The tragic and horrific story of the USS Indianapolis is true. There are at least two movies made about it. When I saw this in a theater, when the head popped out of the hole in the boat, I felt my entire row jump back and everyone screamed! I saw the movie a dozen times and waited for that reaction from the audience every time. When you play the scene in slow motion, there is an optical illusion that will ensure you to jump in fear. The shadow and light on the head as it moves toward the hole gives the illusion of a shark with jaws open with bared teeth! The illusion is very brief, but your subconscious picks it up and you react!
It was mostly true but I think the actual deaths by sharks were far less. The US Naval Institute discusses that and other misconceptions: “The majority of men who went into the water died from wounds sustained in the torpedo explosions and by drowning associated with severe dehydration. As men became increasingly dehydrated and the severity of injuries worsened, death tolls increased. Deaths associated with severe dehydration are the most common stories from survivors.”
And that iconic jump scare you mention, the shot of the head popping out was filmed in Verna Fields’ pool. Milk or something like that had been added to make the water more murky.
You are ver good at talking during the movie about details but still paying complete attention. Not many people can do that. I bet a YT channel is a lot of work, but you can have a successful one if you want to, imho. Good luck.
That was an actual meteor that went by at 18:09. Spielberg used a mechanical shark, which he named "Bruce" after his lawyer. It broke a lot, so he had to limit its use in the movie. The fact that we didn't see much of the shark made the scenes where we did see it more impactful. A happy accident. Quint is like Captain Ahab in Moby Dick. He's a fanatic who wants revenge against a giant white sea creature, and his fixation leads to his own death. That's why he smashed the radio, by the way. It wasn't the money. He didn't want anyone or anything getting in the way of him extracting his vengeance. Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss couldn't stand each other. It wasn't just acting.
He regretted writing Jaws because it caused a lot of fear and hatred towards sharks he became an advocate for marine conservation afterwards I guess after the film as he was involved in that. I don't think the film as great as it is did much for sharks.
There's something quite fun about watching one of my favorite films of all time, in an abbreviated fashion, with commentary from someone who hasn't seen it before. 🤩And I can tell all the reactions are honest~ Cheers!
*Jonathan Searles, who played the little kid with the fake shark fin who said “He made me do it” is now the Chief of Police of Edgartown, Massachusetts, where Jaws was filmed.*
You're seeing two shark experts working on this from two different angles. Quint is the old school shark hunter, with years of experience. Hooper is the college educated shark expert, who knows the latest technology about dealing with sharks, but has less experience, and gets easily spooked. This was one of Steven Spielberg's earliest movies, and was done long before CGI effects.
4:10 This was a meeting of the small business owners in the town. So, what the _"24 hours is like 3 weeks"_ statement actually means is that for every 24 hours in which summer tourists can't go to the beach will result in a loss of 3 weeks income for the small business owners of Amity Island. Remember as the mayor said, Amity is a summer town in which all the residents' livelihoods depend almost entirely on the summer tourism, much like Cape Cod, Massachusetts or Cape May, New Jersey. It wasn't meant to be an exaggeration of how long a day without the beach feels. And it's a summer holiday to boot. Closing on or around July 4th, up north in a beach town? You can't make up that kind of money.
Love Cape cod it's a great white hotspot in fact today there are more great whites swimming around Cape Cod in certain times of the year than anywhere else. Cape cod also has the Mako a close relative of the great white which is amazing to dive with. Would be a dream come true to run into either Deep Blue or Kawi girl 2 very real great whites that reach the size of "bruce" in this movie. but unlike "bruce" those two female sharks are not aggressive to divers. The photographer who named "Kawi girl at one point was free diving and Kawi girl came right up next to her and they both started swimming together side by side.
In answer to your question about the town - Jaws was filmed around Martha's Vineyard - the fictional town of Amity is Edgartown. The lagoon is Sengekontacket Pond, and most of the beach scenes were filmed on Chappaquiddick Island :)
I believe he only beach scene filmed on Chappaquidick was the end titles shot when they come to shore. The beach scenes were Joseph Sylvia State beach (Kintner attack and 4th July panic) and South Beach (opening bonfire and Chrissie's remains found). The holiday roast pier scene was Harthhaven.
@@scottmessenger8639 Remember it well. Teddy Kennedy hatched his own big problem on Chappaquiddick Island just 2 days before the first manned moon landing (Apollo 11). Remember the tabloid headlines in Paris on July 20, "l'affaire Kennedy"
In the original script, only Brody was supposed to survive the final action scene. They only re-wrote it because the team that was filming the underwater cage divers had gotten some great footage of a diver escaping a real shark, and they wanted to use that in the final movie. So, Hooper got to survive.
Yeah, it wasn't footage of a diver escaping. A shark became entangled with the empty cage and had to squirm its way free. Spielberg was delighted with the footage, but upset that there was no diver in the cage when it happened (may have been killed but whatever). The only workaround, that would allow them to use the footage of the entangled shark, was to rewrite it and have Hooper escape from the cage instead of dying, as it was originally scripted.
@FrancisXLord The footage was good, filmed in February 1974 before shooting began on Martha's Vineyard, but Spielberg can't have been too happy because he hired the Taylors to get more footage in March and then again in April, but they failed both times and Spielberg settled for what the Taylors got in February. Hooper wasn't cast then. I think seeing as the Dreyfuss Hooper was much more likeable than the initial script Hooper, he may have been allowed to live anyway. We'll never know.
THE MAYOR... "My KIDS were on that beach, too...". He didn't ask THEM to get in the water, he chose to Brow beat a counsilman (and his family) to make that sacrifice. The Story Quint gave of the Indianapolis really happened. The Captain was court martialed for not sailing in a Zig-Zag maneuver prior to the Sub sinking it.
Captain McVay was later completely exonerated and the Court-Martial was removed from his record. Unfortunately this didn’t occur until decades after he’d committed suicide in 1968.
The captain should not have been court marshalled. He only had to zig zag in hostile waters and there were no signs of enemy in the territory. At least no one warned him there were. 3 distress signals were sent out. All 3 were ignored. One, the nco was too drunk, one, thought it was a trick to get them out there to be attacked and the last I can't remember what happened. But, it should've been all 3 NCOs that got court marshalled.
They actually called the captain of the Japanese sub that sank it to testify against him and even THAT guy said he didn't do anything wrong. The Japanese sub located them by hearing the plates in the galley being moved around. They really wanted to shunt the blame to somebody.
Still stands the test of time after 50 years. My favourite film of all time. Fun Fact. The guy who did some of Hooper's stunt double work underwater is Dick Warlock, who was Michael Myers in Halloween.
Totally real -- guileless and unsophisticated and literal af. I just discovered this channel, and I'm having trouble not picturing our host in conversation with Forrest Gump. That conversation would last hours and be unintentionally hilarious throughout.
8.15 the greatest jump scare in movie history strikes again. I've watched dozens of reaction videos on Jaws, including mash ups, and this one has a 99% success rate, its incredible, almost never fails. In the cinema in 1975, this caused popcorn to go airborne!. Fun trivia: It was filmed partly in a swimming pool and added to the movie late as the mechanical shark kept breaking down & Spielberg felt the movie 'needed a moment' early on. More fun trivia: the shark was called Bruce after Spielberg's lawyer; the kid who says 'he made me do it' in the fake fin scene is now chief of police in Martha's Vineyard, effectively becoming Brody. The author of the Jaws novel, Peter Benchley, makes a cameo as the reporter on the beach.
You mentioned how much you liked the town. I think that one of the great things about Jaws is that all the location shooting let's viewers see the local color. You can't get that sort of texture if you only film in a studio. You also mentioned how the second half reduces the cast to 3 people. As great as the action and special effects are, a key part of the movie is the interplay of Brody, Quint, & Hooper. I loved seeing your non-verbal reaction to the USS Indianapolis story. Great video!
Robert Shaw was such an icon. He was also great in the movie The Sting, which is a great watch, and a very fun movie, Robert Redford Paul Newman and Eileen Brennan.
This is my favorite horror film as it has the right amount of suspense and scares while also having characters you like and root for. Everyone in this film did an amazing job and this is the only film that truly scared me as the music was intense and I also have loved sharks since I was a kid and so I believe those two things together is what scared me. I’ve been able to see this film on the big screen a few times and I’m really glad I did as the experience is amazing. Great reaction, take care!
6:15 "The tiger shark has no teeth". Yes, they do. 48 sharp pointy teeth. The fisherman that caught it has been yanking them out and selling them to the crowd.
I watch a lot of movie reactors. You're very entertaining. I wish you well with your channel. And I love your interest in the picket fences and the karate students 😊
Years after the movie came out, the lady that played Mrs. Kinter (Lee Fierro) walked into a Massachusetts seafood restaurant and noticed that the menu had an "Alex Kinter Sandwich." The owner of the restaurant came out to speak to her, and it was an all-grown up Jeffrey Voorhees who played her son Alex Kinter in the movie.
13:13 The island town they filmed in is Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, just down from Cape Cod. Also, the reason why the Mayor and townspeople are so upset about closing the beaches is that the entire economy of the town is based on summer tourism. You make your money from very late spring to maybe early autumn, and hopefully you''ve put enough away to at least get you through the New England winter (zero+- tourism). Don't get me wrong-not apologizing for their attitude, but that's the reason why they were so upset, and the Mayor being so bullheaded. Again, great work!
Had to watch this a second time. There's nothing in my subs box I want to watch and I just had an overwhelming urge to watch this reaction again. Boy, i really love this reaction. If you are taking requests, please react to The Sixth Sense.
My dad took me to see JAWS at the drive-in in 1975, I was 7 years old. It was like a secret mission: "Don't tell your mom!" Yeaaaah, had nightmares for weeks after that, but what a great memory.
great review. u r one of the few liking the scenery in certain scenes or discussing picket fence quality. Loved that!! . most are too riveted to note that stuff. hahahaha
Oh, I love your reactions - both your comments and your looks into the camera! Thanks for the videos, and I look forward to seeing you react to a whole bunch of stuff! Have a great week!
Agree 110%! And I'm beyond tired of the (mostly dull, imo) superhero genre. When o when will it ever end?!? Unlike some, I don't see movies at large dying out permanently, even if theaters do (I hope not). There's nothing better to replace movies as a popular medium, I don't think, but the industry behind it needs a shot in the arm, ...or death, I guess, followed by a rebirth from some unexpected source. Originality, above all, is what's so fundamentally lacking.
Is this a bad time to tell you that Bull sharks have no problem going right up into freshwater systems. One big Bull was tagged 200 miles up the Mississippi river. It's one of the things that make them so dangerous. Other reasons why they are one of the worst sharks to meet is they are one of the most aggressive shark species and have the most powerful bite of all sharks living today at up to 1300 psi. A bull is the most likely shark that was responsible for the real life attacks of 1916 along the NJ shoreline as well as a freshwater river. Some ways to limit your risk of becoming attacked yourself. Don't swim at either sun rise or sun set these are times where sharks will be hunting the most often. Don't swim anywhere near where a river meets the sea many sharks including bull sharks and young great whites use these areas to hunt. Don't swim near piers they attract the bait fish which in turn brings in the sharks. Don't swim alone sharks are not mindless killers like these movies make them out to be and do pick and choose what they go after. A single potential prey item is much less likely to injure a shark than attacking a group and they know that too. If a shark is seen do not panic and start splashing. This mimics a distressed fish in the water and will make a shark that was only curious and just passing through checking things out decide to attack (One recorded attack actually happened as a result of this) with some shark species like the Tiger shark will sometimes not attack if you make eye contact. Again, it's an injury risk over reward chances a prey item that is clueless to its surroundings is much less likely to defend itself than one that has situational awareness and knows the shark is there. Tiger sharks that continue to come in to close can also be redirected in some cases. During my dives with Tigers, I have probably had to redirect at least 25 different sharks from the newborn pups no more than 5 feet long to the full-grown adults that were close to the 15 foot mark.
@@aaroncoffman88 A 8 foot female bull shark was the first shark I ever was in the water with. One of those so this is how my life is about to end feelings. Luckly she was not hungry or aggressive just curious about the strange new animal in her home. Came in close took a look went nope you're not food and left almost as fast as she had appeared.
Brilliant, if you want another great old movie ZULU introducing Michael Caine in a lead role. Actual people, actual events, a British military action, where more VC's were awarded than in any other engagement before or since. Fun Fact. The Zulu warriors are played by actual Zulu and the Zulu King is played by his real life direct descendant. Despite the terrible political situation in South Africa at the time, Stanley Baker made sure EVERYONE got paid equally without any racial discrimination.
I was always fascinated by the poster whenever I saw the DVD/VHS on sale as a little girl and would beg my parents to let me watch it from the age of 2 onwards, I finally got my wish when it was re-released on the big screen when I was 10 and my Dad took me to see it after school one Friday, and it was the first movie to put the jump into jumpscare for me. I literally jumped a couple of inches out of my seat during the scene with Henry Gardener
The USS Indiapolis did indeed sink in the conditions described, but Quints take on the sailors being eaten en masse by sharks is wildly inaccurate. The death toll was horrific but sharks were only a very minor reason - most deaths occurred due to exposure, dehydration, and wounds received in the initial attack. Of course, his telling of it gives him a motive for his fanatical obsession with killing sharks. It's the reason he destroys the radio - not because he wants the bounty, but he wants revenge on the shark for the things he's endured. Think Captain Ahab in Moby Dick, and you're getting there.
The way they filmed his shock at 3:32 was one of the best scenes ever. I remember seeing that scene as a kid at the movie theater and it was so effective.
1. Jaws was the first "Summer Blockbuster". 2. Boy Scouts don't need to do the mile swim to get their merit badge. It's an accomplishment all its own. 3. Lee Fierro/Mrs. Kentner actually slapped Roy Scheider. It took 17 takes. Once was so hard it knocked his glasses off. 4. The jump scare at Ben Gardner's boat was put in on purpose by Spielberg because they were having problems with the shark "Bruce" and his appearance was delayed, and the movie needed something earlier. Works every time.🤣🤣🤣🤣 5. IRL Dreyfuss and Shaw didn't get along, so Spielberg used the animosity to fuel their feud onscreen. 6. The boy that said, "He made me do it' is now the Police Chief of the town where this movie was filmed. 7. Hooper was wrong. The fish that hit the line was "our fish". 8. To me the best scene framing work was the pullback to the vandalized Welcome sign. 9. Movie magic: An animal that large couldn't hit the side of the boat as rapidly as it did UNDER WATER. 10. I suspect Quint's story about the Indy gave him PTSD flashbacks and contributed to his behavior after he told the Indianapolis story. It' personal. 11. I was in the Navy, and we were instructed to go for the eyes when confronting a shark. 12. Aside from the swimming pool used in the Ben Gardner boat scenes, all of the shipboard scenes were filmed entirely at sea, 13. In the book not only does Hooper die but he was also having an affair with Mrs. Brody. 14. JAWS II is the only other one worth watching. It revolves around the Brody kids and their friends. Including the mayor's son. 15 The third one was so bad that Scheider read the script and said NO.
This movie damaged the beach resort industry around the world for years. People refused to swim in lakes some even swore off swimming in pools 😂. This also started a shark hunting craze that helped depopulate this important scavenger in many areas. Any shark attack or sighting was used as an excuse to kill every shark in the area. A lot of these sharks mysteriously lose their fins in some parts of the world.😮💨 The original author Peter Benchley felt so bad about stirring up public fear and hate for sharks he dedicated a lot of his time to ocean conservation. Just so you know the Jaws franchise gets progressively worse to near Sharknado proportions by the end.
Shark hunting was a big thing well before Jaws. The record rod and reel great white was in 1959 and Quint was part based on real life shark fisherman Frank Mundus, who caught a 4,500 pound great white off Montauk, Long Island in 1964. Sharks killed due to Jaws were a drop in the ocean compared to those killed by the Asian shark finning industry, commercial gill net and long line by-catch and the beach netting programmes. The flip side is without Jaws, we wouldn't have the knowledge and understanding we have today. Jaws kick started a major boom in shark research.
Jaws is Steven Spielberg’s third feature length film and second theatrical film. The monologue that Quint gave about the USS Indianapolis is actually a true story. The ship had just completed a top secret mission delivering uranium and other components for the atomic bomb to the Tinian Naval Base in the Mariana Islands. The Indianapolis was on its way to the Philippines when it was struck by two Japanese torpedoes and sank on July 30, 1945. Of the 1,195 crewmen aboard the Indianapolis, approximately 300 went down with the ship, while more than 500 died of exposure, dehydration, salt water poisoning and shark attacks. Only 316 crewmen survived after the four day ordeal at sea. It was the greatest loss of life from a single ship lost at sea in the history of the U.S. Navy. This film is based on the 1974 horror novel Jaws, written by Peter Benchley. The novel grew from his interest in sharks after learning about the exploits of Frank Mundus, a shark fisherman in Montauk, New York. Benchley makes a small cameo appearance halfway in this film as the news reporter on the beach (9:22). There are several differences between the novel and the film. For example, Hopper and Brody’s wife have an affair in the novel, and Hooper is killed in the shark cage. Also, Mayor Vaughn has ties to the Mafia and owns beachfront properties that the Mob shares with him. Vaughn wants to keep the beaches open so tourists will visit and rent houses, which will keep his underworld bosses happy. This was written out for the film because it didn’t add much to the story. Instead the mayor represents the political and economic interests of the town which is dependent on tourist revenues for their livelihoods. Jaws was primarily shot on location at Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The production of Jaws was notoriously difficult as the mechanical shark was constantly malfunctioning. This forced Spielberg to go with a minimalistic and suggestive approach that kept the monster mostly hidden throughout the film, but its presence was always felt through music and special effects techniques. There were three full-scale mechanical sharks built for the film which the crew all nicknamed “Bruce” after Spielberg’s lawyer Bruce Ramer. Since Jaws was the first major motion picture shot on the ocean, this presented the cast and crew with many logistical challenges. This caused the film to go over budget and schedule. Many disgruntled crew members nicknamed the film “Flaws.” Spielberg attributed many of the problems to inexperience and perfectionism. Despite all the issues, Jaws became the highest-grossing film of all time until the release of Star Wars two years later. The film also went on to win three academy awards for best film editing, best sound, and best original score. Jaws was a cultural phenomenon that today is regarded as one of the greatest films ever made.
It's thought that "Jaws" ('75) was the original summer blockbuster movie, and that after this, studios began planning for big summer movies, with wide releases and huge marketing campaigns. It was also one of first movies (but not the first) to spawn a bunch of sequels that helped set up the expectation that sequels to hit movies were going to be bad. If you want to see another movie featuring Quint (Robert Shaw), try "The Sting" ('73), it's a classic hit film. For Hopper (Richard Dreyfus), try "American Graffiti" ('73) and / or "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" ('77), both hit films. As for Chief Brody, he's in "Marathon Man" ('76), which has a screenplay by the same writer who did "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid" and "The Princess Bride."
Great fun reaction ❤ based on the novel by Peter Benchley who initially was on set to provide technical advise and he assisted on the screenplay with Carl Gotlieb who played the newspaper publisher. Benchley played the TV reporter on the beach. He had major issues with the way Steven Spielberg was changing his novel and was eventually asked to leave the filming. There are some differences between the movie anf the novel (like who got killed and how,, Mrs Brody and Hooper having an affair, they came back from hunting the shark eveyday....) but a major one to me was not explaining why the mayor was issistent on keeping tje beaches open. He was borrowing money from the Mob and needed to pay them back.
In the novel, Hooper was supposed to die too. He doesn't make it out of the cage. However, the crew who was filming the shark footage, got an absolutely stupendous footage of the shark getting stuck in the cage. Problem was, the Stunt Double wasn't in the cage at that moment. The footage was too good to lose, so Hooper got to live.
Steve Spielberg's first big hit! The Mayor is played by Murray Hamilton, a great character actor who's career goes way back to the to the 1940's, usually playing an unsympathetic character. Saw him in a an episode of the TV show "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" playing a villain last night called "Escape to Sonoita" and you just absolutely hate him. 8:58 I usually hate vandalism, but that sign is hilarious! 10:05 Yeah, there's people already there! 13:16 This was filmed on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
1:15 - yes, an “islander” is someone who’s lived there their whole life. Also, the concern the mayor and townspeople have about “summer dollars” is legit and very well conveyed in this film. I grew up on a South Jersey island that focused on family tourism. What gets swept under the rug or dealt with outside of public sight is staggering.
He's still a moron, though. The legacy of those attacks could dry up the tourism for years, and it might never recover. Not to mention risking lives, dying horrifying deaths, just to (perhaps) learn a hard lesson only after the fact is immoral. I can't remember now, but I don't think he does learn anything by "Jaws II". Re "staggering": I've always heard little towns are more prone to corruption due to less people needing to be in on the secrets.
@@PolferiferusII I don't think the mayor is a moron; I'd call him a scumbag. He's not dumb, he's immoral. To be clear, I'm not justifying his behavior. I'm simply saying that people like him absolutely exist and based on my first hand knowledge, the movie/actor did a great job portraying this mindset. (The mayor does not learn his lesson in Jaws II, he's still an immoral scumbag.) I think in small towns people more share a common interest, which drives the "corruption," as you put it, not necessarily "less people needing to be in on the secrets." There's also definitely an "us" and "them" mentality too, meaning locals hate tourists, but they need them for survival. It's an angst fueled symbiotic relationship.
One of my favorite scenes is when Jaws goes under with 3 barrels and Quint realizes for the first time that he is in over his head. The USS Indianapolis is in our history books as the largest mass animal attack on man. Quint's story is exaggerated on the number of deaths all being shark related. He is an interesting character driven by PTSD. Shark hunting is his way of handling the memory with payback. Jaws could have been his greatest victory and he was obsessed with killing it. Chief Brody's constant need to call on the radio for help was frustrating Quint. Quint had already survived the Indianapolis without a radio, so he felt confident enough to smash that one. He wasn't going to let any help come in and steal away his latest shark conquest. Besides that, if word gets around that a prolific shark hunter had to call for help - his shark hunting business would probably be over.
9:32 "he wants him to go into the water?! what is he, an enemy?" i think the politicians are more dangerous than the sharks. the shark just wants to eat, and be left alone. great reaction to a classic! i subbed to see more! 👍
at 11:04 -- There is a deleted scene that explains why Michael is in shock and has to goto the hospital. The scene reads.. After the shark attacks the guy in the Estuary, it goes after Michael Brody, with the Estuary guy still in its jaws. The Estuary guy, barely alive, pushes Michael out of the way, saving Michaels life. If you google Jaws Deleted Scene Estuary guy, you can watch the scene that was cut from the movie.
Both the “Jaws” novel and the movie were inspired by a series of deadly shark attacks along the Jersey shore over a short period of time, resulting in multiple fatalities, all of which were caused by a single rogue bull shark. In short, incidents like those portrayed in Jaws do indeed take place in real life. Check the shark attack records for Florida, Australia, and California for more evidence.
Nobody knows what shark species was responsible for the Matawan Creek attacks but at least one of the ocean attacks (Charles Bruder) was a large great white according to researcher Mark Marks. Larger than the shark in Matawan Creek. As with the crazy multiple Egypt attacks in 2010 there were probably different sharks involved.
8:18 the scene with the head coming out of the hole in the boat… Spielberg after the editing was pretty much done, knew that he needed another jump scare. So that scene was shot in a pool. The strange thing that nobody really talks about is the plot point of this. Because later on they talk about finding the tooth in the hole of the boat. and it's a boat of a local fisherman that everybody knows. But there's no talk about Ben...the name of the fisherman that is now missing. Or that his boat has sunk. And that his head is in the boat. You would think that they would take the boat out of the water fine the dead fisherman. And then that would've been enough to close the beaches. But obviously we can't do that because we need to move forward.
This movie was shot on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The ferry shown in the beginning of the movie shuttles between the Vineyard and Chappaquiddick, across a narrow channel. It's nicknamed "The on-time ferry". It's never late because it has no schedule.
Fantastic how this movie sticks it's landing every time, generation after generation. Steven Spielberg is such a master filmmaker. Close Encounters of the Third Kind is another of his early classics worth watching. I hope you include some Alfred Hitchcock films on your cinematic journey.
Awesome work on this review! If you can manage it, two Roy Scheider films that hardly get any reactions but are well worth the watch: “2010: The Year We Make Contact”(1984) is the sequel to Kubrick’s “2001”, and the movie adaption of Arthur C Clarke’s sequels to his original novel. “Blue Thunder”(1983) was written by Dan O’Bannon (“Alien” creator), and delves into the militarization of police, information privacy, the deep state, and has Malcolm Macdowell as an amazing villain.
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Glad to see old Ben Gardener still scaring the shit out of people after almost 50 years.
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Rest in pieces Ben.
Every time I take a break from this movie (every 10 years or so) I forget that the jumpscares are actually legit scary
Yeah, old Ben's face appearing at the hole in the boat still creeps me out
Imagine a theater full of people in 1975!!! 😮
@@billolsen4360 The floating head never fails to claim a victim.
The tragic and horrific story of the USS Indianapolis is true. There are at least two movies made about it. When I saw this in a theater, when the head popped out of the hole in the boat, I felt my entire row jump back and everyone screamed! I saw the movie a dozen times and waited for that reaction from the audience every time. When you play the scene in slow motion, there is an optical illusion that will ensure you to jump in fear. The shadow and light on the head as it moves toward the hole gives the illusion of a shark with jaws open with bared teeth! The illusion is very brief, but your subconscious picks it up and you react!
It was mostly true but I think the actual deaths by sharks were far less. The US Naval Institute discusses that and other misconceptions: “The majority of men who went into the water died from wounds sustained in the torpedo explosions and by drowning associated with severe dehydration. As men became increasingly dehydrated and the severity of injuries worsened, death tolls increased. Deaths associated with severe dehydration are the most common stories from survivors.”
And that iconic jump scare you mention, the shot of the head popping out was filmed in Verna Fields’ pool. Milk or something like that had been added to make the water more murky.
@@darkprose Love that jump scare! Did you ever notice the sound of a scream for a sound effect on that shot?
@@darkprose bro no one cares.. only die hard jaws fans will be mildly interested in this...
@@darkprose Several resorted to drinking seawater which pickled their organs and caused hallucinations and worse dehiydration etc
You are ver good at talking during the movie about details but still paying complete attention. Not many people can do that. I bet a YT channel is a lot of work, but you can have a successful one if you want to, imho. Good luck.
She's very perceptive.
That was an actual meteor that went by at 18:09.
Spielberg used a mechanical shark, which he named "Bruce" after his lawyer. It broke a lot, so he had to limit its use in the movie. The fact that we didn't see much of the shark made the scenes where we did see it more impactful. A happy accident.
Quint is like Captain Ahab in Moby Dick. He's a fanatic who wants revenge against a giant white sea creature, and his fixation leads to his own death. That's why he smashed the radio, by the way. It wasn't the money. He didn't want anyone or anything getting in the way of him extracting his vengeance.
Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss couldn't stand each other. It wasn't just acting.
The "reporter" on camera is the actual author of ”Jaws" Peter Benchley
He regretted writing Jaws because it caused a lot of fear and hatred towards sharks he became an advocate for marine conservation afterwards I guess after the film as he was involved in that. I don't think the film as great as it is did much for sharks.
There's something quite fun about watching one of my favorite films of all time, in an abbreviated fashion, with commentary from someone who hasn't seen it before. 🤩And I can tell all the reactions are honest~ Cheers!
This was the first film that coined the term blockbuster. Awesome reaction.
If memory serves, waiting in line to the box-office all the way 'round the block, and sometimes wrapping around twice or more!
SUMMER Blockbuster...
I think The Exorcist was the first true blockbuster and it spawned the name.
*Jonathan Searles, who played the little kid with the fake shark fin who said “He made me do it” is now the Chief of Police of Edgartown, Massachusetts, where Jaws was filmed.*
Kid basically became a real life Chief Brody
No kidding? That’s pretty cool!
You're seeing two shark experts working on this from two different angles. Quint is the old school shark hunter, with years of experience. Hooper is the college educated shark expert, who knows the latest technology about dealing with sharks, but has less experience, and gets easily spooked.
This was one of Steven Spielberg's earliest movies, and was done long before CGI effects.
It's also one of his best. I think he gets way too sentimental in his later films. I did love Raiders of the Lost Ark though.
4:10 This was a meeting of the small business owners in the town. So, what the _"24 hours is like 3 weeks"_ statement actually means is that for every 24 hours in which summer tourists can't go to the beach will result in a loss of 3 weeks income for the small business owners of Amity Island. Remember as the mayor said, Amity is a summer town in which all the residents' livelihoods depend almost entirely on the summer tourism, much like Cape Cod, Massachusetts or Cape May, New Jersey. It wasn't meant to be an exaggeration of how long a day without the beach feels.
And it's a summer holiday to boot. Closing on or around July 4th, up north in a beach town? You can't make up that kind of money.
Why the mayor deserves more respect. Dude was in a terrible position.
Love Cape cod it's a great white hotspot in fact today there are more great whites swimming around Cape Cod in certain times of the year than anywhere else. Cape cod also has the Mako a close relative of the great white which is amazing to dive with.
Would be a dream come true to run into either Deep Blue or Kawi girl 2 very real great whites that reach the size of "bruce" in this movie. but unlike "bruce" those two female sharks are not aggressive to divers. The photographer who named "Kawi girl at one point was free diving and Kawi girl came right up next to her and they both started swimming together side by side.
In the book, the mayor was also in deep with some mobsters, adding to his money troubles.
I think Quint suffered from survivors dilemma giving him latent death wish and why he took so many extreme risks. Great reaction. Thank you.
Yes and he wanted to avenge the the death of the Sailors.
@@65cj55 That's ridiculous.
I think Quint had an extreme hatred for sharks.
And equal amount of fear.
Quint = Ahab.
In answer to your question about the town - Jaws was filmed around Martha's Vineyard - the fictional town of Amity is Edgartown. The lagoon is Sengekontacket Pond, and most of the beach scenes were filmed on Chappaquiddick Island :)
I never knew those beach scenes were that "infamous" Chappaquiddick Island! If you are old enough you know what I mean! Thanks for the info!
Yeah my family and I stumbled upon the filming of this future classic returning from vacation. It was a pretty cool experience.
I believe he only beach scene filmed on Chappaquidick was the end titles shot when they come to shore.
The beach scenes were Joseph Sylvia State beach (Kintner attack and 4th July panic) and South Beach (opening bonfire and Chrissie's remains found). The holiday roast pier scene was Harthhaven.
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They weren't. In Jaws 2 however, in the beginning Brody drives over the small bridge where Kennedy's car came off.
@@scottmessenger8639 Remember it well. Teddy Kennedy hatched his own big problem on Chappaquiddick Island just 2 days before the first manned moon landing (Apollo 11). Remember the tabloid headlines in Paris on July 20, "l'affaire Kennedy"
In the original script, only Brody was supposed to survive the final action scene. They only re-wrote it because the team that was filming the underwater cage divers had gotten some great footage of a diver escaping a real shark, and they wanted to use that in the final movie. So, Hooper got to survive.
Yeah, it wasn't footage of a diver escaping. A shark became entangled with the empty cage and had to squirm its way free. Spielberg was delighted with the footage, but upset that there was no diver in the cage when it happened (may have been killed but whatever). The only workaround, that would allow them to use the footage of the entangled shark, was to rewrite it and have Hooper escape from the cage instead of dying, as it was originally scripted.
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The footage was good, filmed in February 1974 before shooting began on Martha's Vineyard, but Spielberg can't have been too happy because he hired the Taylors to get more footage in March and then again in April, but they failed both times and Spielberg settled for what the Taylors got in February.
Hooper wasn't cast then. I think seeing as the Dreyfuss Hooper was much more likeable than the initial script Hooper, he may have been allowed to live anyway. We'll never know.
@@FrancisXLord That sounds right. I should have googled before speaking from memory.
I'm glad Hooper survived. Otherwise, we would have never had The Goodbye Girl in 1977
THE MAYOR... "My KIDS were on that beach, too...". He didn't ask THEM to get in the water, he chose to Brow beat a counsilman (and his family) to make that sacrifice.
The Story Quint gave of the Indianapolis really happened. The Captain was court martialed for not sailing in a Zig-Zag maneuver prior to the Sub sinking it.
Captain McVay was later completely exonerated and the Court-Martial was removed from his record. Unfortunately this didn’t occur until decades after he’d committed suicide in 1968.
The captain should not have been court marshalled. He only had to zig zag in hostile waters and there were no signs of enemy in the territory. At least no one warned him there were. 3 distress signals were sent out. All 3 were ignored. One, the nco was too drunk, one, thought it was a trick to get them out there to be attacked and the last I can't remember what happened. But, it should've been all 3 NCOs that got court marshalled.
The council man was complicit in the cover up. The mayor rightly told him to get in the water, seeing as he wasn't the front man like the mayor was.
They actually called the captain of the Japanese sub that sank it to testify against him and even THAT guy said he didn't do anything wrong. The Japanese sub located them by hearing the plates in the galley being moved around. They really wanted to shunt the blame to somebody.
Still stands the test of time after 50 years. My favourite film of all time. Fun Fact. The guy who did some of Hooper's stunt double work underwater is Dick Warlock, who was Michael Myers in Halloween.
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I really LOVE your reactions so much. You are REAL. Thank you so much. I can't wait to see your next 100 reaction videos.
Totally real -- guileless and unsophisticated and literal af. I just discovered this channel, and I'm having trouble not picturing our host in conversation with Forrest Gump. That conversation would last hours and be unintentionally hilarious throughout.
8.15 the greatest jump scare in movie history strikes again. I've watched dozens of reaction videos on Jaws, including mash ups, and this one has a 99% success rate, its incredible, almost never fails. In the cinema in 1975, this caused popcorn to go airborne!. Fun trivia: It was filmed partly in a swimming pool and added to the movie late as the mechanical shark kept breaking down & Spielberg felt the movie 'needed a moment' early on. More fun trivia: the shark was called Bruce after Spielberg's lawyer; the kid who says 'he made me do it' in the fake fin scene is now chief of police in Martha's Vineyard, effectively becoming Brody. The author of the Jaws novel, Peter Benchley, makes a cameo as the reporter on the beach.
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The "How hungry is this damn shark? and the self-injury at victory arm-raises had me cracking up.
Enjoyed your reaction video very much. Nice movie choice. Great job! Predict you and your channel are going to be very successful.
Thanks! I hope you are good at predictions :)
Agreed! So likable.
13:23 Those old cans used to be made of actual Steel so crushing one with one hand like that was impressive.
You mentioned how much you liked the town. I think that one of the great things about Jaws is that all the location shooting let's viewers see the local color. You can't get that sort of texture if you only film in a studio. You also mentioned how the second half reduces the cast to 3 people. As great as the action and special effects are, a key part of the movie is the interplay of Brody, Quint, & Hooper. I loved seeing your non-verbal reaction to the USS Indianapolis story. Great video!
A shooting star has been one of Spielberg's calling cards in numerous movies as per IMDB
Robert Shaw was such an icon. He was also great in the movie The Sting, which is a great watch, and a very fun movie, Robert Redford Paul Newman and Eileen Brennan.
I greatly preferred the version of The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 with Shaw over the new one.
This is my favorite horror film as it has the right amount of suspense and scares while also having characters you like and root for. Everyone in this film did an amazing job and this is the only film that truly scared me as the music was intense and I also have loved sharks since I was a kid and so I believe those two things together is what scared me. I’ve been able to see this film on the big screen a few times and I’m really glad I did as the experience is amazing. Great reaction, take care!
Ben Gardener scores again, terrific reaction to an amazing movie, looking forward to more.
Fun reaction. Can't wait to see more from you!
6:15 "The tiger shark has no teeth".
Yes, they do.
48 sharp pointy teeth.
The fisherman that caught it has been yanking them out and selling them to the crowd.
But it had no teeth and she noticed.
Quint's obsession is the same as Ahabs, they even died the same way in the book and the shark died the same was as Moby Dick
Yeah, glad the movie changed it up somewhat and Quint only went after the shark once he was paid.
I watch a lot of movie reactors. You're very entertaining. I wish you well with your channel. And I love your interest in the picket fences and the karate students 😊
Years after the movie came out, the lady that played Mrs. Kinter (Lee Fierro) walked into a Massachusetts seafood restaurant and noticed that the menu had an "Alex Kinter Sandwich."
The owner of the restaurant came out to speak to her, and it was an all-grown up Jeffrey Voorhees who played her son Alex Kinter in the movie.
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Looking forward to more movie reaction on your channel. Thank you :)
I'm so glad I noticed you! Keep up the awesome job. Your channel is taking off fast.
It was fun watching you react to that absolute classic,..thanks!
13:13 The island town they filmed in is Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, just down from Cape Cod. Also, the reason why the Mayor and townspeople are so upset about closing the beaches is that the entire economy of the town is based on summer tourism. You make your money from very late spring to maybe early autumn, and hopefully you''ve put enough away to at least get you through the New England winter (zero+- tourism). Don't get me wrong-not apologizing for their attitude, but that's the reason why they were so upset, and the Mayor being so bullheaded. Again, great work!
Hey Erica. You're adorable and you picked some great first movies for your channel. Greetings from Germany.
Had to watch this a second time. There's nothing in my subs box I want to watch and I just had an overwhelming urge to watch this reaction again. Boy, i really love this reaction. If you are taking requests, please react to The Sixth Sense.
My dad took me to see JAWS at the drive-in in 1975, I was 7 years old. It was like a secret mission: "Don't tell your mom!" Yeaaaah, had nightmares for weeks after that, but what a great memory.
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meanwhile, the fence karate choppers are having a free for all
great review. u r one of the few liking the scenery in certain scenes or discussing picket fence quality. Loved that!! . most are too riveted to note that stuff. hahahaha
Oh, I love your reactions - both your comments and your looks into the camera! Thanks for the videos, and I look forward to seeing you react to a whole bunch of stuff! Have a great week!
Thanks for reacting to one of the best! Big hug from Sweden! 🇸🇪
"We're gonna need a bigger boat." Classic, fun movie.
The mayor is still the mayor in Jaws II, which underlines the importance of getting out to vote.
And _then_ he really freaks out :)
Black eyes like a doll's eyes. Robert Shaw's performance is captivating.
We deserve movies this unique and direct again. I'm tired of old reused Disney squeezins from better movies.
Agree 110%! And I'm beyond tired of the (mostly dull, imo) superhero genre. When o when will it ever end?!? Unlike some, I don't see movies at large dying out permanently, even if theaters do (I hope not). There's nothing better to replace movies as a popular medium, I don't think, but the industry behind it needs a shot in the arm, ...or death, I guess, followed by a rebirth from some unexpected source. Originality, above all, is what's so fundamentally lacking.
This was terrifying in the theater in 1975 when I saw it at 8 years old. I refused to even go into a local lake for 3 years. So glad you liked it!
Once I learned about Bull Sharks I quit swimming in anything except man made swimming pools
Is this a bad time to tell you that Bull sharks have no problem going right up into freshwater systems. One big Bull was tagged 200 miles up the Mississippi river. It's one of the things that make them so dangerous. Other reasons why they are one of the worst sharks to meet is they are one of the most aggressive shark species and have the most powerful bite of all sharks living today at up to 1300 psi. A bull is the most likely shark that was responsible for the real life attacks of 1916 along the NJ shoreline as well as a freshwater river.
Some ways to limit your risk of becoming attacked yourself. Don't swim at either sun rise or sun set these are times where sharks will be hunting the most often. Don't swim anywhere near where a river meets the sea many sharks including bull sharks and young great whites use these areas to hunt. Don't swim near piers they attract the bait fish which in turn brings in the sharks.
Don't swim alone sharks are not mindless killers like these movies make them out to be and do pick and choose what they go after. A single potential prey item is much less likely to injure a shark than attacking a group and they know that too.
If a shark is seen do not panic and start splashing. This mimics a distressed fish in the water and will make a shark that was only curious and just passing through checking things out decide to attack (One recorded attack actually happened as a result of this) with some shark species like the Tiger shark will sometimes not attack if you make eye contact. Again, it's an injury risk over reward chances a prey item that is clueless to its surroundings is much less likely to defend itself than one that has situational awareness and knows the shark is there.
Tiger sharks that continue to come in to close can also be redirected in some cases. During my dives with Tigers, I have probably had to redirect at least 25 different sharks from the newborn pups no more than 5 feet long to the full-grown adults that were close to the 15 foot mark.
@@aaroncoffman88 A 8 foot female bull shark was the first shark I ever was in the water with. One of those so this is how my life is about to end feelings. Luckly she was not hungry or aggressive just curious about the strange new animal in her home. Came in close took a look went nope you're not food and left almost as fast as she had appeared.
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Great reaction. I enjoyed it.
Brilliant, if you want another great old movie
ZULU introducing Michael Caine in a lead role.
Actual people, actual events, a British military action, where more VC's were awarded than in any other engagement before or since.
Fun Fact. The Zulu warriors are played by actual Zulu and the Zulu King is played by his real life direct descendant.
Despite the terrible political situation in South Africa at the time, Stanley Baker made sure EVERYONE got paid equally without any racial discrimination.
Fantastic movie.
One of Michael Caine's greatest roles.
Absolutely a great movie. I've watched it several times.
I was always fascinated by the poster whenever I saw the DVD/VHS on sale as a little girl and would beg my parents to let me watch it from the age of 2 onwards, I finally got my wish when it was re-released on the big screen when I was 10 and my Dad took me to see it after school one Friday, and it was the first movie to put the jump into jumpscare for me. I literally jumped a couple of inches out of my seat during the scene with Henry Gardener
The USS Indiapolis did indeed sink in the conditions described, but Quints take on the sailors being eaten en masse by sharks is wildly inaccurate. The death toll was horrific but sharks were only a very minor reason - most deaths occurred due to exposure, dehydration, and wounds received in the initial attack. Of course, his telling of it gives him a motive for his fanatical obsession with killing sharks. It's the reason he destroys the radio - not because he wants the bounty, but he wants revenge on the shark for the things he's endured. Think Captain Ahab in Moby Dick, and you're getting there.
Saw this at 15-16 at the drive-in...i was strictly a pool kid after that for about 10 years 😅🔥🤘
This movie introduced people to summer blockbuster’s!
The way they filmed his shock at 3:32 was one of the best scenes ever. I remember seeing that scene as a kid at the movie theater and it was so effective.
The dolly zoom is a Hitchcock thing and the jarring string instruments are reminiscent of the Psycho shower scene..
I watch this one once a year, if not bi-annually. Cinematic HISTORY this film is!!!
1. Jaws was the first "Summer Blockbuster".
2. Boy Scouts don't need to do the mile swim to get their merit badge. It's an accomplishment all its own.
3. Lee Fierro/Mrs. Kentner actually slapped Roy Scheider. It took 17 takes. Once was so hard it knocked his glasses off.
4. The jump scare at Ben Gardner's boat was put in on purpose by Spielberg because they were having problems with the shark "Bruce" and his appearance was delayed, and the movie needed something earlier. Works every time.🤣🤣🤣🤣
5. IRL Dreyfuss and Shaw didn't get along, so Spielberg used the animosity to fuel their feud onscreen.
6. The boy that said, "He made me do it' is now the Police Chief of the town where this movie was filmed.
7. Hooper was wrong. The fish that hit the line was "our fish".
8. To me the best scene framing work was the pullback to the vandalized Welcome sign.
9. Movie magic: An animal that large couldn't hit the side of the boat as rapidly as it did UNDER WATER.
10. I suspect Quint's story about the Indy gave him PTSD flashbacks and contributed to his behavior after he told the Indianapolis story. It' personal.
11. I was in the Navy, and we were instructed to go for the eyes when confronting a shark.
12. Aside from the swimming pool used in the Ben Gardner boat scenes, all of the shipboard scenes were filmed entirely at sea,
13. In the book not only does Hooper die but he was also having an affair with Mrs. Brody.
14. JAWS II is the only other one worth watching. It revolves around the Brody kids and their friends. Including the mayor's son.
15 The third one was so bad that Scheider read the script and said NO.
This movie damaged the beach resort industry around the world for years. People refused to swim in lakes some even swore off swimming in pools 😂.
This also started a shark hunting craze that helped depopulate this important scavenger in many areas. Any shark attack or sighting was used as an excuse to kill every shark in the area. A lot of these sharks mysteriously lose their fins in some parts of the world.😮💨
The original author Peter Benchley felt so bad about stirring up public fear and hate for sharks he dedicated a lot of his time to ocean conservation.
Just so you know the Jaws franchise gets progressively worse to near Sharknado proportions by the end.
Shark hunting was a big thing well before Jaws. The record rod and reel great white was in 1959 and Quint was part based on real life shark fisherman Frank Mundus, who caught a 4,500 pound great white off Montauk, Long Island in 1964.
Sharks killed due to Jaws were a drop in the ocean compared to those killed by the Asian shark finning industry, commercial gill net and long line by-catch and the beach netting programmes.
The flip side is without Jaws, we wouldn't have the knowledge and understanding we have today. Jaws kick started a major boom in shark research.
Such a great film. I recommend reading the book after the movie to get more background on the characters and their relationship.
@18:15ish.... Cine's reaction is priceless!
I loved your review and comments regarding this classic movie "Jaws."
Great video about a great movie! Congratulations!!!
My first ever comment! Thanks! :)
Jaws is Steven Spielberg’s third feature length film and second theatrical film.
The monologue that Quint gave about the USS Indianapolis is actually a true story. The ship had just completed a top secret mission delivering uranium and other components for the atomic bomb to the Tinian Naval Base in the Mariana Islands. The Indianapolis was on its way to the Philippines when it was struck by two Japanese torpedoes and sank on July 30, 1945. Of the 1,195 crewmen aboard the Indianapolis, approximately 300 went down with the ship, while more than 500 died of exposure, dehydration, salt water poisoning and shark attacks. Only 316 crewmen survived after the four day ordeal at sea. It was the greatest loss of life from a single ship lost at sea in the history of the U.S. Navy.
This film is based on the 1974 horror novel Jaws, written by Peter Benchley. The novel grew from his interest in sharks after learning about the exploits of Frank Mundus, a shark fisherman in Montauk, New York. Benchley makes a small cameo appearance halfway in this film as the news reporter on the beach (9:22). There are several differences between the novel and the film. For example, Hopper and Brody’s wife have an affair in the novel, and Hooper is killed in the shark cage. Also, Mayor Vaughn has ties to the Mafia and owns beachfront properties that the Mob shares with him. Vaughn wants to keep the beaches open so tourists will visit and rent houses, which will keep his underworld bosses happy. This was written out for the film because it didn’t add much to the story. Instead the mayor represents the political and economic interests of the town which is dependent on tourist revenues for their livelihoods.
Jaws was primarily shot on location at Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The production of Jaws was notoriously difficult as the mechanical shark was constantly malfunctioning. This forced Spielberg to go with a minimalistic and suggestive approach that kept the monster mostly hidden throughout the film, but its presence was always felt through music and special effects techniques. There were three full-scale mechanical sharks built for the film which the crew all nicknamed “Bruce” after Spielberg’s lawyer Bruce Ramer.
Since Jaws was the first major motion picture shot on the ocean, this presented the cast and crew with many logistical challenges. This caused the film to go over budget and schedule. Many disgruntled crew members nicknamed the film “Flaws.” Spielberg attributed many of the problems to inexperience and perfectionism. Despite all the issues, Jaws became the highest-grossing film of all time until the release of Star Wars two years later. The film also went on to win three academy awards for best film editing, best sound, and best original score. Jaws was a cultural phenomenon that today is regarded as one of the greatest films ever made.
Peter Benchley, the author of the novel 'Jaws,' played the news reporter on the beach in the film.
It's thought that "Jaws" ('75) was the original summer blockbuster movie, and that after this, studios began planning for big summer movies, with wide releases and huge marketing campaigns. It was also one of first movies (but not the first) to spawn a bunch of sequels that helped set up the expectation that sequels to hit movies were going to be bad. If you want to see another movie featuring Quint (Robert Shaw), try "The Sting" ('73), it's a classic hit film. For Hopper (Richard Dreyfus), try "American Graffiti" ('73) and / or "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" ('77), both hit films. As for Chief Brody, he's in "Marathon Man" ('76), which has a screenplay by the same writer who did "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid" and "The Princess Bride."
13:20 The Way She Says Captain😅😅😅
I vote adding Close Encounters of the Third Kind to the reaction list.
Great fun reaction ❤ based on the novel by Peter Benchley who initially was on set to provide technical advise and he assisted on the screenplay with Carl Gotlieb who played the newspaper publisher. Benchley played the TV reporter on the beach. He had major issues with the way Steven Spielberg was changing his novel and was eventually asked to leave the filming. There are some differences between the movie anf the novel (like who got killed and how,, Mrs Brody and Hooper having an affair, they came back from hunting the shark eveyday....) but a major one to me was not explaining why the mayor was issistent on keeping tje beaches open. He was borrowing money from the Mob and needed to pay them back.
Really enjoyed your reaction, Erica, and love your personality. Good luck with your channel. I'll look forward to more!
Nice start to your channel! Just subbed!
In the novel, Hooper was supposed to die too. He doesn't make it out of the cage. However, the crew who was filming the shark footage, got an absolutely stupendous footage of the shark getting stuck in the cage. Problem was, the Stunt Double wasn't in the cage at that moment. The footage was too good to lose, so Hooper got to live.
Great job. I love this flick.
Steve Spielberg's first big hit! The Mayor is played by Murray Hamilton, a great character actor who's career goes way back to the to the 1940's, usually playing an unsympathetic character. Saw him in a an episode of the TV show "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" playing a villain last night called "Escape to Sonoita" and you just absolutely hate him. 8:58 I usually hate vandalism, but that sign is hilarious! 10:05 Yeah, there's people already there! 13:16 This was filmed on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
According to the television show Sunday Morning on CBS, the woman who played the girl killed by the shark in the opening scene died about a month ago.
SPECTACULAR reaction!!
Great reaction😀Watch the thing from 1982. Best horror movie ever😃
1:15 - yes, an “islander” is someone who’s lived there their whole life.
Also, the concern the mayor and townspeople have about “summer dollars” is legit and very well conveyed in this film. I grew up on a South Jersey island that focused on family tourism. What gets swept under the rug or dealt with outside of public sight is staggering.
He's still a moron, though. The legacy of those attacks could dry up the tourism for years, and it might never recover. Not to mention risking lives, dying horrifying deaths, just to (perhaps) learn a hard lesson only after the fact is immoral. I can't remember now, but I don't think he does learn anything by "Jaws II". Re "staggering": I've always heard little towns are more prone to corruption due to less people needing to be in on the secrets.
In the novel, the mayor owed a large amount to the mafia, and needed the tourism money to pay his debts.
@@PolferiferusII I don't think the mayor is a moron; I'd call him a scumbag. He's not dumb, he's immoral. To be clear, I'm not justifying his behavior. I'm simply saying that people like him absolutely exist and based on my first hand knowledge, the movie/actor did a great job portraying this mindset. (The mayor does not learn his lesson in Jaws II, he's still an immoral scumbag.)
I think in small towns people more share a common interest, which drives the "corruption," as you put it, not necessarily "less people needing to be in on the secrets." There's also definitely an "us" and "them" mentality too, meaning locals hate tourists, but they need them for survival. It's an angst fueled symbiotic relationship.
@@jeffcoat1959 I didn't know that, I never read the book, appreciate the insight.👍
one of the kids with the fake fin became sheriff on that Island (Martha's Vineyard) a couple of yrs ago
9:23 the reporter on the beach is Peter Benchley, the author of the book.
One of my favorite scenes is when Jaws goes under with 3 barrels and Quint realizes for the first time that he is in over his head.
The USS Indianapolis is in our history books as the largest mass animal attack on man. Quint's story is exaggerated on the number of deaths all being shark related. He is an interesting character driven by PTSD. Shark hunting is his way of handling the memory with payback. Jaws could have been his greatest victory and he was obsessed with killing it.
Chief Brody's constant need to call on the radio for help was frustrating Quint. Quint had already survived the Indianapolis without a radio, so he felt confident enough to smash that one. He wasn't going to let any help come in and steal away his latest shark conquest. Besides that, if word gets around that a prolific shark hunter had to call for help - his shark hunting business would probably be over.
9:32 "he wants him to go into the water?! what is he, an enemy?" i think the politicians are more dangerous than the sharks. the shark just wants to eat, and be left alone. great reaction to a classic! i subbed to see more! 👍
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at 11:04 -- There is a deleted scene that explains why Michael is in shock and has to goto the hospital. The scene reads..
After the shark attacks the guy in the Estuary, it goes after Michael Brody, with the Estuary guy still in its jaws. The Estuary guy, barely alive, pushes Michael out of the way, saving Michaels life.
If you google Jaws Deleted Scene Estuary guy, you can watch the scene that was cut from the movie.
9:28 They are tents to change clothes in, not outhouses. Btw luv the reaction. Subscribed!
Both the “Jaws” novel and the movie were inspired by a series of deadly shark attacks along the Jersey shore over a short period of time, resulting in multiple fatalities, all of which were caused by a single rogue bull shark. In short, incidents like those portrayed in Jaws do indeed take place in real life. Check the shark attack records for Florida, Australia, and California for more evidence.
Nobody knows what shark species was responsible for the Matawan Creek attacks but at least one of the ocean attacks (Charles Bruder) was a large great white according to researcher Mark Marks. Larger than the shark in Matawan Creek.
As with the crazy multiple Egypt attacks in 2010 there were probably different sharks involved.
They mention that incident in the movie I think too
one of the great classics, and there are a few
10:00 the mayor is probably worried that if these people realize they can't go swimming they'll never come to this beach.
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Welcome #63 :)
The reporter on the beach is the author of the book "Jaws". Peter Benchley.
Your reactions are wonderfully authentic...I hope you keep doing them! Good journey :) Peace!
8:18 the scene with the head coming out of the hole in the boat… Spielberg after the editing was pretty much done, knew that he needed another jump scare. So that scene was shot in a pool. The strange thing that nobody really talks about is the plot point of this. Because later on they talk about finding the tooth in the hole of the boat. and it's a boat of a local fisherman that everybody knows. But there's no talk about Ben...the name of the fisherman that is now missing. Or that his boat has sunk. And that his head is in the boat. You would think that they would take the boat out of the water fine the dead fisherman. And then that would've been enough to close the beaches. But obviously we can't do that because we need to move forward.
Good point. They even said they towed in the boat
This movie was shot on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The ferry shown in the beginning of the movie shuttles between the Vineyard and Chappaquiddick, across a narrow channel. It's nicknamed "The on-time ferry". It's never late because it has no schedule.
Fantastic how this movie sticks it's landing every time, generation after generation. Steven Spielberg is such a master filmmaker. Close Encounters of the Third Kind is another of his early classics worth watching. I hope you include some Alfred Hitchcock films on your cinematic journey.
Just came across your channel you are one of the most pleasant and nice people I’ve seen on you tube
Awesome work on this review! If you can manage it, two Roy Scheider films that hardly get any reactions but are well worth the watch:
“2010: The Year We Make Contact”(1984) is the sequel to Kubrick’s “2001”, and the movie adaption of Arthur C Clarke’s sequels to his original novel.
“Blue Thunder”(1983) was written by Dan O’Bannon (“Alien” creator), and delves into the militarization of police, information privacy, the deep state, and has Malcolm Macdowell as an amazing villain.
Classic Shark movie and a masterpiece in film making history!! Awesome reaction also!! 🙂❤
Ben Gardner strikes again, love it lol Great reaction!
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