JAWS -- movie reaction -- FIRST TIME WATCHING

[@s.jackson8098]

I'm always struck by how multi-talented Robert Shaw was. Today he’s most widely known as a movie star, especially for his portrayal of Quint here. He was also incredible as King Henry VIII in the film version of “A Man for All Seasons". He started as a stage actor and did very, very well-respected Shakespearean performances. That's already an impressive résumé. But what really astounds me is that he was also a serious novelist and playwright. One of his plays, "The Man in the Glass Booth" -- based on his own novel of the same name -- was a hit in 1968 both in London and on Broadway. Its unusual plot deals with "a Jewish businessman pretending to be a Nazi war criminal, or a Nazi war criminal pretending to be a Jewish businessman." (Wikipedia's phrasing, and it's pretty accurate.) The play became a film, and it's very impressive work. A subtle, incisive look at questions of identity in the wake of massive trauma. Admirably, Shaw doesn't take the easy way out. He doesn't oversimplify. Instead, he digs deep into layer upon layer of moral issues that have no clear answer. Remarkable man. I can’t think of anyone else with such a breadth and depth of talent, charisma, and intelligence. He died aged 51. Way, way, way too young.

[@sherigrow6480]

He's really impressive in Battle of the Bulge as a Panzer commander

[@okchristina]

Yes, way too young! He will be on my radar for future films for sure!

[@blakewalker84120]

"No ending credits beyond that?" Welcome to 1975, when a hundred people could make an amazing summer blockbuster. Today, you can't get a blockbuster out the door without a few thousand people.

[@NateAZ]

Love the reaction! Being an older guy, I got the 'Land Shark' reference. For the younger folks, just look up old SNL sketches from the 70's. The land shark sketches were great! Please keep it up Christina!

[@debbieverret4033]

How I miss those SNL Land shark scenes!

[@jhilal2385]

Also "Tremors" (1990) and "The Suicide Squad" (2021)

[@okchristina]

Caaaaaaaandygram. Hooray! Was hoping some would catch that reference. ;) I have been a big SNL fan for decades! Thanks for the nice comment and also for watching!!

[@okchristina]

I will make sure those two movies are added to the master list!

[@51tetra69]

Christina, the speech delivered by Quint about the USS Indianapolis tragedy is a true story, an actual historical fact. It really happened! His story relating the incident 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 was determined to personally secure the bounty and reward for killing the shark, which is strictly a secondary consideration for him, but rather because he wanted revenge (or perhaps redemption) for his horrific experience, which he can only achieve by destroying the man-eating shark himself…

[@okchristina]

That story is just unimaginable!! Yikes. Yep. That's what I was assuming about the radio, but geeez. His revenge at the expense of the two other people on board!! But that's trauma for ya!!

[@marcofreitas3844]

Christina, there´s a movie directed by Mario Van Peebles and starring Nic Cage on said subject...look it up. @@okchristina

[@ThatsNotFunnyThatsSick]

My parents took me to see this movie when it came out. I was 8 years old and just moved to Coral Springs, Fla. from Texas. This movie stopped people from going to the beaches in Dade and Broward counties for at least a year.

[@okchristina]

Wow!! We forget how pop culture can affect real life!! Perhaps an instance of life imitating the art!

[@zacharyjoy8724]

The second attack scene is what truly cements this as one of the greatest horror stories. It proves that NOBODY is safe. Not even pets and kids: the ones who usually get away.

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

As always, great reaction / review. The reporter on the beach, on the 4th of July, was Peter Benchley. The author of the book, "Jaws" and also worded on the screenplay. As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.

[@okchristina]

Very cool!!! Thank you!

[@BigGator5]

"You're gonna need a bigger boat." Fun Fact: Director Steven Spielberg named the shark "Bruce" after his lawyer. What Script Fact: According to writer Carl Gottlieb, the line "You're gonna need a bigger boat." was not scripted, but was ad-libbed by Roy Scheider. Location Location Fact: Quint's (Robert Shaw) boathouse set was built in Martha's Vineyard on an abandoned lot. The city council made the production crew sign an agreement to demolish it after filming and replace everything exactly as it had been, right down to the litter. Writing Ensemble Fact: Quint's tale of the USS Indianapolis was conceived by playwright Howard Sackler, lengthened by screenwriter John Milius and rewritten by Robert Shaw following a disagreement between screenwriters Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Shaw presented his text, and Benchley and Gottlieb agreed that this was exactly what was needed. It's widely considered the best scene of the movie. The Rest Of The Story Fact: Several decades after the film's release, Lee Fierro (RIP), who played Mrs. Kintner, walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed "Alex Kintner Sandwich" on the menu. She commented that she had played his mother so many years ago; the owner of the restaurant ran out to meet her, and he was none other than Jeffrey Voorhees, who had played her son. They had not seen each other since the original movie shoot. I'm told Jeff still owns the restaurant at Martha's Vineyard and he loves talking to fans.

[@okchristina]

Excellent details. Love the reunion story!! Weird about even replacing the litter after the movie. lol And yes, I think the USS Ind was the best scene.

[@BigGator5]

You're welcome. I have also subscribed to your channel. Go with God and Be Safe from Evil. 😎 👍

[@henrytjernlund]

I think from his war experience that Quint suffered from survivor's dilemma and harbored a latent death wish and why he took such great risks.

[@okchristina]

ABSOLUTELY

[@JCastle12495]

The movie was mostly filmed at Martha's Vineyard. One of the first movies I've seen as a kid. Also, I think "Duel" was technically Spielberg's first movie.

[@anthonymunn8633]

It was,but it was a TV movie.The Sugarland Express with Goldie Hawn was his first theatrical.

[@okchristina]

Ah ha! Thanks!! I may need to check out Duel!

[@raybernal6829]

@@okchristina There's a sound effect he used in Duel he ended up using in Jaws... 😉

[@daave365]

Duel was his first tv movie. Sugarland Express was his first theatrical release

[@glennwisniewski9536]

Jaws was not only a novel, it was a bestseller. Peter Benchley was the author and he has a cameo appearance in the Jaws movie as a reporter. His father, Robert Benchley, was famous for his newspaper columns and comic film featurette appearances. Turner Classic Movies runs his short films all the time.

[@okchristina]

Very cool! I'm so glad to know about the literary background for this movie now!!

[@cleonmagabeefy8500]

Thank you, absolutely fantastic reaction!!! I was feeling blah and this was fun. Except for all people being eating by sharks!!!! Seriously, why would you swim in the ocean??? Would you go for a jog in the jungle!!!??? Oh yeah, the chiefs scar was an appendix scar and he was ashamed that that was all he had...

[@okchristina]

Oh thank you! I definitely have had blah days turned better by getting to sit down and watch some of these great movies. So glad that is getting passed on. But foreals, why would anyone want to swim in the ocean??? LOLOL Interesting idea for the scar. I think I was hoping for a bigger boo boo story from him ;)

[@RetroRobotRadio]

It was on the East Coast, in an area where large sharks almost never frequent. That's why everyone is skeptical of a shark attack.

[@sean---the-other-one]

45:57 That aesthetic does make things more easy to connect with people. It’s like The Fugitive with Harrison Ford. It’s an early 90s movie but it has a feel taken from this era and it feels so much more real because of it.

[@sean---the-other-one]

30:36 Back in those days cans were steel, not aluminium (and never aluminum 🤣😂) I don’t know how strong a beer can in the USA was back then, but the strength required to crush a steel can with bare hands in Australia in the 70s would’ve been a lot.

[@okchristina]

Makes sense. And makes the scene even funnier. lololol

[@richardzinns5676]

This was the movie that first made Spielberg a household name, along with John Williams. It was also the first summer blockbuster; prevailing wisdom until then had been that people don't want to go see movies in the summer, so major movies weren't released then. When Jaws broke all previous box office records, that changed. Closing credits were never very long before Star Wars, made two years after Jaws. And I suspect that what Brody has on his stomach is an appendicitis scar, which he knows won't bear comparison to what Quint and Hooper have.

[@mickeykmiller]

Thanks for the reaction! There's a video on youtube that perfectly shows the filming locations, then and now. Really good video. :)

[@okchristina]

Cool!! I'll have to check it out.

[@jamesnorthup7717]

That I wasn't around yet in 75 made me feel very old😞

[@OrsonBuggy1958]

Being born when there were only 48 states makes me feel old.

[@okchristina]

LOL I hear ya. I'm beginning to even feel like that about grunge.

[@jamesnorthup7717]

@@okchristina yeah , I didn't like grunge, it took out all my great 80's metal!!!

[@jakesgr8sakiorjoe58]

I was born in ‘82 and my parents let me watch this movie as a toddler. It became on of my favorite movies as a little kid. I also hate swimming in any body of water that I can’t clearly see the bottom. So rivers, lakes and oceans are pretty much off limits. When I was little I wouldn’t even swim in the deep end of pools because I thought Jaws might be there. Lol! Thanks for watching. Also the sheriff was looking at his appendix scar and it wasn’t cool enough to compare.

[@okchristina]

I wholly admit that as a kid I also had a few moments of being scared in the deep end of a pool. haha I didn't see too many scary movies as a kid, but that's probably a good thing because even the posters for movies in the video rental stores were enough to creep me out!! I am glad I finally watched this one, though. :)

[@blakewalker84120]

24:10 "I don't understand this. Why?" Hooper is almost certainly safe here. The shark that attacked this boat did it's thing then swam away. Also, they feed at night because they like to hunt in the dark, by smell. Daylight works against them by helping their prey spot them. Hooper turned on lots of lights to keep the shark away. He's moving without splashing, thrashing, or bleeding so he won't get the shark's attention if for some reason it, or a different shark, is nearby. He's an expert who knows what he's doing. Doesn't mean he can't be attacked, but it's extremely unlikely.

[@okchristina]

ok that all makes sense but they forgot to tell the audience all of that so it was still freaking creepy and scary!! LOLOL And that's why it's a great movie! All in the fun of it.

[@justjack0715]

I was 14 and on a day trip with my family, and stumbled on the shooting. We saw the shark and some tents and had no idea what they were filming, or that it would be a future classic! 😮

[@okchristina]

OMG that is so very cool!! I don't think anyone could have predicted that premise would become a classic! lol

[@justjack0715]

@@okchristina I know, right. I’ve been fortunate enough to see quite a few Massachusetts movies being made over the years. Mystic River, the equalizer one & two, the Brinks job, the departed, Spenser for hire etc.

[@jeffberbert7784]

A terrific reaction, and I'm already looking forward to more.

[@okchristina]

Yay! Thanks!!!

[@sean---the-other-one]

43:52 Yeah, movies of that era had a languid pace. Even Star Wars, after the opening action set piece, settled into a comfortable pace, setting atmosphere and letting characters breathe. By today’s standards it’d never get approved by a studio since they know that the younger movie goers now want the movie to grab them and for the premise to be set in the first few minutes. But when you watch a movie that takes it’s time in a masterful way (say, Fargo or Unforgiven) you can really immerse yourself in it.

[@okchristina]

I think that slow pace is sometimes brought back now as sort of a novel, artistic move in films. Everything comes full circle!

[@sean---the-other-one]

44:07 Spielberg’s first film was Duel. It’s essentially the same sort of thing as Jaws. There’s a masked threat. Something you know is there and has to be dealt with, but it’s menacing and more powerful and there’s a constant sense of dread. Using his experience on Duel, Spielberg apparently only agreed to do Jaws if he was allowed to not show the shark in the first hour in order to build the tension.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Absolutely. The shark was kept hidden by design for the first half of the film. Because the shark kept breaking down out at sea during the Orca based scenes the myth has grown and people now think it broke down for the first half but it was never scheduled to be used for the beach attack scenes.

[@sean---the-other-one]

@@lyndoncmp5751 Correct. The people who believe that also don’t think about the fact that film shooting often happens way out of sequence with the actual script itself.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

@@sean---the-other-one Yes, the first shark incident Spielberg filmed was the pier/holiday roast scene, even though that was the third shark incident in the story. Well, technically the first shots filmed for Jaws were the underwater cage shots with the real shark. Filmed by Ron and Valerie Taylor off South Australia a few months before Spielberg began filming on Martha's Vineyard. Cheers. ✌

[@AndyBodkin]

Christina! Same here! I am terrified of open water!!!!

[@okchristina]

I know, right?!?

[@edgarcia4794]

My dad was co owner of a fishing boat out of Oceanside Ca. After this movie came out a lot of scared but curious people paid me to take them out to try and see a large Great White shark. I used to come across a 17 foot female around San Clemente Island and while she wasn't as big as 'Bruce's ' 25 feet in length her mass impressed them none the less.

[@okchristina]

Yeah, I'd say that was still impressive!! And what a cool job!!

[@hanzwind]

“Does she have anything left” Haha!!

[@donaldjz]

Out of all the reactions I've seen, you are the only one that caught the "corners report " .

[@okchristina]

Well, I do watch on a big screen. Maybe I could just see it better ;)

[@blakewalker84120]

I don't know if you read these comments or not. Great reaction. I mean, uh, it was swell. Really swell. I liked your empathy and your aversion to the very brief gore, and I liked how you were figuring stuff out along the way without overreacting to Mayor Vaughn who, it turns out, is a good guy after all. I truly appreciate your intelligent, thoughtful reaction. Definitely swell.

[@okchristina]

Awww Thank you so much -- that is very much appreciated. I think you summed up the aesthetic of this channel... empathy and aversion with a little bit of problem solving along the way. :) And I do try to read all the comments as best I can!

[@steve-eq8kx]

You had me at "dive In".

[@okchristina]

LOL :)

[@DanJackson1977]

I know it seems like there are some "aimless" parts dude to the overlapping dialogue and "atmosphere", but Spielberg knew exactly what he was doing. There are no wasted shots or dialogue.. it all comes back around. It was his second film, but hed been directing TV episodes as well, like Night Gallery and the first episode of Columbo... he did all that and Jaws... and he did all that before he was 25. The opening is slow, to give you the feeling of a slow summer town.. and the overlapping dialogue was a very 70s thing, made popular by Robert Altman

[@okchristina]

I quite like the overlapping dialogue and also some of the aimless parts. I think it can set the right atmosphere. Perhaps the main discrepancy is simply in how culture and language changes over the decades. He is an amazing director for sure! So innovative and dedicated.

[@Mike-rw2nh]

Ben Gardener alive 17:40 Ben Gardener dead 24:46 The survivors arrive at the shore 42:40 Superb editing Subbed.

[@okchristina]

Oh, interesting about Gardener. And thank you!!!!

[@richardheinz]

8:20. I've watched this movie so many times and I don't remember this karate scene. In a very strange way, I enjoyed watching you watch this movie. Reaction videos are huge right now. I can't explain the enjoyment and satisfaction of watching funny, intelligent and attractive Women watching and reacting to classic movies. Also, I think it's very interesting when younger generations (I'm a 46 Generation X-er) are sort of shocked when children are killed.

[@okchristina]

I enjoy watching other reactions also!! You get to watch your favorite movies again with a fresh look and perhaps a different point of view. I am also Gen-X, but the child thing still got me!!!

[@RichardM1366]

The shark was supposed to die from a harpoon to the belly. Steven Spielberg hated it and changed it. The explosion was done with squid, red paint, and dynamite and it went off on cue perfectly. That was a better ending.

[@okchristina]

I think he made the right choice!!

[@CanadaDan]

Great reaction

[@sean---the-other-one]

On a musical note (no pun intended). It was Spielberg’s experience with the amazing John Williamson and this incredible score that resulted in George Lucas using him for Star Wars. There was a cadre of young directors all trying to hone their skills around this era that Spielberg and Lucas were a part of. When George was talking to Steven about the music for his project called Star Wars Steven recommended John Williamson due to how the music has become such a character in Jaws. The rest is an amazing history. Jaws, ET, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Superman, etc, etc. all spawned from John’s superb use of two notes.

[@karlmoles6530]

I was a little kid when this came out, I didn't see it till I was 12, in 78. Saw it on HBO. Made my best friend's sister crawl into my lap. I didn't complain. But the rest of my life when I go swimming, even in a lake a thousand miles inland, I get a bit paranoid, and look around.

[@okchristina]

RIGHT?! My first Spielberg film was ET. I knew Jaws existed but I didn't even need to see it to have it haunt me a bit while swimming. My imagination even tried to be afraid in swimming pools. lol

[@charlescallen460]

Really excellent reaction 🙂💯

[@jim6070]

You bring up a great point that I never noticed in the 50 years I’ve been watching this movie. What was the point of the beacon/tracker? It was never utilized in any way. So many reaction videos and you are the only one to mention it.

[@blakewalker84120]

Outro: You reference "the greed of man". I posted another comment about that. I don't think it was greed at all. You also mention "the power of nature". Well, maybe. Except this shark was unnaturally big and behaved very unnaturally. For reference, the largest modern toothed shark ever measured by man is about 20 feet long but this monster was 25 feet long. No shark with teeth that big has lived in the ocean for over 3 million years. Sharks don't attack boats by ramming them repeatedly with their sensitive face. They don't jump up on boats or anywhere else. They don't feed in the same place twice. This monster did all these things and more. This movie was more about the power of monsters than the power of nature. I mention that because an unfortunate side effect of this movie is that more sharks were killed in the years following this movie than ever before. They didn't deserve it. Even Spielberg has commented about regretting that. Finally, this movie was definitely about Man vs. Himself. Quint was basically Captain Ahab hunting his white whale Moby Dick for personal revenge, but this whale was a shark. He was even willing to sabotage his own radio and his own boat to get that revenge. Brody was afraid of the sea and everything to do with it, but had to face his fears and ultimately go one-on-one with the biggest man-eater in the ocean, ever. How closely did this match the novel? Book spoilers ahead: It's mostly little things, like Brody has 3 kids in the book, Mrs. Kintner talks to Brody without slapping him, that kind of thing. Some very good changes from the book is that there's some overtly racist stuff in the book that isn't in the movie. Not a lot, but even some is too much. A major change is that nobody in the book is likable. Brody is from Amity, not NYC, and he's not a good dad or husband or especially nice person. He's not afraid of the water but he is afraid of being alone at sea. Hooper ahs almost no personality at all but he does have an affair with Brody's wife. Quint is far more mean and coarse in the book, if you can believe it, enough so that we're nearly glad when the shark gets him. Also, no background story about the USS Indianapolis. Mayor Vaughn has mafia connections in the book and tries to keep the town open so the mafia can do what mafia does in small towns. The ending is the biggest difference. Hooper never gets out of the shark cage but gets devoured instead. Quint kills the shark just in time to save Brody but is caught in ropes and dragged under when the shark's corpse sinks so he dies without being eaten. Brody ends up being alone at sea, his greatest fear, but he survived the shark - notably, without having much effect on the story beyond being a witness to Quint and Hooper's efforts. Peter Benchley's novel was so good it got made into a movie. That's a rare success right there. I think it's biggest failure is that you don't really like or empathize with anybody, so you don't really care if they live or die. Spielberg, the genius that he is, made us LIKE the characters so we would be invested in them.

[@okchristina]

Yes, Spielberg has that special talent for presenting characters. That is his brush stroke. Thanks for all the info on the novel! I really did not know it existed until I saw this. Glad to know now! Also sad about the sharks that paid the price for this film. Yikes. Talk about influencers!!!

[@blakewalker84120]

22:27 "I'm going to start using that word. Swell." I agree! People just don't say "swell" enough. I suggest watching all of The Andy Griffith Show and Leave it to Beaver - by the time you're done with series, swell will be a swell part of your vocabulary.

[@okchristina]

lol ;)

[@glennjpanting2081]

@@okchristina It was also used in _Superman_ (1978): kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2GYZpZtptyjipY

[@blakewalker84120]

9:02 "Was this filmed on location there or is it actually west coast?" No and no. The story takes place in a fictional town of Amity Island, New York. They wanted to film it on Long Island but it seemed too crowded, so they went north to Massachusetts to Martha's Vineyard and filmed it there.

[@rickc661]

fun stuff. ' land shark'. one of the many, many good original Saturday nt live skits- also a mid 70's project. As were many good flicks like Cuckoo's Nest , Chinatown, the Sting, 3 days of condor.... to me this flick is a retelling of the old classic ' Moby Dick'. oh, good call on the ' bobbins' ( yellow barrels ) I think that's the first ever mention of bobbins on Utube, often used in relatively tiny fresh water fishing by kids. finally, the WW2 story was half written by the actor he's written a couple novels.

[@okchristina]

Yeah lots of comedic gold in the old SNL!! I think it also was quite successful in the early 90s. The yellow barrels are like bobbins proportionate to the size of the shark, I'd say. ;)

[@Mr.Greeeeeen]

Movies back then was more the real deal compares to todays silly and unreal woke-movies. I miss the 70s, it was a great time to be around, and no smartphones all over the place. 👊😃

[@miamicool666]

The shark is just a setting of the film just to underline a friendship between three men.

[@okchristina]

Great observation! Love it! And maybe also the boat!

[@miamicool666]

@@okchristina Without the boat, they would be dead. But why not lol! Thanks!

[@anthonymunn8633]

The shortness of the credits had nothing to do with with budget.Up to that point,movies usually listed only heads of departments in the cresdits,as opposed to,say, the credits of Close Encounters and Star Wars,where they listed practically everyone.

[@sean---the-other-one]

17:48 Ooooo! With your orchestral background and the fact you’ve mentioned Richard Dreyfus a few times, you really should check out Mr Holland’s Opus. One of my favourite of his movies.

[@okchristina]

I have seen that movie, but it has been years. I remember something about his son in the movie. But I think I would get A LOT more out of it as an adult. That might need to go on the list for musician movies for me to watch.

[@sean---the-other-one]

@@okchristina Even as a re-watch reaction, your experience as a musician would definitely give it a different spin if you saw it when you were much younger.

[@elizabethwilson1540]

Your cat is so adorable.

[@okchristina]

OMG he will love hearing this when I tell him ;) I appreciated him hanging around extra close for this movie!!

[@IrishPizzaMan]

Stephen Spielberg’s first movie is Duel! A tv movie 🎥. Great video and reaction. Hope to see you react to Pulp Fiction soon.

[@okchristina]

Thank you so much!! And I definitely have Pulp Fiction in the works for a future watch!

[@raybernal6829]

Filmed in Martha's Vineyard used local residents for extras ...

[@okchristina]

I knew it!! Thanks :)

[@tonycardone990]

The one thing that always bothered me about this movie is, if Hooper had a boat with all his equipment and sonar technology on it that they could have used, why did they only take one boat out? Instead they unloaded equipment from his boat and put it on the other one and all go together. Not the choice I would have made as a fisherman

[@okchristina]

LOL right?!?!

[@user-fk6wl9mq1f]

Great reaction. Hope you consider watching nightmare on elm street, child’s play, and rest of jaws movie series

[@okchristina]

Thanks!! I am sure we will get to all of those especially some for the month of October. I have not seen most "scary" movies.

[@user-fk6wl9mq1f]

@@okchristina that is why when u get to watch them the reactions will be fun

[@tvdroid22]

The Chief had an appendectomy scar.

[@okchristina]

I think you're right. But I still wish it wasn't --- excellent opportunity for a fun backstory! ;)

[@user-fk6wl9mq1f]

Imo the mother was wrong in slapping Brody, she shoulda went right and slapped the mayor instead since it was the mayor who overruled Brody

[@raybernal6829]

She didn't know that. That dialogue took place on the ferry with only the chief mayor newspaper editor and medical inspector.....

[@user-fk6wl9mq1f]

@@raybernal6829 I know. I guess i would of thought she would of asked if anyone else besides Brody woulda known prior to her seeing him and slapping him. I would of thought she would of asked around since it was her kid that got eaten. To be fair though she was grieving so she may not even have done anything until that day

[@okchristina]

Yeah, I think everyone knew she was out of sorts. Ooooo maybe that's why the mayor said she was wrong... because he knew that slap should have gone to himself!!! See? This is why I love discussing a film in the comments. Love this kind of realization!

[@raybernal6829]

@@okchristina and Brody replying "no she's not" knowing he should have stood up to the mayor and others and at the minimum let the townsfolk know of the possible danger.... If you like to read Christina the novel is excellent.... Peter Benchley had major issues with some of the direction the movie went and eventually was asked to leave the set. 😕

[@user-fk6wl9mq1f]

I love the different perspectives. Chatting with each other figuring out different takes is fun

[@brom00]

Still holds up. One wonders if the shark actually did work and was shown more, would today's audience find it laughable. Spielberg had done some episodic TV work and the TV movie "Duel" before this. As a kid, I went on a summer school field trip in '75. They had a life-sized mock-up of the shark they used in the film. It was hanging by the tail and pretty big for the 4th grade me. The sequels pale in comparison to this. The cast returns for the next one, except for Dreyfuss and of course, Shaw. The mayor is still a jerk and it plays out like in 80's teen horror film. The third everyone is new and it takes place in a Sea World type park. It's also in 3-D. The torth "Jaws: The Revenge" is ludicris. Michael Caine is famously quoted say that the movie was garbage, but it did pay for his new house.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

The shark was never scheduled to be used for the first half of the film though, and by the end of the film I believe they got most, if not all of the planned shark shots. It just took a long time to get them. Months.

[@okchristina]

I think it definitely holds up. And I think not showing the shark is the reason. Even with CGI capabilities today not showing things at first would make a better film!

[@lyndoncmp5751]

@@okchristina The CGI shark in The Shallows looks and moves like a cartoon at times. And green screen never looks completely real.

[@albertrodriguez4190]

I like your expressions. The way you cringe. Funny but I feel you.

[@okchristina]

:)

[@sean---the-other-one]

44:18 did you see Close Encounters?

[@okchristina]

I have seen that one!!! It is amazing.

[@greeklow71]

24:45 28:35 40:05

[@blakewalker84120]

Your reaction to the mayor and the townsfolk is more moderate than most, but you still seem to think they're being greedy. They're not. Well, mostly not. There are real towns like Amity all over the northern US coastline and every one of them makes about 80% of their annual income during the 3 months of summer. And a giant part of that 80% happens on this exact week, the week around the Fourth of July. Closing these beaches could be a financial disaster. Quint, the fisherman who wants $10,000 to kill this shark said they whole town would be on welfare by winter. That's not a joke. They could lose their businesses, their jobs, their homes if they close the beaches right now. On the other hand, real sharks don't behave like this. The eat, they swim away, never to be seen again. They never stick around one place and keep eating. Real life mayors rarely close beaches after a shark attack, and never for more than a day. If the attack happens in the morning, they might close the beach for the rest of the day to give it time to swim away. That's it, and usually not even that. So the mayor here, who certainly knows that, has to choose: 1. Close the beaches and risk bankrupting the entire town to prevent an attack that won't happen. 2. Keep the town open and prosperous and nobody else gets hurt because both sharks are gone already. Both sharks? Yes. Chrissy and Alex were killed in two different weeks. The shark that killed Chrissy was 100 miles away before some other shark killed Alex. Or at least that would be true if this were the real world. The shark in this movie is behaving like Jason, the psychopath killing campers at Camp Crystal Lake. That makes this a monster movie, not a shark movie. Maybe if the mayor knew it was a monster movie he would close the beaches.

[@okchristina]

Oh I get the conflict!! Business needs vs safety. I think combined with the ignorance it will lean toward being quite annoyed with the business owners. Even though we can completely understand!! Hence the conflict!

[@sean---the-other-one]

46:36 The sequels are of no cinematic value.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Jaws 2 is actually pretty decent. Some good stuff in there. 3 and 4 are crap though.

[@sean---the-other-one]

@@lyndoncmp5751 I’d admit to having only watched 2 and 3, and have no memory of them aside from a vague recollection of 3 being 3-D.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

@@sean---the-other-one I recently bought Jaws 2 on blu ray (saw it at the cinema as a kid as well) and it's a decent film. Not as great as Jaws but what is? Scheider, Gary and Hamilton give good performances again, Williams score is stellar and there are some good directed scares by Szwarc. Its quite well made and actually feels like a sequel to Jaws in atmosphere and tone. The other sequels don't. Id steer clear of 3 and 4 😂

[@georger.3489]

Often copied, never reached, also when it comes to the making of. The shark from hell, Steven Spielberg couldn't show the shark at the beginning because it wasn't working for months, always sinking on the ground :D

[@okchristina]

Ha! Happy accident.

[@cwdkidman2266]

And if being criticised bothers anyone, then do not take out a,KZbin channel and film yourself critising filmmakers and then putting that video out for the world to see and inviting comments. If you do and you have a thin skin, you will not last long.

[@williamjones6031]

1. Goof: Chrissie's body parts are too far up the beach to have been washed up there without a storm. 2. Boy Scouts don't need to do the mile swim to get their merit badge. It's an accomplishment all its own. 3. Lee Fierro/Mrs. Kentner actually slapped Roy Scheider. It took 17 takes. Once was so hard it knocked his glasses off. 4. The jump scare at Ben Gardner's boat was put in on purpose by Spielberg because they were having problems with the shark "Bruce" and his appearance was delayed, and the movie needed something earlier. Works every time.🤣🤣 5. IRL Dreyfuss and Shaw didn't get along, so Spielberg used the animosity to fuel their feud onscreen. 6. The boy that said, "He made me do it' is now the Police Chief of the town where this movie was filmed. 7. Hooper was wrong. The fish that hit the line was "our fish". 8. "You're gonna need a bigger boat" is one of the greatest adlibs in history. It was the first time Roy actually saw Bruce. It was an ongoing trope within the filming due to budgetary problems. 9. Goof: An animal that large couldn't hit the side of the boat as rapidly as it did UNDER WATER. 10. I suspect Quint's story about the Indy gave him PTSD flashbacks and contributed to his behavior after he told the story. 11. I was in the Navy, and we were instructed to go for the eyes when confronting a shark. 12. Aside from Spielberg's pool used in the Ben Gardner boat scenes, all of the shipboard scenes were filmed entirely at sea, 13. In the book not only does Hooper die but he was also having an affair with Mrs. Brody. 14. JAWS II is the only other one worth watching. It revolves around the Brody kids and their friends. Including the mayors' son. 15 The third one was so bad that Scheider read the script and said NO. He didn't want to do the second one but was under contract. He created so much havoc for the third one that he was released from the contract PS: The first PG-13 movie was "Red Dawn".

[@eddhardy1054]

I think you're right about everything except point 1. The deputy who finds Chrissie's body is sitting quite a way up from the waterline but if you look at Brody and the boy and where they're staring it seems like Chrissie's body is exactly where it should be...down by the surf 😉😊

[@williamjones6031]

@@eddhardy1054 The "hand" we see isn't anywhere near the waterline.

[@eddhardy1054]

@@williamjones6031 1)- How can you tell? 2)- So what are Brody and the boy looking at down by the surf?

[@williamjones6031]

@@eddhardy1054 What surf?

[@eddhardy1054]

@@williamjones6031 Surf just means waves that break on an ocean shoreline and can be of any size but since the word seemed to confuse you let's just say 'waterline'

[@cwdkidman2266]

Dont like old movies made by dead people and it might as well be in black and white. This is a slow boring movie that never goes anywhere and takes a long LONG time to get there. Gkd, it was as painful as watching a western. And where are all the black people? I guess they werent invented in 1975 if you were a Hollywood Casting Agent. It also must be one of the first color movies and made ten years after they discovered sound movies. One of the worst movies i almost saw before i fell asleep. Yawn....

[@jondishmonmusicandstuff2753]

Chief brody was looking down at his appendix skirt

[@promiscuous675]

Thank you. Small piece of trivia. Although the story of the USS Indianapolis is true and largley as related by Quint, Quint does make one mistake, he quotes the date of the sinking as 29th June, where the ship was torpedoed at fifteen minutes passed midnight on the morning of the 30th of July 1945. At a guess, if Mr. Spielberg knew of the error, he thought the monologue and Robert Shaw's performance so good he didn't want to change it. There have been two movies concerning the Indianapolis, the 1991 TV movie "Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis", and the 2016 movie "USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage."

[@okchristina]

I think I would have let it slide, as well. Such a good scene!! I am not sure how I would handle a movie about that ordeal. Talk about nightmares!! Wowza!!!

[@jondishmonmusicandstuff2753]

That is too funny, no, ma'am. It did not say sharper image. It said shark something I don't think

[@okchristina]

Aw, I was hoping for a cool story about how Sharper Image started out as shark catching supplies. lolol

[@jondishmonmusicandstuff2753]

Oh k, miss, you don't know what you're talking about. This was spillbirds second film And it's iconic, so you can say whatever you want to say about it. But you can't take anything from jaws or john williams's music score

[@okchristina]

True!!