A friend of mine was Ed Harrell. He was the last surviving US Marine from the USS INDIANAPOLIS crew. He passed a few years ago. Rest in Peace my friend and shipmates.
Fun fact Lee Fiero, who played the woman who slapped Brodie, was in Marthas Vineyard years later. She and her friend walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed that they had an item called The Alex Kitner Sandwich. When Lee mentioned to the waiter that she played Alex's mom, suddenly a man ran up to her from the back room. It was the owner - and he was the actor who played Alex. They had not seen each other since the film wrapped.
Another fun fact one may not know. One of the cardboard fin kid pranksters in the film is now Chief of Police of Edgartown where Jaws was filmed. Essentially he became Brody.
Interesting. I met the guy that played Alex in the film and he must've moved back to Martha's Vineyard, as he told me he walks his dog every morning on that same beach they filmed on.
4:16 "I have a bad feeling. Something is about to happen. The water is too calm and everything is too happy." It's funny how people see the same thing and react differently based on what they know they're watching. You see people on a beach in a horror movie about a shark and you feel fear. But you see people on a beach in a family friendly movie like Mama Mia, 50 First Dates, Grown Ups, Blue Crush, or many others, and you feel happy for them. If nobody told you this was a horror movie and you just walked in, you would say "Oh, look at all the fun on the beach!".
I was 11 when this came out. It was literally a block buster with people lined up waiting for hours to get in the theatre and then people stayed out of the water for years. Nice job ladies, happy Valentines day.
This came out before I was born. But I'm under the impression that summer movies were a slow time for theaters until this point. It was the first blockbuster movie during the summer.
I was 8 when this came out and remember the long lines at the theater and how scary it was on the big screen. Also watched it in college where they screened it in a swimming pool while we all watched from the water. That definitely added an entirely new level to the Jaws experience
i always loved the opening, the intense attack and crying for help, pulled under for the final time, and... nothing! no trace of what just happened left in the water. amazing!
Part of what makes the opening so intense is that the fear is genuine. All the lady was told to she go out and be swimming. Everyone thought the deal about the scene was that she would be swimming naked not being attacked by a shark.
@@stevedavis5704 No, she had to wear a harness in order to get pulled around, so she knew what the scene was about. (You'll hear stories about her being injured by the yanking.)
The critics praised Spielberg for giving the shark an air of dangerous anonymity by restricting the audience's views of it. What wouldn't become known until well after this movie's release is that the mechanical shark used... nicknamed "Bruce" by the film crew... constantly broke down, forcing Spielberg to dip into his bag of movie trickery to keep things going.
What so many people don't get is that that the movie is NOT really about a shark. It's centered on CHIEF BRODY. Read the novel. On some level, everyone around Brody is against him. He is figuratively an "island" unto himself.
Practical effects have held up so much better than early CG effects. That and just having a solid plot with compelling characters and tapping into real, primal fears.
Right? The fact that the mechanical shark failed so frequently in the ocean's salt water made for an even BETTER film...that just can't be replicated with CGI, no matter HOW good.
'Practical effects have held up so much better than early CG effects' You apparently didn't look in to the making of this film. The whole reason this film was shot the way it was, is because they couldn't get the practical effects to work.
TheKyrix82 True for the second half with the barrels etc, but not for the first half. The mechanical shark was never scheduled to be used for the beach attack scenes. It was hidden on purpose. The first half of Jaws was filmed more or less on schedule. It was the Orca scenes that went over schedule and over budget. Its all in The Jaws Log and Memories From Martha's Vineyard. The 'making of' documentaries exaggerate the non working shark too much.
What makes that opening scene so terrifying is the quickness that it is over. All the struggles, screams and moving suddenly stops, leaving literally no evidence until the remains wash ashore.
This was the first film to make $100 million at the box office and was also the first movie described as a "blockbuster". 1975 and it STILL makes audiences freak out, generation after generation. That's the sign of one of the best movies ever made.
If I am not mistaken, based on at least some of the information you just mentioned, didn't one other very famous Studio Executive make a decision to COMPLETELY change their Summer Realese Schedule, and immediately began to restructure their Movie Release around Seasons, Holidays, 3-Day Weekends, etc. He also made sure to choose 5 of their most "sure things", and scheduled them to Open all Summer long!!
@@powertothepeople9271 _"Steven Spielberg's Jaws (USA, 1975) is considered the first summer blockbuster._ _Not only did people queue up around the block to see the movie, it became the first film to earn $100 million at the box office."_ - Guinness World Records
Quint’s monologue about the USS Indianapolis (true story btw) is one of the best in any movie. Robert Shaw was drunk the first time he tried it and he couldn’t get it right. Spielberg let him try it again and he nailed it. All 3 men are on that boat for different reasons. Brody is there because of the attack on his son and out of duty as the Chief. Hooper is there as a scientist. Quint is there, not only for the money, but because he has a great fear of sharks that comes off and hatred. After hearing his story, you realize that out of all 3, he’s the most frightened.
Hello, someone thought the U.S.S. Indianapolis story was so interesting this made for television movie was produced: " Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis TV Movie (1991) ".
Because of that monologue, my favorite lines from the movie, I read an amazing book called "Fatal Voyage: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis". I highly recommend it. I followed that up with the book "Left to Die: The Tragedy of the USS Juneau" by the same author, Dan Kurzman, the ship that the five Sullivan brothers and four Rogers brothers died on and the basis of the premise of Saving Private Ryan where it mentioned that brothers serving together could not be stationed together so that one battle/sinking/attack couldn't wipe out mass family members as it did with the sinking of the Juneau. Much like the Indianapolis, a series of miscommunications and negligence left the 150-180 Juneau survivors in the water for eight days. When rescue did arrive, after thirst, starvation, and shark frenzies...only 10 sailors were pulled out of the Pacific. Rips my heart out every time just thinking about these two tragedies and Quint's speech brings it back fresh.
I have to disagree concerning Quint's motivation. Because of what he witnessed on the USS Indianapolis, hunting sharks became a vendetta, a revenge. At the end, he wanted to show that shark who was boss, but because he was blinded by hatred and revenge, the shark was able to get the best of him
Don't exactly agree with you but you make some good points. All 3 men really share a similar motivation for being on that boat. They all feel a need to PROVE THEMSELVES WORTHY of their respective authority. It's really Brody who is the center of the plot and the one who feels the most to prove. That point gets hammered home from the early scenes of the story. He feels ignored, ridiculed and underappreciated. He also feels like EVERYONE around him is against him on some level. The novel makes this even more obvious.
I was 15 years old when this movie was released. At the big jump scare, EVERYONE IN THE THEATER SCREAMED THEIR HEADS OFF. I have never had an experience like that since. Also, everyone at school talked about the movie.
After the movie came out, Steven Spielberg would go to a theater in Westwood, (I think) just to see/hear the audience scream when they saw Ben Gardner's head.
I showed this to my daughters when they were 15 and 13. They were both apprehensive and cuddled me closely on the couch for safety. The older one was more of a scare baby and her entire body shook and heaved when that head appeared. So funny.
The kid with the fake shark fin, the one who said “he made me do it” became the Chief of Police in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, on July 1, 2022, right near where Jaws was filmed. His name is Jonathan Searles.
Ladies I was 12 years old when this movie was released and lived about 10 miles from where it was filmed. This movie frightened me enough that for years I swam with my back always to the beach. This movie is considered the first summer blockbuster that we all look forward to now each year
The jump scares in this movie are spectacular. It does such a good job of playing on your expectation on it, teasing that one could be coming, and when you're just starting to tell yourself to stop being such a fraidy-cat, you get hit with a good jump scare. So many movies have tried to deliver on jump scares, and just cant do it, but Jaws is patient... lurking...
Magy is right, sharks don't generally attack humans unless they look like prey. From below, and if a human is on a floating device they look like seals. Years ago I remember reading an interview with the author who wrote the book "Jaws" (sorry, I can't remember his name) and he said that if he knew what we know now about sharks he would have never written "Jaws". Still, a classic movie!
@RedRanger1138 Best thing to do is to remain calm and keep your guard up/ keep your eyes on the shark. Try to appear like a threat or challenge to a shark. It will most likely swim on. Turn your back ......shark's confidence will grow and it will attack. Easier said Than done, right?
@@antonioelaventurero9117 Or you could do what Australian surfer Mick Fanning did and just punch the shark in the nose. Easier said than done, I guess.
@Boroman9 I don't know if I would actually be able to Remain calm if I encountered a great white shark in the ocean! I'd probably have a heart attack!! Lol. Nose? I would go for the gills or better yet....the eyes!
The actress that played the first victim was injured filming this scene. She had a harness around her waist with a rope on each side. There were men on the ropes off camera yanking her back and forth to give the effect of the shark attack.
Hi! :) Just wanted to clear up it's actually an urban legend that Susan Backlinie (who played "Chrissie") allegedly broke her rips when she was pulled from side to side in that harness. It's been claimed so often in media of "JAWS movie facts", that everyone (incl. me) took it as a fact. However, the actress herself & several set workers debunked it as untrue. What she said though, was that the divers didn't say when or which direction they where pulling her. This startled & somewhat scared her, making her acting more frightening & believable. But afterward she came out of the water just fine.
Glad you enjoyed this Spielberg/John Williams masterpiece. 14:52, loved it when your hearts jumped out of your chests. So much fun watching that movie with someone who has never seen it.
I was 10 years old when this was released and thought it was amazing. To this day, I still don't think I've ever jumped higher that when that head rolled out of the bottom of that boat. I remember the entire audience screamed. Still one of my top movie going experiences.
Yeah. Holy _crap,_ that was terrifying! You know, the first time _I_ watched this movie, that's the only thing I actually remember as a _jump_ scare. And it was a scene the shark wasn't even _in._
One of the "taglines' for the promotion of this movie was "It will scare you out of the water".... Which actually happened as the number of beach-goers who wanted to swim in the ocean actually DROPPED to a noticeable level across the country when this movie came out. And since it was a "summer film", it was shown while a lot of people were on vacation trips. Which is how I saw this movie with my family. We were at Ocean Isle (NC) and it was raining, so we went to the movies... needless to say, the next 3 days NONE of us wanted to go into the water past our knees, and even then for only a couple of minutes.
I'm Australian, we get quite a few shark attacks per year, a young teenage girl died here just a few weeks ago. Sharks are creatures of habit, their feeding time is usually dawn or dusk so we've been taught thats not the best time to go swimming lol. The biggest shark I've ever seen in person was dead and on display in a tank at a mall/ supermarket (This would never happen today) but this shark was a Great White and 16.5 feet long/ 5 meters long, It was Huge!!! and to think they can grow to 19.5 feet / 6 meters long is unbelievable.
After Jaws was out someone got the idea to display a great white in a refrigerated truck behind glass. I was a kid at the time but the shark seemed huge.
@@topherbec7578 If you're Australian and lived in Melbourne, I think it may have been the same shark. I saw it in the early 90's though, I too was just a kid but he'd updated to some refrigerated tank. You're right it was huge.
@@Casey-zp9kv This was in the early 80's and in Texas. The guy was hauling it around from town to town charging a couple of bucks to see it. Seems like several people had the same idea.
*Jaws is that adaptation that I support the changes made from the book. The human characters in the books are so boring that they make you root for the shark. In the book, Brody and Hooper never got along, including Hellen in the book had an affair with Hooper due to the dissatisfaction of her marriage to Brody, Mayor Larry is corrupt and he is the one who urges Hellen to get back together with Brody. Hooper also became shark food and only Brody survived and it remains to be seen what he did with his life after returning to dry land. The film left the trio very charismatic and I really liked it and we hope they get Jaws*
the other change they made was that in the book the guys came back each evening while looking for the shark but had them stay out till they got the shark in the film heard the reason for the change was that they wanted to keep the tension up
Another notable change is in the book's climactic end when Brody was the only one left to fight against the shark. Rather than him heroically shooting the charging shark, the book has him helplessly hanging on the mast of the shinking boat before the shark died from its wounds. Its heart bursted mid charge from all the harpoons Quint shot it with. If that anti-climactic end played out in the theatres, this film would not be remembered as fondly.
That's the POINT of the book. it's not about the shark. It's about Chief Brody. EVERYONE is adversarial to him in the plot on some level. That's what makes it a good story. Hellen's infidelity and the Mayor's corruption is still implied in the movie version. The shark is more symbolic of all the "demons" haunting Brody and the 2 were destined to have a showdown.
This was my childhood! I was born and raised in a small sea port village not far from where this was filmed. I was 11 years old when this movie was released, and I had my first job as a maté abroad a fishing boat two summers later 😊
Widely regarded in the industry as the BEST MOVIE that Hollywood ever produced. Easy to see why. Literally everything came together in this film. A FLAWLESS script combined with the Perfect writer, director, cast, editor, photography and producing team of Zanuck and Brown. Hard to imagine considering the OCEAN of problems they had making it. Still holds up today as much as it did in June 1975. The SCARE effect it had on culture (nobody wanted to go near the water) back then I don't think has ever been equaled since...
I remembered the days when my dad brought me to watch the movie "Jaws" at the old Capital Cinema Singapore 🇸🇬 in the 70s. It has the mystical unicorn in white and it was so grand in those days. "Jaws" is truly a classic. BTW, I am one of your subscribers and always love ❤️ your honest reaction.
There were constantly problems with the animatronic shark. It happened so often that the crew was forced to be creative. Because of this, the idea to show the shark as little as possible was born. This greatly added to the suspense, and thus many movies after this started using this formula.
That really wasn't a new formula for scaring the audience. Many sci-fi and suspense or horror movies of the 1950s-1960s saved money by actually showing the source of the terror for most of the movie. Using the point of view of the creature/bad guy was a common screen trick. People watching these movies got just as scared watching reactions of the victims.
magy the actress who played the mom who's son was eating by jaws went to a resturant like 20 years later and when she was sitting at the table some guy came from the back of the resturant and introduced himself to her as the little boy who played her son in jaws and they stayed friends until she died
Congratulations Magy, you have experienced one of the Best jump scares ever in Hollywood ( the head popping from the hole in the boat ) !!!! I saw this in a theater as a teenager when it first came out and the place was packed with people and this jump scare freaked everyone out. Many people had popcorn in bags or buckets from the concessions stand and when that head popped out I swear popcorn flew up in the air everywhere. Not sure if you noticed ( the young marine specialist who went down in the cage is Richard Dreyfuss , the same guy ( but much older ) that played in the Psychiatrist in "What About Bob" ! Been with you from the beginning...by far , you are my favorite reactor on UA-cam...... keep up the great work ! PS. When you were trying to pronounce Jaws at the beginning of the video... thing of Zootopia, when you said " put your Paws in the air" !! Jaws sounds just like paws but with a J sound. Have a great day.
23:56 - like a number of moments in the theatre when this movie premiered, I would imagine. Or at least I would imagine that's what a number of people wanted to do at various points while watching the film when it first came out.
Imagine Brody's mindset when Quint smashed the radio and refused to return to shore. That was more frightening to me than the shark. It confirmed that the so called "expert shark hunter" was nuts.
37:17 "Oh my God -- uh -- Excuse me. That's a boat; it's not for you." You sounded so stern, like you were admonishing a child. 😝 Yeah, you tell 'im, Magy!
I love watching people’s first time reaction to Jaws. I remember my parents taking us to see this when it first released a few weeks before our beach vacation.
You two are hilarious with the jump scares I loved you two especially with the first one that one is best one in cinema history and never disappoint and never fails and made this movie iconic.
Rip Roy Scheider (as Chief Brody), Robert Shaw (as Quint), Murray Hamilton (as Mayor Larry), Peter Benchley (as the interviewer), and Lee Fierro (as Mrs Kintner)
I was 10 years old when I saw JAWS; FOR YEARS I WOULD NOT SWIM IN A POND, POOL, OR EVEN TAKE A HOT BATH. ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, I JOINED THE NAVY, BECAME A MEMBER OF THE COUSTEAU SOCIETY & realized that sharks are AWESOME.
About the ending: Right before the end credits, you can see Brody & Hooper reaching & walking onto the beach. So they really made it & survived. 🥳 Never noticed it myself for several years... 😲
I saw "Jaws" when i was a kid on the Universal Studios tram tour about 40 years ago. When I saw the fin heading towards me, it scared the shit out of me and I was scrambling over the seats of the tram to get away. 😄😄
MM because of our territorial differences you did not mention a recognized line in the movie. Most Americans would associate, "Your gonna need a bigger boat" as the most recognized line in the movie.
Fun Fact: The older kid who did the shark prank with the cardboard fin, the kid on the left, is now the Police chief of the very same town they filmed the movie in.
You should write to Spielberg and tell him to next time include a lot more bright shiny things and lots of things that go click. Might be better at holding your attention.
@RideAcrossTheRiver The affair between Chief Brody's wife and Matt Hooper in the book was completely unnecessary. It actually detracted from the story, and I'm glad they left it out of the film. The Reader's Digest version left it out too. I was 16 when the film came out. I went to see it with my mom, who I think covered her eyes for half the movie. 😂
It is clear that the people knew the danger. When the pranksters with the wooden fin caused people to scream, there was a long line of people in chairs on the beach that put their binoculars to their eyes, in unison. I never noticed that before. They came to the beach to see blood.
5:43 "Actually, sharks, from what I know, doesn't like to eat humans. Like, they... they just looks, sometimes, like... um..." "Like danger, or?" "No. They look like, uh, their food." Seals. Yeah. Human beings are _not_ natural prey for the average shark. Seals _are._ But at sea, sometimes, human beings get mistaken for seals, and by the time a shark is in a position to realize that the animal they're eating is not a seal, it's too late. This, however, is something we did not _know_ the year this movie came out. There actually was a great _deal_ we did not know about sharks then that we _do,_ now.
As someone who has watched both Jaws and Jaws II so many times I've lost count - and got to watch both when they came out in the theatre back in 1975 and 1978 - this is awesome to watch.
The music was by *John Williams* He has made some of the most iconic music in film history - Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Superman, Indiana Jones, Schindler’s List, Harry Potter, E.T., and Star Wars! I fact, when George Lucas was looking for someone to do music for Star Wars, his good friend Spielberg recommended Williams to him!
I hope you get to watch these other movies: 1. Blue Thunder 2. Always 3. From Russia With Love 4. Piranha (directed by Joe Dante) 5. The Hidden Fortress 6. Seven Samurai 7. Excalibur 8. Gremlins 9. Bullitt 10. Way Of The Dragon
Hi Magy and Laura. Thanks for reacting to this amazing Steven Spielberg film. Jaws is an absolute favorite of mine. I loved both your thoughts on this film. ❤️❤️
Every single moment in Spielberg's films is riveting. Even all the dialogue scenes are all so engaging. I'm never bored for one second. By the way, most of the time during production, the shark malfunctioned so they had to use simple techniques to induce fear in the audience i.e. the barrels, the splashing and John Willima's two-note anxiety-inducing score.
Great reaction!! When you screamed at the jump scares, I just wanted to hug you both, cause you looked so scared...but it was also so funny too!! Thanks for the fun reaction. After STAR WARS, this movie is the one I have watched the most times in my life. I never get sick of seeing it. Thanks and keep smiling 🤗👍❤️
Great reaction girls! Possibly the best reaction I've seen to the head popping out of the hole in the boat. Had to back up and watch it a couple of times. Really enjoyed listening to the screams on the jump scares. This movie was so fun in the theater, popcorn and drinks flying everywhere. I'd wait till a quiet moment then poke some girls shoulder in front of me. She'd scream and set off the whole theater again. Thank you so much for the laughs I needed it.
You mentioned this movie is almost 50 years old. Even older is The Godfather, from 1972, which was the biggest moneymaking film…until Jaws. PLEASE react to that classic as well. It’s an offer you can’t refuse! 😎
Mayor Larry may never have been arrested for the mistakes he made for not believing in the shark story, but in the PS2 game Jaws Unleashed, which takes place 40 years after the first movie, Larry ends up being killed by the new shark (which in this case is the player, since in this game we play with the shark)
48 years later and the practical effects from that time when done right, are still better than today's cgi. More realistic for sure. Proof that practical effects should never disappear from cinema. They should always supplement the cgi to make something special. LOTR movies and the Peter Jackson crew knew this better than anyone, and luckily Spielberg did too.
I saw this in the theater in 1975 with my mom, dad and sister who was 15 at the time, I was 9. When the head appeared in the hole in the boat my sister kicked her shoe two rows forward. People in front of her passed it back to her. This was at the Westwood Twin theater in Abilene, TX.
When I was a young kid we went to Universal Studios in Los Angeles. Universal is where they film a lot of movies, but there is also the amusement park side of the property. And at the park, they had the Jaws ride at the time. I was 8 years old and was traumatized for life! Btw... Hey Laura ... 🥰
Aside from Quints dissertation about the USS Indianapolis. One of the greatest lines in this movie, or any other. Is when Robert Shaw says to Richard Dreyfus character. You got city hands Mr Hooper. You've been counting money all your life !
This has been and always will be my favorite film. My mom let me watch this and the sequels when I was very young, I even got to see parts 3 (in 3D) and 4 when they originally came out in theaters. I encourage you to watch all of the documentaries about the production of this film, it is a movie onto itself how difficult it was for Spielberg to make this movie. Jaws is one of the few perfect films from start to finish
The reactions I enjoyed were when the laughing stopped. Btw the woman who played the mother who's little boy on the raft was killed went into a seafood restaurant a couple decades later and saw a menu item named after their characters. She told the waitress that she was the lady from the movie. The waitress went to the kitchen and brought out the owner, who had played the little boy in the movie!
Yes....me, too. When they stopped laughing, I got into their reactions. The giggling and side remarks took me out of the reaction. If it goes on too long, I close the window and find something else to watch.
Nice jump reactions, girls. I've always regarded Jaws as a movie monster like King Kong. It's at least twice the size of any known reliably recorded Great White and does not behave at all like a shark, not that they aren't v dangerous if you're in their domain. That said, fun reaction to a fun movie.
A friend of mine was Ed Harrell. He was the last surviving US Marine from the USS INDIANAPOLIS crew. He passed a few years ago. Rest in Peace my friend and shipmates.
I can relate to that real life horror story , Because I served in the navy also ! May they all rest in peace !! Such a horrible way to go.!!!
@@leehodge36 honestly quint story about the Indianapolis was the scariest thing in the movie
Prayers for your friend, marine, Mr. Harrell. Rip. Northern michigan.
We met him at a church here in Indianapolis. He was a wonderful man and a true hero!
Kudos to him especially for all the innocent people he murdered while serving....but hey that's America for you
It's always fun seeing first timers watch Jaws. You two did not disappoint. 😁
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Fun fact Lee Fiero, who played the woman who slapped Brodie, was in Marthas Vineyard years later. She and her friend walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed that they had an item called The Alex Kitner Sandwich. When Lee mentioned to the waiter that she played Alex's mom, suddenly a man ran up to her from the back room. It was the owner - and he was the actor who played Alex. They had not seen each other since the film wrapped.
Lee apparently was often asked by people to slap their faces. Strange request.
That is really a cool story. What are the chances!
Fiero wasn't even an actress.
Another fun fact one may not know. One of the cardboard fin kid pranksters in the film is now Chief of Police of Edgartown where Jaws was filmed. Essentially he became Brody.
Interesting. I met the guy that played Alex in the film and he must've moved back to Martha's Vineyard, as he told me he walks his dog every morning on that same beach they filmed on.
4:16 "I have a bad feeling. Something is about to happen. The water is too calm and everything is too happy."
It's funny how people see the same thing and react differently based on what they know they're watching.
You see people on a beach in a horror movie about a shark and you feel fear.
But you see people on a beach in a family friendly movie like Mama Mia, 50 First Dates, Grown Ups, Blue Crush, or many others, and you feel happy for them.
If nobody told you this was a horror movie and you just walked in, you would say "Oh, look at all the fun on the beach!".
I was 11 when this came out. It was literally a block buster with people lined up waiting for hours to get in the theatre and then people stayed out of the water for years. Nice job ladies, happy Valentines day.
This came out before I was born. But I'm under the impression that summer movies were a slow time for theaters until this point. It was the first blockbuster movie during the summer.
I remember that well, I was 13 and saw this in a drive in theater! Loved it then and it's still one of my favorites! Nice job ladies!
I was 8 when this came out and remember the long lines at the theater and how scary it was on the big screen. Also watched it in college where they screened it in a swimming pool while we all watched from the water. That definitely added an entirely new level to the Jaws experience
We're the same age! Yeah, the term "Summer Blockbuster" was coined for this movie!
Great reaction, ladies. In the book Hooper is killed by the shark. xx
i always loved the opening, the intense attack and crying for help, pulled under for the final time, and... nothing! no trace of what just happened left in the water. amazing!
Part of what makes the opening so intense is that the fear is genuine. All the lady was told to she go out and be swimming. Everyone thought the deal about the scene was that she would be swimming naked not being attacked by a shark.
@@stevedavis5704 No, she had to wear a harness in order to get pulled around, so she knew what the scene was about. (You'll hear stories about her being injured by the yanking.)
@@stevedavis5704lol what
The critics praised Spielberg for giving the shark an air of dangerous anonymity by restricting the audience's views of it. What wouldn't become known until well after this movie's release is that the mechanical shark used... nicknamed "Bruce" by the film crew... constantly broke down, forcing Spielberg to dip into his bag of movie trickery to keep things going.
What so many people don't get is that that the movie is NOT really about a shark. It's centered on CHIEF BRODY. Read the novel.
On some level, everyone around Brody is against him. He is figuratively an "island" unto himself.
Practical effects have held up so much better than early CG effects. That and just having a solid plot with compelling characters and tapping into real, primal fears.
And better and smarter writing, etc etc etc etc. Better films all around.
Right? The fact that the mechanical shark failed so frequently in the ocean's salt water made for an even BETTER film...that just can't be replicated with CGI, no matter HOW good.
'Practical effects have held up so much better than early CG effects' You apparently didn't look in to the making of this film. The whole reason this film was shot the way it was, is because they couldn't get the practical effects to work.
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True for the second half with the barrels etc, but not for the first half. The mechanical shark was never scheduled to be used for the beach attack scenes. It was hidden on purpose. The first half of Jaws was filmed more or less on schedule. It was the Orca scenes that went over schedule and over budget.
Its all in The Jaws Log and Memories From Martha's Vineyard.
The 'making of' documentaries exaggerate the non working shark too much.
not to mention Steven Spielberg directing LOL
What makes that opening scene so terrifying is the quickness that it is over. All the struggles, screams and moving suddenly stops, leaving literally no evidence until the remains wash ashore.
I read the first few pages in a bookstore and almost passed out when she was attacked. Needless to say I neither read further nor bought the book.
@@DarqJestor It's a good book and has some plot differences... worth a read. I read it when I was in 5th grade... probably shouldn't have!
This was the first film to make $100 million at the box office and was also the first movie described as a "blockbuster".
1975 and it STILL makes audiences freak out, generation after generation.
That's the sign of one of the best movies ever made.
If I am not mistaken, based on at least some of the information you just mentioned, didn't one other very famous Studio Executive make a decision to COMPLETELY change their Summer Realese Schedule, and immediately began to restructure their Movie Release around Seasons, Holidays, 3-Day Weekends, etc.
He also made sure to choose 5 of their most "sure things", and scheduled them to Open all Summer long!!
GOLDFINGER (1964) was called a blockbuster. So was THUNDERBALL (1965). Legitimate huge audiences for Bond in the 60s.
@@powertothepeople9271 _"Steven Spielberg's Jaws (USA, 1975) is considered the first summer blockbuster._ _Not only did people queue up around the block to see the movie, it became the first film to earn $100 million at the box office."_
- Guinness World Records
Quint’s monologue about the USS Indianapolis (true story btw) is one of the best in any movie. Robert Shaw was drunk the first time he tried it and he couldn’t get it right. Spielberg let him try it again and he nailed it. All 3 men are on that boat for different reasons. Brody is there because of the attack on his son and out of duty as the Chief. Hooper is there as a scientist. Quint is there, not only for the money, but because he has a great fear of sharks that comes off and hatred. After hearing his story, you realize that out of all 3, he’s the most frightened.
100% agreed. Robert Shaw was superb.
Hello, someone thought the U.S.S. Indianapolis story was so interesting this made for television movie was produced: " Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
TV Movie (1991) ".
Because of that monologue, my favorite lines from the movie, I read an amazing book called "Fatal Voyage: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis". I highly recommend it. I followed that up with the book "Left to Die: The Tragedy of the USS Juneau" by the same author, Dan Kurzman, the ship that the five Sullivan brothers and four Rogers brothers died on and the basis of the premise of Saving Private Ryan where it mentioned that brothers serving together could not be stationed together so that one battle/sinking/attack couldn't wipe out mass family members as it did with the sinking of the Juneau. Much like the Indianapolis, a series of miscommunications and negligence left the 150-180 Juneau survivors in the water for eight days. When rescue did arrive, after thirst, starvation, and shark frenzies...only 10 sailors were pulled out of the Pacific. Rips my heart out every time just thinking about these two tragedies and Quint's speech brings it back fresh.
I have to disagree concerning Quint's motivation. Because of what he witnessed on the USS Indianapolis, hunting sharks became a vendetta, a revenge. At the end, he wanted to show that shark who was boss, but because he was blinded by hatred and revenge, the shark was able to get the best of him
Don't exactly agree with you but you make some good points. All 3 men really share a similar motivation for being on that boat.
They all feel a need to PROVE THEMSELVES WORTHY of their respective authority. It's really Brody who is the center of the plot and the one who feels the most to prove. That point gets hammered home from the early scenes of the story. He feels ignored, ridiculed and underappreciated. He also feels like EVERYONE around him is against him on some level. The novel makes this even more obvious.
I was 15 years old when this movie was released. At the big jump scare, EVERYONE IN THE THEATER SCREAMED THEIR HEADS OFF. I have never had an experience like that since. Also, everyone at school talked about the movie.
Me too, buddy.
I was born 15 years later when this movie came out. But I love this movie.
The two jump scares were amazing!😂🌸🌿🌺🌷☘️
LOL. Once again, Ben Gardner never fails to scare the sh*t out of younger generations of movie goers. Never gets old ladies, great reaction.
After the movie came out, Steven Spielberg would go to a theater in Westwood, (I think) just to see/hear the audience scream when they saw Ben Gardner's head.
I showed this to my daughters when they were 15 and 13. They were both apprehensive and cuddled me closely on the couch for safety. The older one was more of a scare baby and her entire body shook and heaved when that head appeared. So funny.
That scene was actually done in a swimming pool. Milk was added th the water to give it a murky look.
@@ronfehr7899 I've heard that story as well. I think it was shot at Verna Fields swimming pool. She was the films editor.
@@THOMMGB I think I knew that. I had just forgotten which member of the crew the swimming pool belonged to.
The kid with the fake shark fin, the one who said “he made me do it” became the Chief of Police in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, on July 1, 2022, right near where Jaws was filmed. His name is Jonathan Searles.
Ladies I was 12 years old when this movie was released and lived about 10 miles from where it was filmed. This movie frightened me enough that for years I swam with my back always to the beach. This movie is considered the first summer blockbuster that we all look forward to now each year
I still swim with my back to the beach! Haha
The jump scares in this movie are spectacular. It does such a good job of playing on your expectation on it, teasing that one could be coming, and when you're just starting to tell yourself to stop being such a fraidy-cat, you get hit with a good jump scare. So many movies have tried to deliver on jump scares, and just cant do it, but Jaws is patient... lurking...
Magy is right, sharks don't generally attack humans unless they look like prey. From below, and if a human is on a floating device they look like seals. Years ago I remember reading an interview with the author who wrote the book "Jaws" (sorry, I can't remember his name) and he said that if he knew what we know now about sharks he would have never written "Jaws". Still, a classic movie!
Peter Benchley!
Also humans splashing around in the water makes sharks think it’s a fish in distress and therefore an easy meal
@RedRanger1138
Best thing to do is to remain calm and keep your guard up/ keep your eyes on the shark. Try to appear like a threat or challenge to a shark. It will most likely swim on.
Turn your back ......shark's confidence will grow and it will attack.
Easier said Than done, right?
@@antonioelaventurero9117 Or you could do what Australian surfer Mick Fanning did and just punch the shark in the nose. Easier said than done, I guess.
@Boroman9
I don't know if I would actually be able to Remain calm if I encountered a great white shark in the ocean!
I'd probably have a heart attack!! Lol.
Nose?
I would go for the gills or better yet....the eyes!
The actress that played the first victim was injured filming this scene. She had a harness around her waist with a rope on each side. There were men on the ropes off camera yanking her back and forth to give the effect of the shark attack.
Damn, sounds like a way to F up your spine, permanently
Hi! :) Just wanted to clear up it's actually an urban legend that Susan Backlinie (who played "Chrissie") allegedly broke her rips when she was pulled from side to side in that harness. It's been claimed so often in media of "JAWS movie facts", that everyone (incl. me) took it as a fact. However, the actress herself & several set workers debunked it as untrue. What she said though, was that the divers didn't say when or which direction they where pulling her. This startled & somewhat scared her, making her acting more frightening & believable. But afterward she came out of the water just fine.
When she screams "it hurts!" she was NOT acting.
Glad you enjoyed this Spielberg/John Williams masterpiece. 14:52, loved it when your hearts jumped out of your chests. So much fun watching that movie with someone who has never seen it.
I was 10 years old when this was released and thought it was amazing. To this day, I still don't think I've ever jumped higher that when that head rolled out of the bottom of that boat. I remember the entire audience screamed. Still one of my top movie going experiences.
Yeah. Holy _crap,_ that was terrifying! You know, the first time _I_ watched this movie, that's the only thing I actually remember as a _jump_ scare. And it was a scene the shark wasn't even _in._
How is a dead persons head going to hurt you?
@@ckobo84 I'm guessing you don't get invited to too many parties, huh? 🤡
23:55 LOL!!!! Even better reaction!! I am loving this! 😀
"You're gonna need a bigger boat".... a timeless line.
"One case o' apricot brandy and don't forget the colour TV."
One of the "taglines' for the promotion of this movie was "It will scare you out of the water".... Which actually happened as the number of beach-goers who wanted to swim in the ocean actually DROPPED to a noticeable level across the country when this movie came out. And since it was a "summer film", it was shown while a lot of people were on vacation trips. Which is how I saw this movie with my family. We were at Ocean Isle (NC) and it was raining, so we went to the movies... needless to say, the next 3 days NONE of us wanted to go into the water past our knees, and even then for only a couple of minutes.
I'm Australian, we get quite a few shark attacks per year, a young teenage girl died here just a few weeks ago. Sharks are creatures of habit, their feeding time is usually dawn or dusk so we've been taught thats not the best time to go swimming lol. The biggest shark I've ever seen in person was dead and on display in a tank at a mall/ supermarket (This would never happen today) but this shark was a Great White and 16.5 feet long/ 5 meters long, It was Huge!!! and to think they can grow to 19.5 feet / 6 meters long is unbelievable.
Yeah mate, it was terrible what happened to that young lady. You from Perth, where it happened?
After Jaws was out someone got the idea to display a great white in a refrigerated truck behind glass. I was a kid at the time but the shark seemed huge.
@@topherbec7578 If you're Australian and lived in Melbourne, I think it may have been the same shark. I saw it in the early 90's though, I too was just a kid but he'd updated to some refrigerated tank. You're right it was huge.
@@Casey-zp9kv This was in the early 80's and in Texas. The guy was hauling it around from town to town charging a couple of bucks to see it. Seems like several people had the same idea.
I'm Australian too
Ive seen Jaws at least a dozen times and your reactions were absolutely hilarious. You two make a great pair.
*Jaws is that adaptation that I support the changes made from the book. The human characters in the books are so boring that they make you root for the shark. In the book, Brody and Hooper never got along, including Hellen in the book had an affair with Hooper due to the dissatisfaction of her marriage to Brody, Mayor Larry is corrupt and he is the one who urges Hellen to get back together with Brody. Hooper also became shark food and only Brody survived and it remains to be seen what he did with his life after returning to dry land. The film left the trio very charismatic and I really liked it and we hope they get Jaws*
the other change they made was that in the book the guys came back each evening while looking for the shark but had them stay out till they got the shark in the film heard the reason for the change was that they wanted to keep the tension up
Agreed. Too much extraneous stuff like Brodie's wife's affair
Another notable change is in the book's climactic end when Brody was the only one left to fight against the shark.
Rather than him heroically shooting the charging shark, the book has him helplessly hanging on the mast of the shinking boat before the shark died from its wounds. Its heart bursted mid charge from all the harpoons Quint shot it with.
If that anti-climactic end played out in the theatres, this film would not be remembered as fondly.
That's the POINT of the book. it's not about the shark. It's about Chief Brody. EVERYONE is adversarial to him in the plot on some level. That's what makes it a good story. Hellen's infidelity and the Mayor's corruption is still implied in the movie version. The shark is more symbolic of all the "demons" haunting Brody and the 2 were destined to have a showdown.
This was my childhood! I was born and raised in a small sea port village not far from where this was filmed. I was 11 years old when this movie was released, and I had my first job as a maté abroad a fishing boat two summers later 😊
Widely regarded in the industry as the BEST MOVIE that Hollywood ever produced. Easy to see why. Literally everything came together in this film. A FLAWLESS script combined with the Perfect writer, director, cast, editor, photography and producing team of Zanuck and Brown. Hard to imagine considering the OCEAN of problems they had making it. Still holds up today as much as it did in June 1975. The SCARE effect it had on culture (nobody wanted to go near the water) back then I don't think has ever been equaled since...
It's better than all the CGI ocean monster movies that have come out since then for sure. Not seeing the shark made it more terrifying.
@@ViPro2023 100% agree....
It really shows how good this film is from the great acting to the fantastic John Williams Music and it being made in 1975 and still be great.
I remembered the days when my dad brought me to watch the movie "Jaws" at the old Capital Cinema Singapore 🇸🇬 in the 70s. It has the mystical unicorn in white and it was so grand in those days. "Jaws" is truly a classic. BTW, I am one of your subscribers and always love ❤️ your honest reaction.
There were constantly problems with the animatronic shark. It happened so often that the crew was forced to be creative.
Because of this, the idea to show the shark as little as possible was born. This greatly added to the suspense, and thus many movies after this started using this formula.
That really wasn't a new formula for scaring the audience. Many sci-fi and suspense or horror movies of the 1950s-1960s saved money by actually showing the source of the terror for most of the movie. Using the point of view of the creature/bad guy was a common screen trick. People watching these movies got just as scared watching reactions of the victims.
23:55 - 29:23
Now THOSE are classical Jaws reaction
First cinema blockbuster that gave rise to the golden age of monster movies 🦈
I thought the Universal Monsters was the golden age. Wouldn’t Jaws be in the silver age?
Classic film. One of my favourites, Thanks for choosing this. Saw this on the big screen not long ago and it was amazing.
magy the actress who played the mom who's son was eating by jaws went to a resturant like 20 years later and when she was sitting at the table some guy came from the back of the resturant and introduced himself to her as the little boy who played her son in jaws and they stayed friends until she died
14:46: I thought Laura might have missed it when she turned away, but the reaction was priceless, just like at 23:55 and 29:23
Reactions were priceless and so darn hilarious!!
Highlights:
14:51
19:18
23:53
37:17 lol 😄😄😄
Magy: "Excuse me that's a boat, it's not for you"... "and the shark is eating the whole boat"
Welcome back ladies, awesome to see you both react to this Steven Spielberg classic. Happy Valentine’s Day ❤
Congratulations Magy, you have experienced one of the Best jump scares ever in Hollywood ( the head popping from the hole in the boat ) !!!! I saw this in a theater as a teenager when it first came out and the place was packed with people and this jump scare freaked everyone out. Many people had popcorn in bags or buckets from the concessions stand and when that head popped out I swear popcorn flew up in the air everywhere. Not sure if you noticed ( the young marine specialist who went down in the cage is Richard Dreyfuss , the same guy ( but much older ) that played in the Psychiatrist in "What About Bob" ! Been with you from the beginning...by far , you are my favorite reactor on UA-cam...... keep up the great work ! PS. When you were trying to pronounce Jaws at the beginning of the video... thing of Zootopia, when you said " put your Paws in the air" !! Jaws sounds just like paws but with a J sound. Have a great day.
23:56 - like a number of moments in the theatre when this movie premiered, I would imagine. Or at least I would imagine that's what a number of people wanted to do at various points while watching the film when it first came out.
If you want to see another great movie about killer animals then you two should watch "The Ghost and the Darkness" (1996). It's based on a true story.
The soundtrack is perfection.
Excellent film, and uses real lions (plus one animatronic).
I'll second that recommendation. Great film about killer lions.
A 48 year old movie still scares! Love it. And love your reactions!
I still go "yeeeeeegaahhh" at the black-and-white of the guy's shredded leg.
The story of the USS Indianapolis recounted by Robert Shaw was historically accurate. Happy Valentine's Day Magy and Laura 🌹🌹
Written by Shaw the day before filming
Except the date was a month off.
The reaction to the jump scare was just priceless 🤣
"You're gonna need a bigger boat" is so iconic 😅
As well as "Smile you son of a b-" 😆
Imagine Brody's mindset when Quint smashed the radio and refused to return to shore. That was more frightening to me than the shark. It confirmed that the so called "expert shark hunter" was nuts.
37:17 "Oh my God -- uh -- Excuse me. That's a boat; it's not for you." You sounded so stern, like you were admonishing a child. 😝 Yeah, you tell 'im, Magy!
I love watching people’s first time reaction to Jaws. I remember my parents taking us to see this when it first released a few weeks before our beach vacation.
You two are hilarious with the jump scares I loved you two especially with the first one that one is best one in cinema history and never disappoint and never fails and made this movie iconic.
Rip Roy Scheider (as Chief Brody), Robert Shaw (as Quint), Murray Hamilton (as Mayor Larry), Peter Benchley (as the interviewer), and Lee Fierro (as Mrs Kintner)
23:55 this reaction was beautiful xD
A film that was made in the 80's and it is still being scary 😎
Actually it's from 1975.
Cmon dude, get it together.
I was 10 years old when I saw JAWS; FOR YEARS I WOULD NOT SWIM IN A POND, POOL, OR EVEN TAKE A HOT BATH. ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, I JOINED THE NAVY, BECAME A MEMBER OF THE COUSTEAU SOCIETY & realized that sharks are AWESOME.
Happy Valentine's Day ladies 🥰
I watched this movie for the first time at the drive in movie theater with my Mom, I was 4yrs old. In 1975. 🤣
8:34 “and what is the plan here? to just tshkakaka”
got me too good 🤣
About the ending: Right before the end credits, you can see Brody & Hooper reaching & walking onto the beach. So they really made it & survived. 🥳 Never noticed it myself for several years... 😲
It has my favorite lines in the movie:
BRODY: "I used to be afraid of going in the water"
HOOPER: "I can't imagine why."
I saw "Jaws" when i was a kid on the Universal Studios tram tour about 40 years ago. When I saw the fin heading towards me, it scared the shit out of me and I was scrambling over the seats of the tram to get away. 😄😄
Best line of the movie was the Chief saying "we're gonna need a bigger boat" which was not in the script. He just made it up on the spot.
MM because of our territorial differences you did not mention a recognized line in the movie.
Most Americans would associate, "Your gonna need a bigger boat" as the most recognized line in the movie.
My babysitter brought me with her and her friends to see this when I was 3 years old... I was traumatised. I didn't take a bath until I was 7... lol
Another killer of the sea movie you should watch is Orca(1977). Had a lot of fun watching you ladies get scared...haha. Nice job.
Great reactions! I was a kid when I saw this movie back then. As a result, I was afraid to go to swim, even in a swimming pool.
Fun Fact: The older kid who did the shark prank with the cardboard fin, the kid on the left, is now the Police chief of the very same town they filmed the movie in.
Jaws: boring human characters in the book, but charismatic in the movie
The Meg: charismatic characters in the book, but boring in the movie
"boring human characters" The book was a huge bestseller in 1974.
You should write to Spielberg and tell him to next time include a lot more bright shiny things and lots of things that go click. Might be better at holding your attention.
@RideAcrossTheRiver The affair between Chief Brody's wife and Matt Hooper in the book was completely unnecessary. It actually detracted from the story, and I'm glad they left it out of the film. The Reader's Digest version left it out too.
I was 16 when the film came out. I went to see it with my mom, who I think covered her eyes for half the movie. 😂
"- I thought there was gonna be a happy ending..
- It's not too late"
*shark enters the boat*
😂😂
These women are so great 🥳🤣
It is clear that the people knew the danger. When the pranksters with the wooden fin caused people to scream, there was a long line of people in chairs on the beach that put their binoculars to their eyes, in unison. I never noticed that before. They came to the beach to see blood.
The sequels are good too. There's more. Another good shark movie is deep blue sea and the shallows
Jaws was actually filmed at the island of Martha’s Vineyard you could add it to your list of future vacations
The story about the USS Indianapolis is true.
Another shark movie I’d recommend is 1999’s Deep Blue Sea.
Great reaction Magy and Laura, and thank you for doing this movie!! 14:51 and 23:55 is priceless!! Please do the following: 'Apollo 18 - 2011', 'Batman - 1989', 'Batman Returns - 1992', 'Below - 2002', 'Demolition Man - 1993', 'Equilibrium - 2002', 'Friday 13th - 1980', 'Halloween - 1978', 'Judge Dredd - 1995, 'Rambo and Rocky Franchise', 'Superman - 1978', 'The Terminator - 1984', 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Extended Version) - 1991', 'The X-Files: Fight The Future - 1998' 'Tremors - 1990'.
Spielberg, from scaring his siblings to scaring the sh*t out of everyone, has made an indelible and significant mark on cinema.
Best line. "That is a boat. That is not for you." 🤣
5:43 "Actually, sharks, from what I know, doesn't like to eat humans. Like, they... they just looks, sometimes, like... um..."
"Like danger, or?"
"No. They look like, uh, their food."
Seals. Yeah. Human beings are _not_ natural prey for the average shark. Seals _are._ But at sea, sometimes, human beings get mistaken for seals, and by the time a shark is in a position to realize that the animal they're eating is not a seal, it's too late. This, however, is something we did not _know_ the year this movie came out. There actually was a great _deal_ we did not know about sharks then that we _do,_ now.
Whale sharks are very harmless and they are very gentle creatures
The scene where chief Brody blows up the shark is one my favourite scenes ever. His line and his scream celebration are legendary.
As someone who has watched both Jaws and Jaws II so many times I've lost count - and got to watch both when they came out in the theatre back in 1975 and 1978 - this is awesome to watch.
The music was by *John Williams*
He has made some of the most iconic music in film history - Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Superman, Indiana Jones, Schindler’s List, Harry Potter, E.T., and Star Wars!
I fact, when George Lucas was looking for someone to do music for Star Wars, his good friend Spielberg recommended Williams to him!
I hope you get to watch these other movies:
1. Blue Thunder
2. Always
3. From Russia With Love
4. Piranha (directed by Joe Dante)
5. The Hidden Fortress
6. Seven Samurai
7. Excalibur
8. Gremlins
9. Bullitt
10. Way Of The Dragon
Hi Magy and Laura. Thanks for reacting to this amazing Steven Spielberg film. Jaws is an absolute favorite of mine. I loved both your thoughts on this film. ❤️❤️
Every single moment in Spielberg's films is riveting. Even all the dialogue scenes are all so engaging. I'm never bored for one second. By the way, most of the time during production, the shark malfunctioned so they had to use simple techniques to induce fear in the audience i.e. the barrels, the splashing and John Willima's two-note anxiety-inducing score.
Great reaction!! When you screamed at the jump scares, I just wanted to hug you both, cause you looked so scared...but it was also so funny too!! Thanks for the fun reaction.
After STAR WARS, this movie is the one I have watched the most times in my life. I never get sick of seeing it. Thanks and keep smiling 🤗👍❤️
Fun fact: This is the movie from which the term "Blockbuster" originated.
It's so cool how effective this movie is almost 50 years later
Great reaction girls! Possibly the best reaction I've seen to the head popping out of the hole in the boat. Had to back up and watch it a couple of times. Really enjoyed listening to the screams on the jump scares. This movie was so fun in the theater, popcorn and drinks flying everywhere. I'd wait till a quiet moment then poke some girls shoulder in front of me. She'd scream and set off the whole theater again. Thank you so much for the laughs I needed it.
Fun Fact: In some underwater shots of Hooper in the tank, they used a little person and a *real* shark, to show the massive size of the shark! 🦈
You mentioned this movie is almost 50 years old. Even older is The Godfather, from 1972, which was the biggest moneymaking film…until Jaws.
PLEASE react to that classic as well. It’s an offer you can’t refuse! 😎
I’d bet my horse’s head on that!!!
My dad’s boat was in that movie. I grew up there !
Mayor Larry may never have been arrested for the mistakes he made for not believing in the shark story, but in the PS2 game Jaws Unleashed, which takes place 40 years after the first movie, Larry ends up being killed by the new shark (which in this case is the player, since in this game we play with the shark)
We will not close the beaches!
23:55 best screams ever
48 years later and the practical effects from that time when done right, are still better than today's cgi. More realistic for sure. Proof that practical effects should never disappear from cinema. They should always supplement the cgi to make something special. LOTR movies and the Peter Jackson crew knew this better than anyone, and luckily Spielberg did too.
I saw this in the theater in 1975 with my mom, dad and sister who was 15 at the time, I was 9. When the head appeared in the hole in the boat my sister kicked her shoe two rows forward. People in front of her passed it back to her. This was at the Westwood Twin theater in Abilene, TX.
Did you notice just before Alex was taken the guy was calling for his dog , it was eaten first unfortunately.
When I was a young kid we went to Universal Studios in Los Angeles. Universal is where they film a lot of movies, but there is also the amusement park side of the property. And at the park, they had the Jaws ride at the time. I was 8 years old and was traumatized for life! Btw... Hey Laura ... 🥰
@Magic Magy This Movie is One of My All Favorite Movies Since 2007!
Aside from Quints dissertation about the USS Indianapolis. One of the greatest lines in this movie, or any other. Is when Robert Shaw says to Richard Dreyfus character. You got city hands Mr Hooper. You've been counting money all your life !
Good shark and effects for 1975. Back then folks had to be super skilled and creative, not just rely on a computer. Bravo genius Steven Spielberg!
This has been and always will be my favorite film. My mom let me watch this and the sequels when I was very young, I even got to see parts 3 (in 3D) and 4 when they originally came out in theaters. I encourage you to watch all of the documentaries about the production of this film, it is a movie onto itself how difficult it was for Spielberg to make this movie. Jaws is one of the few perfect films from start to finish
The reactions I enjoyed were when the laughing stopped. Btw the woman who played the mother who's little boy on the raft was killed went into a seafood restaurant a couple decades later and saw a menu item named after their characters. She told the waitress that she was the lady from the movie. The waitress went to the kitchen and brought out the owner, who had played the little boy in the movie!
Yes....me, too. When they stopped laughing, I got into their reactions. The giggling and side remarks took me out of the reaction. If it goes on too long, I close the window and find something else to watch.
Nice jump reactions, girls. I've always regarded Jaws as a movie monster like King Kong. It's at least twice the size of any known reliably recorded Great White and does not behave at all like a shark, not that they aren't v dangerous if you're in their domain. That said, fun reaction to a fun movie.