Jaws - What’s the Difference?

Before it was the original summer blockbuster, Jaws was a novel by Peter Benchley that sold like gangbusters. You guys have been asking for it, so here we are: Jaws - What’s the Difference? Subscribe: goo.gl/9AGRm
Steven Spielberg called dibs on adapting the book before it was released, but on the road from page to screen, a lot of things got changed. It’s still the tale of a killer great white shark terrorizing a small island community, and the three men who set sail to vanquish it… but a lot of details (and huge plot points) changed along the way. Some for creative reasons, and some to suit the realities of film production… we’ll tell you about all the differences we could find.
Have you read Peter Benchley’s book? Have you watched (or re-watched) Jaws recently? Which do you think is better: the book or the movie? Are you hearing the Jaws theme…. *Duh-DUM…)? Did we make you feel like it’s safe to go back in the water?
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Welcome to What's The Difference, where CineFix takes you step-by-step and page-by-page through all the differences between your favorite movies & shows and their source material. Adaptations are a tricky game, something always gets changed, added, or omitted in the process. Come back every other Wednesday for more What's the Difference!

[@Knight860]

The fact that Robert Shaw delivered the whole story about Quint surviving the USS Indianapolis drunk, is a testament to his acting abilities, especially when the next day he remembered nothing of his performance and asked Spielberg apologetically "How Drunk was I?"

[@jamessullivan4391]

He actually re-shot it that next day sober.

[@chelsthegameruiner8669]

Apparently Jaws 2 was meant to be a prequel revolving around Quint and the U.S.S. Indianapolis. Obviously, we didn't get that for a number of reasons. Steven Spielberg was busy directing another movie and I believe Robert Shaw passed away after Jaws released

[@bigkyle5767]

Was Robert Shaw actually on the Indianapolis??

[@Knight860]

@@bigkyle5767 Nope, he's british and was only a teenager when the ship went down.

[@agfagaevart]

@@chelsthegameruiner8669 that other movie was Close Encounters. And Shaw had a heart attack cause of his drinking, no doubt.

[@AschaVovina]

In a twist of irony, Peter Benchley was horrified when he saw the negative impact the film adaptation had, and said he'd never have written the book had he known what sharks were actually like at the time. He wrote a number of other books trying to correct the misconceptions about sharks that he'd help spread, even going so far as to harshly criticize his own bestseller.

[@Narusasu98]

Holy shit :/

[@meridgey]

Bit of a sook. Just a movie. Besides, it’s a known fact that a shark can and will eat you.

[@no.402]

ridge meister Except sharks don't eat humans.

[@meridgey]

Do you really want to believe that? There was one known case where a Great White had chopped someone in half and had returned to eat the other half. Then there's the USS Indianapolis where hundreds were attacked and eaten by sharks. These big sharks just don't attack many humans because they prefer higher fatty foods like seals and whales but I guess if a shark is hungry enough they'd eat anything to survive.

[@bennettfender1546]

John Cornell however sharks for the most part do not attack humans keep in mind also that every different shark has a different personality and behavior there not all just the same thing.

[@mrmoviemanic1]

Not gonna lie the book ending feels way more horrifying than the films Action climax. Imagine a shark that has tore through everyone in your crew heading right for you and all you can see is it’s fin, you know it’s the end and you know it’s gonna murder you viciously. Then it starts slowing down and as soon as it gets to you, you see it’s just died from it’s wounds. I would be crying in fear.

[@Thicc_Cheese_Dip]

Agreed. I feel it's almost the better climax compared to the oxygen tank explosion seen in the film. Also the book has the shark still dragging Quint's body, and as the shark sinks into the deep, it drags Quint with it.

[@KevyNova]

I thought the ending of the book was a huge let down.

[@mjcs6399]

Instead we get to cheer with joy and relief. A little over-the-top, but so satisfying.

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

torn not tore Fix it! Why would you lie?

[@roberthasudungan1546]

you know the shark novel is shitty when the readers wanted the shark to win 😂👎 Big Kudos to Spielberg for fixing the plot in the movie

[@jdpragmatic8644]

One big difference I noticed is during the scene where they discuss opening the beaches for the 4th. In the book, Hooper sides with the mayor for opening the beaches. In the film, He sides with Brody in keeping them closed. And it leads to one of, if not THE, greatest line delivery in the movie. Larry: “I don’t think you’re familiar with our problems!” Hooper: “Um, I THINK I am familiar with the fact that you are going to ignore this Particular Problem until it swims up And BITES YOU IN THE ASS!!”

[@proximityeffect1603]

Love to prove that woundnt you? Get your name in the national geographic

[@patrickmccarthy3421]

Now wait a second wait a second!!! Now there are two ways you can handle this problem. You’re either going to kill this animal or you’re gonna cut off it’s food supplies

[@b2themc]

I'm not gonna waste my time arguing with a man who's lining up to be a hot lunch!

[@Beltzer0072]

@@b2themc Mr. Vaughn, what we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks. And that's all. Now why don't you take a long close look at this sign. Those proportions are correct.

[@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376]

​@@patrickmccarthy3421 At least the movie is better than the book.

[@JediBunny]

I think that with both Jaws and Jurassic Park, Spielberg is an example of a director who brings a warmer, more sympathetic and meaningful Human Element to the stories he takes from... I read both Jaws and Jurassic Park as a child and I remember thinking the same thing... Benchley and Crichton both created fantastic stories, but it took Spielberg to breathe life into them which made them the cultural classics they are as films today!

[@Psycho3418]

@Mark Douglas The movie had a great build-up and some truly awe-inspiring moments with the dinosaurs. If the movie had stayed truer to the book the movie would have become way more cynical and less charming. It may have turned into a great movie all the same but it wouldn't have defined a generation like it did.

[@josuealmeida9571]

@@Psycho3418 The Jurassic Park movie still sucks

[@cadet7415]

How do you read both as a child? Jaws was released in 1974 and JP in 1990. That's 16 years. Your comment is great but it makes no sense.

[@sharpenedsphere8345]

Cadet 74 Maybe he read them when they were both already out and he happened to be a child at the time of reading.

[@jennifersman7990]

There’s also a little thing called the public library that would’ve likely had both books there at the time this person was a child

[@smlshin]

Jaws is a rare example of the film being better than the book itself.

[@philipsheppard4815]

Agreed, The Godfather is another one

[@insertwittynamehere1411]

+Philip Sheppard the godfather was a book?!

[@philipsheppard4815]

Annoying Nerd Yeah, but not a very good one

[@insertwittynamehere1411]

+Philip Sheppard oh, ok

[@1969cmp]

I read the book in hi-school in the 80's but I don't remember the affair. I am glad the movie left that out.

[@geordischmidt]

Hooper was actually supposed to be eaten in the film, just like in the book. The scene of the shark attacking the cage was to be intercut with footage of a real shark attacking a cage off the coast of Australia, courtesy of Ron and Valerie Taylor. The couple had been filming small sharks that necessitated using midget divers to give the appearance that the sharks were much bigger by contrast. However, just before filming the cage scene, the Taylors attracted a 20-foot Great White that went for bait and got tangled up in the line holding the cage to the side of the boat. It was excellent footage, except that there was no one in the cage at the time. Spielberg had already filmed Hooper's scene when he got the Taylors' footage. He liked that footage so much that, instead of being disappointed that his scene was messed up, he changed the script so that Hooper survives.

[@andorastorm1000]

Just found this video so sorry for so late of a reply, but I had too. (Jaws fanatic! Lol) its is amazing that such a movie with so so many issues is one of the best movies ever in Cinema History! This mishap is just one of many examples of how this was made into such a amazing movie!

[@pandasaurusb.c.6047]

You're cool :)

[@gwenbradshaw2194]

I honestly think that the movie would have been slightly less good if hooper had died and Quint had just drowned and the shark just randomly die. So GOOD JOB PRODUCERS!!!! The movie is better than the book!

[@stubones]

Hooper had to die in the book because of what he got up to with Ellen. Hooper surviving in the film is just pure Hollywood.

[@geordischmidt]

@@stubones That was what I thought was the stupid part in the book. Hooper had lunch with Ellen as I think she wanted to find out about the old neighborhood and the life she thought she had missed out on. Why Hooper would lie about it was puzzling. Of course, I have never been a fan of the fiction trope about a stranger coming to help who turns out to be an old flame of one of the characters.

[@mikes5637]

8.07: 'Spielberg, you'll never work again!' I wonder what fast-food restaurant that producer ended up at?

[@clevelandcbi]

Became Jarred from Subway.

[@josephvanburen887]

Unfortunately he founded miramax.

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

8:07

[@averythesuperhero]

Jaws remains to be my favorite movie. The fact that the book had such unlikeable characters and an anticlimactic ending merely strengthens my love of the film.

[@lampad4549]

yeah cause you saw the movie first and no the book, most people who read the book like the book more.

[@SavouryGalette]

@@lampad4549 👏People👏are👏allowed👏to👏have👏different👏opinions👏than👏you👏

[@suget83]

​​@@lampad4549o. Most people even after seeing the movie first like the book more idiot. Jaws the movie is better. You just a d rider for a Moby Dick rip off. Jaws the movie equals classic. Jaws the book equals trash

[@ianarias5009]

It’s sad the book has more details then the movie

[@charlesgrybosky1916]

I remember reading the book in high school and was incredibly bored by it. And I agree with Mr Spielberg, halfway through the book I was definitely rooting for the shark.

[@tandyp9256]

I'm so glad they didn't have the wife cheat in the movie. It would have been awful.

[@gpwerner]

+Tandy p That was literally a subplot for half the book. Probably the biggest disappointment I've ever read, and the biggest of kudos to Carl Gottlieb and John Milius for making so much out of what is basically pulp.

[@PungiFungi]

For me, the affair subplot lead to one of the funniest scenes in the novel when Brody confronted Hooper and Hooper lied about being with Daisy Wicker. And Brody went: Daisy Wicker is a goddamn LESBIAN! What were you two doing, KNITTING???!!!

[@richardjared960]

And the whole subplot gets pretty "in detail" if you know what I mean. For a while I thought to myself. "Jeez am I reading jaws or am erotic fan fiction."

[@hesch-tag]

Spielberg is way too clean and prude for such scenes.

[@hesch-tag]

Tittyana Nothing wrong with nudity and sex, violence is what we can do without more.

[@mtrich8113]

I love the exploding oxygen tank Theory, it would have been funny if the shark shot up into the air and whizzed around like in a Tom and Jerry cartoon.

[@patricklorey7670]

Or Rodger Rabbit

[@Charlie1964Rapture]

HAHAHAHAHAHA ! I LIKE THAT IDEA !

[@DoctorQuackenbush]

Air tank, not oxygen tank.

[@ghostchaser1631]

It was compressed Co2 or oxygen which is the same thing as air. It's what we breath.

[@DoctorQuackenbush]

@@ghostchaser1631 We breathe air, which contains oxygen. Normal SCUBA diving is done with atmospheric air. (If we breathed _in_ Co2--we'd be dead. Just sayin'.

[@AtheistOrphan]

"Here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women!"

[@enigma7784]

Excuse me chief.

[@ChrisR395]

'You've got city hands, Mr. Hooper'

[@Obliteradon]

This is a movie I could watch everyday for the rest of my life and I would die a happy death.

[@alainabilow]

Agreed. Who is your favorite character?

[@Obliteradon]

@@alainabilow I guess it would be Hooper (massive fan of Richard Dreyfuss and I love his style in this movie), but the whole holy trinity thing the main cast has going on is just so perfectly balanced I just couldn't say honestly.

[@NewAgeComix]

The USS Indianapolis scene is one of the greatest few minutes of film ive ever seen

[@g.b569]

I know one of the reasons that Hooper lived. They were filming real shark footage for the movie in Australia and one of the sharks got tangled in the mini cage that was in the water and he struggled like crazy to get free. The only problem was the cage was empty when the footage was captured, so they changed the script so Hooper could live and use the impactful footage in the film

[@samuelt3338]

That's interesting

[@aprildannettegosa5381]

Star Child also a test audience hated that scene people wanted Hoover to live

[@betterthanflapjacks]

And I’m glad it happened too. In the book you don’t care for any of the characters (not that you want them to die) but they feel more human in the movie and you want them to live because you DO care about them.

[@jeffanders5263]

@Ned Kelly Ron and Valerie Taylor filmed all of the live shark footage in Australia. They filmed their cage footage using a half scale cage with a little person in it to give the appearance of a 25 foot shark while actually filming normal size Great Whites. The story of the little actor's fear and refusal to go back in the cage is well known. You can find this info in any making of Jaws video, the best one being the one included on the Blu-ray or the 40th anniversary DVD.

[@dyveira]

@@jeffanders5263 They're credited at the end of the film as well.

[@01Mary02]

One of those rare cases where the movie far exceeded the book. I remember as a kid being on a beach in Florida reading the novel when it first came out. It was scary, but then the next summer, my grandma took my sister and me to see the movie and I've never been back in the ocean since.

[@garyduff8739]

Me too Mary. My family was on vacation in Miami when I saw Jaws the first time and I haven't been in the ocean since even though I lived in Miami for a while. I went to the beach but not in the water. I like it at the top of the food chain.

[@rentslave]

I can't afford to go into the ocean as the Jews charge way too much for summer rental housing.

[@dostagirl9551]

People laugh now when I mention how this movie still makes me scared to go into the ocean. They point to the dated special effects and shake their heads. However, it's never been the shark scenes that scared the crap out of me; it was the brilliant way (and yes, I know it was b/c of issues with Bruce) Spielberg filmed the scenes to show the shark without showing the shark. Because it's what's hinted at being under all that glassy water that has me shivering and keeping to the swimming pools.

[@TheDukeofMadness]

I suspect that Steven Spielberg will be forever grateful that 'Bruce' the mechanical shark didn't work as well as it should. That meant he had to inject suspense into what would have turned into a bigger budgeted Tintorera.

[@HAL_NINER_TRIPLE_ZERO]

Actually, Meadows was played by Carl Gottlieb who was also one of the screenwriters for the film. He did initially have a bigger part in the film but it was cut down significantly because it did not add much to the plot and slowed down the pacing. Poor guy had to virtually write himself out of the picture. Peter Benchley had a cameo as an unnamed TV interviewer.

[@starfish1834]

I do think that Jaws is the best example of what a book to film movie should be making it better than the book not trying to recreate it

[@lampad4549]

too bad it failed, it reduced all the characters complexities.

[@SavouryGalette]

@@lampad4549 Yeah, no, movie had more interesting and _likeable_ characters than the cardboard cutouts of the book.

[@CSorgini]

@@lampad4549objectively incorrect statement unfortunately

[@kevinnorwood8782]

I saw the Mythbusters Jaws Special, and while I agree that the myth got busted, I still think that the tank taking off like a rocket would still have killed the shark.

[@danielramsey6141]

Especially if it shoots into the shark's stomach and damages its organs. Internal bleeding like that can kill in seconds!

[@flyboy152]

That might have injured or killed the shark, but that's not what they show in the movie. The tank explodes like a bomb, and pieces of the shark blast into the sky and are scattered all over the water. Definitely not what happens when you shoot an air tank.

[@ethankleinman1067]

@@flyboy152 We know that but if it happened in real life it still would have killed the shark.

[@Chronocrits]

To this day I still wanted them to try that test underwater. The tank is very clearly in the water when it blows, and I want to see what that would do. Sure, the film took film liberties, and this particular one is one of my all time favourites, but I wanted to see if the tank might have ripped the head to bits if there was the added water pressure.

[@razorfett147]

The only way you'd get anything like that kind of explosion from a compressed air tank would be if the metal came apart all at once when hit by the rifle shot. The seams would have to entirely fail....instantly. ive seen it happen with a smaller tank on a job site. Still wouldnt generate the explosion we see in the film, but it'd be catastrophic to the shark nonetheless

[@alexanderrowley9870]

I actually really liked the book's ending. It smashes the hunters' hubris to pieces, and Brody is saved only by circumstance rather than his own actions. I feel like the book tells us that our mastery over the world is an illusion, whereas the film says the human spirit can overcome any adversity. Whilst these endings are at total odds with each other, I like them both a lot. That being said, I watched the film first of course, so that theme tune was in my head during both endings xD

[@atticusjackson100]

I think that that's Peter Benchley at 4:33 actually...

[@jamespfp]

Definitely. Funny that they haven't corrected themselves.

[@jamespfp]

Definitely. Funny that they haven't corrected themselves.

[@khudak1000]

it's Benchley for sure. not Gottlieb

[@geordischmidt]

Yes, it is Peter Benchley as the TV news reporter on the beach. Carl Gottlieb was the local reporter during the town hall meeting where he says he'll bury Mrs. Kintner's ad in the back of the paper.

[@christiemyers3878]

Actually, you're right!! I love the part where dumb-ass mayor Vaughn says to the reporter, "Amity, as you know, means friendship"!!

[@kingchipmunk1203]

Another correction: In the book, the shark doesn't just suddently die of his wounds. Benchley makes much of the idea that a shark must be constantly in motion or it drowns. He takes it to be metaphorical of something. So he emphasizes that this is what kills the shark -- it stops.

[@6120mcghee]

I was hooked(no pun) on Sharks right after that movie. One of the greatest movies ever. The father of the summer blockbuster.

[@jasonarmstrong5750]

It's amazing when you realize how many classic movies were originally books

[@SlasherIncorporated]

Jason Armstrong A lot of people are completely unaware that many of the movies they watch are adaptations. Whether it's a novel, a comic book, or a video game. The average movie-goer is so ignorant, it's not even funny.

[@twmcgraw3035]

SlasherIncorporated And then they complain that Hollywood has run out of original ideas even though everything your average movie-goer is complaining about (book-to-film adaptations, remakes, reboots, prequels, and sequels) has been in the film industry since the beginning. And of course they fail to realize that of the 100+ films released a year, the ones they're complaining about are in the minority. There's still a lot of original films being made today.

[@SlasherIncorporated]

twmcgraw303 That's very true. It's quite ironic when people complain about Hollywood being out of ideas, when they've produced MANY films that were adaptations of something that already existed from the beginning and sequels/prequels. Reboots and remakes are perhaps more prevalent today, but they've been done before in the past. Honestly, though, there's no such thing as an original idea anymore. EVERYTHING has been done. All you can do at this point, is just put your own spin on an existing thing.

[@mrboerger1620]

yep

[@wolfjedisamuel]

Movie was better, hands down.

[@OroborusFMA]

+wolfjedisamuel If you are brain damaged, maybe.

[@LaughingGravy31]

+OroborusFMA Huh? Everyone with a brain knows the movie was much better. The movie Jaws is a cinema classic. The book Jaws is not a classic of literature.

[@seans.7901]

+OroborusFMA oh burn

[@seans.7901]

+Hope oh another burn

[@07foxmulder]

+OroborusFMA Watch out. We have a Kubrick/Gilliam fanboy here.

[@connorbrennan4233]

I think I can see why the film doesn't include the Larry Vaughn/Mafia side story. It would have slowed the film down when we know what the more interesting story is.

[@RetroUniverse]

Agreed, but it would have helped the second one A LOT!

[@seafoxx777]

They should have included it in one of the duller sequels.

[@hilarityensues]

It was originally planned to be the plot for the sequel with the shark stuff being more of a subplot. They started filming it and even featured the mafioso type NYC character that Ellen works for but they changed directors and just made it a teen slasher horror instead.

[@dyveira]

Everything they cut from the film was perfectly reasonable. They jettisoned all the subplots which weren't absolutely necessary to move the story forward.

[@kansascity1338]

yeah plus when he said "secret partners" i thought it was his ex and then oh wait its the mafia and what if he like dated the leader

[@alexanderrowley9870]

I think the key difference between the endings is thematic. In the book, the powerlessness of humanity is emphasised, as Brody is lives simply due to luck as the shark finally runs out of steam. He is alone in the ocean, floating around like so much driftwood, with a new understanding of his place in the world. In the movie, Brody overcomes his fears to defeat the monster with his own force, like an ancient hero. The film ends with him and Hooper actively swimming back to shore together, having proven that mankind can overcome anything that's thrown at it. Personally, I really like both of these endings.

[@LimaFX]

you should do the actual events vs the movie

[@jacksprofessionalproductio9403]

What do you mean by "actual events?" Do you mean like events in the book that are almost identical to the film or real life events that inspired the movie?

[@wampa81]

@@jacksprofessionalproductio9403 look up shark attacks of 1916 New Jersey

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

@@wampa81 yeah but theyve bounced back and forth if it was a Juvenile GWS or a Bullshark. It's honestly more characteristic of a Bull, but Juvenile GWS attack more people than large adults do, typically 7-13' GW Juveniles. I think in Jersey only 1 was eaten. Like most shark attacks, they fast loss of blood killed the victims.

[@robertzastrow4648]

@@wampa81 These were chronicled in the Michael Capuzzo book Close To Shore

[@wampa81]

@@robertzastrow4648 yeah exactly

[@kalebmiller101]

I'm glad Jaws didn't shy away from killing a kid. It seems like they can never die in movies.

[@karlkarlos3545]

+Spartan Operater And a dog too.

[@Drw357]

Karl Karlos dog didn’t die cuz there was a deleted scene of the dog running out of the water and also the people would have noticed the dog getting ate

[@dkoolpharoh727]

AHEM GO WATCH FRANKENSTEIN (1931) BEFORE YOU COMMENT THIS

[@MalonzeProductionsGaming]

@@Drw357 wait what? ten why did the original scene make it seem like it was eaten? the guy calls to his dog then all you see if the stick floating in the water with no dog.

[@Drw357]

Malonze Productions to toy with peoples minds I think

[@kaiba-boi4256]

better to be over due then rushed

[@insertwittynamehere1411]

Not if it costs lots of money

[@ThePostalGril]

@@insertwittynamehere1411 as long as you make the money back there's no problem

[@ethankleinman1067]

That is true

[@gaelmist22]

Wow! If that's all accurate, I'll stick with the movie! Besides, Dreyfuss' performance in the movie is gold! Now I would love to see a video on the difference(s) between the novel and cinematic versions of "Interview with a Vampire"!

[@CineFix]

gaelmist22 just started reading that one! :) though i'm a few eps ahead lol

[@gaelmist22]

CineFix Again, enjoy! One of those few books that made me feel as though I was right there with the characters! Holy sham wow! lol

[@SKBottom]

Yup. We all love Dreyfuss in just about anything.

[@arthurcabral9561]

+gaelmist22 The entire movie did gel pretty well, and often words and phrases have a greater impact on READERS, but the action scenes are far more impressive to VIEWERS. What are the differences between the Frank L Baum novel version, and the movie: The wizard of Oz? - Too many to mention!

[@gpwerner]

+Arthur Cabral Starting with the racism, of course.

[@VirgilwithanE]

5:26 It's Hooper who's outraged by Quint using the baby porpoise as prize bait. Brody pretty much doesn't give a shit, as he's too busy revelling in schadenfreude.

[@asherzerbib3461]

Having just finished the book yesterday, I have to say the part about Brody seeing the corpse of Quint dangling in the twilight sun underwater would’ve made a haunting shot if they’d decided to make it that way. Not that I would change the getting eaten alive moment if I had a choice; that’s a raw and gut-wrenching scene done so damn well. Just reading Quint's dialogue in the book made me cringe with how un-Robert Shaw it sounded. Thank goodness the movie made him a consistently deranged eccentric with that Indianapolis backstory. Jaws for life.

[@jonescalypso]

presumably a dog was killed in the film right before the boy, Alex Kitner. But it doesnt actually show that happening. So we're kind of left to assume. The black dog was playing fetch with his owner in the water, and just before Kitner is attacked, the owner is calling for his dog and we see the stick floating abandoned in the water.

[@fatsnbul]

jonescalypso Pippit! Pippin!

[@Narusasu98]

Saddest death in the movie for me :'(

[@thetruebause3122]

fenton! FENTOOOON!

[@actstuntcam]

Additionally a 'Black Dog' symbolises death :)

[@dougr3142]

The black lab belonged to Spielberg, so the story goes.

[@solo13th]

I for one would love to see you guys do a vid on Forrest Gump. I'm sure you'll could get at least 25 mins out of that one.

[@CineFix]

oh yeah, at LEAST!

[@DeathBlackWish]

I would love to see that too. I didn't even know it was a book until a year ago. Same with Jaws. There are soooo many movies based off of books.

[@bcaye]

Another super book waaay ruined by Hollywood.

[@trikkerman1]

I'm reading Gump and Co. right now.

[@trikkerman1]

I'm reading Gump and Co. right now.

[@DADDYFATSACKABLE]

You guys should do American Psycho. I love the movie and I love the book. Fight Club would be cool too.

[@CineFix]

:)

[@GamingOneOnOne]

Yes do American Psycho!

[@eraserheadbaby25]

Done and done

[@SuzyGumdrop]

I love the book ending. The dying shark slowly gliding to trapped Brody, then sinking when inches away. That horrified me.

[@ghostchaser1631]

It also gave us two of Roy Scheider's greatest movie lines ever: "I think we're gonna need a bigger boat" and "Smile, you son of a bitch!"

[@fusion451]

I met Roy Schieder at a restaurant (Pinks Hot dogs) I asked fora selfie and if he could say Smile u sonabitch ! he said Sorry i dont cuss : (

[@SavouryGalette]

Jaws in one of my favorite movies, second only to Anaconda

[@07foxmulder]

Hey, Cinefix. Major error on your part. At 4:34 you're talking about Carl Gottlieb but the actor you show is Peter Benchley.

[@jarrodbutts716]

+07foxmulder I thought it was only me who noticed it.

[@janetcraft]

+07foxmulder You're right. It was Peter Benchley.

[@joealexander9548]

I also remember Hooper being the one outraged over the baby dolphins, not Brody.

[@GamingFurriesOfficialYT]

Peter Benchley, I can confirm.

[@christiemyers3878]

That's right!! The Jaws movie credits clearly list "Jaws" writer Peter Benchley as "The Reporter"!!

[@gaelmist22]

I would also love to see a presentation on the differences between the graphic novel and cinematic versions of "The Crow"! :D

[@CineFix]

gaelmist22 just ordered those graphic novels!

[@gaelmist22]

CineFix Awesome!! :D Hope you got the Special Edition, which is expanded and meets more the vision O'Barr intended. And be prepared for some seriously gorgeous artwork that leaves a lasting impression! Enjoy!!

[@alucard624]

gaelmist22 Hopefully the remake that keeps getting talked about actually follows the original graphic novel more this time around versus the film.

[@gaelmist22]

alucard624 Agreed! I loved what they did with Brandon Lee, but it changed he whole tone. James O'Barr is reportedly working in tandem with the filmmakers, so that gives me a lot of hope! Apparently the film will be adapting directly from the graphic novel (might as well; comics are basically storyboards). O'Barr also stated, as of March, Jack Huston "has definitely been cast" and that he is "really happy with that choice." O'Barr reportedly also had a say in hand picking bands for the soundtrack, which will include Joy Division (and possibly the very songs referenced in 'The Crow'). WAY more goth, a lot less grunge. O'Barr also re-released an Author's Edition of the graphic novel (the publisher released it as a "special edition"), which is expanded with lost sequences, a new scene, and a new closing segment. I'm curious as to whether the Author's Edition is the basis for the film, as I've read interviews with O'Barr where he revealed the expanded version is a lot more in line with his philosophy now as opposed to the vitriol of his former self. It will be interesting to see the cinematic interpretation this time around.

[@irenequinones5179]

gaelmist22 j

[@sailorswifty836]

i think you should do one for Christine. you have the killer shark done, so how about a killer car

[@druffner]

second that

[@Cocoaben]

+Sailor Swifty and Cujo

[@guibox3]

+Sailor Swifty Love Halloween and The Thing but I have to say that Carpenter's 'Christine' was crap. Christine is one of my favorite King novels and the movie just killed the whole feel and tone that the book sets (especially the characters).

[@petercharleskrug]

+guibox3 What did you think of "The Fog"?

[@guibox3]

peter krug It has been probably over 35 years since I've seen it to be honest and I don't remember too much about it. I'll have to watch it again sometime.

[@centuryrox]

More than just the shark and the story, what made Jaws so lovable was the actors in the movie, and their personalities. All of them, from Roy Scheider, to Robert Shaw, and even down to Murray Hamilton. All of them did a terrific job of keeping the interest of the viewer.

[@mattstone5567]

The book sounds more of a Drama then a thriller

[@mightybitchy]

You haven’t read Christie’s death scene...

[@elijahtheprophet2202]

@@mightybitchy what happens

[@elijahtheprophet2202]

@@treycooper2036 is it really graphic and gruesome?

[@clbarton21]

@@elijahtheprophet2202 yes. Dear god

[@elijahtheprophet2202]

@@clbarton21 Damn, is there anywhere I can read about that part of the book online? My bookstores don't have it in stock right now.

[@Amokvaesenet]

You just made me watch Jaws again after - a lot of years.. Thanks :)

[@VirgilwithanE]

3:20 Ellen and Hooper only have the one fling at the motel in the book. Granted, they do it twice, but it's the same session.

[@amitypredator9385]

Exactly.

[@SavouryGalette]

_SHE STILL CHEATED ON HER HUSBAND, AND THAT'S NOT OKAY. IT DOESN'T MATTER _*_HOW_*_ MUCH SHE HATED HIM, IT'S STILL NOT OKAY._

[@Ashicakez3]

I'm so glad they decided to make all those changes. I absolutely love the movie :P

[@lampad4549]

if you read the book first you would feel disrespected.

[@SavouryGalette]

@@lampad4549 Oh no, not someone- *gasps* -liking a movie you hate! Someone call the police.

[@Dreamskater100]

Good book, great film, awesome soundtrack, spot on casting. Classic.

[@lordmegatron8515]

I feel that this is one of these rare occurances when the movie is better than the book.

[@lampad4549]

no its not, its just an occurances of you watching the movie first over the book.

[@SavouryGalette]

@@lampad4549 Dude, let people love what they love. You need to calm down on hating the movie.

[@magicma345]

These are fantastic Please do one on A Clockwork Orange

McMagic15 It's a preety faithful adaptation. There are not many differences between the novel and the film.

[@cha5]

Agustín Magallanes SPOILER!********* Well there is the ending, Alex getting tired of being a Droog, and becoming a father, raising a son and worrying about the effects of violence on his child when he gets older is a key difference between the novel and the film. And as I recall both Anthony Burgess and Stanley Kubrick had somewhat different takes on Alex as a character.

cha5 I think Burguess himself said it was not Kubrick's fault, as the American edition of ACO lacked the true final chapter.

[@JimHalpert99]

Agustín Magallanes No. Kubrick knew of the ending (albeit after he wrote the script, but that doesn't matter because he was known to rewrite scenes the day they were to be shot) but ignored it because he thought it was unrealistic. I do too, so Kubrick made the correct decision.

[@booyahboyuk]

cha5 I read that Kubrick based his film on a version of the book with the last chapter missing, can't say I can verify that one though.

[@magicstix0r]

The fanfic bit at the end destroyed my soul.

[@Matt02341]

forgetta bout it

[@texasred2702]

Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw--ooh la la LA!.....not.

[@SharkBytesKnox]

I agree. Movie was better then the book! #Jaws

[@Legendary_Detective-Wobbuffet]

+SharkBytes Apps Bourne Identity was the same. The movie was far better. it feels horrible to say things like that.

[@SharkBytesKnox]

+Nunziohotpants Don't be It is the exception to the rule that the book is always better than the movie.

[@pulsarstargrave256]

Before actually seeing the movie, I read the book first. While it was a good read, I didn't understand what all the fuss was about! Years later, I finally saw it on television and was blown away! And this was the edited for T.V. version at that!

[@Matt02341]

get the directors cut on streaming or rent from your local library. The impact of uninterrupted suspense is amazing

[@andymac4883]

Listened to the audiobook version once, it was something of a slog. Benchley kept writing long, boring descriptions of utterly mundane things, like the noir novel based fantasies of the police officer on the night shift, or the way Brody makes a disappointing sandwich with some leftover brisket. Or, worst of all, the drawn out way that Ellen goes about getting ready for her fling with Hooper. Seriously, he doesn't seem to skip a thing in that sequence, it's ridiculous.

[@josephrouleau9259]

Huh, it's Chrissie in my copy. Also, Hooper and Ellen only meet once and it doesn't fulfill her because he just symbolizes a time in her life that she'll never get back and she thought sleeping with him would somehow elevate her back to her previous status. I honestly thought the whole marital subplot was interesting and believable and I'm glad it's in there. It's a proper novel with a lot of character development and a focus on the socioeconomic/ cultural phenomena going on around Amity and how it shapes these characters' lives. There are a few subplots, but nothing that I think bogs down the story too much or fails to contribute to what Peter Benchley was trying to accomplish. It's definitely not as "to the point" as the movie is, though, since they really have to streamline the story to give it a reasonable running time, so I can kind of see why people are complaining that it doesn't just "get to the shark already".

[@libertatemadvocatus1797]

Yep. I view the book as almost like a Noir or a thriller where the killer happens to be a shark. I think that the movie is better, but it's not like the book is shit. I have read worse books that get more love.

[@lakeracer8453]

I read the book back in '74 or '75 before seeing the film. I liked the movie better too but I can tell you the bite by bite description of Christie's attack (in the book) was absolutely CHILLING. It's still one of the scariest things I've ever read.

[@nostalgiadad7137]

I remember that Mythbusters. I thought no explosion. there's still no way it survives the botte erocketing down its throat. Even the air escaping would cause catastrophic damage

[@sglider]

Movie is definitely better than the book. The stupid affair between Mrs. Brody and Hooper takes up like 50 freaking pages in a book that is supposed to be a about a shark! Anyway, great video. But, you mention Carl Gottlieb as the newpaper reporter and instead show Benchly as the TV reporter in his cameo in the film. Gottlieb is the heavier set guy with the mustache.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

Yep, he totally blew that one. Gottlieb was also a co-writer and in the "making of" video talks about "one of the hardest things I ever had to do was to write my character out of the story."

[@DeadPixel1105]

Unlike the film, the book's main focus is not the shark. So, no, the book is not "supposed to be about a shark". The novel's story is much more focused on the history and problems of the Brody family, as well as the history and issues of the town itself. The shark is most definitely not the main plot point of the book, despite the book's title being "Jaws". With that said, I think Peter Benchley should have titled the book something else rather than "Jaws". It would be more logical and appropriate if the book was called "Amity" or "Amity Island" or something like that.

[@zachlink308]

If he would have named the book any of those title suggestions you listed it would not have sold as well as it did. And the Shark is definitely the main plot point of the book since it not only affects the town, it affects every character in the book. Without the Shark the beaches would still be open and the Mayor would be able to pay off his dept, without the shark Matt Hooper would've never shown up, so no affair would take place, let alone Brody ever meeting Quint. Saying the Shark is not the main plot point is beyond silly when every other plot point revolves around it. He did indeed "logically" and "appropriately" named it 'Jaws' since the shark had the town and its people in its mouth figuratively and literally.

[@betterthanflapjacks]

Zach Link exactly

[@AWPWN1]

Watchmen - What's the Difference!

[@CineFix]

Something like that might be cooking.

[@Nexen4Games]

CineFix omg yes

[@akaneinoue1759]

Just play the entire movie.

[@fwwaller]

VERY few differences between book and film, the film followed the comic almost to a T, it just omitted a few things here and there, and made a slight change to the ending.

[@teddybeast]

A thousand times yeessss

[@WayTooClose]

Small correction on a very good video: the beach reporter is Peter Benchley, while Harry Meadows, Amity's newspaperman and Vaughn's lackey, is played by co-screenwriter Carl Gottlieb.

[@DanR411]

One minor correction: this video says that Carl Gottlieb, the film's screenwriter, plays the bit part of Harry Meadows. Fine and dandy. He is credited that way. But the clip they show is of novelist Peter Benchley is credited as an "interviewer."

[@Jeff-jw9jt]

Okay, in the book, the affair between Hooper and Brody's wife is just a one-time thing. She's all torn up by guilt afterwards. Also, Quint doesn't chop up baby dolphins. What it is, is an unborn baby dolphin that was pulled from a dead pregnant dolphin. (Also, Quint brutally kills a couple of blue sharks just for fun. (Really just not a likable dude at all in the book. Did I mention that he's bald?)) The part/scene with the barrels is totally in the book though, btw. Also, didn't you mention in a separate video that the reporter in the movie is actually a cameo by the author, Peter Benchley? But in this one you're saying that it's the co-producer. What's up with that? Not nitpicking out of spite or anything. I just read the book not too long ago and couldn't agree with you guys more about the movie being better. One more thing: in the book, there's a slight subtext that the shark might actually be some kind of divine retribution sent to the town by God in order to punish the townsfolk for their sins. Personally, I'm not at all upset that they chose to leave that part out of the film. Love the videos and keep up the good work guys!

[@flyboy152]

>> One more thing: in the book, there's a slight subtext that the shark might actually be some kind of divine retribution sent to the town by God in order to punish the townsfolk for their sins. That's really just the ravings of the elderly, slightly crazy postmistress. It does get discussed by other characters in the book because they are just bewildered by the appearance of the shark, but it's never taken seriously by anyone.

[@tonyloggins9904]

Yep I just finished the novel about 30 mins ago. I came here to say that exact thing.

[@juanjoyaborja.3054]

@@flyboy152 they actually discussed that part in the trailer briefly. There was a part which said “It’s as if God created the devil and gave him, JAWS.” So while it isn’t fully religiously discussed it is briefly mentioned.

[@juanjoyaborja.3054]

I think if they took a more environmental turn to the shark’s aspect, it would definitely be more interesting. The shark has probably witnessed its brothers and sisters get killed by humans for sport or by pollution, and out of despair it wants to make the humans wary of their actions.

[@SavouryGalette]

That still doesn't make it okay. If it was Brody who cheated on Ellen _one time_ would you say the same thing, or will you be really pissed off at Brody?

[@CBright7831]

2:20 - I just noticed that background picture.

[@kansascity1338]

Demonetization: HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHM

[@123haninhk]

Actually the character Meadows was not Peter Benchley. it was the chubby mustache reporter who always beside the mayor. Watch the behind the scene of the movie and the DVD commentary from the cast. JAWS screenplay writer Carl Gottlieb played him.

[@dimone]

Right. The mistake in this video is when they talk about the character played by Carl Gottlieb they show a different character (a TV reporter) played by Peter Benchley.

[@andymac4883]

A couple of things I feel like pointing out here... First, Ellen and Hooper don't 'frequently' meet in a motel. They meet once, and that's it. As far as I recall they barely even speak to each other after that. Second, Quint isn't butchering baby dolphins, he takes an unborn pup from a pregnant mother he kills. It doesn't set up conflict with Brody, it sets up conflict with Hooper, since he's the ichthyologist.

[@TheOtherSideoftheLookingGlass]

*Its true what they say, "With desperation, comes inspiration."* *Good thing that robotic shark kept breaking down or else this probably would have just been a good movie and not the amazing classic it is today!*

[@darkprose]

This is probably the most popular misconception about any movie, ever. The sharks took a long time to troubleshoot in the Vineyard waters. Characterization and dialogue may have benefited from these delays. But the shark attack and action sequences were conceptualized and decided on prior to the production arriving on the island-that includes the use of the shark’s POV and the gradual revelation of the monster. These were not invented ad hoc to make up for disappointing effects. The sharks Mattey and Alves and their crew built and operated were, and remain, the most ambitious series of movie effects ever attempted. Spielberg (eventually) got all the shark footage he wanted. _That’s_ why troubleshooting the sharks and their performance _delayed_ production-Spielberg and Alves just wouldn’t compromise and the effects team was resolved not to disappoint them. The truism you quote is backwards in the case of _Jaws:_ Spielberg, et al’s unyielding inspiration caused the entire crew’s desperation to finish the movie.

[@darkprose]

Before you ask how I dare to contradict Spielberg and the producers (but not Alves or Bill Butler), I ask you to consider this observation by Carl Gottlieb and the 2001 edition of his book: “Over the years, _Jaws_ has attracted fanatic fans, fierce critics, and more than its share of rumor and conjecture. Journalists recycle old and inaccurate material, participants suffer from selective memories... The information available is still fragmentary and occasionally contradictory.” This is a true description of the popular folklore you have passed on without question.

[@TheOtherSideoftheLookingGlass]

@@darkprose Huh. I was unaware of this. Thank you for your insight. Also, just so you are aware. Your messages sound somewhat hostile. Please try to be more aware of that next time you reply to someone's comments. Have a nice day.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

@@TheOtherSideoftheLookingGlass To add to what has already been said, the beach scenes were designed to keep the shark hidden. They were only a few days behind filming schedule when they moved out to sea. The sharks were meant to be used and shown more for the Orca based scenes but not for the beach scenes. Cheers.

[@TheOtherSideoftheLookingGlass]

@@lyndoncmp5751 Okay.

[@CineFix]

Felicia Haughn not yet, but maybe soon!

[@Terriblysorry]

Please do Watchmen!!

[@leehoffman4053]

+CineFix do you guys think you could do a clockwork orange?

[@adammiller4240]

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[@cieralamb5956]

+Adam Miller 😅😂😈😇😩😨

[@cieralamb5956]

+Adam Miller 😰😩😨😧

[@CustomVideoEditing]

@CineFix at 4:34 that's Peter Benchley. Carl Gottlieb plays the fat mustache guy in the suit telling Hooper to get out of the way of the camera during the Tiger Shark scene.

[@jannaclark2667]

I remember reading the book before the movie came and out and went to see it, was a bit upset that it didn't keep true to the book, but it was and still is a great movie. Peter Benchley felt real bad about how he made the Great White seem like a evil monster, when sharks aren't as bad as the public believes. Many so called "attacks" are more of a shark mistaking a human for something else, taking a nibble and that nibble is deadly to humans. Yes, sharks will kill and eat humans, but it is more of certain species than all sharks. Bull Sharks are deadly and Great Whites have been blamed for deaths when it was a bull shark, They can live in brackish water, sea and fresh water mixed, go up rivers and attack humans when hungry. In some parts of the world, it is as if the bull shark waits for when the humans will enter the water to fish, or wash clothes and go get a easy meal. They are seen as the most dangerous and deadly shark. What a lot of people want to ignore is we are entering their home and raiding their kitchen. We go spear fishing, giving them the taste of blood and then get mad when they come to get their food back (the fish) and bite the human, who got in the way. Throw trash overboard, food scraps and then wonder why they hang around the boats. Benchley has written several other books, one call Beast, which was made into a movie also, and like the first one, the movie is nothing like the book, and I think the book was much better. He also wrote The Deep and that was made into a movie, haven't read the book or seen the movie, I don't think.

[@danieldalton6544]

Yes, Beast was a terrifying read and the 2 part mini series was not good.

[@ashandwit]

ALSO: WHILE Hooper is being killed, there is a moment in the book, where the shark LEAPS from the water, with Matt in his mouth, and Brody, using a rifle, shoots at the fish: he HITS HOOPER square in the eyes, instead. Kind of a weird "OOPS" moment.

[@thethoughtcriminal8786]

I like the characters better in the movie, I like the relationship between Brody and Hooper. I also love the scene were Mrs.Kintner confronts Brody....and you can see how Brody is effected by it.

[@fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786]

The Thought Criminal yes, I too loved the friendship between Brody and Hooper, and love how Quint was portrayed.. like the book but more personality. Thou not as tough and sarcastic, Brody was still a good likable character. Hooper’s character in the movie was both cool and smart, unlike his book counterpart which was a spoiled rich-kid college boy that talked a great deal, was annoying af, yet with all his learning still had no substance, and was egotistical and arrogant as all Hell. But I regret Meadows character in the movie.. so short and so unimportant! And the close friendship Meadows and Brody had in the book.. gone too! That’s the only part I hate about the film, what they did to Meadows.

[@darkprose]

The actor who played Mrs Kintner died a few months ago from coronavirus complications. She was in a high-risk group.

[@thethoughtcriminal8786]

@@fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786 I agree that Meadows was underused, but one thing I did like about Jaws 2 was you can tell the Meadows didn't want to "fire" Brody about the shooting on the beach.

[@darkprose]

@@fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786 One more thing about Meadows and adaptations: in the case of a monster thriller like _Jaws,_ less is more. The decision to streamline the novel and get rid of anything not directly related to the shark-along with redundant characters-was undeniably wise. It’s all a question of time, structure and proportion. By creating a friendship between Brody and Meadows in the movie, you unwisely add time to a redundant theme and ruin the proportions. Meadows is in league with the mayor. He stands politically and physically against Brody on the ferry where the town fathers isolate the chief, driving him further and further towards the edge of the frame visually-they are making their case that Brody doesn’t speak for the town, doesn’t know what is best for the town and that he was outnumbered. It’s a gorgeous sequence that reduces pages and pages of Benchley’s novel into one single shot. It tells us everything we need to know. If Meadows was a close friend of Brody’s, what would that accomplish as part of a movie adaptation? So let’s add a friendship between Brody and Meadows. That would have to be established prior to or during the tense ferry sequence when Brody learns his place as Chief of Police. So Meadows is established as a friend...only to take sides against him? Or would you change Meadows’ decision from the novel, having him side with Brody against the mayor and publish the story of the attack? That compromises two things: It gives Brody a powerful alliance. If the editor of the town paper is on your side, that’s a good thing. In fact, in this case, I can’t think of a better friend to have! But clearly, this ruins the theme and proportion of Brody’s arc. We are supposed to sympathize with him. What is the _very_ next scene after the ferry confrontation? That’s right-Alex Kintner’s death. The boy is taken practically a dozen or so yards away from Brody on the beach. And who is between the shark and Brody? Also right-his kids, the town’s kids. Now we have the makings of a pleasant tragedy. Brody capitulated to more powerful people who claimed they knew more and knew better. He was alone. If you put Meadows on his side, Brody’s acceptance of the mayor, et al’s decision is _less_ sympathetic. And if you make Meadows a close friend, then Hooper’s role in the movie would be redundant if you didn’t alter it and awkward, maybe just plain bad, if you did. Brody and Hooper’s friendship is one of the best parts of the movie, one of the best departures from the novel. It’s special because it is the only real alliance and friendship Brody has in the movie. It also carries right through to the end. If they did make Meadows a close friend, too, it would have to be dropped when they got to sea. Instead, the plot focuses attention on these two men, their growing friendship, and then all the adventure, tension and horror they undergo together in the second half of the movie. The movie comes full circle when Hooper disappears (Brody is certain he is dead) and then Quint is eaten-Brody is left to confront the shark, alone. There are no other options. He must make his last stand and probably die, or do nothing and surely die. The movie is so natural but its plot has been constructed like Mattey’s mechanical monsters. To see how ingenious and well-thought it is, you need only change one or two basic elements to see it fall apart and become something inferior.

[@thethoughtcriminal8786]

@@darkprose I disagree, one of the things the film did compared to the novel, is it humanized the characters and made them more likeable. You can even sympathize with Meadows about his protection of the town. In the case of the novels you have him meddling in organized crime, which was interesting, and you had Hooper screwing Brody's wife....very nihilistic behavior...it made the characters unlikable, I didn't even really like Brody in the novel. Benchley was trying to make the novel more interesting, but the characters come off as "scummy" more than anything. Mind you, I haven't read the novel in over twenty years and I was young and very opinionated....oh wait, I still am, but I am also a little more sympatric. I've always been drawn toward more stoic and inspirational characters, rather then overly flawed characters. I like Brody in the film because he discovers the type of man he truly is, and he doesn't like what he sees and he works to change it. After being slapped by Mrs.Kintner, Brody changes as a character, he begins challenging himself and fighting back against the shark and the bureaucratic of the town. In the novels, he spends more time dealing with Hooper and his wife's infidelity...that's the part I remember more than anything, including the shark...it's distracting as a subplot.

[@audreyquinn73]

The actor who played Quint, Robert Shaw, wrote the USS Indianapolis scene himself, referencing actual survivors experiences, like the babeball player who was severed at the waist. Although Shaw was antagonistic towards his co-star Richard Dreyfus on set, the later claimed that Shaw's speech was so mesmorising that Dreyfus was reacting, not acting, during that scene. Probably one of the best monologues in cinematic history.

[@thereisnosanctuary6184]

Nice hair

[@Ep0978]

Don't know if anyone has said this -- but that's not Carl Gottlieb in Jaws, it's Peter Benchley as the reporter

[@BeachedNerd]

Yeah I noticed this too! But Carl Gottlieb was also in the film near the beginning on the car ferry.

[@cosmonautchimp3649]

Yeah - Carl Gottlieb played Meadows in the movie; Peter Benchley was just a random reporter there as nothing more than a cameo.

[@Sheriff_GrimLaw]

The film is so much better than the book. The whole Ellen Brody Matt Hooper fling twaddle is gash. I'm so glad any of that was omitted. x

[@soundtreks]

Forgot to mention John Williams’ Oscar winning and super effective music score which signifies the shark with its 2 note ostinato.... without it the movie wouldn’t be half as good.

[@donkrouskop1743]

JAWS is that rare case of a movie improving on the book. However, it's gotten pretty damn frustrating in recent years listening to people who have never read the novel shit all over it because other people (who may or may not have read it themselves) have told them how inferior it is. Let's be absolutely clear here... The book JAWS is NOT a drama, or even melodrama. It's not slow, dry, dull, or even padded. The oft-cited adultery and mob subplots of the novel take up only very small sections of the narrative, and only the adultery angle significantly affects the overall story. Even that is handled well in the novel, with the added tension between Brody and Hooper adding to the atmosphere and suspense of the climactic hunt. Far too many people who haven't read the book, don't know the first thing about literary storytelling, or just revere the movie so much that they're completely blinded (and this is coming from someone who personally considers the film JAWS the greatest movie ever made) spend far too much time flapping their lips about how "bad" Benchley's novel is, and those people are ass-backwards, keep-the-beaches-open wrong. JAWS is a thrilling, spectacular, terrifying novel. If believing that it isn't somehow makes you feel smarter, good for you, I guess. But Peter Benchley and his superb book deserve far more respect than either get. JAWS isn't just a case of the movie being better than the book upon which it was based. JAWS is that oh-so-rare example of both the movie and the book being all-time classics of their respective mediums. If "JAWS fans" spent more time reading the novel and less time forming their opinions based on what they see, hear, and read on the internet, they would know that.

[@babyshambler]

Great vid but when you mentioned Gotlieb you showed Benchley.

[@Jarvis466]

Do Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter! Maybe do them in parts since they are so long.

[@CineFix]

yeah, we'll definitely have to do those in parts!!!

[@SoundtrackFred]

Hey guys, nice video all the way through, but instead of showing Carl Gottlieb at 04:32, it is Peter Benchley, the writer of Jaws. Carl Gottlieb is the man standing behind the Mayor at 03:52.

[@Gobbedlygook]

Thank you for stopping me from watching this video before the movie, such a great movie!

[@RocketRcn947]

I still think the book’s always going to be better, because films can’t always explain as much as a book can do. And sometimes ideas won’t always work well as they do on paper, compared to stuff seen on screen. I don’t care what people think, but I believe the books will always be better-well, sometimes there are some films that will be better-but the books job is much better depicting and portraying the characters.

[@ShadowinaCave]

Small point, fellas, but that badly-acted bit-part TV reporter isn't Carl Gottlieb -- it's in fact author Peter Benchley. Oh, and the shark doesn't die "from its injuries" at the end of the book -- the harpoons piercing it are still tied to the cleats of the boat, and when the boat sinks, it drags the shark into the depths to die. To my mind, waaay more appropriate than the dumb (and yes, unbelieveable) blowing-shit-up ending of the film.

[@tatianagurdian1484]

STOP SPOILING RAHHH ***gets Donald trump******

[@ShadowinaCave]

Haha! Was that comment directed at me? I have no idea what it means ... How am I spoiling anything the video hasn't already?!

[@kabouterwesley83]

so in the book the shark "drowned"?

[@ShadowinaCave]

A shsrk can't drown if it can keep water moving through its gills. More likely starved, since it was leashed to the boat and couldn't hunt for food.

[@rattieboy82]

+Shadow in a Cave Great White sharks need to constantly swim to be able to pass water through their gills and collect the oxygen, if it stops swimming then yes, technically it will drown as it is starved of oxygen. If a shark is unable to swim it will starve of oxygen long before it would die of hunger.

[@Grayfox82]

Also book doesn't have John Williams. :D(Mic Drop)

[@w0bbl3r]

I loved the book ending. And while I love the movie Quint more, the book version of Quint was great. Jaws was the first book I ever read cover to cover. Back around 1985 or so. I still love it today. I think it's as good as the movie. They are both great in their own way. Two of my favourite scenes from the book didn't make it to film. I think because they would have made Quint too much of a villain. In the first, he shows off to Brody by hooking a small shark on a rod and line. He tells Brody to watch how much sharks love to just eat and devour everything they can. He pulls up the shark, takes his knife and slices the shark up its belly, letting its guts spill out into the water. He then cuts the fish free of the hook and drops it back in. It immediately starts eating its own guts. Quint then tells Brody to keep watching for the sharks buddies to show up and help him to eat himself. Which they do. Great scene. The other is when Quint opens a big wooden barrel to show, if memory serves, a dolphin fetus, which he claims is very fresh and that he cut it from it's mother recently. He says this will entice the white shark in. Hooper goes nuts at Quint, claiming he has done something illegal, and absolutely immoral. Quint just laughs and tells him to stop being such a stuck-up asshole, or something along those lines. He hooks the fetus through the eye, and dumps it in the water on a line that is affixed to the boat. If I remember right, they never try to hook the white shark with a rod and line, and I'm sure I remember that the scene with Quint wrestling with the shark on the line is not in the book at all.

[@BrandonBames]

It took until nearly the end of the video before I realized that there are two narrators talking. Once you break 1M subs all becomes Ryan Seacrest

[@RyanRFC]

Actually in the book Quint doesn’t come into conflict with Brody over the unborn baby dolphin, it’s Hooper he has a heated argument with about it and Hooper goes on about how the dolphins are protected and what quint is doing is speeding up the process of them going extinct, Brody actually defends quint for using it as bait and says if it’ll help them kill the shark then it’s worth it because it’ll save lives and then Hooper turns his anger towards Brody by smugly and sarcastically saying that Brody is an expert at saving lives and mockingly asks how many lives could he have saved if he closed the beaches and Brody jumps up from his chair and tells him to shut up before dropping his hand at his holster as if he was about to grab his gun which wasn’t in the holster and then he feels uncomfortable with the fact that if he had his gun on him he might’ve used it, then quint breaks up the argument by laughing at them and calling them a pair of a**holes

[@speeta]

3:27 The movie does impart a nice subtle shading to Brody's character that may be retained from the book (or carried over from Spielberg's earlier film Duel): A nagging undertone of impotence or diminished manhood worries the protagonist, most obviously in the scar-trading scene. 4:33 that's Benchley's cameo, not Gottlieb.

[@christiemyers3878]

Yeah, all poor Brody has to show is his appendix scar!!

[@Eatmykellogs]

A Clockwork Orange - What's the Difference?

[@CineFix]

Garzanberg nice!

[@midwaygamer-ou3my]

greatest movie ever made in my opinion this is my favorite of all time

[@dostagirl9551]

I loved the movie and was still just a kid when I found the paperback at a local Goodwill. I hadn't realized at the time that the film was based on a novel - bear in mind I was a kid and this was way before internet. Like some others have said, it's one of those rare times a theatrical version was better than the source material. What disappointed me the most was the human element. In the film, I loved the bromance between Hooper and Brody and the reveal of Quinn's inner demons. Plus, the strong marriage and support between Ellen and her husband strengthened Brody's motivation and resolve and eliminated a lot of the more Sydney Sheldon-esque unnecessary drama that was present in the novel with her affair and all that drivel. I remember reading an awkward dinner moment between Hooper and Ellen where they were lobbing sexual innuendos by talking about the tightness of chicken privates. Er, okay. So basically in the book Hooper really was that annoying and arrogant rich kid, Ellen was a WASP who (gasp) married blue-collar and regretted it, and Brody was an oblivious jerk. Yep. I would have wanted the shark to eat them too.

[@cliffford9991]

Glad that the producers stayed with their decision to make this movie. I saw this movie in the theater back in 1975. It took my brothers and I a while to go rafting again in the waves (like Michael Kintner did). I understand that Steven Spielberg and others, including Carl Gotlieb, were adjusting the script as they were making the film and quickly running out of time to meet their production deadline. Incredible that they made their deadline with all of the re-writes and technical difficulties and came away with a blockbuster! By the way, it's Peter Benchley doing a cameo as the beach reporter in the movie. Carl Gotlieb is the Amity Newspaper Editor-in-Chief who buries Ms. Kintner's ad for bounty hunters in the back of the newspaper and runs the story about the capture and killing of the tiger shark.

[@adamzanzie]

You guys made a HUGE mistake in this video. The reporter at 4:33 is not Carl Gottlieb. It's Peter Benchley. Gottlieb plays a guy in a blue suit elsewhere in the movie.

[@DDBurnett1]

2:20 What the hell, guys?!?

[@BearManJenkins]

I loved the book while the characters weren't necessarily "good" people they were relatable and understanding the motivations and nuances of each character made the story feel more real at least in my opinion

[@alanstevens1296]

From the "Jaws" book -- After the great white shark had several people for lunch at a local beach, the local sheriff ordered everybody to leave the water. A few hours later he was out in his launch checking out things from the water. He came across two teenage boys in a raft several hundred yards offshore from the beach. The boys had a bucket from which they were ladling fish entrails and duck heads, into the water. The boys also had a rope with a lasso tied to the end. The sheriff blew up when he saw this, "What the heck are you boys doing out here doing this crazy crap? Are you trying to get yourselves killed?" The boys told the sheriff that they just wanted to coax the shark over so that they could lasso it and ride it from their raft!! Kinda like water skiing, but with the shark as the motorboat and the raft as the skis. The sheriff told the boys that this was one of the most dang fool things that he had ever seen, towed the boys back in to the beach, and told them that if he caught them doing this stunt again that he would arrest them and charge them with attempted suicide.

[@GNugget151]

The film is definitely more "likable" in comparison to the book but the book is more realistic. The characters are not perfect, pretty, and eloquent like their film counterparts. People have real issues and just because a Shark comes along wreaking havoc on the town does not make these issues go away, it only amplifies them. Love the film but as I got older I appreciate the book even more

[@dunebasher1971]

Any reason why you show a clip of Peter Benchley's cameo as the TV reporter when you're talking about Carl Gottlieb's minor role as Meadows?

[@clairelally5236]

1:16 Did you forget the dog?

[@kansascity1338]

4:10 lol i thought the secret partner was like his ex and then it was like "there the mafia!" and i was like did he date the mafia leader

[@BulletTooth504]

My dad read the book decades ago and insisted for the longest time that it was better than the movie. Couple years back, I bought him a copy. After rereading it, he promptly changed his opinion.

[@user-kz7mm9ex8i]

I love the book and have read it several times over the years. I think it would be interesting to see a movie that is more similar to what the characters were like in the book as well as what the original themes are in the book. I say this as a huge Jaws fan who loves the movie/movies. I just think the book presents the idea of the shark as a primal symbol of the capability of humans to become creatures trying to survive in a difficult world. The book is a really great read and that gets lost with the fame of the movie.