The sharks of 'Deep Blue Sea' (1999)

[@Tails_the_Gamer]

The mechanical sharks in this movie are really good.

[@ghostman5620]

That's exactly what the video is telling us.

[@Darkwarp1994]

If only the jaws sharks were made like that

[@Darkangel-A-c8z]

And as dangerous as a real shark of something malfunctions..

[@Hauerization]

Yes, I remember them being used in several commercials (not related to any movies) after this - they were to good to waste.

[@plocky4275]

The fact that even the actors needed some adjustment time to gain confidence around these sharks due to their resemblance to the real thing tells you everything you need to know. What he says at around 2:50 though; 25 ft (7,62 m) shark, 8000 Ibs (3629 Kg) and 1000 Hp engine to move the whole structure built with aerospace tech all over the place.... that was in 1999. That's mind-blowingly impressive. Makes you thing about the stuff they could make today if they weren't so invested in CGI

[@brcshephard]

Second Greatest shark movie ever made!!!

[@lyndoncmp5751]

No that's Jaws 2.

[@tommyquinn5933]

The Reef

[@WCTate]

Definitely ranks right up there with

[@mattmatt7305]

Jaws 2, then The Shallows, then The Reef.

[@InTrance6]

jaws 2 is not even that good The shallows is alright No shark movie is better then jaws though

[@jadefire2817]

So bananas to think this movie is 25 years old now.

[@MartyMcFly88]

I still remember seeing it in theaters

[@petecorrie391]

Which, back in 1999...was the same time gap between Jaws and Deep Blue Sea.

[@jadefire2817]

@@petecorrie391 Oh wow. I never even thought of that ! Dang. I feel *old!*

[@dd52161]

and in 2 years it will be 27 years old

[@jadefire2817]

@@dd52161 Yep. 😉😂

[@alanguillermo3145]

4:05 I don't care that it's fake. You could not pay me enough to do this scene with that animatronic.

[@Darklarik3]

Thats why your not an actor, much less a legendary actor like Stellan

[@PricelessDamnationV2]

@@Darklarik3 Stellan didn't film that segment. That was a stunt double.

[@acos9274]

@@Darklarik3you’re a damn fool

[@danglesnipecelly13]

I was born in the early 90’s and was so obsessed with this movie 😂 I used to watch it religiously. It’s my favorite shark movie behind Jaws (obviously). It’s Such a fun movie!

[@Darkwarp1994]

@@danglesnipecelly13 then years later two squeal happened which have no connection to this film and used bull sharks yet had the Gaul to call themselves deep blue sea 2 and 3

[@mikegrady5669]

Outside of the first two Jaws this is the best shark movie out there. "Back when the world was just flesh and teeth..." What a great line!

[@_pax19_]

I agree

[@alexanderfels5754]

well, yes, if you only know these 3 shark movies, it is nr 3

[@Moctop]

In terms of entertaining popcorn shark flicks it's good. Otherwise The Reef is far superior, for example.

[@dvb8637]

No idea why jaws is so hyped up tbh. I found it extremely boring and mid. Mainly due to how awful quality and graphics were at that time. Sorry but pretty much all shark movies that came out the last 1 a 2 decades are by far better than jaws is.

[@machineguncrally7020]

⁠@@dvb8637 Not a chance. I was born in ‘96 with Deep blue sea being in my opinion the best shark film ever and I have seem most of them and yes Jaws looks fake asf to someone of my generation. But as a film it is superior and to say the quality and graphics FOR THAT time were bad is a ridiculous thing to say. The people that would of watched that in the 70’s would have been in awe at how well that movie looked at the time, you have to bare in mind an audience had never seen anything like Jaws before and for most folks it would of been their first real exposure to the what could be out there side of sharks as a lot of people back then wouldn’t of known any better or been as documented. The only problem however is Jaws was the beginning of where sharks became unrealistically villainised in film. You are either roughly the same age or younger than me that doesn’t see the true cinematic detail the movie produced as some others see it. Respectfully.

[@mab2187]

Jaws 1 and Deep Blue Sea are the only best of the best shark films. The music for this movie is also fantastic.

[@ZachFazio-v3y]

It's fine if you put Deep Blue Sea at #2, but it doesn't belong in the same "best of the best' category as Jaws. Jaws is so far above any other shark movie. It's not only a great shark movie it's one of the greatest films ever made. DBS cannot make that claim.

[@Lidocain777]

@@ZachFazio-v3y Issue #1 regarding Jaws : legendary, yet Bruce the shark looks so freaking fake.

[@LojuanMillsap]

Jaws 2 and 3 was good too

[@mrdrprof99]

My hat is like a sharks fin...... Yes thats a real song from the movie.

[@jameswalker6864]

@@ZachFazio-v3y Jaws is specifically one of the greatest HORROR movies ever made, but not one of the greatest movies overall. Sorry, does not belong to the same tier as masterpieces such as Casablanca, The Godfather, A Clockwork Orange, Blade Runner, American Beauty, etc.

[@mojojojo560]

These animatronics are nothing short of masterful. If I saw that thing in the water with me my soul would leave my body.

[@rogeriorachid4307]

This Makos are the best animatronics sharks ever

[@justjbeats4241]

Bro this movie did a fantastic job on those sharks.

[@dougmasters4579]

Agreed. It was quite the contrast since the animatronics looked eerily realistic, while the CGI looked incredibly jarring, to the point it took you out the movie. I'm guessing they spent all their money in the practical fx, and didn't have enough left over to pay ILM to do proper CGI sharks.

[@markbeetham5118]

Tiger shark... A mako shark with stripes lol

[@WCCOMPUTERGRAPHICS]

Exactly.

[@tubekulose]

"A whaaat?" 😉

[@saulgoodeguitars]

😂

[@Ace18928]

That always bothered me LOL

[@jonathandefoy6376]

I mean sure, bud its a movie. personally I don't real tiger sharks demonized... just my opinion.

[@TheGoldenboyo]

I watched this in the cinema when I was like 15 and when Samuel was killed it was the scariest and funniest moment ever. It went from everyone gasping and screaming, to everyone bursting out laughing, to everyone just straight confused and wondering if anyone was gonna actually survive to the end. Everyone left the cinema high fiving each other like we were also one of the survivors. One of my best teenage memories.

[@jasp19]

Aside from a couple of questionable CGI scenes, this movie nailed it with the sharks. Still the best and most exciting one after Jaws. I don't know why they can't seem to figure it out these days, they pump out sharkmovies like it's nothing and most of them suck. Shoutout to 47 meters down and The shallows, they were good enough (but nowhere near as fun as DBS).

[@im3phirebird81]

Sadly the mindset of quantity over quality is somewhat prevalent.

[@simon0044]

The reef is better

[@dvb8637]

Jaws is awful compared to the newer shark movies.

[@jasp19]

@@dvb8637 You are either 12 years old and/or lacking taste dear.

[@machineguncrally7020]

They weren’t terrible but neither of those (and the Reef) are really mindblowingly good like Jaws and Deep blue sea were. Theres no uniqueness or originality about them or even any of them anymore if you ask me. And the CGI in them is overly ridiculous and actually looks worse than Deep blue sea and the mechanicals in Jaws. Deep blue sea made up with it with solid storytelling, concept, a premise and all the characters

[@ScyllaWyrm]

The eighties were the decade of animatronics, so this would be a natural continuation of that. But this looks so much better than 'Bruce'. I would've been terrified if I were an actor or stunt double having to share the water with these darlings.

[@darkbakura8190]

But there were also over 25 years of technical progress between Bruce and dbs, so that should also be taken into account.

[@Robozilla]

Jaws, Open Water and Deep Blue Sea are my holy trinity of Shark films

[@TylerHines-dy8yg]

You have good taste my friend.

[@matthewlipinski6844]

Happy 25th anniversary Deep Blue Sea. My second favorite shark movie. Jaws will always be number 1 for me. Thanks for posting this.🦈

[@CreativeLegend2023]

"Deepest, Bluest, My hat is like a sharks fin!" -LL Cool J

[@ricklynn6176]

One of the best shark movies hands down. And so original. Loved it! Still do! And the eerie music score make it even better!

[@stevemuzak8526]

I wish that they use 100% practical effects and zero cgi. CGI aged like milk.

[@alejandromolinac]

Ha! Even in 99 they looked terrible!

[@SumatraXSI5]

Plenty of movies also have animatronics that aged like milk

[@machineguncrally7020]

The CGI was bad but the shots and practical parts and design of the Mako sharks holds up quite well actually. Far better than the newer stuff but yes the CGI sequences were always very bad

[@stinkyham9050]

It's hilarious the director was bragging about how good the CG was and that he challenged us to guess which parts are CGI. 😂

[@Chaz-o1z]

@@Chucky-d5hits fine

[@xSpcManSpiffx]

Love this movie. I was 9 when I saw it in theaters with my dad. Terrified me and stuck with me more than Jaws ever did.

[@Laughy-Flaaffy]

The part where the director brags about the realism of the CGI is actually hilarious. The CGI is some of the worst I’ve ever seen. The actual animatronics is some of the best I’ve ever seen. The way he challenges the viewers to find the distinction between the two is unbelievably funny 🤣

[@scorptarget]

They did a great job with the mechanical sharks in this movie. 🦈💯

[@TheMichaelStott]

Spielberg said it was kind of a blessing that Bruce had so many problems that forced him to rethink shoots which essentially made Jaws more scary. That makes me wonder, if Spielberg had the technology and engineering of the DBS sharks for Bruce, would we have had a completely different Jaws and would it have become the blockbuster it had🤔🦈

[@jonssonnicolas]

There is a KZbin video explaining this. It's pretty long 40 minutes and he looks at the original script.

[@detangojet]

It’s the original Jaws, then all others. This movie was entertaining, I’ll give it that and this video was pretty cool.

[@JustInCase_007]

lol @ CGI Samuel L. Jackson’s shark attack scene that still lives rent free in my head 😂 great movie, though.

[@dariajames6200]

Great job by the animatronic artists these sharks look real

[@jonno209]

BEST shark movie behind Jaws!

[@Alexander-ix2jp]

The animatronics and practical effects are beautifully done. The cgi, however, hasn't aged that well. I say they do a remastered version in 4k with upgraded and better looking cgi, replacing the old cgi altogether.

[@SRC267]

I'm pretty certain there's fan edits of this movie that change things around and minimise the CGI so it looks better

[@Chronocrits]

Anybody else from the ‘was 9 and am now 34’ club? This movie represents so much of what got me into a larger world of cinema when I was a kid. It conquered my fear of blood, accelerated my already growing obsession with sharks, and made me crave practical special effects in films. Jaws will forever be the best shark film, but this is the one that started the journey for me. An incredible example of film-making.

[@Streetrocker28]

The first Deep blue sea was a very good movie !

[@brycetennison1083]

Still my favorite shark movie! 20+ years later and no one has made a better one

[@fishfingers4483]

Best shark film ever created. Facts

[@nathanskywalker1536]

I agree with the comments deep blue Sea is the second best shark movie the Meg is also pretty good

[@toomberrebmoot9244]

I think the team overestimated how good the CG would age in comparison to how immaculate the animatronics look in this movie. The difference between the CG composition and the animatronic makeup gives me whiplash.

[@Kains_Gaming_Channel]

The music is very underrated

[@91earthlink]

The sharks are legitimately scary in this. No idea if it still holds up, but as a kid it was intense lol

[@xenomorphlover]

This is still the best scary shark flick besides Jaws....

[@thisisntmyceiling]

The sharks in this movie hold up so well. The scenes where they burst out of the water still look amazing! Jaws may be the best of all time but Deep Blue Sea is the only other shark movie to come close.

[@helenbrydon1113]

The Greatest Shark Horror Movie since Jaws

[@dan_hitchman007]

These CGI monstrosities just make Bruce from the original "Jaws" seem all the more realistic.

[@willg1315]

So cool seeing how much detail they paid to the shark's teeth. Really shows.

[@hulkflattt7854]

They should have never made the CGI parts It wouldn't have aged as bad!

[@johnburke6332]

Agreed, but with the exception of Rappaport's death. Because of the fast pace, it looked awesome!

[@christianrosario9414]

Honestly, Sam Jackson's death as well, because I don't think it would have been as memorable and if safety was a concern, it would be fine.

[@sarriominski3756]

Still better than most cgi

[@hulkflattt7854]

@@sarriominski3756 Sadly you correct 🙄

[@christianrosario9414]

@@sarriominski3756 Ok....cool?

[@athens_1psvr31]

I’m amazed that he thinks the CG Shark is hard to spot.

[@KevinDemas]

2024 and beyond !! I'll always love this. Incredible movie.❤

[@Leadblast]

It was one of the finest shark movies made, but the one scene that ruins it is the one where Samuel L Jackson's character gets dragged into the water and devoured. The CGI shark looked genuinely awful there.

[@osbaldohernandez9174]

This movie did amazing work especially at the end of the 90s and beginning of the 2000 because animal movies weren’t good but this one here beautiful

[@Jefrma]

I freaking luv the music in this movie. Really chilling

[@RolandsKaTet]

Loved this special on the VHS.

[@ExiledQ]

this movie rules. it needs a sequel

[@takiongoy00]

Gli animatronics sono veramente di livello! Anche più della CGI! Le scene in cui interagiscono con gli attori sono spettacolari!

[@randall9000]

LL Cool J had a song tied in to the movie. “My Hat is Like a Shark Fin” 🤣

[@thomas_dries]

Whoa! I had no idea these sharks were animatronic! I always thought that the sharks in Deep Blue Sea were CGI.

[@jamilschoolfield]

This movie is very cool, one of my favourites since i was a kid. In my opinion it has lunch at the same table with Jaws, Jaws 2 and The Shallows

[@thoughtfulprofessor4198]

Deep blue sea is my 2nd favourite movie jaws is my 1st favourite movie

[@johnburke6332]

You're gonna need a bigger list. Put Jaws 2 and The Reef on there.

[@keithfarrell4882]

Absolutely Amazing Animatronics.

[@GérannGerberChannel]

This is probably the best shark movie after Jaws. Here are my Top 5: Jaws - 1975, Deep Blue Sea - 1999, Under Paris - 2024, Jaws 2 - 1978, The Meg - 2018. As a bonus, Sharknado - 2013. (LOL).

[@simon0044]

You need to watch ‘the reef’

[@GérannGerberChannel]

@@simon0044 I did watch it, and it was good. These are just by Top 5.

[@SpectreOfChar]

I would love to have one of these to prank people with 🏊🏻🦈

[@arbaazadam5482]

Greatest shark movie ever made

[@keonipaaaina517]

Just seeing the animatronics is traumatizing. That shit was an still looks horrifying.

[@jakecroc]

One of the greatest movie monologues in this film from none other than Samuel L. Jackson

[@SolskjearAsDoneIt]

I do have a soft spot for this film ….pop corn type easy entertainment

[@saschamandl633]

Best Shark Movie ever ----1999 to 2024

[@JelStreet]

Jaws 1 & 2, The Reef, The Shallows & Deep Blue Sea are the only films featuring aggressive sharks that I feel 'hold water' (please excuse the pun!) I'd love to see more but often have been disappointed. Cheers for posting the video!

[@ironman4life89]

They look so real I'd actually have serious trouble trying to act out scenes in the water with them 😂

[@TylerHines-dy8yg]

That’s the idea.

[@Edwenthewolfxx]

My favorite shark movie

[@TheGrayGhost92]

I really enjoyed this film personally. These corporations weren’t trying to play god. They were trying to find a cure for a rare brain disease. And they had to test it on subjects. Human trials are too dangerous, so they tried with Sharks because of their brain capacities. As a side effect of the drugs to their brains, the sharks got smarter. Flooding the facility to get the fences out of the way for freedom. And the horror music was absolutely damn good. Kids would be horrified by that. First time I watched it, it was for a movie night. 11-12 years old. What does an 8,000lb Mako Shark with a brain the size V-8 engine with no natural predators think about? Freedom. The second film was all about playing god.

[@spaceshark9999]

i remember watching this as a kid, damn some of these scenes were gruesome

[@aislynn001]

I had no idea they used so many mechanical sharks, that's so cool!

[@SumatraXSI5]

A great director is a director that understands animatronics and CGI as tools to tell a story and he decides what tool is better for what shot. A bad director is someone who doesn't understand the limitations of these tools and uses them anyway with a tendency for a CGI abuse

[@Courtney-Jai]

Only problem with cgi when these movies were made the footage was like 360p as we get more and more into 4k the cgi goes from okay to ps1 graphics , still love this movie though.

[@Aaron-zl5gq]

wow i didnt know they used as much practical and stunt effects as they did, i thought most of the sharks were fake, i love this move even more now.

[@DanielS2001]

I remember reading that the license plate that Thomas Jane's character pulls out of the Tiger Shark's mouth happens to be the same plate that was pulled out of the TIger Shark by Hooper in Jaws.

[@swalotlha5763]

Insane how real the sharks look

[@justjbeats4241]

I just don’t get why studios won’t put the time and effort to do mechanics for these situations. I mean man I’d still say no to getting in the water with these “ fakes” that’s how good they did lol. Long story short, this is just the 2nd greatest shark movie.

[@Reclusive247]

Interesting fact, this "the making of Jaws 1", video was created using fully CGI effects. Also, Steven Spielberg named this movie 'Jaws 1', in anticipation of making this a trilogy.

[@WCCOMPUTERGRAPHICS]

I am sorry, but the Samuel Jackson devoured scene looks like the very first CGI's. It remembers me Jumanji and I think this last one is even better.

[@CMasta121]

This makes me hate what they did to The Thing 2011 effects even more. They had perfect practical effects and were forced to cover it with CGI.

[@csl750]

exactly CGI should only be the colourful sprinkles on top...

[@odalisgonzalez6875]

They look great

[@latonecampbell6662]

Sitting on the toilet and turned my volume up.....that intro made me jump off the seat 😅

[@Wellington-nl7vm]

Imagine being Renny Harlin, being one of the hottest directors in the beginning of the 90s, then hubris and now he's directing straight to dvd C-budget horror movies

[@Courtney-Jai]

One of my favourite films , i remember watching as a kid constantly running out the room to tell me my what the sharks were doing next 😂

[@kylejones412]

Those Sharks teeth were scary

[@davonriley]

I always love this movie, other than Jaws these two movies are the greatest shark movies everything else just seems corny to me.

[@whattheshrek9046]

Love this movie !!!

[@miketunney69420]

Using airplane technology to create sharks is one of the most unorthodox yet coolest things I've ever heard.

[@Jimvanhise]

At one time (years ago) I heard there was talk of a sequel titled Deep Red Sea, but that never happened and then the sequel rights were sold off and became direct to video movies and that was that.

[@Mikes_rc_adventures]

I didn’t know the sharks weren’t all cgi. That’s incredible

[@wenoldenburg4873]

Love this movie

[@Darkwarp1994]

I wonder how the jaws films would had turned out if they were made like the deep blue sea sharks

[@stevesmith1764]

Good film but they didn't get the tiger shark right at all from the licence plate scene everything about it was wrong

[@jameshilton8942]

Yup. Completely botched the head on it.

[@lincthomas7178]

they used the same shark for both the tiger and mako!!

[@ghostman5620]

Very clear clarification.

[@im3phirebird81]

@@ghostman5620 Clarifyingly clear

[@stevesmith1764]

@lincthomas7178 I know I study sharks, they said they did research into sharks for the movie clearly not enough.

[@benrose8029]

My fav film as a 10 yr old

[@jefferykelsey]

The Mako Sharks of "Deep Blue Sea" (1999), what's next, the Bull Sharks of "Deep Blue Sea 2" (2018) and "Deep Blue Sea 3" (2020)?

[@Retro-Fez]

Great movie

[@nikkijensenguigui9258]

When the movie was made they made it look easy Steven Spielberg must have been thinking "I hope these sharks comes to life and eats all of you" after all the problems he had to go through with the shark Bruce xD but yea this movie was of course made many years after :)

[@wormhunter89yt74]

When we look at films that came out after Jaws and Deep Blue Sea we can ether appreciate them for what they are and simple what they are not as not all films can be like Jaws or Deep Blue Sea.And when compare Deep Blue Sea as rip off or a knock off because it involves sharks.

[@AlianorBeaufort]

after Jaws a legend amongst Shark movies. Sharks looked great thinking about it was 25 years ago. They only got it wrong with the tiger shark at the beginning. Looks nothing like a tiger shark. But yeah, as said, after Jaws (1) the best shark movie ever

[@irvingartgallery6167]

I wonder if these animatronic sharks broke down like the animatronic shark from Jaws... damn Bruce never worked... If not, how did they do it? What did these sharks have that Bruce didn't have?

[@nickd1978]

24 years of technological progress.

[@lionelhutz5137]

"take me back to the ghetto"

[@espendahl9719]

Great shark movie 😎😎✅✅

[@sebrickard7356]

How is this movie 25yrs old already 🙈

[@stevebrooks1721]

Are these guys taking shots at jaws?