MOMS WATCH JAWS (1975) | Showing to my friend for the first time!

Grace has never seen Jaws! (Only pieces here and there in the background, but never paid attention). Join us as we react to it together.) Elizabeth loves this movie, and is more than happy to watch it with her!
This is our “Movies With Mom” series, where we watch movies with moms, because moms tend to watch movies differently! When the kids are down for the night, it’s nice to unwind with a good movie. But it’s funny how your perspective changes …
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In this video:
0:00 - Introduction
0:55 - Movie Reaction
41:45 - Final thoughts
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[@txmoney]

The film is an actual masterpiece. If this film were released today for the first time, without any history or sequels or memes, it would still hold up. Having watched it in a theater back in the summer of ‘75, I still remember everything vividly, including the audience reactions…popcorn flying, people jumping out of their seats, people literally walking out of the the theater. It wasn’t just “good”. It was a masterclass on filmmaking from story to dialog to editing to casting. And of course, the music and score. A perfect film.

[@ALMAPAGAN]

Facts

[@motodork]

It's totally my number 2 favorite film of all time, right behind Lawrence of Arabia.

[@4yaears]

Yeah but you wouldn’t think any of that was true given the atrocious response and mocking from her friend in this reaction.

[@vovindequasahi]

Oh don't forget the nervous release of laughter when they occasionally joked around!

[@terencecarroll1812]

Considering, like Star Wars this was only a B movie it's become very successful

[@chefskiss6179]

12:40 News reporter: "...a cloud in the shape of a killer shark." Moms: "Who wrote that?" Not that he wrote that specific line, lol, but ironically, that news reporter is the actual author of the novel, Peter Benchley ;)

[@stevehutnikoff5964]

And he was an actual news writer at a TV station in NYC

[@willv7868]

Fun fact. The kid who said "he made me do it" is now the police chief on Martha's Vineyard.

[@michaelvaughn8864]

Lol😂 No kidding??

[@haitolawrence5986]

Does he hate brown people too?

[@kbarbee3212]

The “news anchor”, was played by the author of the novel Peter Benchley

[@michaelvaughn8864]

Yup👍 That was him

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

I love how she said beginning is unrealistic and there was a fatal great white attack in Sydney recorded in February and the great white grabbed a swimmer and was dragging him through the water for a good 30 seconds. Bit him in half just below the butt and then went back up grabbed the rest and took it underwater. You could hear him screaming. Very very eerily similar to this except you saw the shark a little bit. Realistically you would see the shark here but it's better that you didn't. Also there have been numerous times that remains of shark attack victims have been found days later and while they are generally nibbled on by other critters it's very common to find remains

[@d3l3tes00n]

She was actually really in pain which is why her screams sound so real lol

[@davidstone9624]

Suspension of disbelief... you'll enjoy the movies a lot more

[@d3l3tes00n]

Nah movies just need to stop being so sloppy.

[@jonathancruz5932]

Did you know this story Jaws was inspired of true story by “Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916?”

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

False. Peter benchley stated in an interview in 2005 that those attacks had nothing to do with him writing jaws

[@jonathancruz5932]

@@thickerconstrictor9037 True. But it happen in 1916 that shark kills four people and one injured in twelve days

[@alchemistwill8986]

Yes

[@markwright6496]

Yes there is a movie of the event at jersey

[@one1charlie643]

“Oh! Beautiful, eloquent, who wrote that”. Lol. It’s funny you should say that. The actor playing the reporter on the beach is Peter Benchley, the author who wrote the book.

[@michaelenosmusic]

Also... the pissing contest between Quint and Hooper is pure gold.

[@incogneato790]

That woman who died at the start had dandruff. They found her Head & Shoulders on the beach the next morning.

[@greeneyesinfl9954]

The USS Indianapolis story is true.

[@John-eq9tv]

The news anchor was actually the author of the book “Jaws”.

[@Short_Round1999]

Fun fact: the line “you’re gonna need a bigger boat” was never in the script. It was a line improvised by the actor in the moment. Fun fact #2: The several mechanical sharks used for filming had SO MANY mechanical problems that they could only film short scenes at a time; which is why they only showed it at the end. Spielberg even named the shark “Bruce” after his lawyer, who he said was always a pain in the ass. Fun fact #3: the Indianapolis story is a true story

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

According to the actor/writer who played Meadows in the film Carl gottlieb Roy scheider told him that it was 100% in the script and while Roy scheider did ad-lib some lines Roy himself said that this was not one of the lines and Carl has been saying that it was unscripted for decades but was corrected by scheider. If you look up the 2005 Jaws fest interview with benchley and Carl you can hear them talk about it and disprove that rumor

[@michaelvaughn8864]

Well, Mr. Camp, some lawyers are sharks😂lol. I guess Steven Spielberg aptly named this one

[@pringals]

One of my fav pieces of trivia is the name they gave the mechanical sharks is "Bruce". In Finding Nemo, they paid homage to Jaws, by naming the shark "Bruce". "I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food."

[@WheresWaldo05]

This is my fav movie of all time. Seen it at least a hundred times.

[@thunderstruck5484]

Ditto

[@thunderstruck5484]

Seriously be careful in the ocean there’s been quite a few attacks in shallow water over the last few weeks, saw this in the theater many times as a teen , what a cool fun time to be going to the movies every week, thanks again!

[@chetstevens4583]

The ultimate 4th of July movie. This movie killed spring break back in the 70s.

[@marlinbially9628]

Fun Fact: Susan Backlinie who plays the naked women swimming in the Atlantic in the opening of Jaws also played the naked women swimming in the Pacific who encounters a Japanese Submarine in Spielberg's comedy "1941". Fortunately she had a swimsuit on in her next film The Great Muppet Caper where she played one the water ballet performers.

[@PatrickPrejusa]

this was the last and only time spielberg shot day for night. the girl screamning in pain was real. there were two divers under pulling her with lines back and forth, she was being pulled too hard and was in pain.

[@thescourgeofathousan]

The problem with people not going in the water was that it’s a weekend of high tourism not just a day. If people don’t feel comfortable to go in the water and have fun they will go somewhere else the next day(s).

[@antoineporche-rideaux4841]

the story that quint told about the navy ship and it being sunk by a Japanese torpedo and it's crew on the ship being eaten by all of the sharks was a true story

[@thewiseoldherper7047]

It’s sad that I’ve lived long enough to see that its necessary to explain that to the average person.

[@iaincowell9747]

Partly true

[@jssonstillwell3243]

When Richard Dryfeus finished filming Jaws, he felt he did such a bad job that his movie career was over. Not until he saw the final product and how the audience reacted did he start to view it differently.

[@michaelvaughn8864]

I saw that on on interview he did years ago in the mid-90s when he said so, Mr. Stillwell

[@rustyshackleford3862]

One of those kids from the fake shark scene was recently became Chief.

[@adamspeckert7296]

The monologue by Quint is amazing

[@the_dark_one6052]

Not enhanced by two moms talking over it.....but, that's women for you.

[@SilentXtract]

Lol dfunny enough I took my glasses off and squinted to try and see if I could as you said “I hope his eyes are better than me without glasses”😂😭😂😭

[@PedroCastillo_1980]

Amazing masterpiece Jaws directed by Steven Spielberg starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss and the iconic music score by John Williams. The line "You're gonna need a bigger boat" was ranked in the list of the American Film Institute (AFI) 100 Years....100 Movie Quotes. Thank you girls great reaction excellent😊👍👍👍

[@mathematics5573]

Whale song makes the boat vibrate and the boat sings. That is how they hear it. This really happens. Sound travels miles through water, uninhibited.

[@Tim_Raths]

Richard Dreyfus (Hooper) and Robert Shaw (Quint) didn’t get along on the set of Jaws so their arguments in the movie seemed more genuine.

[@geoff1971]

"That's what she said " lmao 🤣

[@edgarcia4794]

Jaws was the first giant shark movie. Up until this movie sharks in movies and t.v. shows were these dolphin sized fish so it came as a shock to a lot of people that while at 25' in length the shark was bigger than the record but not by much. And fisherman and surfers claimed to see them this big.

[@jamesalexander5623]

The "News Anchor" was the guy who wrote the book! Peter Benchley!

[@Anakinskywalkerfan1]

This is one of the best Spielberg movies

[@marcuszaja6589]

Almost 50 years old and still gets people to jump in their seats 😁.

[@douglaslafreniere5707]

USS Indianapolis scene never gets old

[@MichaelMiller-bs3tz]

The story about the USS Indianapolis really happened. Hundreds of sharks were drawn in by the noise of the explosions and the sinking ship. Estimated deaths from shark attacks range from a few dozen to 150.

[@Odinist]

33:09 I used to live aboard a sailboat, and at night you hear all kinds of aquatic sounds from sea life thru the boat's hull.

[@Highice007]

Funfact. They shot 17 takes of Mrs. Kitner slapping Sheriff Brody. Roy Schider's face must have been beat red by the end.

[@DracoSolon]

The sad thing is that you can imagine the Jaws Mayor managing to blame Brody for everything and gets reelected in a landside.

[@DaveN80]

Ghostbusters, risky business, Ferris buelers day off, alien. Not sure if you ever saw those but they are all classics.

[@tomstanziola1982]

That newscaster is Peter Benchley, author of the novel JAWS.

[@lbjohnnyjohn]

The woman who played the mother of the boy who gets killed, on the floaty, visited a fish market (or restaurant). On a sign was an Alex Kintner special. She tells the guy behind the counter that she played the mother. He comes around the corner and tell her that he played Alex.

[@antoineporche-rideaux4841]

the shooting star that was seen in the background was a real shooting star and they got very lucky to catch it on camera

[@prollins6443]

If i hadnt been subscribed before, that quiet "thats what she said" would have made me

[@NecropsY1]

your friend ruined this she complained about latterly everything in the movie

[@fynnthefox9078]

I don't get how people can complain about LITERAL MASTERPIECES of films. They are in the Library of Congress for a reason!

[@NecropsY1]

@@fynnthefox9078 she needs to travel back in time and realize how damn near impossible it was to do special effects in the 70's this good cus this is a masterpiece of a movie not even thinking about the shots or the acting people are so spoiled by CGI and most cgi doesnt hold up 5 years after its out

[@danielreid3476]

The news anchor on the beach is Peter Benchley who wrote the novel Jaws.

[@gibsongirl2100]

Coffee ice cream. How do so many reactors get confused by that? She asked if he wanted ice cream and he responded, "coffee", as in the flavor he likes. He's not asking her to run to the diner and get him a "cup of joe".

[@superbooster2636]

Coffee milk is the state drink of Rhode Island. They're serious about their coffee-flavored dairy there.

[@DanJackson1977]

Is coffee icecream not a thing anymore? It used to be fairly popular.

[@keng4847]

If that's your take on it, fine. The movie never makes that clear. There are kids who actually like coffee (as in a cup of Joe). In fact, if one likes coffee-flavored ice cream it wouldn't be a big surprise if that person also likes coffee. You're stating something as a fact that the movie doesn't make clear is a fact. One is just as likely as the other. It could be actual coffee, or it could be coffee-flavored ice cream.

[@superbooster2636]

@@keng4847 It's a Rhode Island thing

[@keng4847]

@@superbooster2636 In the novel Amity is in New York. The movie never makes clear what state Amity is in.

[@henrytjernlund]

i think Quint suffered from some latent survivor's guilt.

[@jonnybb]

31:30 scene - What the boys are really up to together.

[@beageler]

I'm sure the most well known tidbit about this movie has been mentioned a lot of times already, that the shark is barely seen because they had problems with the model, and so one of the effective parts of the movie was an accident. What I find much more interesting is that Quinn's actor was a legendary drunk and he was drunk most of the time on set. The scene with the chalk board scratching is him drunk. But legend has it that he was almost sober (more sober than anytime else in the procuction) in the talk on the boat, with the biggest feeding frenzy ever. That feeding frenzy really happened, btw, and as far as I know it's still the largest known.

[@mr.a8315]

Great review, ladies. Lots of fun. My parents took me to see this in the cinema in 1975 when I was four. Terrifying!

[@raybon7939]

As a kid I couldnt see it of course. But now as a middle age man I can clearly see that by far far and away. The best actor of all them put together was the mayor. Not for him that movie would of been over at the beach. He took that movie to a level it was never meant to get too.

[@paulobrien9572]

The cute town is Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts and yes that was an exaggerated Boston accent. The news reporter on the beach was actually very clever with words his name was Peter Benchley the author of the book Jaws. It was a cameo appearance

[@TheZXKUQYB]

Sidenote: There has been theory that 21:32 on your video or 54:05 in the actual movie, where you see the large ferry when they open the doors, you see a young woman with light blue bandana, white shirt and jean shorts is a found Jane Doe. She was found & killed during same time as that scene took place.

[@russellwood8750]

The tradition was you could wear white up until Labour Day which marks the end of the summer. Not just on Labour Day, however if you were wealthy enough to have holidays in the fall and the winter you could wear white then too. This old tradition was another way of separating the classes.

[@charlieeckert4321]

The reward Quint was asking for ($10 000) would be worth $54,330 in today's money.

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

In the book, Hooper actually has an affair with Brody’s wife. It was really weird reading that as a kid.

[@TrequartistaFM]

I’m glad they didn’t include that in the film - would’ve made it tacky

[@ALMAPAGAN]

Spielberg is a master of tension and suspense. This is a brilliantly made film. Actually, when this came out in theaters coastal towns went on a shark killing frenzy that Spielberg had to plead for them to stop that it was all fictional.

[@LastMumzy]

40:16 'Thank You'. That made me chuckle..

[@Pirelli913]

0:15 "It's a movie that keeps a lot of people out of the ocean." I was interested in the ocean, swimming and sharks before I saw Jaws. After seeing it in the late 80s (I was born in 82) it only increased my interest in the ocean, swimming and sharks. (I was a deranged little boy.) Got Scuba certified last year even.

[@MrBigPicture835]

I saw the boat used in this film on the Universal Studio tour, its actually smaller than it looks on film.

[@eddhardy1054]

3:58...Well the shark did eat most of her and the crabs are scavenging on what's left so I'm not really sure what your point was? 🤔

[@SilverSuress]

Remember kids, if it has an apple, it has a banana!!

[@werdle92]

Underrated 4th of July movie pick.

[@spyklej4910]

the news reporter on the beach, is Peter Benchley, the writer of the book

[@aceldamia9114]

I chuckled at hearing "The brilliance of Spielberg is we don't see the shark until late in the movie," when it was actually because Bruce was broken.

[@canadianscratcher7834]

@21:41 the news reporter is Peter Benchley the author of "JAWS"

[@ogiecruz8063]

Oh man, now I'm gonna be terrified going in the water now where I can't feel the bottom with my feet..

[@RichardM1366]

The ending in the novel had the shark get stabbed with a harpoon to the belly and it died when it could no longer drag the barrels. The shark dies from anoxia (drowning). Steven Spielberg wanted a better ending. The shark's head was filled with red paint, squid, and dynamite. They only had one chance to get the explosion right and it went off perfectly.

[@georgeedward1226]

The entire cast was great but Robert Shaw simply stole every scene he was in without mercy.

[@shazram9747]

This is the very first ever summer Blockbuster. .Filmed in 1974,on Martha's Vineyard. It still is one of the most important Motion pictures ever made . Great performances Great special effects, the Film won a Academy Award for Verna Fields.. The Music Score by John Williams is still effective today as it was in June 20th ,1975. The day it was released in theaters .

[@OJsGuitarDemo-lition]

What a great film. Too bad it was ruined by your friend in the glasses.

[@XDarkSyntaXOriginal]

Little trivia for you ---Matt Hooper dies in the book when he's in the cage.

[@John-eq9tv]

Originally, the shark was supposed to appear more in the movie, but the mechanical shark kept breaking down. In the end, it worked out.

[@timfahey7127]

Great reaction thanks for this. I do have a bone to pick Mom with the glasses, that attack is actually quite realistic. It may look weird but that is how sharks attack, they thrash you, lift you out of the water and sometimes they bite and come back so it's realistic. But I'm sure it's not something that neither one of us would actually want to experience to see whether it's realistic or not.

[@fynnthefox9078]

She probably doesn't have much knowledge on sharks.

[@SubterrelProspector]

@@fynnthefox9078 but that's what's weird about the comment. If she knows nothing about sharks, what made the scene "unrealistic" to her? How would she know what a shark attack looks like? Why be skeptical of that?

[@TheColdrush22]

right? It was really weird. And she had a number of comments like that. "Wouldn't the shark eat it and then scavengers get the rest of it?", when they came across the remains of the first victim. Answer: yes, there is almost nothing left and it is being consumed by crabs. "Why are you picking the small paint brushes?!?" "if you weren't whistling you might be able to hear..." "C'mon, a WHOLE fish that has been sitting in the digestive tract for 24 hours?", like the shark couldn't have swallowed it whole right before it got caught and killed. While they were on the boat when Quint first gets the shark on the fishing rod, she said "I feel like we're all making big mistakes right now. We're all being really stupid", as if she has a better grasp on how to catch the shark. For as much picking apart of it as she did, I was surprised that she ended up liking it. @@SubterrelProspector

[@SubterrelProspector]

@@TheColdrush22 it's a growing trend I've noticed in people. I think social media and this gd phones have flattened reality and history for millions of people and they just get confused/skeptical whenever they encounter something they're not familiar with. Instead of just going "huh I didn't know that" they have to interrogate the information. Every. Time.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

Do you notice that during the fake out shark attacks the Jaws theme never plays? If you pay attention, you know the shark isn't there.

[@canadianscratcher7834]

@19:10 that sequence was filmed in Steven Speilberg's swimming pool at his house.

[@davidr1050]

21:41 -- Actually, HE did.. That is author Peter Benchley as the reporter... --- The little boy that was killed was played by Jefferey Voorhees who still lives on Martha's Vineyard and owns a pub called "The Wharf" which is literally up the street from the dock.. So the fishermen were correct that you just walk straight ahead...

[@bertpunkaficionado8357]

The night sky when Chrissy Watkins is killed was in fact shot DAY-FOR-NIGHT

[@motodork]

Ben Gardner's head got you! The shark is still working!

[@dennytaylor1005]

@Perkins ... Great fun watching you both. I do want to know what Grace's reaction to her upcoming beach visit is like. Towards the end of the movie she stated that she knows it was likely spookier back in 1975. And I agree that the effects were not as good as they are today. However ... if I was a betting person, I'd say when she's actually at the beach, that images of a potential shark out there start to creep into her mind. Heh ... that is what this movie was VERY good at doing. I could be wrong ... but it would be interesting to hear what her reaction at the beach is.

[@arraymac227]

Grace: 'I've seen bits and pieces.' You don't say...

[@thereturningshadow]

Elizabeth, You call it brilliance that we don't see the shark until the end but everyone on the crew calls it "THE DAMN SHARK ISN'T WORKING AGAIN!!!!" Spielberg had no choice but to end the movie this way because 90% of the film the damn shark prop, Bruce, NEVER worked right.

[@fynnthefox9078]

Jaws, while a great film, hurt the reputation of sharks. They're really just as scared of us as we are of them. Peter Benchley, the author of the book the film was based on, had worked for years to help fix the damage he feels he's caused.

[@txmoney]

Sharks are the apex predator of the ocean. Sharks, especially great whites fear only three things…adult whales, Killer Sharks, and Dolphin pods. Humans are not animals that sharks fear. And they are opportunistic predators. They take the path of least resistance and actively seek the injured or weak. They also love the taste of seals. But if they’re really hungry, I wouldn’t bet my life on them being as afraid of me as I am of them.

[@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 it's 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. It works every time😱 5. IRL Dreyfuss and Shaw didn't get along so Spielberg used the animosity to fuel their feud onscreen. 6. Hooper was right. The fish that hit the line was a game fish. 7. "You're gonna need a bigger boat" is one of the greatest adlibs in history. It was the first time Roy actually saw Bruce. 8. Goof: An animal that large couldn't hit the side of the boat as rapidly as it did UNDER WATER. 9. I suspect Quint's story about the Indy gave him PTSD flashbacks and contributed to his behavior after he told the story. 10. I was in the Navy and we were instructed to go for the eyes when confronting any creature attaching you. 11. In the book not only does Hooper die but he was also having an affair with Mrs. Brody. 12. JAWS II is the only other one worth watching. It revolves around the Brody kids and their friends. Including one of the mayor's kids.

[@terencecarroll1812]

Sharks are not sporadic feeders, they may eat once a month sometimes less and can actually go up to a year without feeding so they digest food slowly even though their stomach acid is quite potent

[@MrTech226]

Interesting note is that few years ago when actress plays distraught mom who losing her son to the shark met her "son" at a restaurant where he worked as a general manager.

[@MegaGordyboy]

all of jaws was filmed during the day except for when the head falls out the boat,they use filters to make it look like night.

[@sarita423]

Ah, Murray Hamilton and Mayor Larry Vaughn's anchor jacket.

[@TheKavorka1]

The reason you hardly see the shark is because they had continuous problems with the shark. In the end not seeing much of him worked.

[@joshritz7067]

Mild shock?! You see the size of that thing? That's a wicked huge shock!

[@movieswithmom]

I read your comment in an Amity island accent.

[@stockvaluedotcom]

The scene where the mother slapped Brodie was shot 13 times. She was really tagging him.

[@thereturningshadow]

And ever since then people have been coming up to her and asking that she slap them like she did Brody. Sometimes she'd and sometimes she wouldn't.

[@mikect500]

The mayor was smart and ahead of his time. Because of this movie shark research shows us that these big fish are right off the shores all the time.

[@michaelenosmusic]

Ladies.. you guys are sweet and your references are *chef's kiss*. 😅

[@smlshin]

Great reaction video, this felt more genuine. I appreciated the focus on the film as opposed to overreacting to something (not that it is a bad thing, works for other channels and its entertaining).

[@4yaears]

Her mate was awful. Ruined it. Killed the drama.

[@timroebuck3458]

"Whatever you want, honey." Jim Beam and a cigar.

[@kittykatt7652]

Richard Dreyfus is so adorable.

[@t-trax9389]

Enjoying all your reactions very much. No matter the age of the movie you seem to have already acknowledged and embraced the practical effects along with the early tech effects. Most watch watchers are reacting to the differences of then and now. It's obvious that you are participating and curious. Probably you'll alway be !

[@Anakinskywalkerfan1]

The final scene Spielberg didn’t direct he got Tom Joyner or Barbara bass too

[@terencecarroll1812]

Whale song is loud and reverberated through the water so you can hear it sitting in a boat

[@vovindequasahi]

Richard Dreyfuss is so awesome! Now you gotta react to Close Encounters of the Third Kind!

[@ALMAPAGAN]

You were right about the Man vs Man the chief had a childhood fear of water and he had to confront that in order to save themselves and the town. Man vs Nature of course is them vs Jaws. This particular shark was behaving out of the norm with its focused aggression.

[@jondishmonmusicandstuff2753]

The grieving mother that slapped chief Brody that actress died of covid recently