produced that rival Jaws..what great movie has Austria ever produced
You have a cool vibe as a couple.
@@1teela thank you!
sharks have 2 fins
We originally thought we saw 2 dorsal fins...only to later realize it was a dorsal fin and tail fin. Thanks for commenting!
Stop at Jaws 2
Gotcha LOL
Nothing wrong with the soundtrack. It was used to draw the stress and tension away from the audience
Great reaction! Just found yalls channel. Please react to Wind River, starring Jeremy Renner ( Hawkeye ) and Elizabeth Olson, ( Scarlett Witch ). Based on a true story! And The Accountant with Ben Affleck and Anna Kendrick, and Eagle Eye with Shia Labeouf, Michelle Monahan, Billy Bob Thornton, and Rosario Dawson!
tyvm! We have both seen Wind River and Eagle Eye, but The Accountant would be a new one for us!
Sorry, she slapped the wrong guy. The chief's call was over written by the mayor. She should of slapped the mayor. Small towns the mayor and towns board has last word
100% agree with you. Also is it just me or did the actress really lay it on him? that was a loud slap. How many takes? haha
So you're bothered by the special effects because you KNOW it cant be a real shark. When you watch Transformers or Deadpool or Marvel, do you think it cant be real, so the special effects are crappy?
It actually didn't bother us, and we were able to stay drawn into the movie. It was really well done, which we mentioned in our discussion/review. If we gave the impression that we were 'bothered' by the special effects, then our apologies but that simply isn't the case.
Too bad some care more about the dog than the people.
We were just (half...) joking around...haha
You’re entitled to your opinion but there are circles where you’d be deemed a heretic for claiming that the soundtrack was a weak part of this movie.
We're getting an earful for sure lol! Just want to clarify that we love the soundtrack, it's just the way the sound switched from the iconic tense jaws music to a more upbeat one during some scenes > it felt a little odd to us. That's my main criticism, everything else about the film score was great!
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one phone for police business, one for home. not uncommon at all.
Thanks for clarifying, didn't think of that!
@@OfficialDNJmoviehouse No cell phones back then. That's why.
@@kittykatt7652 Looks like pagers didn't explode in use until the 80s, so even those weren't as common. I think what happens is Jane and I see this movie, and it looks 'modern' enough that we still associate modern things with it sometimes.
This was not a of film
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