Jaws - Movie Review

Chris Stuckmann reviews Jaws, starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Murray Hamilton and Lorraine Gary. Directed by Steven Spielberg.

[@connornoiles2447]

"Go to bed directly after Jaws" Nice parenting

[@ebolarnator1794]

"But go have a bath first"

[@khaledsharif914]

Go to swim directly after Jaws

[@benlongo904]

My dad made me do that and I was 3. Oh I should say I fell asleep

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

Excellent parenting

[@outtheredude]

I had to go to bed with a blue duvet cover. With aeroplanes on it. But it was still blue underneath. Like I was underwater... Had fun with that.

[@ChrisStuckmann]

Our childhood's were awesome weren't they?

[@crazyguyjohn3594]

Chris Stuckmann yes chris u are the best 👍👍👍😄😄

[@keliburns1161]

Yessss

[@daultonisanidiot7114]

Chris Stuckmann once a year?!?!? I watched it 3 times a day

[@brevonsflicksgames7450]

I love this movie

[@slappyjoker7808]

I first saw jaws when I was 4 years old

[@JessLovesMovies]

Robert Shaw's Indianapolis speech scene always sends chills down my spine. It's maybe my favorite scene in the movie

[@tyrobinson4665]

***** actually the take where he did it drunk never made it to the finished production, drunk he couldn't properly remember his lines

[@GoBuckeyes554]

+Jessica Espinoza all the performances are fantastic. My favorite scene is when Brody and Hooper are talking to the mayor out by the beach. It has my favorite lines in the movie:“I think I am familiar with the fact that you are going to ignore this problem until it swims up and bites you in the ass.”Now, why don't you take a long, close look at this sign. [refers to the graffitied billboard] Those proportions are correct. Love to prove that, wouldn't ya? Get your name into the National Geographic. “That’s it! Goodbye! I’m not going to waste my time arguing with a man who is lining up to be a hot lunch.”

[@NavySharkz]

+GoBuckeyes554 " Now Brody, I want these little paint happy bastards found and strung up by their buster browns!" Whole scene makes me laugh every time.

[@Justmyhandle]

+NavySharkz I actually memorized a majority of the Indianapolis speech from seeing Jaws so many times. I wasn't even trying to consciously, it just happened. Even though critics, studies, and documentaries since then have shown Quint's story to be very inaccurate to what actually happened (especially regarding the sharks), I still LOVE it. He gets away with it because he's speaking strictly from traumatizing personal experience. He didn't witness every single aspect of the event, and of course he couldn't realistically count every shark there or how many victims were taken. It's only estimation. He's telling what he remembers as best he can in a context taking place decades afterward. The reality is, most veterans get at least one detail wrong when telling old war stories. It's totally natural, and nobody should fault them for it. They're only human. After all, no one person going through life or death situations sees everything we get to comfortably read in the textbooks written from years of carefully documented evidence. Unlike people who mock and attack Quint's character for this, I actually think it makes him more believable.

[@christopherritenour2330]

It's actually Steven Spielberg's favorite scene in the movie!

[@deadmanlord0]

This movie also has two of the best jumpscares ever

[@NBACoDGaming]

The one where Brody is throwing dead fiah in the sea and the one where the shark comes through the glass of the boat?

[@NBACoDGaming]

+KnifingGame Fish*

[@NBACoDGaming]

***** Oh yeah forgot about the tooth one. Well, 1/2

[@ericmichaud1273]

KnifingGame Another great one:when the shark sneaks up on Hooper from behind when he's in the cage

[@tmsskits]

Eddie Rattlehead and when the head with the missing eye comes out of nowhere

[@baldersman]

my favorite film and there should never be a remake

[@elijahbutler5931]

balders man NEVER

[@jordanswearingen8576]

I agree!

[@StickmanLLC1]

Me agree 2 (Soory tewwible english)

[@evastarunit7361]

@@elijahbutler5931 well james cameron is remaking it after avatar

[@emilengen7825]

@@StickmanLLC1 extremely awful.

[@missmangomovies1903]

Jaws is amazing, I was on edge the whole time. People say the shark looks fake but when you're really drawn into it, you don't notice, I didn't.

[@xxboonisbadfortnitexx1549]

Yelp

[@xxboonisbadfortnitexx1549]

10-4 good buddy remember keep on trucking and keep the rubber side truck driver

[@cameronturk4388]

Jaws Is Simply One of The Best Movies of All Time! The Acting in this film is just Unbelievably Good! R.I.P Roy Scheider.

[@Justmyhandle]

+Cameron Turk God rest him and poor Robert Shaw. He was an alcoholic most of his life and died just three years after Jaws came out from a heart attack. Many don't know that he, Scheider, and Dreyfuss actually became good friends over the course of the project. That scene in the boat with the group drinking together, that's real chemistry. I'm confident that members of the crew alive today still miss them both. Not every actor or actress is lucky enough to bond like that.

[@conorhansen7060]

+Keith Also Robert Shaw made no money from jaws because after the film came out he fled the country due to issues with the irs.

[@Justmyhandle]

Raptor Feet Farewell and adieu to ye fair Spanish ladies (a toast)...

[@Connief1990]

Absolutely agreed 100%!!!🖒

[@elijahbutler5931]

Cameron Turk I couldn't agree more!

[@ChrisStuckmann]

Make it impossible for anyone to do anything on the block. They'd crowd it out with the lines.

[@mozartpizza8287]

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[@LaneWinn]

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[@mozartpizza8287]

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[@johnpero0617]

Jaws is now OFFICALLY 40 years old and it kicked butt back then and it STILL kicks butt now.

[@thecreeper-em5up]

Nah it only kicked ass cuz the fear factor and everyone thought that sharks were common, maybe u got nostalgia like this guy does to it like how its his first time to stay up late with family and watch it

[@oliverjones3693]

This comment was 5 years ago

[@mookiestewart3776]

@@thecreeper-em5up bruh if you think the movie was literally revolutionary you’re simply ignorant

[@bensagal-morris8072]

@@thecreeper-em5up Nah man. I saw it in September in IMAX. It was a theater of multiple generations. This movie has and will continue to be passed down bc it is so well made. It’s one of (if not the) greatest thrillers of all time.

[@WH250398]

Damn. It's almost 50.

[@1ranjeeves21]

Probably the film I've seen the most. Must of seen it about 100 times

[@MeargleSchmeargle]

its like a good song you cant get out of your head (like the theme LOL)

[@MeargleSchmeargle]

its like a good song you cant get out of your head (like the theme LOL)

[@hulkfan97]

1ranjeeves21 same here. I know Almost every line. my favourite film of all time

[@MeargleSchmeargle]

hulk fan ikr

[@chatteyj]

Its a classic.

[@crashburn3292]

I swear I wrote this at about the 3 minute mark, before it was discussed: My favorite scene in JAWS was when Hooper was laughing when talking about how Maryanne Moffet: "She broke my heart." And then suddenly being in shocked when he realized that Quint was on the Indianapolis. Even if you didn't know that that meant, you knew it was something noteworthy just by his reaction, and asking, "You were on the Indianapolis?" Then Quint tells that horrific story of sailors being eaten by sharks one after the other. "A shark has lifeless eyes. Like a dolls eyes." - What an amazing scene.

[@Seekeroftheblackflame]

Jaws: The Revenge is the best.............Said No One Ever.

[@Danielhero-vf8xv]

Lol

[@blakekneippfilms]

Sean Johnson neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@Seekeroftheblackflame]

***** No, Jaws 3-D Is bad, but entertaining.

[@dinosaurgirl9754]

+Sean Johnson no it rely is .............................. Said No One Ever.

[@dinosaurgirl9754]

+Sean Johnson no it rely is .............................. Said No One Ever.

[@georgemorley1029]

Something else about that scene with tying the barrel on; before, Quint tests Hooper with asking him to tie a sheepshank but really, he couldn’t care less if he can tie it or not, he’s just trying to find a reason to get him off the trip by proving he can’t handle it and he tosses the rope aside because he doesn’t care. But Hooper does know his way around a boat and how to handle ropes and then when it comes to it and the shark is bearing down on them, suddenly Quint really needs Hooper to help him out and he’s really desperate for him to tie the rope on! It’s a lovely reversal of fortune and moves both their characters closer together in the story.

[@RobbieHarston]

I watched the first half of the film for the first time at school today.

[@RobbieHarston]

+Rebirth Major It is now my favourite movie of all time.

[@garetmckenna8674]

You watched Jaws at school? That's awesome!

[@RobbieHarston]

Garet McKenna Yeah, it was a film study.

[@yaboytroy357]

must have really liked it considering your profile pic

[@christoffelmiddel6663]

the second half is even better!

[@trashboat5544]

Just watched this for the first time a few days ago....what have I been doing my whole life

[@philmay7834]

To this day, I think Robert Shaw's scene talking about the Indianapolis is one of the best movie dialogues ever!

[@travislawrence3855]

I came back home from Afghanistan and the first movie I bought was jaws. looked in my storage and found out that I already had two copies lol

[@NavySharkz]

+Travis Lawrence You can never have too much Jaws, lol. Also, welcome back home.

[@josephnicolino8529]

I've been to Afghanistan twice, great place 😊

[@bunuelali]

Steven Spielberg is a genius, I was never so invested in characters as much as I did in Jaws

[@redram5150]

I remember my dad telling me the shark was named “Bruce”. I was six or seven, and didn’t understand it was meant to be a joke by Steven Spielberg. I thought then, and still to this day “That’s a really good name for a shark”

[@LaneWinn]

Finding Nemo lol

[@NotMorganFreeman.]

I remember seeing this in 1975 in the theater when i was 9 years old. My friend's parents took us to see it. We waited in line 2 hours to get in and the theater was so packed, people were sitting on other people's laps and sitting in the aisles, something that would never be allowed today. When Ben Gardner's head popped out of the boat, I pissed in my pants a little. It affected me like no other movie has since.

[@ahvi3038]

Jaws is one of my all-time favorite films as well and it's one of the films that put me on the road to becoming a filmmaker myself. And I know this is sort of unpopular to say, but I actually quite like Jaws 2 as well. It isn't as great or groundbreaking as the original of course, but I think it's still a pretty good film and a good sequel as well. It feels like a natural progression from the first film.

[@nintenguy3687]

You are absolutely right! I enjoyed jaws 2 as well!

[@ahvi3038]

***** Agreed. However even though I think Jaws 3 sucks, it's still kind of fun to watch because of how bad it is.

[@nintenguy3687]

Ahvi303 Yeah jaws 3 is still fun to watch as well, what do you think about the 4th one?

[@ahvi3038]

Ninten Guy I liked that the 4th one tried to fix the problems of the third and stay closer to the first 2, but I still thought the plot was ridiculous and the film itself felt a bit cheap. I also really missed the energy that Roy Scheider brought to the first 2 films.

[@nintenguy3687]

Ahvi303 Yeah roy scheider was pretty good in the first two sad he wasn't in the 3rd and 4th...

[@christmasworld6795]

My Top 10 Shark Movies (WARNING: Most of these are NOT kid's movies.) 1. Jaws 2. The Shallows 3. Deep Blue Sea 4. The Reef 5. Bait 3-D 6. Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (I know, I know) 7. Jaws 2 8. Red Water 9. Open Water 10. Shark Night

[@NBACoDGaming]

Most of them? What exactly IS a kids' movie on that list? :D

[@pigsrulebyoinking5437]

Well, this is my second channel (from Christmas World). Maybe one day I'll get bored and change it to suit your whiny ass better.

[@aramisaac4292]

Sharknado?

[@leboiboiboi]

Only one of them is a masterpiece

[@trevorrogers95]

Bro no Shark Tale?

[@DrDolan2000]

"You're going to need a bigger boat" I think that's my favorite line in the whole movie. It feels very real, it's concerning, and it's scary. Definitely a classic line from an overall classic film

[@thejaded]

He is like "Holy shit bro, nah nah"

[@astrangerhere]

And it was an improv by Roy Scheider

[@gamerfromtheinside7208]

Worst To Best - Jaws 1. Jaws (1975) 2. Jaws 2 (1978) 3. Jaws 3 (1983) 4. Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

[@WH250398]

GamerfromtheInside Wait a moment... 1. Batman 2. Batman Returns 3. Batman Forever 4. Batman & Robin 1. Alien 2. Aliens 3. Alien 3 4. Alien Resurrection Coincidence??? I think not!

[@iverson64_]

Let fix those two lists. 1. Batman Returns 2. Batman 3. Batman Forever 4. Batman & Robin 1. Alien 3 2. Aliens 3. Alien 4. Alien: Resurrection

[@orvilfuentes5444]

Iverson64 alien 3 number 1 woahhhhhh

[@HEYitzED]

Ford Torino shark still looks fake.

[@TheSoleProprietor]

If you are ranking worst to best, you're going in the wrong order... Shouldn't you start with Jaws: The Revenge?

[@HurricaneDDragon]

This dude somehow has an ability to make entertaining movie reviews without showing actual clips from the movies, despite the fact that he's so chill.

[@Curt_Randall]

No matter how many times this movie keeps airing on cable, I seem to always be compelled to watch it again. I practically study it every time. Just so much about it that fascinates me, the cast, writing, cinematography, music, and of course the direction. I always hate hearing people diss this movie because they say the shark looks fake, looks too mechanical. That was sort of the point. A shark is an eating machine. I doubt most of these "critics" have really seen a real shark that big in person close up to be the real experts. All a shark does is swim, eat, and make baby sharks. . .

[@nickkramer2683]

100% agree. John Willams makes this movie go from a masterpiece to a greater masterpeice and the scene in the boat at night is top 5 movie scenes ever

[@stmiller8828]

I just finished this on 4K and it looks and sounds incredible. Jaws is truly special in many ways.

[@NavySharkz]

I also watch this movie every summer. It is the reason why to this day I am hydrophobic. I refuse to get in any body of water that ain't in a bathtub. The music, acting, cinematography, story are all top notch. My 2 favorite behind the scenes stories about the production are: 1) Robert Shaw was late the day that they filmed the U.S.S. Indianapolis speech. He showed up drunk off of his butt and did the entire speech in 1 take and 2) When composer John Williams first went to Spielberg with the main shark theme, Steven laughed at him and asked him " No seriously John, where is the real theme?" That theme is now in the top 5 most recognized pieces of music in the world :-).

[@jonathanedwards4882]

I just watched this for the first time in years today. Can someone please tell me why it took me this fucking long!!!!! One of the best movies ever made!!!!!!!

[@davidgrimes3249]

Excellent review. This is my all time favorite movie. I can quote this word for word (which annoys people when I show them it for their first time). I think we are about the same age and I too saw it at 6 on TV and was captivated by it. It honestly sparked my intrigued in sharks and my love of that animal. So much so I try to educate people on the film and why people should not be scared by sharks. You hit every point about the movie perfectly. Great job.

[@laguy8181]

Just last week I introduced my 10 year old daughter to Jaws and I agree with you; each time you watch it you appreciate it more and more. By not showing the shark all of the time, you were able to experience the fear more I believe. My favorite parts are the scene between Schneider and his young son copying each other and the seen on the boat where Shaw gives his speech. This is a great film and a great review.

[@franko8858]

Jaws is a great film. Great review, Chris. I like the story about staying up to watch the film as a kid. I remember watching it as kid with one of my friends and loving it.

[@Al-bv2st]

I watched it in a theater when I was 10 year old in...1975 ! I love your review. I just feel the same about this movie. As you told, this movie is aging better and better through the years.

[@ferabra8939]

More than a well written film, Jaws was a well put together film by a master storyteller. The script was re-written as they were shooting. And yes, John Williams is at least 50%.

[@paulrees3861]

Nearly 50 years old and still not beaten in its genre. A legendary classic. "Lightning in a bottle" is a phrase thrown about far more than it should be, but definitely applies to this movie.

[@thewenhacker]

review E.T. The Extra Terrestrial if it is one of your favorites

[@LesWalker2023]

Having just been sort of awakened by your recent trip to the SIGNS locations, and watching that film again, and rediscovering it, I decided to go back in your vault of many reviews and see what you thought of my all-time favorite movie, JAWS. I love that your review is dead on, and still relevant, just as is the movie itself. I saw Jaws when I was 14 years old, in the theatre, new, yes I am that old, and I STILL love it. Nothing has replaced it as my favorite in all these many years. And I do try! lol! But, nothing ever seems to come close. Thanks for so many fun to watch reviews, and keep up the great work!

[@Spencer27057]

Please do a review of The Departed

[@BattMrown]

Spielberg's first film is often considered Duel, but that was a TV movie. His first film released in theaters was The Sugarland Express with Goldie Hawn. A decent chase film.

[@DonMachado]

Ahh young Mr. Stuckmann; truely a man stuck in 2013. I was 8 years old in 1975 when my family made a trip to Idaho to see some family friends. The teenage daughter, Anne, offered to take me to the movies. We went to see Jaws of course. The theater was packed. It was one of the best times in my life. You have to imagine going into a movie like that not knowing what to expect when you walk in. Only knowing what you glean from the movie poster and word of mouth. I think we were one of the last generations to have that experience. I got it again with Star Wars and again with Alien and others. I think the last movie I went in completely cold was The Matrix. Now with trailers that give the whole movie away, online spoilers, theories and set photos you just can't get that same experience anymore. That would be my wish for you - to see some of your favorite movies for the first time when they were released. Hearing good things, but not sure what to expect before going in to Jaws and watching Chrissy devoured by something unseen in the black water during the first few minutes of the movie.

[@gabrielpetricevic9087]

Some are scared of snakes, im terrified of sharks, my biggest fear ever are BLOODY SHARKS. Also Civil War is awesome.

[@sharathsh9987]

I really don't understand all the fear of Sharks. My friend's afraid of Sharks too, but he never even been in water and I don't think he even saw one. Is it because of the movies? And I agree, Civil War is fucking awesome.

[@SpaceCattttt]

Sharks live in the ocean. You do not. Snakes live on land. So do you. You have more reason to fear snakes...

[@TheOFamily5rocks]

Yes but a lot of snakes arent venomous where as any shark will kill if you get too close to it

[@SpaceCattttt]

TheOFamily5 Most sharks don't eat or even attack people. It's mainly the great white and the tiger shark who do that.

[@petestone6001]

and the hammerhead?it's the most dangerous.

[@JollyRodger2667]

5:50 FINALY someone mentions that part. The repition in the notes dramaticly raising tention every beat with the dialogue they have is amazing, shows just how stressed brody was too, wanting that thing dead on the spot

[@homelesshannah50]

I really love movie scenes where an actor is telling a story and they DON'T use a flashback. Just like in Silence of the Lambs and Soldier's Story the ability of an actor's face and voice in how they convey the event is what should make the tale.

[@gammaechofoundationproductions]

Chris, I completely agree with you that rewatching Jaws gets better each time! Great minds think alike! Jaws is a fantastic film for all the reasons you stated: Developed and likable characters, horror, suspense, and humor, and an extraordinary and iconic soundtrack! Kudos also go to Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb who wrote the screenplay. Jaws gets regularly played on my DVD player and it's a timeless classic! Keep up the great work! :) You just earned a new subscriber! :)

[@thedashboard9562]

I *love* this movie. It holds a special place in my heart as the first movie I can remember watching w/ my father.

[@brownhaus815]

This timeless classic has been my favorite movie since I saw in the theater in 1975 when I was 7 yrs old. The entire country didn't swim for a decade. In fact I read so many shark books determined I would be a marine biologist when I grew up. Then Star Wars came out. I was 10 then.

[@NBACoDGaming]

My top 10 movies of all-time (in random order) Jaws The Departed The Dark Knight Saving Private Ryan Jurassic Park Forrest Gump Lord Of The Rings (all 3 of them) Titanic

[@Themboys22]

KnifingGame star wars? No? Ok

[@NBACoDGaming]

SaberWulf Gaming Nah. I've only seen a New Hope and Force Awakens in full. Others I've only seen partially.

[@somethingfierce8859]

see The Empire Strikes Back; it is the best one

[@sirobertson8736]

KnifingGame u forgetting the back to the future trilogy, alien series the shawshank redemption. I can go on

[@bigkahunaburger1092]

zTxmi great movies

[@RedElephantStampede]

Watching it in a theater with 200 people in 1976 at the impressionable age of 9 is a memory that I feel very lucky to have. I had the privilege to hear everyone (including myself) stand up and applaud at the film's end.

[@RedElephantStampede]

John Cornell Live orchestra? Now that is astonishing! Did they perform the score as the film rolled? Well I suppose so, good grief I'm envious.

[@TheHero136]

Best Film Ever Made. Come at me Citizen Kane, Godfather, and Star Wars! Come at me!

[@connorsmith6517]

John Cornell Ooookay Empire Strikes Back is one of the greatest films ever made, pretty dark too. Don’t disrespect the original trilogy just to prop up your favorite film.

[@masonwright7700]

Connor Smith k

[@Howlingburd19]

The musical score of Jaws is so incredible, and it plays such a big part in the movie. The music starts slow, and it increases in intensity as you can suspect that the shark is nearby or approaching. The eerie music mixed with the camerawork is tension and suspense at its finest. Jaws is as one of the very few movies where the music alone can scare the audience, and no other movie really does that quite as well

[@chidagamer6497]

Jaws is pretty much my favorite movie of all time. I can watch it over and over and over and never get tired of it, I just love it so much.

[@hoganholo99]

Cannot agree with you more.

[@gillianorley]

I had met a friend of mine who was in the U.S. from Tokyo and I was trying to think of movies she might like to see. I had always assumed that EVERYONE has seen Jaws, but then I realized, probably not people in Japan. I was right. She hadn’t seen it, but said she probably wouldn’t want to. I knew what she probably thought it was like, and I told her she’d be surprised. It’s a character driven movie and, as she soon saw, it is more about what we expect than what we get. Spielberg knew how to manipulate us by NOT having the shark attack. My Japanese friend loved Jaws and it was so great to REALLY watch it again all the way through and experience it with someone who had never seen it.

[@rootsm3]

How could you not mention that dolly zoom?!

[@ralphficker167]

I saw Jaws when it first came out in 1975. I was thirty and I saw it in a Greenwich, CT theater. Very early on in the film, Brody is walking along the beach with the blond kid who had passed out drunk right before Chrissie Watkins went for her fateful swim. When Brody asks if he's local, the kid said his parents lived in Greenwich. The whole theater erupted in laughter at the local reference. I mention this because Greenwich is on Long Island Sound, less than a hundred miles from Martha's Vineyard, where the film was made. I grew up on the water, still lived there in 1975. I was well educated and apparently sophisticated. Clearly I was one who could poke fun at all the scardy-cats who'd bought the hype and said they'd never dare go in the water again. But I found out I really wasn't in a poking fun position. Maybe a week after I'd seen the movie I went to the beach. Walked along the shore a little. Sat down. Then again a few more times before beach season was over. Walked, sat and read a book. I finally realized that I was terrified. Since then I've swum in lots of lakes and ponds, sometimes with salt water and a beach. A number of times I've even been to Martha's Vineyard where there are plenty of swimming places. Gradually the power of the memory went away and so did my fear. I've watched Jaws a number of times since. I love the movie, and I'll watch it again. That whole experience 🤢has become my highest recommendation, but buyer beware. 👍👍👍

[@peterthespidey8505]

Climax scene is my one of the best everr...

[@Tymbus]

For me, the shot that sells the shark is where we look down on the boat and this gigantic shark swims underneath it. Stunning. I think that was the only shot to show full view of the length of the shark. That was all that was needed.

[@ThatsAllFolkers]

It's probably my favourite too. It's the first film I ever remember watching. There was so much hype for it when it aired on British TV. It had 4 or 5 pages of the centre of the TV guide. I watched it recently and I wondered why the chief of police is going fishing to catch the shark?

[@Bulligity]

Love watching these videos from the earliest days of your channel! You've stuck to your guns and always been so consistent! Love your content, brother!

[@garyK.45ACP]

This past February, 2019, my son and his family came to visit me in Florida. We chartered a boat for fishing and took his family with my grandsons, age 8 and 10, fishing in the ocean. After a while catching snapper and grouper on a reef, the boat captain suggested we take advantage of the shark migration which was in progress at the time and let the boys catch some sharks (mostly black tips and spinner sharks 4-6 ft. long, but that is HUGE for a an 8-10 year old) The 10 year old was first to hook one, he was rigged up in a "fighting chair" like Quint in the movie, and when he finally got the the fish near the boat and I could see the shark over the back of the boat I said "We're gonna need a bigger boat" His younger brother cried out "YOU CAUGHT JAWS!" LOL!! 45 years later every kid knows about "jaws"

[@mike062689]

TV guide magazine kids today would never understand 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@kurtrh63]

Was living in Ft. Lauderdale Fla. when Jaws came out..my parents took myself and an uncle only slightly older than myself to a drive in theater to see it first run. There was an area with picnic tables set up and the two of us went to watch from there. The drive-in was so close to the ocean you could walk past this screen (10 screens) and be at the shoreline in 15 minutes. After almost living in the sea , Jaws scared the sea right out of us! Thanks Steven! Ownen on VHS , DVD , Blu-Ray...50+views

[@confusedbakugo1373]

When re-watching an monster movie I usually skip to action scenes, but for Jaws I actually got more enjoyment from the dialogue and interactions of the characters than the actual monster. I just love the lines the characters delivered.

[@Cytron1515]

One of the greatest horror classic films of all time. This film is absolute genius and to me til this day still remains my favorite Steven Speilberg film. This set the standard for all creature feature films to come with that simple but very effective formula: less is more.

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

Jaws is my all-time favorite horror movie. I'm not sure it would've been had they gone with the casting the studio wanted - Charlton Heston as Brody, Jan-Michael Vincent as Hooper and the only one that would've worked, Lee Marvin as Quint.

[@Mama-Dee1969]

I saw it at 5 too in 1975 :D worst summer ever with every parent at the beach yelling at their kids to stay in knee deep water ....ugh STill its a auto watch movie for me if its on TV

[@NavySharkz]

+Dee Nicholson Dude, I know that must have sucked for you but damn that still sounds awesome! :-D. The first summer I saw it I must have been 6 or 7. We went out on a motorboat with some friends of the family on a lake. When everyone else got in the water I sat on the boat frozen with fear. After my parents made me get in I cried so much that eventually the dad of the other family lifted me back onto the boat. I have never gotten in a boat since and I will be 37 in a week!

[@Mama-Dee1969]

LOL and here I am a fish I have even swum with sharks ...never man eaters, rather know Maneaters but nurse sharks and their ilk.

[@NavySharkz]

Dee Nicholson You definitely have more heart than me,lol.

[@j.r.cruzaguirre2734]

My parents were not the sharpest tools in the shed when it came to movies. This was the first film ever remember seeing in the theater, I was there years old, and it is still my favorite film of all time. As a child it gave me great respect for nature and it's dark side and it showed me what common people can be capable of accomplishing when under such dire experiences. Great review!!!

[@blakekneippfilms]

Just saw in a theater, holy shite

[@shredmaster2009]

Dr. Olympus Me too! Like seeing it for the first time again.

[@blakekneippfilms]

shredmaster2009 saw it with my dad for father's day.

[@blakekneippfilms]

kakashi101able du dun du dun

[@TheLegoMaster261]

So did I. Jaws is my favorite movie, and I'm glad I saw it in the big screen! I didn't get to see it back in '75 because I'm 15 years old...

[@thomasmartin6623]

the scene on the boat where they are sharing stories is my favorite. the dialog and acting is perfect.

[@cr8iveamboy775]

Yes, the "absence" of the shark in full is creative & suspenseful.. but I haven't heard anyone mention that Spielberg uses visual metaphors such as the silhouette of the fence during the opening beach scene, picket fences at the Vineyard, etc.. to visually foreshadow & represent the ominous presence of the shark and his jaws since the first frame, which is his POV.. then again, maybe because they were meant to be subliminal to most viewers.. in essence, his presence was felt, which could psychologically be how the film taps into and infuses the surface of the ocean or water itself with our fear of the unknown beneath it. That in itself is a brilliant approach with cinematic tools.. Wow, weaponizing the oceans. Powerful stuff! Also Quint's story makes me think, the Shark is also so moral scourge/spirit & reminder of our evolutionary place or what we can become given the context of delivering an A-Bomb.. It links the story to WW2 and Spielberg's later films set in or alluding to that era.. (i.e. Raiders, Ryan, Empire of the Sun & Schindler's, even Close Encounters with the missing war Planes.) P.s. an analysis of John Williams score for another time. lol

[@hawkeyepierce2608]

Dude. You gotta do a review of The Godfather I and II, Goodfellas, etc. Would love to hear your oopinion

[@MrBeaner97]

I have been looking for a serious and good movie reviewer for a while and I have NO idea how you slipped under my nose, subbed.

[@tpaige99]

My opinion of you has sky-rocketed after seeing this review. Spot on. Jaws has been, by far, my favorite movie for 30 years. Thank you!

[@dylankaiser5546]

this is easily my favorite movie of all time and i love movies. my favorite scene is Quint's famous monologue about how sharks killed most of his fellow soldiers after delivering the bomb to Hiroshima. it gets me every single time i watch that scene. also it's a shame that in the book all the human character's are portrayed as either corrupt, abusive, selfish or just plain unlikable in fact Steven Spielberg literally said in an interview he wanted the shark to win. this is a movie that is at least 100 times better than the book.

[@eaceves]

Im 37, and saw Jaws and Jaws two several times a month on VHS when I was a kid, and all I wanted to see was the shark. Now that I got the bluray and saw it again as an adult I was amazed at how much I liked the dialogs, the characters and how it is a really, really good movie, and not just a creature movie as I saw it when I was a kid. Spot on review Chris.

[@OlympusHeavyCavalry]

All Shark films after JAWS pale in comparison.

[@philmay7834]

The scene with Robert Shaw is probably my favourite scene of all time.

[@mooseclappin11]

This is my all-time favorite horror movie, with Alien being a close second. The scene where *spoilers* Quint gets devoured scared the shit out of me as a kid and it still scares my sister, it's fantastic, and it's funnily enough one of the most gruesome movie deaths I've ever seen (in a movie that isn't even rated R no less!). It's as iconic as the chest bursting scene in Alien...

[@aramisaac4292]

Okay, this is a pretty great horror film. But The Shining? That is obviously the best horror movie....

[@henrydouberly3950]

Its pg because pg13 wasnt even a thing until gremlins

[@smashOsmash]

i watched it in theater this week, and when U.S.S. Indianapolis monologue happened the entire theatre went silent, you could hear a pin drop and it was a 75% packed theatre. Chilling.

[@clintonoshea]

I might have to call you out on Spielberg not taking the project unless he didn't show the shark for the first half of the movie. From all the books I've read and documentaries I've watched about Jaws, all stated (and Spielberg himself) that it was a happy accident that so little of the shark is shown. The main shark used for close-ups (nick-named 'Bruce' after Spielberg's lawyer) broke down CONTINUOUSLY, so they had to shoot every possible scene of the film while it was being repaired. Bruce was only operational intermittently, so they weren't able to get as many shots of it as they'd initially hoped for. Originally, we should have seen the shark during the death of Chrissie Watkins, but of course, 'Bruce' wouldn't play ball and so they carried on without his inclusion. Eventually, they realised how much more impact the film would have in NOT showing so much of the shark, that that's the route they took. In fact, there's a deleted scene where the man who was trying to help Michael Brody and his friends in the 'pond', is still alive in the shark's mouth, and pushes Michael out of the way as the shark swims towards him. This would have been a far too gory and gratuitous shot for the final cut, and would have drastically reduced the impact of the scene with Brody chumming of the stern of the Orca, and the shark suddenly making an appearance. I strongly recommend reading 'The Jaws Log' by co-writer (and the actor who played 'Meadows') Carl Gottlieb, 'Jaws: Memories from Martha's Vineyard', and watching 'The Shark is Still Working', 'Jaws: The Inside Story', 'In the Teeth of Jaws', 'Inside Jaws', and 'The Making of Jaws'.

[@NavySharkz]

+Clinton O'Shea Excellent suggestions. I haven't seen them all but "The Making of Jaws" and "The Shark Is Still Working" are as entertaining as the film itself.

[@madcap3450]

You never get good stories like this out of modern day Hollywood

[@Kasino80]

Which means...that Bruce from Finding Nemo has two things it homages. The Shark from Jaws and the Philosophy professors from Monty Python who are all called Bruce and are, Australian.

[@delfin7461]

Jaws is a perfect film. If I ever taught a film class, this is one I would show this one. I saw it when it came out, I was 14, I'm 57 now and it's still one of my fave films!!!!

[@agatorade124]

You first saw it when you were six? How did you NOT cry after Quint got eaten??

[@Justmyhandle]

+A Gatorade Ironically, compared to its adult rating when it first came out, modern standards apparently now rate Jaws PG. Seriously, I had a copy with that on the box years ago. I still can't believe it actually happened.

[@sciguyjeff]

I saw this in the theater when it originally came out. I was in high school and fell in love with this movie. As you say in a later video - this shows that you don't need fancy CGI to tell a movie. Just a great combination of actors, a great director and a somewhat decent plot. Even if the actors Dreyfuss and Shaw really did not get along, a Shaw was drunk nearly all the time, you can't beat the chemistry they had in the movie. I have heard that someone is wanting to do a reboot. I hope not. There is absolutely no way, not with any current actors I know of, that could make anything close to the original.

[@batterfly49]

in all honesty I found this movie to be boring as fuck and really dull, not even remotely scary. the only reason people like is because it's the first blockbuster other than that there's absolutely nothing special about it. 4/10

[@tdelamont]

You should go check out the Spongebob Squarepants movie. Seems like that would be more your speed.

[@batterfly49]

+Anthony Delamont I'd rather watch that movie instead of this piece of crap

[@aserillll]

Typical idiot, you're just bitching for the sake of it, you loved the movie and you know it. You just pretend you don't because you want to feel special.

[@batterfly49]

+Aseril professional idiot, have you ever heard of a word called "opinion"

[@aserillll]

عبد البديع فلاتة "only reason people like is because it's the first blockbuster" and "other than that there's absolutely nothing special about it" why do you think your opinion is so valid that you state it as if it was a fact?

[@obscuremedia]

Chris, I saw this film in the theatre way back in 1975 when it first came out. It was one of the first films I was able to go and see with my big brother. When we got there, we'd come in at the scene where the two guys go out on the dock with the one guy's holiday roast. Because we got there late, we were able to sit through the next showing (yeah, the good old days of going to the cinema where you could buy one ticket and sit and watch the film throughout two or three showings). We left after the next showing and I'd have to say since then this film has been one of the perennials in my list of films I can never get tired of watching, this and Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey". When you were recalling the scene where Quint is trying to get the barrel into the shark, I was right with you with the dialogue. After you said Quint's line I finished with Hooper's "Don't wait for me...." I've seen this film that many times that I can go verbatim with the film. But all in all I want to thank you for allowing me to talk about one of my favourite films of all time. Thanks Chris.

[@Kasino80]

Just rewatching it, and one thing that's stood out to me, is Spielberg's directional skills. When Brody gets the first phone call at his house about the missing girl from the opening scene, Spielberg has Brody's wife and son talking and being...for lack of better word...normal. Like the camera is actually just there as an observer and just catches whatever's going on. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't often see that kinda shooting anymore. A scene where you have multiple dialogues going on at the same time.

[@07foxmulder]

I’ll never forget the first time I watched Jaws. I was 5 (almost 30’years ago). I came home from school and my dad told me we were gonna watch a movie about a shark that night. I even remember there being a short blackout while we watched it. Needless to say it became one of my favourites. Unfortunately my dad died in 2000 (the same summer Jaws was re-released on its 25th anniversary with a double VHS). Of course I bought it and lost count at how many times I watched it that July. It was like my therapy, as strange as that sounds. Now I associate a movie about a killer shark with helping me get through a miserable time in my life. I now have a tradition where I watch Jaws every July. Never before, never after.

[@Amber_xo_133]

According to director Steven Spielberg, the prop arm looked too fake in the scene where Chrissie's remains are discovered, so instead, they buried a female crew member in the sand with only her arm exposed. Director Steven Spielberg named the shark "Bruce" after his lawyer. Brody's dog in the movie was actually Steven Spielberg's real dog, Elmer. Jaws (1975) was voted the sixth scariest film of all time by Entertainment Weekly.

[@chriswrightmusic]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind is the other great 70's Spielberg film. It took more risks than JAWS...not all work, but it is an amazing film.

[@Gojira76]

Well said. Jaws is one of the best movies ever made. It's in my top 5 favorite movie list. I've had the privilege to see Jaws in a theater two years in a row. Harkins Theaters in Arizona, has shown this movie for one of their classic Tuesday movie nights every July. Both times I've gone to see it, the theater had been packed. Even more than any of the Marvel movies on opening weekend. I couldn't believe it. This movie still appeals to families of all generations.

[@J_Rossi]

Fun fact: As per Richard Dreyfuss: When Robert Shaw yells: "HOOPER, you idiot! Starboard! Ain't you watchin' it?!?" he was actually seasick, so he put more "venom" into the line because he didn't feel good.

[@marcelbertson7306]

Being from Ocean County New Jersey, and the fact that Jaws is widely believed to have been inspired and based on the 1916 Jersey shore shark attacks, just adds a little extra sentimental value to it for me. I grew up watching this Jaws and it's never gonna get old, it just gets better with age.

[@sabinamolinelli3618]

Christ, I am amazed by your analysis of movies. Really enjoyed. But also appreciate the way you break down any film and showed to us. As I was listening to your review of JAWS, I couldn´t stop a sense of regret that you did not take a minute to show the beginning or the opening of JAWS and talk about it. I think, as much as all the elements you mentioned, that sum up the great movies JAWS is, the opening is maybe one of the best opening in the film making. It is what mark the pace of terror and suspense of the movie. Take out that opening and you take out a huge part of the success of the movie. So, why don´t you make a video that shows what are you best opening in the film history???

[@IMDRanged]

One should also commend John Williams for not just the fearful Jaws theme, but also the light adventurous theme for the chasing of the barrels.

[@darkman4811]

Chris, I'm glad that you went in depth about Robert Shaw's monologue in the boat. That happens to be my favorite scene in the movie as well. :)

[@lorrainescurti3125]

I saw this movie with my best friend at a theater when it was first released. It was the most amazingly terrifying movie I had ever seen in my young life. About once a year I watch it again with my mom. Love your reviews, Chris.

[@blondiemancojoe1066]

Near perfect film. You are so right that it gets better every time you watch it.

[@ZoolGatekeeper]

I'm glad that Spielberg took advice from David Lean (who directed Lawrence of Arabia in 1962)) and that advice was: if you wanna shock the audience, bore them to death before things happen. The scene when Brody puts chunks of meat in the water and the shark shows up ("You gonna need a bigger boat"), is just that. Some of us remember the well scene in that David Lean movie...

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Who was bored by Jaws though? Even when there is no shark, the film is just as riveting.

[@1king4all]

Oh, Chris, you just brought back a nostalgic flashback as I too watched this during an evening presentation, though I can't recall whether it was a school night or the weekend. I was probably 7 or 8 at the time, and I recall pulling the bed cover over my face quite a few times. The scene where Quint gets killed, however, is the one that stuck with me throughout life as I froze into place watching his demise. I haven't set foot into the ocean in 20 years, since 1997. I've walked piers over it, beaches, you name it, but whenever I look into the water I can't help but think about that large mouth surfacing up and opening, ready to crush down on me and pull me in as it did to Quint. Later that night after the movie, as I went to bed, I had a vivid dream that the bed was floating on water, when all of a sudden the shark jumped out unannounced, and bit half of it off before disappearing again. And as the latter half was beginning to sink with me on it, I knew then and there that the monster was lurking beneath the placidity of the murky surface, waiting patiently for its prey to meet its maker.

[@xyz8655]

I snuck out my bedroom window to go see this movie when I was 12. It scared the sh!t out of me. Been a consistent JAWS finatic ever since.