First time watching JAWS. I'm scared.

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We're gonna need a bigger boat.
Movie lovers, it's here. I am finally reacting to this seminal movie masterpiece. Steven Spielberg's JAWS from 1975. And better yet ... I watched it right before going to the beach. Because I'm a genius.
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🍿 I was on the edge of my seat the entire time and I can’t wait to hear what you all think. Did the movie scare you as much as it did me? Share your thoughts and let’s dive into a discussion about this legendary shark tale!
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[@GordoFunk555]

Only Spielberg could absolutely terrify us with a moving piece of a dock. Genius.

[@TheKavorka1]

Ben Gardner’s head popping out of the ship’s hull is one of the best jump scares in movie history!

[@Somehiguy]

Yeah, I saw this when it came out in theaters, and that was the whole theater getting startled all at once. probably the best jump scare, that and come and chum this ****

[@BruGaleen]

100% agree! \m/

[@wrldchamps04]

And it was an afterthought....they were in editing when Spielberg decided he wanted one more "scare" scene. They filmed it in the woman's pool (with milk in it) that was the editor.

[@joehoy9242]

A jump scare that still works as well as the day it was released almost half a century later.

[@phj223]

To this day I still look away when that scene is coming up, even when I'm just watching reactions. 😅

[@8RBrain]

Susan Backlinie, the girl swimmer at the beginning, just passed away 5/13/24. She was 77 years old. RIP "Chrissie"

[@beestingza]

My recollection was that she had run into hard times in the last years. RIP

[@Elixear]

Ses cris resteront dans ma mémoire pour toujours. On ne le réalise pas toujours, mais cette scène est surtout terrifiante à cause du son, des hurlements de douleur. A eux seuls, ils permettent d'imaginer ce qui se passe sous l'eau à ce moment-là. Sans montrer l'animal, c'est une prouesse. On a rarement fait plus efficace au cinéma depuis, surtout pour une séquence d'ouverture.

[@Launcelot4077th]

And I guess she was also the naked swimming lady that came up with the Japanese sub in 1941.

[@johnscott4196]

This was such an impactful event on the culture that SNL even had a recurring skit about a "land shark" that would knock on apartment doors using fake excuses and then eat the ones who opened the door.

[@mochs3869]

Love "Land Shark"..."Candygram" lol

[@USCFlash]

No I'm not a shark, I'm a dolphin!

[@qwaurk985]

A dolphin? Well, that's different. Aaaaaaah!

[@mochs3869]

"Gonna form a posse" lol

[@Dystopia1111]

"UNICEF, ma'am."

[@HeidiDenoble]

Jaws is in the top five movies of all time. It is not a horror film. It is an adventure/thriller/suspense.

[@jviolajr]

First reactor I’ve seen to pick up the “that’s some bad hat, Harry” line 😊

[@presencerocks2224]

I remember the first time I saw something from Bad Hat Harry productions and I nearly spit my Coke out because I was so surprised to see it

[@corralescoyote]

I saw Jaws when I was little, and the first time I saw Bad Hat Harry Prod logo, I spent forever going “where do I know that from?”… LoL.. 😂

[@mikeonthebayou]

@@presencerocks2224same. Kinda like that episode of House when in the opening scene he had a matchbox car jump a shark and wondering how many people caught the reference.

[@51tetra69]

Remarkably, Quint’s speech about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis is a historical fact. It really happened! His vivid description of the tragedy that resulted is one of the most epic monologues in cinematic history, and is the key to his character and his obsession with killing sharks. He smashed the radio not only because he wanted to secure the bounty and reward for killing the Great White, which is strictly a secondary consideration for him, but rather because he wanted revenge - or perhaps personal redemption - for his horrific experience, which he can only achieve by killing the man-eating shark himself.

[@maximillianosaben]

This movie legit kept people out of the water when it came out, en masse. Quint's death was the one that sealed the deal for folks.

[@Pinkielover]

Still does

[@jsmithmultimediatech]

When in reality sharks hate eating us (I believe every time a persons been bitten by one the shark actually just swims away), its just they arent the brightest of animals as far as I'm aware so they mistake us for prey, not sure if they're as dumb as Pheasants are though. But they can be of course fatal, but then there's categorically some who've survived one.

[@MrUndersolo]

I didn't even want to use the local pool after I saw it!

[@Ranger1PresentsVirtualRealms]

Yes, Quints death got to a lot of people... however the iconic "swimming girl attack" at the beginning of the movie likely had more to do with people not wanting to go into the water than any other scene. ESPECIALLY at night.

[@Immortalheart66]

Saw “Jaws “ when i was 10 in 1975,… and people were running out of the theater vomiting and screaming. Didn’t go swimming for years. Lived only 2 hours from where the movie was filmed. The first “ Blockbuster” movie that changed everything!!!!🦈🦈🦈✌️🔥🔥Epic!!!!!

[@tofersiefken]

In 1975: $3,000 = $17,513 in 2024. In 1975: $10,000 = $58,377 in 2024. In 1975: $200 / day = $1,167 / day in 2024.

[@WheresWaldo05]

You forgot the case of apricot brandy.

[@GrumpasaurusBex]

@@WheresWaldo05 It's two cases, and dinner when he gets back. 😂

[@TheHessian123]

When the child said "Coffee" he was answering his mother's question about what flavor of ice creme he wanted. In the 70's 'Mocha' ice creme was called "coffee"" ice creme. I was just a little younger then that kid in 1975 and I know I totally loved "Coffee" flavored ice creme.

[@phillyphan1225]

Mocha ice cream is choc & coffee (espresso) and coffee is just coffee ice cream-my fav as a kid in the 70’s ❤

[@ghengriff3600]

Fishing reels have a mechanism that can be set to limit the speed at which the line is stripped off the reel by a fish. It’s called a drag and if a big enough fish is hooked, the drag disks become hot enough to fail, hence, cooling down the reel with water is necessary.

[@adellittle3547]

I think Robert Shaw should of been nominated for an Oscar for this role.

[@corralescoyote]

He should have, definitely, but in the long run, Oscar doesn’t mean diddly. So many bad movies have won, and so many great performances have been snubbed. We still know Shaw, and how great that scene is. That’s what’s important. ✌️

[@GrumpasaurusBex]

@@corralescoyote 100% agree, he defo deserved an Oscar, but those awards nowadays rarely mean anything. Jaws has been my favourite movie since I was 5 years old, I've watched it well over 1300 times (It's one of my safety movies) and to this day Quint's speech STILL manages to give me goosebumps. Shaw was a freaking legend! The story behind his delivery of the scene is also pretty entertaining.

[@clarkness77]

Jaws would have won many Oscars but unfortunately came out same year as one flew over cukoos nest

[@lazyperfectionist1]

31:50 "Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into her side." What Quint goes on to describe, here, is on record as the single worst shark attack in _history._ It really happened.

[@Stogie2112]

"Anyway, we delivered the Bomb." Best line of the film, IMO.

[@barrymiller3385]

"We're going to need a bigger boat"?

[@Stogie2112]

@@barrymiller3385 .... "You're gonna need a bigger boat." is the famous line, but for me, it pales in comparison to Quint's line. A powerful and sarcastic end to a horrifying story.

[@craigferron3227]

Filmed in Edgartown on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Fun fact. The kid on the right with the shark fin, the one that says " he made me do it, he talked me into it" is now the police chief of Edgartown

[@SciTrekMan]

He’s chief of Police of Oak Bluff, Massachusetts.

[@jenfries6417]

@@SciTrekMan Same island, just another town.

[@jjlloyd8017]

My mother was at the very first preview screening of Jaws in Dallas in March 1975. She was pregnant with me at the time (I was born 6 months later), so I can honestly say that I was there too. My view of the screen was blocked though. Oh... Michael (the chief's son) was asking for coffee ice cream (which is awesome) in the hospital, not the drink. And the story of the USS Indianapolis is based on a true story.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Very cool. They selected Dallas to see how it would do away from the coast, so if it worked inland then it'd work everywhere. ✌️

[@dannyropero4216]

The scene when Quint takes a shot with the Chief and says, "here's to swimming with bow legged women" is a play on an old phrase, "DON'T go swimming with bow legged women", meaning stay away from loose, wild women. Hence, in the scene, Quint is actually saluting promiscuous women. In the hospital scene, when Brody's son requests coffee, he's actually requesting coffee flavored ice cream, very popular at the time.

[@magicbrownie1357]

Two Bullseyes

[@USCFlash]

Coffee ice cream is still pretty damn popular. Loooooooove it. (especially coffee heath bar crunch)🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@thomasn3882]

I don't know why I don't like coffee ice cream. I like coffee, and I like ice cream, but the combination doesn't work for me for some reason.

[@USCFlash]

@@thomasn3882 Interesting. I never liked coffee when i was younger. Did not start drinking it til I turned about 48 and even then, only out of necessity for a morning boost, not because I really liked it (later switched back to tea, which I prefer) But I always loved coffee ice cream. Weird. Always enjoyed just plain coffee ice cream, but then when they started adding stuff to it (Coffee heath bar, Cappuccino Commotion) forget it....delicious

[@flerbus]

comes from an old navy song :"i love to go swimmin with bow legged women" and swim between their knees/legs...

[@Mcvthree3]

LOL shes going to the beach after watching Jaws!

[@jsmithmultimediatech]

Yeah somehow I don't think I'll mention what I was going to lol, seems somehow quite cruel to be honest (not just for Cristy but anyone scared of marine animals and wildlife in general, though a particular animal I am thinking of I don't know if they live around those parts, but can bet do live around where someone may be reading thigs and has nothing to do with sharks lol.

[@ammaleslie509]

she THINKS she going to the beach after watching Jaws...

[@Mcvthree3]

@@ammaleslie509 LOL, yeah. I suspect something else will come up.

[@Dystopia1111]

1 of my earliest childhood memories was watching Jaws 2 - then going straight to the beach right after. Good times.

[@ammaleslie509]

@@Dystopia1111 Jaws 2, not as psychologically powerful as Jaws by any known form of measurement

[@vudujl83]

a classic…believe this is considered the first ever big summer blockbuster, and not a surprise that Spielberg helmed it, lol

[@aricproctor6701]

What quint said about his time on the USS INDIANAPOLIS was true.

[@ziggythedrummer]

Mostly; the USS Indianapolis was on a secret mission to deliver the bomb. It did get sunk by a Japanese submarine on its way back. And some of the crew did get killed by sharks while waiting for rescue. However, the specific details Quint gives in the speech came from a combination of two scriptwriters and Robert Shaw himself. The vessel is recorded as having 1,195 crew aboard for the mission. Declassified records show that a distress signal WAS sent, and was received by three stations who all failed to act. And of those on board, the number of deaths attributed to shark attack varies - but doesn't exceed 150. The speech in the film - which is to show Quint's motivations - is mostly dramatic licence, though that doesn't detract in any way from how awesome a scene it is.

[@raybernal6829]

@@ziggythedrummer When they first shot this scene Robert Shaw as usual was drunk but Spielberg decided it was good enough but then later when Shaw had sobered up he went to SS and said let's do it again... That was what made it into the film....

[@ziggythedrummer]

@@raybernal6829 I missed out on seeing The Shark Is Broken unfortunately - would love to have seen it, and hopefully it'll have another run.

[@dwaneanderson8039]

@@ziggythedrummer But it's perfectly reasonable that Quint thought that no distress signal was sent. He wasn't in the radio room, so he wouldn't know. The fact that nobody came for days would have caused him to conclude that there was no distress signal. And being that their mission was a secret, he would natural think that was why. He also wouldn't know how many of the men were eaten by sharks. He was telling the story as he perceived it to be.

[@maxducoudray]

@@dwaneanderson8039 You're overthinking it. It was dramatized to make it a good movie scene. It's not a documentary.

[@wolfie35p]

Jaws, Steven Spielberg's original horror movie, great movie, and still stands up for a movie from 1975.

[@VladislavBabbitt]

Yes, indeed.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Second half though scary is an ocean adventure. Multi genre. Cannot be categorised to one genre.

[@VladislavBabbitt]

@@lyndoncmp5751 Some parts of are comical. The Mad Magazine spoof of it was really funny.

[@danielmorency2242]

If it wasn't for the obvious 70's clothing and hair trends seen in the first half of the movie, it could almost pass as having been filmed last year. So good.

[@francisalbert1799]

One of many classics from Spielberg! This is considered the first summer blockbuster!

[@maximillianosaben]

Quentin Tarantino has even called it the greatest movie ever made. Not film, but everything a movie is supposed to be this movie does in spades and just excellently. He explains it well better, but it goes along with you mentiong a "summer blockbuster".

[@57kwest]

I sincerely love your "ay dios mio" 😂 I love how you nodded your head with him when clearly he was losing his mind 😂

[@gordonduke8812]

Robert Shaw played Quint in this move, great actor. In his monologue about the ship wreck and shark attacks (true story by the way) he showed up on set drunk. He delivered the lines perfectly, but later asked how bad he screwed the scene up and was apologizing for his unprofessionalism. The cast and crew just stared at him for a second then said it was one of the greatest performances they had ever seen, and they were right.

[@RMBittner]

The Ben Gardner jump scare never disappoints! ;)

[@njw5869]

I always rewind the reactor’s reaction !

[@clarkness77]

The subtitle almost gives it away :(

[@ChrisReise]

33:34 Yep, that was a shooting star, there's actually TWO in this movie. Spielberg was famous for putting shooting stars in his movies...E.T., Jaws, Indiana Jones, Close Encounters etc.

[@scottrabie]

Peter Benchley said he wish he never wrote the book due to how much fear of sharks this movie provoked.

[@BubbaCoop]

The shooting star was real. Such a serendipitous shot.

[@dabe1971]

That's a myth, they were added in post production. A 1995 documentary claimed they were real but in reality all the "night" shots are actually filmed in daylight and just processed to look dark so there's no way a natural shooting star would be visible. It's generally accepted that it's an 'Easter Egg' hinting at Spielberg's next movie - CEOT3K. He was asked about it at a Party and he congratulated the guest for "...seeing the UFO."

[@adamdallas6096]

It was not real, that scene was shot day for night.

[@BubbaCoop]

@@adamdallas6096 "The Making of Jaws" confirms it's real.

[@flarrfan]

Hooper is played by Richard Dreyfuss...this was his second big role, his first was a wonderful George Lucas movie called American Graffiti. His next big one after Jaws was Spielberg's Close Encounters. Robert Shaw was Quint...he's got a great villain role in the Best Picture winner The Sting.

[@danielkillian1222]

Well, that's why John Williams is so great.

[@corralescoyote]

John Williams is a true genius! It’s fun to listen to The Planets by Gustav Holst, BTW, to hear one of his biggest inspirations.

[@PatrickChachulski]

The speech from Quint is a true story and although you don't see what is described, it is so creepy and scary!

[@57kwest]

Your face when Quint got eaten should've been the thumbnail 😂

[@Immortalheart66]

Good ole’ Ben Gardner. Never disappoints. In 50 years,.. i have only seen 1 person that had no reaction to that scene. I jump every time,.. and i have seen this movie at least 1000 times. Thank you Ben!!!!!

[@dabe1971]

9:54 $10K is about $60k today....

[@joek468]

Years ago the tv show Mythbusters disproved that you can explode a scuba tank by shooting a hole in it. But the use of it for the movie was pretty cool.

[@presencerocks2224]

Much better than the book ending

[@daave365]

I read an article about the scuba tank thing a year or two ago. Back in the late 60’s and early 70’s there was an issue with the way scuba tanks were manufactured that did cause structural weaknesses in the tank that could allow it to blow up if it took too many hard impacts and that people did have tanks blow up on their backs, but it was rare. They changed the way they were manufactured and it stopped happening. If they had a tank from that time period on Mythbusters, it could very possibly blown up if shot. But I agree, still a cool scene and better than the book 👍

[@WheresWaldo05]

If it could not have happened, Spieldberg would not have done that.

[@joek468]

@@WheresWaldo05 Google it, a lot of thigs that cant be done are put in movies.

[@piotrk.8652]

True, bro. Ronon Dex try this and effect was different than in Jaws :)

[@johnfullbrook628]

This is one of my all time favourite movies. It scared me as a child when I first saw it but I still love it to this day. You should check out the history of the movie and see the problems Spielberg encountered making it

[@vincentpuccio3689]

A beer can back then was like a soup can not the thin aluminum cans today. So he was definitely showing off to Hooper

[@USCFlash]

Not really. This was filmed in 1974....those old heavy steel gauge cans were about 99.9% gone by 1970. Alcoa's first aluminum can was a massive hit with beer makers in 1962. Aluminum cans with the pull top tab was king in 1974. They then got banned the next year in 1975 in favor of the sta-tab.

[@Hayseo]

As far as bottles go - I’ll bet today’s generation does not know what the Jimmy Buffett lyric means: “l stepped on a pop top, shredded my heal, had to cruise on back home” means.

[@USCFlash]

@@Hayseo Well, they prolly don't know who Jimmy Buffet is, let alone know his lyrics, either. 😎😁

[@Ray_Ridley]

Sadly, Susan Backlinie, who played Chrissie in that terrifying opening scene, passed away in May of this year. I saw this when it premiered in 1975 - the audience gave a standing ovation at the end - very rare for a movie !

[@tomstanziola1982]

30:33......The barrel, Cristy, acts like a float, or a giant bobber. Because it's empty, the fish has a hard time pulling it under the water. This makes the barbed head of the harpoon pull against the wound, which opens it up and makes the fish bleed out faster. Great reaction!!! You're very beautiful!!! Love to you and your family!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@jabecker21]

My parents took me and my sister to see this at the drive-in when we were little kids. We sat in the back seat and held our feet up off the floor the entire time because we were afraid the shark would get us. It's been both of our favorite move ever since.

[@drb6771]

Classic, never gets old!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@henrytjernlund]

I think Quint suffered from survivor's dilemma and harbored a secret death wish causing him to take unusual chances. I think "You're going to need a bigger boat" was one the best lines of all time. Which I think was improv. Great reaction, thanks.

[@SciTrekMan]

It was Captain Ahab and Moby Dick all over again!!

[@msgSharke]

Rodney Fox is the guy in the book that was attacked by a great white and survived. For quite a few years he hunted great white sharks until about 20yrs later after knowing more about sharks and their behavior…he became an advocate for the protection of the great white. Love your reacts and just know sharks are not out to eat you 😅😊❤❤❤

[@Rick-jf6sg]

One of the reasons they cast Robert Shaw as Quint is because Shaw, based on his performance as the very dangerous Grant in "From Russia With Love," looked and acted like somebody who could give this shark some trouble.

[@ace1usmc]

So, I grew up fishing almost every weekend on the Chesapeake Bay right where it met the Atlantic Ocean. From the time I was about 3 or 4, I would play on the beach, play in the water, and hunt for shark teeth on the beach. By the time I was in 4th grade, I had a collection of over 1,000 shark teeth, ranging in size from a quarter inch all the way to 3 full-size Megalodon teeth that were about 4" in length. I also had found quite a lot of Great White and Tiger Shark teeth. It never occurred to me that where there were shark teeth to be found by the 100's, there would be 1000's of sharks around. Until I saw this movie in 1975 when it was released. I saw it with my old man, and it terrified me. You couldn't get me to put a big toe in the water for at least the next two years. This movie terrified me like no other ever has since.

[@Alan-lv9rw]

I was just a few miles away from the production crew when they filmed “Jaws” in the summer of 1974. My neighbor was an extra in the movie.

[@bekindandrewind1422]

30:32 --- The barrels are for seeing where it is yes... But they also serve another purpose.. Each barrel has a lift of ABOUT 250 pounds.. So to be able to go under, the shark would have to pull an additional 250 pounds of weight or force for each barrel. --- As it swims, the barrels also make drag. So the idea is to tire him out.

[@scottdarden3091]

In 75 I saw it at the Brazos Twin drive in. When the face came out of the boat hull was hilarious listening to everyone screaming 😂😂

[@danielmorency2242]

H stands for HOLY...

[@steveg5933]

Quint's story about the USS Indianapolis was actually the first time it had been publicly discussed. Spielberg arranged a screening for the few survivors still alive (the last of them passed just this year) because of the atomic bomb aspect of their mission, it was highly classified and crewmembers were encouraged to never discuss it. The captain of the Indy was basically used as a scapegoat, all of the blame fell on him. He took his own life in digrace. He was not cleared of wrong doing until 2015

[@countzero1136]

Love your reaction when the head comes out of the boat :D Seriously that's one of the best jump scares in movie history - I remember watching this on the cinema when it first came out - I guess I was around 11 or 12 years old at the time and holy crap I jumped out of my skin when that head appeared! - along with just about everybody else there :) They don't make movies like this anymore :(

[@kegr1066]

The movie that started John Williams' golden era of scoring movies. Jaws '75 Star Wars '77 Superman '78 Empire Strikes Back '80 Raiders of the Lost Ark '81 sweet baby Jesus that was a fantastic time for movie audiences. The theme music that man wrote during that time just wow.

[@victorpena9824]

Cristy, I saw Jaws when it first came out in the Theater. The Jump Scare when Hooper found the tooth had popcorn and sodas flying in the air. Pretty damn funny.😅 When you said seagulls eating what was left of the shark, I immediately thought, "Sushi".😋 Good Reaction, Kiddo. Love from Texas.❤

[@johndough3809]

24:13 As in coffee flavored ice cream, that his mom just asked him about

[@blakewalker84120]

30:20 "What do the barrels do?" They float. They are very buoyant so it's hard for the shark to pull them under the water. Pulling one of those under the water would be like lifting 433 pounds over your head. "Why do they need two barrels?" Twice as as much buoyancy. Now the shark has to pull 866 pounds. Even if it can, how long can it keep on exerting the effort to pull them down before it gets exhausted?

[@blanewilliams5960]

Brody was on the boat so he could kill the shark of coarse. Seriously, he felt he had to go and help anyway he could. Hooper could not shoot at the shark(when he was in the cage) because he had a spear not a spear gun. Michael was asking his mom for coffee flavored ice cream. Thank You, really enjoyed your reaction!

[@richardburdon3241]

I think Brody going on the boat was probably one of the conditions of the money the town paid, for verification.

[@stinkbug4321]

The mayor wanted people to go into the water because he had an under the table deal with the shark. He would supply it with fresh people to eat in exchange for illegal votes.

[@jeromestracks108]

Enjoy your trip to the beach Christy😅

[@jenfries6417]

The reason Chief Brody was on the boat is that he was the client who chartered the trip on behalf of the town. The movie didn't give Brody's character background, but from the book, Brody was a police officer in New York City. He was highly experienced and a sharpshooter. He moved to Amity to raise his family in a nicer, safer place. Police chiefs are usually a hired civil service position, so he probably answered an ad from the town of Amity. I'm sure he never thought his skill with shooting would come in so handy on a fishing trip.

[@johnscott4196]

Lol "I know the shark can't get in it"

[@blakewalker84120]

6:40 'He ain't wrong." Yes! Thank you for getting that. Most reactors think he's just greedy. This town is so far north tht it's practically Boston. Not quite, but almost. Most of the year, it's too cold for people to enjoy the beach. But the tourism in the summer, especially the week around July 4th, is what keeps this town alive. The majority of the town's businesses make most of their annual income during the summer. Closing the beaches and driving the tourists awy to other beaches could bankrupt half the town.

[@jsapcakrrow]

When the mom asked Michael if he wanted ice cream he asked for coffee ice cream. Coffee flavored ice cream was popular in the 70’s. My mom used to buy it often for herself, one of her favorites.

[@matthewkirkhart2401]

I was 10 years old when this movie was released. My parents took me to the theater and dropped me off to see it ... parenting back then! Watching your reaction, I now know what my face looked like in that theater when Quint got eaten. It was, and still is, the most horrific and terrifying thing I have ever seen on film.

[@bradosborne1706]

"Bro, are you not full?" LMAO :)

[@davemcbroom695]

I saw this at the age of 11, didn't go in the water till I was 14. It's a little hoky now, but in '75 it terrified folks.

[@WheresWaldo05]

Hoky yet still no shark movie has gotten even remotely close to this one. Sorry, but i call cap.

[@danmcn61]

One of the best Steven Spielberg movies is called 'Duel" starring Dennis Weaver. It was only a TV movie of the week, but I saw it when I was ten years old and it terrified me. Just like the shark in Jaws, the viewer never really sees much of the truck driver.

[@3dbadboy1]

Yes, the music is perfect. We can expect no less from John Williams, who also wrote the music of Superman, Star Wars, Close Encounters, Harry Potter, on and on and on.

[@Shoomer1988]

The reporter on the beach was a cameo by Peter Benchley who wrote the original novel.

[@granadosvm]

I've read some place that the mechanical shark they used for the special effects was constantly malfunctioning. Spielberg hated it and named it "Bruce", after his lawyer. The movie was initially though to be very different, but because of the constant malfunctions they resorted to implying the attacks in most cases, leaving the use of the shark for the third act. This led to the use of "the less you see it, the more your brain fills in the scary details" concept that was later used in many other movies.

[@markpekrul4393]

Jaws is great in so many ways but for me the best moment is when Brody and his some mimic each other.

[@mmhdata]

It's a great moment, and it wasn't in the script, entirety improvised.

[@8RBrain]

20:56 The reporter on the beach is Peter Benchley The author of the book.

[@rccaiarktek2890]

He wrote the book here in Pennington, NJ. He lived above the pizza shop in the middle of town. He moved, a few miles away, to Princeton after the book and movie. He donated to organizations helping to save sharks for many years. I think Jaws was partly inspired by the shark attacks along the NJ coast in 1916 that killed four people. The book about those attacks, Close To Shore, is very good.

[@RichardM1366]

My mother Loved this movie. One day we went to the theatre to see Jaws. Seeing it in the theatre was wonderful. My mom never went to the beach again. We got a swimming pool. We would watch Jaws every summer. She passed away in 2011. I think all the time how special The Summer Of 1975 was. Yes, I do not go swimming in the ocean!

[@lazyperfectionist1]

10:06 "People don't even know how old sharks are." We've learned a _lot,_ since then.

[@positivelynegative9149]

3:41 Editor strikes again. 😄👍

[@danielsdimension7828]

Sometimes you forget how old this movie and the cast are. Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw were kids when WW2 happened.

[@CopyKatnj]

In 1975 I was 23 years old, went to Miami to visit relatives, saw the movie and have never gone into the ocean again. My home is in NW New Jersey, in the foot hills, 30 miles away from the ocean and that is close enough. I've had brown bear encounters over the years and would rather face that seen threat than deal with an unseen threat from under water.. Seems to have worked well as I am now 72 years old.

[@vincentpuccio3689]

It’s not a Spielberg movie it’s THE Spielberg movie

[@corralescoyote]

LoL…Your comment has the same rhythm as Po, “THE big fat Panda!!” LoL… ✌️

[@hoibsh21]

If you love Jaws you'll also love Duel which is the precursor to this movie.

[@bigredtlc1828]

I grew up in California and I remember seeing large barracuda-like fish swimming through a wave as it was cresting. Yikes! There has been quite a few instances lately of sharks in very shallow water. My "fave" story is the one where the Orcas have teamed up to capsize small boats in one area of the world. Sea creatures with the ability to organize is scary!

[@allenreeves2924]

My tio was a professional shark hunter, based out of kaneohe, Hawaii. He basically had the same job Quint had (except on a more modern boat). 99.99% of the time a shark could be caught on a rod and reel. However, using the barrels was sometimes called for. To answer your questions about the barrels (almost every reactor asks about them), they serve multiple purposes. Mainly they are used to exhaust the shark, because it takes incredible strength to pull a barrel under water and HOLD it there. The shark would have to rise to the surface enough to relieve the pressure. I, personally, have never seen a shark large enough to pull ONE barrel under at all. A shark the size of the one in this movie could probably never pull two under, and being able to pull three under is pure cinematic fiction. A secondary function of using the barrels is to help track the shark once you got a barrel in it. Presumably that was why Quint's barrels were florecent yellow (although tio Wayne's were florecent orange).

[@SalPerez-io3mz]

I watched this as kid, I din't take a full shower for 2 weeks and I stopped taking baths in a tub for life. I still love the Ocean, but I only go to the beach and never in it.

[@maxnorton1209]

Yeah, I heard about people not getting in bathtubs and swimming pools after watching the movie, even though no shark has ever been found in either tubs or pools. It’s crazy how the mind works regarding fears.

[@ChrisReise]

13:53 Fun Fact: This scene with the captured shark and another scene later on regarding the shark was not in the script. This tiger shark was actually caught by coincidence while filming the movie. The writer, Peter Benchley was on set, did some revisions to include this and the other scene in the film. Later, we can see Peter Benchley in the film...he is the newscaster being filmed on the beach.

[@jamescanole3940]

According to the CBS Sunday Morning show, the actress who played the girl killed by the shark in the opening scene died a couple weeks ago. RIP

[@lashutterbug]

The hundreds of sharks gathering along your beaches is a perfectly natural phenomenon. Most of those sharks are bottom dwellers who are after stingrays and the like; they're not interested in people at all and are quite harmless. Of the larger, more oceanic sharks that are in those groups, only a few of them are considered dangerous to people--in Florida, that would be primarily the blacktip reef shark, the lemon shark, the bull shark, the mako, and the tiger shark. And of those species, most of the time they're also not all that interested in people. Some look scary but actually aren't, like the hammerhead...they get into shallow water quite a bit but they're also after stingrays, and turtles, not bathers. Not many great whites mulling around Florida, at least not as permanent residents.

[@J_Rossi]

One of the very best films of the last (nearly) fifty years. No question in my mind about it.

[@kenpatton8761]

When I was a kid, we’d go to the beach with our blowup rafts, body surfing and just floating around and having a good time. Sometimes you see dark shadows under the rafts, couldn’t tell if it was your shadow, a patch of sea grass or a fish. Fast forward to 1982, I’m now in the USAF stationed in south Florida. I’m going out in helicopter’s flying along the coast line. We could see the sharks swimming around the folks in the water just off the beach. I quit swimming in the ocean, and will only go into the water long enough to cast a line while fishing. Today folks with drones are filming along the coasts and finding that there are still a lot of sharks but that they normally keep a wary distance from the people….until someone gets bit anyways. And it’s true…most shark attacks happen in 3 feet of water or less. Cheers

[@oldschoolpaulie]

" Swimming with bow-legged women" comes from the old Popeye cartoon series.

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

No.

[@RMBittner]

Does it really? Because I’d think it would be pretty raunchy for a cartoon, unless the creators were hoping the censors wouldn’t get the implication.

[@oldschoolpaulie]

@@RMBittner Yes, it does, really.

[@JRoger777]

In 1975 a Chevy Corvette cost about $7000. $3000 was a lot of money

[@adellittle3547]

I really like watching first time reactions to this wonderful film. 😊

[@terryhughes7349]

great reaction Cristy. This movie stopped people from visiting beaches. jajajajaja "beautiful beach but I'm swimming in the pool"

[@wren7195]

In the eighth grade I decided I wanted to be a marine biologist. I read EVERY single book in the library, especially Cousteau's two entries on dolphins. It took me twenty years to realize I actually did this because a young Jessica Alba was on the remake series of Flipper. Fucking *LOVE* dolphins.

[@bekindandrewind1422]

22:42 -- People often ask why Brody said, "No whistles"... You nailed it.. Starting a panic means more people splashing and making the same panic sounds a fish in trouble would make...

[@bwilliams463]

I understand the intent, but I'm conflicted about it. No, you don't want a mass panic, but everybody in the water needs to know immediately if there is danger.

[@bekindandrewind1422]

@@bwilliams463 You can still shout and flag and wave everybody in without blowing the whistles and causing a panic... Another thing that I thought of over the years is that the shark might have been lurking around and attracted by all of the splashing but then found nothing to eat so it went around to the estuary...

[@bwilliams463]

@@bekindandrewind1422 I always thought the estuary was just a coincidental choice by the shark, since there had been plenty of people splashing around at the time the kids with the fake fin showed up.

[@bekindandrewind1422]

@@bwilliams463 Sound travels quite far under water... I always thought that if the shark was lurking he might have been drawn in by the panic splashing... And then it all went quiet because they found the kids with the fin..

[@johto]

The practical effects vs crappy cheap CGI what makes the difference, and of course the analog film vs digital they used. Way easier to "remaster" these later in high def and still keep the original look of the era. Classics are classic for a reason 👍 There's something about good old analog film stock from the 70's that makes things so "real". 🤓

[@51tetra69]

here is a good example of foreshadowing in this movie that everyone seems to miss: when Chief Brody is looking through books about sharks, researching the subject, while thumbing through the books, he comes across a photo of a giant shark with a compressed air tank from a diver in its mouth. Of course, this comes full circle at the end of the movie when Brody destroys the shark by shooting the compressed air tank in its jaws. I am always surprised that no one ever points that out; it seems like such an obvious oversight to me… Both the “Jaws” novel and the movie were inspired by a series of deadly shark attacks along the Jersey shore over a short period of time, resulting in multiple fatalities, all of which were caused by a single rogue bull shark. In short, incidents like those portrayed in Jaws do indeed take place in real life. Check the shark attack records for Florida, Australia, and California for more evidence.

[@peterbriggs6857]

That's so crazy you haven't seen that before...so much fun to see it through new eyes (especially of somebody who is fun to watch movies with.)

[@TreysBlindSpot]

As anticipated when I first saw this thumbnail, your reaction was hilarious. Your faces, especially at the end! Priceless! 😁😎

[@bwilliams463]

Notice the Chief misspelled 'Coroner' on the death certificate? Robert Shaw (Quint) was reportedly difficult to work with and was unpopular with the cast. He also insisted on actually being drunk for the 'Indianapolis' scene and wanted Dreyfuss and Scheider to be drunk for it, as well.

[@VladislavBabbitt]

Jaws was indeed a scary novel and movie.

[@johnscott4196]

And the novel was a bit different. Cut out the affair and the marine biologist gets eaten

[@ThomasKnip]

Besides the "ay nooo" I have to count the "Oh my God". 😄

[@luckyskittles8976]

Glad you watched this one!!! Great reaction, I saw this in the theater when it came out and almost walked out during that opening scene and that threating music was scarerier than the shark.

[@babygeneral1985]

This movie & "Friday The 13th"(1980) have 2 of the biggest Jump Scares in movie history imo