The perfect reveal, both in terms of placement in the movie (just before the mid-point) and degree of visualisation (not too much shown, but enough to reveal its huge dimensions).
Yes!! That part is the first glimpse of the shark in the whole movie and traumatized me as a child I would always remember that image of the open-mouthed shark swimming up to that guy whenever I swam, even in a pool
Yeah a brilliant shot..lasts 2 seconds, but in that moment you get a sense of how large the shark is. Up until that point, you haven't really seen it. "Bruce" kept malfunctioning during filming which forced Spielberg to re-write the scenes which made for a much better and scarier film.
@@sotiristsamandanis6424 Then I guess you're unfamiliar with getting a good estimate of a shark's length by looking at it's 1st dorsal fin to it's 2nd or to it's tail.
6:50 Something about the way Brody is running upon the stone wall as the crowd frantically trails behind him, paired with the dramatic score as they desperately try to get these kids out of the water before it’s too late just gives me the CHILLS. Brilliantly shot sequence from, in my opinion, the best movie ever made.
quite simply one of the greatest movies ever made. It is flawless. The acting, the pacing, the tension, the dialogue - everything. It never gets old. It will never be bettered.
46 years later, the original JAWS remains the best of films. This was my late Mom's favorite movie. Forever a golden and immortal masterpiece of cinema. 🦈
This was my favorite movie as a child. I had a shark documentary that came on after Jaws was over and I would watch them both on a regular basis and it propelled me to learn everything I could about sharks. The total opposite effect you'd expect this movie to have.
@@oljimeagle exactly! I was, like anyone should be, TERRIFIED but though just a movie, I wanted to learn more! Shark week has changed a lot of minds! Not saying not be scared but they aren’t mindless machines! But EVERY ocean I just look to see a fin
To think this movie is almost 50 years old and the amount of terror it could generate on you so many years later is a testament to how well speilberg directed this film. Awesome movie
Yes so true it’s frightening, not a single person can say that they’re not afraid of being devoured by a predator like that. Even though they probably would just take a bite out of you in real life not eat you entirely, I thought they’re usually just confused
8:30 is my favorite moment in Jaws. I always got the sense that the shark was communicating with Brody telepathically and saying “You want me? Come and get me.”
I just saw this in IMAX last week and I have to say I agree with you. And during the final battle at sea there’s a very real sense that both Quint and the shark could flee and live but realize they’re in a fight to the death and accept it.
I always interpreted it the other way around, Brody silently challenging the shark. “That does it-now you want to threaten my family? You’re going to pay.”
Jaws is the only shark in history to have his own personal orchestra follow him around everywhere he goes. The trouble is his victims can hear him coming a mile away.
It's hard to imagine, this film nearly ended Spielberg's career before it got started and it ended up making him a Hollywood legend (imo). Duel from 1971 is a good SS film too - no blood, guts/gore, shoot 'em ups etc, just suspense.
7:05 That shot makes me scared of the ocean. It’s not the fact of drowning… it’s what’s underneath that scares me. Not knowing what is underneath is terrifying.
8:25 I always get chills when Brody looks out at the ocean. It was at this moment the shark had made it personal & Brody had had enough of the animal's reign of terror.
@@jw831 great white sharks will often push themselves out of the water when they have enough energy for an ambush strike. A bit far fetched in this movie ofc but it’s still effective.
I never really understood when people say the shark in JAWS looks fake; it always looked real enough to me. I'm really glad it was made in the 70s since if it were made today it would surely have been done with CGI. And that's including if Spielberg made it.
The news reporter at the beginning of this scene is the author who wrote the original novel of the same name as the film adaptation. It's Peter Benchley (R.I.P)!
@@topangachronic9463 Yes but it was based on Benchley’s book. He later became a major shark advocate when he realized how many were being killed by man (100 million per year), how beneficial they were to the ecosystem and how they were unfairly portrayed as monsters. That’s why he wished he hadn’t written the book.
Bruce still looks fantastic 47 years later. I know everyone had the “Shark still looks fake” joke but I disagree Bruce always looked great and always will. Animatronics will always rule over CGI for me
@@SamuelBlack84that’s such a crazy and inventive way of doing it. You don’t even notice while watching the scene because you’re so wrapped up in the terror of it. But right in the middle of the terror, suddenly it’s just babes on the beach enjoying the sun, hearing the most terrifying screams imaginable and looking out wondering what the hell is going on. Jesus this movie is amazing
The musical score of Jaws is so incredible, and it plays such a big part in the movie. The music starts slow, and it increases in intensity as you can suspect that the shark is nearby or approaching. The eerie music mixed with the camerawork is tension and suspense at its finest. Jaws is as one of the very few movies where the music alone can scare the audience, and no other movie really does that quite as well
You should look up the score. It's mostly 2 notes. E and F. Which are minor 2nd interval. That pops up very frequently in horror. It's in Psycho (1960) and Halloween. Occasionally there's a D in there. It's John Williams.
I heard one of the crew say, that if they put speakers in the gazeebo and played the theme from Jaws at a beach, it would cause a mass exodus from the water. No lie. Decades later, that soundtrack still has TEETH!
There is more than just the dun-dun leitmotif, in the barrel scenes we got exciting pirate music, the opening attack has some Penderecki/Psycho style string screams combined with Stravinsky esque wailing brass and angry bass drums and the final battle theme is just a complete badass duel between the Brody's theme and the Shark leitmotif. The Orca leitmotif also has a unique preparing for battle sttkte feeling as well.
@@rebeccajohnson8712 i meant in terms of effects. Most onscreen shark attacks are either cartoonish or brimming with fake looking effects. The execution here is simple and absolutely effective. Obviously a real white shark attack probably wouldn't look like this. It'd probably look like nothing....then fast thrashing and massive violence where you couldnt make out much of what was happening
@@3912James how so?? The shark is visble for only a few seconds (and looks pretty terrifying tbh). Almost every other shark attack ive seen in film is either over done and fake-ish...or overly murky and doesnt show anything. This scene hits the sweet spot
I remember this film as if it was yesterday. I was twelve and in Germany it was restricted to sixteen. But the father of a friend owned a cinema, and so we got in. I wasn‘t shocked, but deeply impressed. I don‘t give a damn for computer effects. This is until today the best animal horror I‘ve ever seen . . . Greetings GdN
RossDiamondTheif Indeed. Its all show over substance today. The story is second fiddle to what they can do (mostly what they shouldn't do) with the effects. Sad really. Cheers.
@@fluorosco So many of the shots in this film get you inside the characters thoughts and feelings. You know what they're feeling. When Brody leans back and looks out to sea after his kid is nearly killed you just know he's saying "Ok,this is war".
@@roquefortfiles Spot on. It's brilliant. Over his fear of the water . That's it. He's gotta sort it out. I've given up trying not to get bored of it by leaving it a while. At least once a fortnight it on the bluray . And the book's on the bedside table. Though in this case, the movie is better than the book.
@@fluorosco Dude!!. You're talking to a guy who got over his fear of flying to go to Jawsfest and tour all the locations on Martha's Vineyard. And I knew i would do this one day in 1975 when I saw the film
Bruce the shark looks more akin to a movie monster than an actual shark. The robustness of the animatronic shark gives the movie so much character and anyone complaining about the shark looking fake needs to expand their artistic outlook. 7:05 is nightmare fuel.
Its hilarious when some people today say the shark looks fake, when they have no problem accepting clearly fake oceans, skies, even explosions and fire. It's baffling.
It's such a great shot with the smaller brody kid in the foreground calmly making sandcastles and the shark's dorsal fin and tail in the background,, cruising into the estuary. So convincing
I saw "Jaws" when it was first released. I was nine years old. This scene disturbed me, hearing the man scream like that as he was getting attacked and eaten. Pretty heavy stuff. And it's still a really good, gripping scene.
I never went into the water after seeing this as a kid. Not long after this film came out ‘Grizzly’ was released, so that stopped me going into the woods. My childhood was fucked by Hollywood.
6:14 What a master class of a film, just even the little things of this film are great, love the way the panic starts to set in after realising what if this woman's cries are truth? his son is in the pond, the next scene you see is a massive shark passing his youngster son heading towards Michael, best film ever for me, the music, the cast, the shot, the story, everything, just wonderful.
I didn't want to go swimming, even tho I live near the Great Lakes. And it was January. It's possible for a bull shark to live if someone PUT IT there (lots of screens and filters), but not a great white.
This scene showed us the first glimpse of the real killer shark. Thanks to Bruce for breaking down a lot during shooting that Spielberg had to resort to a more suspense approach by not showing the beast in earlier scenes and using the sharks POV. This what made the movie more scarier. I was 5 when I first saw this movie in the 80's and was scared to go the beach yet alone into the water.
Exactly, what was a big headache in getting ‘Bruce’ to work and might have been a nail in the coffin for the production, turned out to promote Spielberg’s awesome creativity, and it worked. The scenes that we could not see the shark because it was malfunctioning, but Spielberg’s directive creativity still instilling suspense and terror without it, was pure movie making genius and brilliance.
Wrong again. Bruce is more clever than you realize. The boys obviously created a massive diversion so Bruce could slip unnoticed into the pond for a snack. You can clearly see him slip behind everyone at 6:06. If it weren't for that meddling woman that spotted him, he would have been in and out before anyone noticed. Those boys were obviously in cahoots with the shark.
This was the first movie I had seen ever seen in my life. Just coming from Vietnam in 1986, I think I was 4 or 5 turned on the TV and was just in complete amazement by seeing the fin of the shark and already knew danger was coming.
@@some_metalhead Amazing. So young and so brilliant. But that's the age. Like young singer song writers. That's when they have the experience and creativity and imagination and energy. It took Don Henley and Glenn Frey two days to write Lyin' Eyes in 1975. Henley was 27 Frey was 26
Yeah your right during those days they would of been thought as practical jokers. Today from a technical sense which is what this whole world is now. you're 100 percent right.
Everybody talks about Robert Shaws performance in this film. But Trully is Roy Scheider who took on his shoulders the whole god damn thing. His performance as Chief Brody is oscar nod worthy too.
To be fair, this the only good shark movie that exists. Everything else, even its sequels is a bunch of garbage. I’ll argue this the only one that legitimately counts as a real film.
@@Maniac61675 Yeah, it is way better than the sequels, but Jaws 2 I respect that, but anyway this one makes a great example of a shark attack, and inspired by real life shark attack incidents in history, like the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, and US Indianapolis in 1945.
I feel so terrible for Michael and Sean’s mother. Just imagine thinking you put your kids in a safe situation then next thing you know you hear screaming and panic coming from where your kids are. That dash to save her kids had to be the most terrifying moment in her life
Yes, Ellen Brody... she shows more of her mother instincts to protect her family in the rather preposterous, yet entertaining sequel, Jaws 4: The Revenge.
What I love about the first jaws is that it's somewhat believable. Sure, its a bit of a stretch but the other jaws movies almost feel like science fiction considering the feats and the sizes of the sharks
I remember in High School, my Ecology Teacher taught and educated us on Sharks, then she had us watch this movie to take notes on what's facts and what was fictional on this shark that real sharks don't do. One of the notes I remember is if you're in the water with a Shark, make sure you tred water. Sharks rarely attack swimmers who are moving, they usually go for the swimmers that are sitting still. They love when they have a School of people when they attack Beaches, Surfers and Sea Turtles are their top targets
The guy he told to get in was complicit in the cover up. He's there at the table at the town meeting. The mayor can't go in. He has a job to fo. The town select man can go in. He's there anyway in his swimming shortsm
This scene and Quint’s death were so realistic and horrifying!! Lol I didn’t even want to go for a bath as a kid when I saw Jaws 😂…. Still stands the test of time and looks a lot more realistic than any other shark movie done today
There are two continuity errors in this scene. At 6:59, when the guy in row boat is knocked into the water, he is not wearing shoes. But at 7:18, when his severed leg falls to the bottom, there is a shoe on the foot. Also, at 6:33, the youngest Brody son, playing in the sand, is wearing a white t-shirt with red sleeve bands and red collar band and green shorts. But at 8:13, the t-shirt is all white and has no sleeve or collar bands and his shorts are now blue.
@@ericsanchez5785 Author Peter Benchley was thrown off the set after objecting to the climax. He was also fired for weighing the story down with too many subplots, involving romance and mafia intrigue. Which could explain him being fired.
One of the scariest things I’ve done was when me and a mate went spear fishing in the dark, with just a torch. I’m in Australia where it’s great white shark infested waters, all I could think about was jaws and the music lol - damn it was scary.
The cinematography in this movie was way ahead of it's time. I saw this as a kid in the 80's and ive watched it a few times a year since and will for the rest of my life. Just a masterpiece of a movie.
I shit my pants at 7:06 when I first saw it. The depth is perfect to cover up the imperfections of the mechanical shark and it made it looked so life like taking that bite
Spielberg is such a genius in how he perfectly balances so many elements to make this so much more than just a great thriller/horror film. Not only is it a terrifying moment of a shark attack but it’s also a cathartic scene in that it’s the final culmination of Brody’s argument against the mayor - while we are terrified for the fate of the people in the water there is also this great, perverse and odd satisfaction we feel in that finally EVERYONE on that beach now knows what they’re up against - it’s the sheer panic as everyone is coming to watch - now our hero chief Brody finally isn’t alone in this war and we feel the forces of the community starting to rise up and work together - there’s a great weird sense of solidarity as it now forces everyone to have to face up to the terrifying truth of what’s happening on their beach. And then there’s the human drama in it. We’ve come to care about this family and now their youngest and most innocent is in danger. And he isn’t shown fighting back or trying to deal with the shark in some heroic manner - no we see him frozen and paralysed in fear just staring out at what’s happening in the water - doing what probably what anyone would do and hoping that if he doesn’t move he won’t draw attention to himself and hopefully won’t get attacked. Then the last part which makes it not only terrifying but it also makes it really emotional is that shot at 8:14 of the younger brother. We see the events through his eyes for this moment and it’s not only terrifying but it’s EMOTIONAL and it’s traumatising. There’s a sense of tragedy and pathos to it all, this was the tragic result of all the many denials of the mayor - the sense that this was all preventable and so needless. Lives were lost not just because of the shark but because man was not looking after his fellow man properly, letting money and greed matter more than human lives. The tears of the child all perfectly encapsulate that. Innocence and the idea of man being good and benevolent to his fellow man completely broken. It’s that framing of this horrific event through the eyes of the innocence, adding some soul and heart to the entire scene and to remind you how might you feel if you were a parent in this situation which just completely elevates the film to a whole great level of its own! Perfectly done scene.
I remember when I first watched this movie on AMC when I was 12 in late 2019 and I loved every minute of it It was Halloween night and it was raining outside and I was also home alone that night and This movie is still iconic to this day
Things I like about this sequence include: 3:48 - large black triangle on the water. 3:15 to 3:17 - moving tip of fin on the water (just above the brim of the man's hat), man saying "False alarm, must be this glare."
I think what makes this so effective as a 'Horror' is the screaming. It feels quite realistic, such as here & like when Quint gets taken - he's quite a tough guy recounting his tales of survival, the old fisherman who knows and breathes sharks, but when he's reduced to shark mince towards the end it's ghastly and grisly to watch...but also feel. A so-called tough guy man desperately trying to stave off his would-be-assassin, survive....kicking and thrashing his legs and trying to clutch onto anything to stop what's coming; and yet he doesn't and there's no music, no cinematic conceit. Just a man getting tossed around like salad in a bowl & eaten by a monster-shark (you can hear crunching, the FX/detail of this movie were astounding for 1975..) as Brody watches on wondering if his fate will align. Masterful Horror in such a shiver-inducing way, who doesn't at some point fear the sea even now where potential Great Whites might roam..?! I live in Oz, in WA and I won't go in the sea, haha. Absolutely classic movie and in my opinion it aged really well (despite Bruce!!) ;)
7:39, the man shouting “SOMEBODY GET A GUN! GET A GUN AND SHOOT IT!” Can express how much a good touch that guy did. Adds to the hysteria and drama to this scene. Jaws is my favorite movie of all time!
I imagine that if he did say that to Larry, he would make this big exuse that he's busy or that he's not properly dressed to go in the water since he's wearing a suit. That doesn't exuse a thing about not going in and yet allowing other people to go in the water when it could be dangerous. Also, they didn't make a "Swim Suit" for nothing. It literally says it right ⬆️
Best movie ever. I was six or seven years old when I watched it for the first time, sleeping over at a classmate's place. We made a pot of coffee in order not to fall asleep before the movie started. Hell, you could have kept an army awake with that amount of caffeine. The result was a mixture of me having nightmares and of course not being able to sleep properly. I remember like it was yesterday that I was so happy when the first rays of sunlight fell through the curtains, happy to have made it through the night. I told my dad about it and he just said something like: "Now you know why you were not allowed to watch that "animal movie" you always wanted me to watch with you".
The shots of the shark in this scene were some of the last scenes shot before production wrapped on MV in September. By this point the effects department had sorted out all of the problems with Bruce
Spielberg pulled off a masterpiece. Any other director and this probably ended up as a 70’s horror B flick. Especially great considering this was his 1st big budget movie
that underwater shark scene is the most terrifying. That scene is why I don't go into the ocean. It terrified me as a kid. I do now but for years I wouldn't go into a pool at night.. 😂😂
That shot of the shark swimming under that man right before it grabs him is nightmare fuel. Such a fantastic movie.
The perfect reveal, both in terms of placement in the movie (just before the mid-point) and degree of visualisation (not too much shown, but enough to reveal its huge dimensions).
It’s the first time we as the audience see Bruce on screen, and it looks incredibly realistic.
The thing I’ve always thought is that as an actor shooting that scene with an anomotronic robot,shark in the water with you, I’d still shit myself
Yes!! That part is the first glimpse of the shark in the whole movie and traumatized me as a child I would always remember that image of the open-mouthed shark swimming up to that guy whenever I swam, even in a pool
That shot of the shark swimming under that man right before it grabe him is nightmare
The scene where the shark is in the pond and the silence as it swims through the water as Shawn is sitting on the sand, oh it gives me chills.
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Yeah a brilliant shot..lasts 2 seconds, but in that moment you get a sense of how large the shark is. Up until that point, you haven't really seen it. "Bruce" kept malfunctioning during filming which forced Spielberg to re-write the scenes which made for a much better and scarier film.
It doesn't look that big in that quick moment imo.
@@sotiristsamandanis6424 Then I guess you're unfamiliar with getting a good estimate of a shark's length by looking at it's 1st dorsal fin to it's 2nd or to it's tail.
6:50 Something about the way Brody is running upon the stone wall as the crowd frantically trails behind him, paired with the dramatic score as they desperately try to get these kids out of the water before it’s too late just gives me the CHILLS. Brilliantly shot sequence from, in my opinion, the best movie ever made.
6..50 Something about the way Brody is running upon the stone wall as the crowd
quite simply one of the greatest movies ever made. It is flawless. The acting, the pacing, the tension, the dialogue - everything. It never gets old. It will never be bettered.
The shot at 7:05 is still the most effective and scariest shot in the whole film.
7:15
The 7:15 attack scene is terrifying.
The Alex Kintner scene is terrifying as well.
@@chrisreidy439 You mean 7:16?
Hearing a grown man scream like a bitch is always terrifying.
46 years later, the original JAWS remains the best of films. This was my late Mom's favorite movie. Forever a golden and immortal masterpiece of cinema. 🦈
This was my favorite movie as a child. I had a shark documentary that came on after Jaws was over and I would watch them both on a regular basis and it propelled me to learn everything I could about sharks. The total opposite effect you'd expect this movie to have.
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@@oljimeagle these films made me love sharks too.
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@@oljimeagle exactly! I was, like anyone should be, TERRIFIED but though just a movie, I wanted to learn more! Shark week has changed a lot of minds! Not saying not be scared but they aren’t mindless machines! But EVERY ocean I just look to see a fin
To think this movie is almost 50 years old and the amount of terror it could generate on you so many years later is a testament to how well speilberg directed this film. Awesome movie
So true.
It has trancended time and remained relevant for 50 years. Now thats unique
yes . I love JAWS. this movie is now almost half a century old. and still it works. this is frigging fantastic
Yes so true it’s frightening, not a single person can say that they’re not afraid of being devoured by a predator like that. Even though they probably would just take a bite out of you in real life not eat you entirely, I thought they’re usually just confused
so true. I don't like to venture far out in the water, and i live like nu Europe, and we have no sharks here
8:30 is my favorite moment in Jaws. I always got the sense that the shark was communicating with Brody telepathically and saying “You want me? Come and get me.”
thats what she said.
Well put, it was like shark was calling him out, and that what Brody did.
I just saw this in IMAX last week and I have to say I agree with you. And during the final battle at sea there’s a very real sense that both Quint and the shark could flee and live but realize they’re in a fight to the death and accept it.
Oh god please not telepathically. Reminds me of trash jaws the revenge
I always interpreted it the other way around, Brody silently challenging the shark. “That does it-now you want to threaten my family? You’re going to pay.”
Jaws is the only shark in history to have his own personal orchestra follow him around everywhere he goes. The trouble is his victims can hear him coming a mile away.
His name is BRUCE
It's hard to imagine, this film nearly ended Spielberg's career before it got started and it ended up making him a Hollywood legend (imo). Duel from 1971 is a good SS film too - no blood, guts/gore, shoot 'em ups etc, just suspense.
7:05 That shot makes me scared of the ocean. It’s not the fact of drowning… it’s what’s underneath that scares me. Not knowing what is underneath is terrifying.
Yeah, but for Me it is worrying more about a whale for me.
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@RR Extra exactly! (Btw i haven’t seen the full film though)
submechanophobia - the fear of man-made objects submerged underwater
What's worse is Open Water, the first one. In the ocean at night, not even realizing the current is moving you further and further from the shore
8:25
I always get chills when Brody looks out at the ocean. It was at this moment the shark had made it personal & Brody had had enough of the animal's reign of terror.
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hahaha. Brody; fuck this, lets go fuck up this fish!!
Completely Agree
"I'm afraid of the water, but YOU done FUCKED UP, NOW."
You don’t fk with a cops family. That’s where jaws messed up.
People joke the shark looks fake but I think it looks AWESOME in the this scene. Especially for 1975!!
the shark NEVER looks fake at all EVER,..in Jaws 1,..and everybody knows that ! its those other movies, that poisoned matters,..
@@veleicemajohnson4840 So you think when the Shark jumps up onto the back of the boat at the end, that it doesn't look fake ?
@@jw831 great white sharks will often push themselves out of the water when they have enough energy for an ambush strike. A bit far fetched in this movie ofc but it’s still effective.
@@pandamera1 Pushing themselves out of the water yes but they wouldn't put themselves in harms way by doing it on to a boat lol
@@jw831 ofc that’s why I said “a bit far fetched”. 😆
Don’t care if it’s a model. Still way better than special effects. And the atmosphere in this movie is spot on - hazy summers, a distant memory.
I never really understood when people say the shark in JAWS looks fake; it always looked real enough to me.
I'm really glad it was made in the 70s since if it were made today it would surely have been done with CGI. And that's including if Spielberg made it.
@@peterkrug4124 it was the most realistic looking one of the four movies too the only one they bothered to keep painted
It looks fake though. They should added tails flailing when the shark bite that man to look like it's alive.
You need to get a grip
A master class of film making ..the build up, the shots..music timing...this is a miracle
Interesting fact: the reporter on the beach is the author of the novel "Jaws". Ícone! 🇧🇷
ayooo that's cool
The book was nothing to write home about and Hooper has a pointless affair w Brody's wife...
He wrote a stupid book
Replace interesting with "everyone fucking knows"
@@MrBooBeeDoo i didn't know it mate
Just saw Jaws in 4k UHD and its awesome, the detail, color, gives the picture a whole new relevancy.
That would be cool !!
What website/platform??
@@alexbanks9900 You can buy it on disc
The news reporter at the beginning of this scene is the author who wrote the original novel of the same name as the film adaptation. It's Peter Benchley (R.I.P)!
And he later said if he'd known about sharks when he wrote Jaws what he eventually learned, he wouldn't have written it.
Carl Gottlieb screenwriter not Benchley who wrote the book
@@topangachronic9463 Yes but it was based on Benchley’s book. He later became a major shark advocate when he realized how many were being killed by man (100 million per year), how beneficial they were to the ecosystem and how they were unfairly portrayed as monsters. That’s why he wished he hadn’t written the book.
@@topangachronic9463 It was Mel Gibson look it up.
JESUS CHRIST will come very soon!
Bruce still looks fantastic 47 years later. I know everyone had the “Shark still looks fake” joke but I disagree
Bruce always looked great and always will. Animatronics will always rule over CGI for me
It holds up extremely well.
7:15 is one of the most terrifying deaths in the entire movie
My parents used to call it the leg scene! Lol and we would hide under the sofa as kids lmao
Those beautiful women watching him die
Great scene, BUT he has no shoes in the boat and his leg floats to the bottom with a sneaker on it. Still a terrifying scene!
@@SamuelBlack84that’s such a crazy and inventive way of doing it. You don’t even notice while watching the scene because you’re so wrapped up in the terror of it. But right in the middle of the terror, suddenly it’s just babes on the beach enjoying the sun, hearing the most terrifying screams imaginable and looking out wondering what the hell is going on. Jesus this movie is amazing
The musical score of Jaws is so incredible, and it plays such a big part in the movie. The music starts slow, and it increases in intensity as you can suspect that the shark is nearby or approaching. The eerie music mixed with the camerawork is tension and suspense at its finest. Jaws is as one of the very few movies where the music alone can scare the audience, and no other movie really does that quite as well
You should look up the score. It's mostly 2 notes. E and F. Which are minor 2nd interval. That pops up very frequently in horror. It's in Psycho (1960) and Halloween.
Occasionally there's a D in there.
It's John Williams.
I heard one of the crew say, that if they put speakers in the gazeebo and played the theme from Jaws at a beach, it would cause a mass exodus from the water. No lie. Decades later, that soundtrack still has TEETH!
Well, that's John Williams for ya.
There is more than just the dun-dun leitmotif, in the barrel scenes we got exciting pirate music, the opening attack has some Penderecki/Psycho style string screams combined with Stravinsky esque wailing brass and angry bass drums and the final battle theme is just a complete badass duel between the Brody's theme and the Shark leitmotif.
The Orca leitmotif also has a unique preparing for battle sttkte feeling as well.
@@keithmoon3190 oh, absolutely. My favorite in the soundtrack is actually “Blown to Bits” :)
Probably the most chilling and realistic shark attack we'll ever see in a film.
um it’s really not very realistic at all but I guess they rarely are in films so being the “most realistic” isn’t too high of a bar to pass
@@rebeccajohnson8712 i meant in terms of effects. Most onscreen shark attacks are either cartoonish or brimming with fake looking effects.
The execution here is simple and absolutely effective.
Obviously a real white shark attack probably wouldn't look like this. It'd probably look like nothing....then fast thrashing and massive violence where you couldnt make out much of what was happening
The shark is fake as f**k....but the storyline remain strong as ever in soon to be 2022.
@@3912James how so?? The shark is visble for only a few seconds (and looks pretty terrifying tbh). Almost every other shark attack ive seen in film is either over done and fake-ish...or overly murky and doesnt show anything. This scene hits the sweet spot
@@razorfett147 I agree with you completely.
The bit where it knocks the man out of the boat and you see the shark swim underwater to pull him to his death is the stuff of nightmares
I hate anything underwater😱
I blame the Mayor.
@@SamuelBlack84you sound like you have megalohydrothalassophobia, which I also have.
@@elguapo7970 I don't doubt it
Agreed...and they way they show the bloody leg sinking down into the ocean...scary!
7:05 remains the most terrifying shot in my opinion.
7:18 is up there too
The first time you see Bruce on screen, and it looks so realistic.
@@DTB1995
Agreed! That bloody leg floating down...wow!
I remember this film as if it was yesterday. I was twelve and in Germany it was restricted to sixteen. But the father of a friend owned a cinema, and so we got in. I wasn‘t shocked, but deeply impressed. I don‘t give a damn for computer effects. This is until today the best animal horror I‘ve ever seen . . . Greetings GdN
So old the film, but still a timeless classic. One of Spielberg's best films.
It’s 45 years old but it still looks a film in our time right now.
Skyfaller3D,
It looks too genuine and down to earth real to be a film from today. Today's films don't seem real.
To me; Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jurassic Park are Spielberg’s all-time best films ever
@@lyndoncmp5751 that’s because characters in films today are overshadowed by the unnecessary amount of CGI
RossDiamondTheif
Indeed. Its all show over substance today. The story is second fiddle to what they can do (mostly what they shouldn't do) with the effects. Sad really.
Cheers.
The special effects guy had to get an award for "most realistic severed leg"!
Ever notice the guy isn’t wearing shoes in the boat yet his severed leg is wearing a shoe?
Plot twist: it was a real severed leg
@@slimladvinny7579 the shark was just tryna give my man some new shoes bro, how did it go so wrong
@@Unvaccinated69 it was a birthday gift
Plot twist: the shark ate it and spewed an earlier one
The shot when Roy leans back and looks out and knows that his destiny rests with confronting the shark drives the entire film forward.
He's thinking "that's it, I've got to sort this out"
Brilliant scene
@@fluorosco So many of the shots in this film get you inside the characters thoughts and feelings. You know what they're feeling. When Brody leans back and looks out to sea after his kid is nearly killed you just know he's saying "Ok,this is war".
@@roquefortfiles Spot on.
It's brilliant.
Over his fear of the water . That's it.
He's gotta sort it out.
I've given up trying not to get bored of it by leaving it a while.
At least once a fortnight it on the bluray .
And the book's on the bedside table.
Though in this case, the movie is better than the book.
@@fluorosco Dude!!. You're talking to a guy who got over his fear of flying to go to Jawsfest and tour all the locations on Martha's Vineyard. And I knew i would do this one day in 1975 when I saw the film
@@roquefortfiles That is brilliant.
I am jealous.
I'd have loved that.
It's my desert island movie
Bruce the shark looks more akin to a movie monster than an actual shark. The robustness of the animatronic shark gives the movie so much character and anyone complaining about the shark looking fake needs to expand their artistic outlook. 7:05 is nightmare fuel.
Its hilarious when some people today say the shark looks fake, when they have no problem accepting clearly fake oceans, skies, even explosions and fire. It's baffling.
It's such a great shot with the smaller brody kid in the foreground calmly making sandcastles and the shark's dorsal fin and tail in the background,, cruising into the estuary. So convincing
Extraordinary Shot...
This is still terrifying and a masterpiece.
I saw "Jaws" when it was first released. I was nine years old. This scene disturbed me, hearing the man scream like that as he was getting attacked and eaten. Pretty heavy stuff. And it's still a really good, gripping scene.
I remember as a kid, between 1975 and 1976, nobody went near a body of water because of this crazy flick. 😂 lol
I was afraid of the toilet as a kid because of that dam shark!
I never went into the water after seeing this as a kid. Not long after this film came out ‘Grizzly’ was released, so that stopped me going into the woods. My childhood was fucked by Hollywood.
@@GayorgVonTrapp good thing you didn't see Friday 13...
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@@robertonline6543 you and me both
This 4K ULTRA HD make it look like I'm seeing it for the first time.
Fantastic!!
6:14 What a master class of a film, just even the little things of this film are great, love the way the panic starts to set in after realising what if this woman's cries are truth? his son is in the pond, the next scene you see is a massive shark passing his youngster son heading towards Michael, best film ever for me, the music, the cast, the shot, the story, everything, just wonderful.
I was living in a coastal community when this film came out, and the stories are true. No one went into the water.
surfers?
lol i would have not even touched a lake
I didn't want to go swimming, even tho I live near the Great Lakes. And it was January. It's possible for a bull shark to live if someone PUT IT there (lots of screens and filters), but not a great white.
I would say I'm lucky living in England, but there have been great white sharks here
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 bull sharks are more dangerous than great whites
This scene showed us the first glimpse of the real killer shark. Thanks to Bruce for breaking down a lot during shooting that Spielberg had to resort to a more suspense approach by not showing the beast in earlier scenes and using the sharks POV. This what made the movie more scarier. I was 5 when I first saw this movie in the 80's and was scared to go the beach yet alone into the water.
Exactly, what was a big headache in getting ‘Bruce’ to work and might have been a nail in the coffin for the production, turned out to promote Spielberg’s awesome creativity, and it worked. The scenes that we could not see the shark because it was malfunctioning, but Spielberg’s directive creativity still instilling suspense and terror without it, was pure movie making genius and brilliance.
What's interesting is that so many people will tell you that the chumming scene is where you first se the shark, which simply isn't true.
Also 5 when I saw it first run in a theater. Next day our parents took us to the beach. They had a sense of humor I guess
@@andrewpizzino2514 so... did you get into the water?
@@sjonnieplayfull5859 up to my ankles lol
You know if you play jaws in reverse it's a great story of a shark giving limbs to disabled people
Dr. Jaws.
Ok, I laughed pretty hard. That's an original!
lol
Inspirational
And repairing people’s boats too!
7:05 That image is still so haunting after all these years
“Smile, you son of a b*tch!”
Brody, Chief
One of the best lines in Movie History.
Those two boys actually saved lives. They scared hundreds out of the water before the shark actually showed up.
True
Even if they didn’t do it on purpose or even know it they actually did save those people.
Wrong again. Bruce is more clever than you realize. The boys obviously created a massive diversion so Bruce could slip unnoticed into the pond for a snack. You can clearly see him slip behind everyone at 6:06. If it weren't for that meddling woman that spotted him, he would have been in and out before anyone noticed. Those boys were obviously in cahoots with the shark.
@@Mike-pn1wu the mayor was too 😂
Only JESUS CHRIST can save your soul from the flames of hell!
This was the first movie I had seen ever seen in my life. Just coming from Vietnam in 1986, I think I was 4 or 5 turned on the TV and was just in complete amazement by seeing the fin of the shark and already knew danger was coming.
This was the first movie l had seen ever seen in my life. Just coming from Vietnam in 1986
A shark. That’s it. No iron heroes or mind witches from a distant galaxy.
Jaws is a masterpiece.
Look, I love Iron Man 3000, and Scarlet Witch is cool
But I see your point
@@heydudedolfan13 Do you feel the same way about the shark in Finding Nemo?
An animal...Mother Nature...is much more formidable...powerful than some made up superhero/deity.
A shark That's it No iron heroes or mind witches from a different galaxy
@@rangerkyle6681that shark is also named Bruce but unlike this Bruce that Bruce is friendly
4:04 that guys reaction deserved a academy award
He looked like Jim Morrison 😂
When Brody looks out into the see after pulling his son out of the water you can tell he’s saying “okay this time it’s personal.”
Notice how when the fake shark appears, there’s no music cue. But when the real deal shows up, that’s when it kicks up...
Then later in film no music then bang.... jaws. Spielberg playing with us to a tee.
@@steviekeane and how old was Spielberg here? 25-26??
@@fluorosco 26 I believe. Way ahead of his time.
@@some_metalhead Amazing.
So young and so brilliant.
But that's the age. Like young singer song writers. That's when they have the experience and creativity and imagination and energy.
It took Don Henley and Glenn Frey two days to write Lyin' Eyes in 1975. Henley was 27
Frey was 26
@@fluorosco Dances With Wolves, how old was Kevin Costner?
If you think about it, those kids with the shark fin probably saved a lot of people.
Yes, they did,..
Yeah your right during those days they would of been thought as practical jokers.
Today from a technical sense which is what this whole world is now.
you're 100 percent right.
Appears real shark in pond
That’s true. Never really thought about it that way lol.
In a way but I'd still whoop they're asses for scaring the shit out of people
This scene is in my opinion the most unsettling and shocking incident of the film. Mostly because of the size and stealth of the Great White.
Amazing for a 25 footer
Imagine screaming in terror and agony as a huge shark tears you apart while not so far away people are sunbathing and having fun
Everybody talks about Robert Shaws performance in this film. But Trully is Roy Scheider who took on his shoulders the whole god damn thing. His performance as Chief Brody is oscar nod worthy too.
MASTERPIECE, one of the most Iconic movies ever made.
Jaws was my favorite Shark movie that is 100% suspense and chills. A classic shark movie that everyone remembers.
To be fair, this the only good shark movie that exists. Everything else, even its sequels is a bunch of garbage. I’ll argue this the only one that legitimately counts as a real film.
@@Maniac61675 Yeah, it is way better than the sequels, but Jaws 2 I respect that, but anyway this one makes a great example of a shark attack, and inspired by real life shark attack incidents in history, like the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, and US Indianapolis in 1945.
I feel so terrible for Michael and Sean’s mother. Just imagine thinking you put your kids in a safe situation then next thing you know you hear screaming and panic coming from where your kids are. That dash to save her kids had to be the most terrifying moment in her life
Her name is Ellen btw
Yes, Ellen Brody... she shows more of her mother instincts to protect her family in the rather preposterous, yet entertaining sequel, Jaws 4: The Revenge.
@@odiemodie1 glad to know I’m not the only one who enjoyed that movie despite it’s numerous flaws.
I don’t think Jaws 4 is nearly as bad as people make it out to be.
This was a chilling scene but the cut version of the guy in the sharks mouth saving Sean would have been truly terrifying.
Sean was on the beach playing in the sand; Michael was in the water in that cut scene.
They never finished filming it because the fin sled kept popping up above the water line and they didn't have time to fix it, so they scrapped it.
@@Theomite good to know.
I think if that scene is in the film, it's as jarring as the quint kill scene.
I heard they cut it out because people were hyperventilating at the screen tests
@@jameslisle7775 I heard that as well...that and it may have taken the rating to R.
What I love about the first jaws is that it's somewhat believable. Sure, its a bit of a stretch but the other jaws movies almost feel like science fiction considering the feats and the sizes of the sharks
I remember in High School, my Ecology Teacher taught and educated us on Sharks, then she had us watch this movie to take notes on what's facts and what was fictional on this shark that real sharks don't do. One of the notes I remember is if you're in the water with a Shark, make sure you tred water. Sharks rarely attack swimmers who are moving, they usually go for the swimmers that are sitting still. They love when they have a School of people when they attack Beaches, Surfers and Sea Turtles are their top targets
One of the best movies of all time and the 4K presentation is incredible.
The resolution on this is amazing! Looks like it was filmed recently.
I always thought the shot of it crusing past a oblivious Sean and his sand castle was creepy.
Awesome work there,..from Steven Spielberg,.
When Sean is crying, I always want to pick him up and hug him.
Agreed. Not only that, but it gives an idea of the size of that thing
Yes, it is chilling like how a predator such as a lion or tiger be stalking you... you don’t see nor hear it until it is too late.
Amity Mayor: Please. Get in the water.
Anyone in real life: YOU get in the fucking water pal! We're good.
I'm doin it! Lol..underrated great line. Those kids w the fin were so lucky they didn't start blasting away
hahahahaa i love his antics
I don't know 2020 says that in real life they would have ran into the water and said that the shark was a hoax.
The guy he told to get in was complicit in the cover up. He's there at the table at the town meeting. The mayor can't go in. He has a job to fo. The town select man can go in. He's there anyway in his swimming shortsm
@@zerochrome85 1975 and they were calling it a hoax....1979 after it was confirmed a shark they still didn't believe it..
This scene and Quint’s death were so realistic and horrifying!! Lol I didn’t even want to go for a bath as a kid when I saw Jaws 😂…. Still stands the test of time and looks a lot more realistic than any other shark movie done today
Hahaaa exactly the same!!! Thought he was gonna appear out of the plughole 🤣🤣 I was only 6 to be fair though 😂
@@lizbizh1234 bahahaha that was so me as well
There are two continuity errors in this scene. At 6:59, when the guy in row boat is knocked into the water, he is not wearing shoes. But at 7:18, when his severed leg falls to the bottom, there is a shoe on the foot. Also, at 6:33, the youngest Brody son, playing in the sand, is wearing a white t-shirt with red sleeve bands and red collar band and green shorts. But at 8:13, the t-shirt is all white and has no sleeve or collar bands and his shorts are now blue.
Good eye..I never noticed that
@@DTB1995 👍
7:15 I don’t care what ANYONE says the shark looks terrifying right here
7:15
7:16
It is the genuine sounding scream too.
I think Chrissie is the worst scene...then the aftermath. Yuck
Yeah the size made it pretty terrifying
The news guy at the beginning is Peter Benchley (author of the Jaws novel)
His book plot isn’t the best though
Madison wolf she cam roll
@@ericsanchez5785 Author Peter Benchley was thrown off the set after objecting to the climax. He was also fired for weighing the story down with too many subplots, involving romance and mafia intrigue. Which could explain him being fired.
@@derekllewellyn6663 2 a a. D. R r f t 4nt
@@ericsanchez5785 True but I think that the movie exaggerated the shark's size and form.
7:43
"Does anybody have a gun??!!"
Smartest guy in the movie lol.
Considering how liberal Martha’s Vineyard is, how would a normal citizen carry a gun besides law enforcement?
See how he builds tension I'm every frame. Not one wasted second of film
Priceless and still a fantastic film .
One of the scariest things I’ve done was when me and a mate went spear fishing in the dark, with just a torch.
I’m in Australia where it’s great white shark infested waters, all I could think about was jaws and the music lol - damn it was scary.
We've still killed many millions more of them than they killed us.
They should be frightened at a movie called "People."
Wonder if shark is related to my sister Michele salzano
Worst story ever
@@shift7199
Nah! There’s worse, like you being Born lol
Just kidding man lmao
One of the greatest movies ever made. I can still watch this film with just as much interest as the first time. Not as fearful but still so fantastic.
Putting this up over 4th of July weekend? I see you, Universal. Well played.
The cinematography in this movie was way ahead of it's time. I saw this as a kid in the 80's and ive watched it a few times a year since and will for the rest of my life. Just a masterpiece of a movie.
I shit my pants at 7:06 when I first saw it. The depth is perfect to cover up the imperfections of the mechanical shark and it made it looked so life like taking that bite
7:06 I remember when my brother and I watched Jaws for the first time, and when we saw the Shark, we were like…..
WHOA! Look at the size of it!!!!
Were you guys scared?
One of the best Universal's pictures of all time
7:05 One of the most chilling shots in cinematic history.
It's creepy how the guy gets dragged down like that
Lifeless eyes, black eyes like a dolls eyes
Spielberg is such a genius in how he perfectly balances so many elements to make this so much more than just a great thriller/horror film.
Not only is it a terrifying moment of a shark attack but it’s also a cathartic scene in that it’s the final culmination of Brody’s argument against the mayor - while we are terrified for the fate of the people in the water there is also this great, perverse and odd satisfaction we feel in that finally EVERYONE on that beach now knows what they’re up against - it’s the sheer panic as everyone is coming to watch - now our hero chief Brody finally isn’t alone in this war and we feel the forces of the community starting to rise up and work together - there’s a great weird sense of solidarity as it now forces everyone to have to face up to the terrifying truth of what’s happening on their beach.
And then there’s the human drama in it. We’ve come to care about this family and now their youngest and most innocent is in danger. And he isn’t shown fighting back or trying to deal with the shark in some heroic manner - no we see him frozen and paralysed in fear just staring out at what’s happening in the water - doing what probably what anyone would do and hoping that if he doesn’t move he won’t draw attention to himself and hopefully won’t get attacked.
Then the last part which makes it not only terrifying but it also makes it really emotional is that shot at 8:14 of the younger brother. We see the events through his eyes for this moment and it’s not only terrifying but it’s EMOTIONAL and it’s traumatising.
There’s a sense of tragedy and pathos to it all, this was the tragic result of all the many denials of the mayor - the sense that this was all preventable and so needless.
Lives were lost not just because of the shark but because man was not looking after his fellow man properly, letting money and greed matter more than human lives. The tears of the child all perfectly encapsulate that. Innocence and the idea of man being good and benevolent to his fellow man completely broken.
It’s that framing of this horrific event through the eyes of the innocence, adding some soul and heart to the entire scene and to remind you how might you feel if you were a parent in this situation which just completely elevates the film to a whole great level of its own!
Perfectly done scene.
I remember when I first watched this movie on AMC when I was 12 in late 2019 and I loved every minute of it
It was Halloween night and it was raining outside and I was also home alone that night and This movie is still iconic to this day
Things I like about this sequence include:
3:48 - large black triangle on the water.
3:15 to 3:17 - moving tip of fin on the water (just above the brim of the man's hat), man saying "False alarm, must be this glare."
I think what makes this so effective as a 'Horror' is the screaming. It feels quite realistic, such as here & like when Quint gets taken - he's quite a tough guy recounting his tales of survival, the old fisherman who knows and breathes sharks, but when he's reduced to shark mince towards the end it's ghastly and grisly to watch...but also feel. A so-called tough guy man desperately trying to stave off his would-be-assassin, survive....kicking and thrashing his legs and trying to clutch onto anything to stop what's coming; and yet he doesn't and there's no music, no cinematic conceit. Just a man getting tossed around like salad in a bowl & eaten by a monster-shark (you can hear crunching, the FX/detail of this movie were astounding for 1975..) as Brody watches on wondering if his fate will align. Masterful Horror in such a shiver-inducing way, who doesn't at some point fear the sea even now where potential Great Whites might roam..?! I live in Oz, in WA and I won't go in the sea, haha. Absolutely classic movie and in my opinion it aged really well (despite Bruce!!) ;)
In the world of nature humanity is nothing special. Just meat like everything else
The shots from 6:33-6:35, and 7:06-7:17 perfectly embody why we fear the ocean.
7:39, the man shouting “SOMEBODY GET A GUN! GET A GUN AND SHOOT IT!” Can express how much a good touch that guy did. Adds to the hysteria and drama to this scene. Jaws is my favorite movie of all time!
I would have said, "You first, Larry!"
ahhahaa
Larry has a job to do. The select man complicit in the cover up SHOULD go in. He's there on the car ferry and at the town meeting, sat at the table.
I imagine that if he did say that to Larry, he would make this big exuse that he's busy or that he's not properly dressed to go in the water since he's wearing a suit.
That doesn't exuse a thing about not going in and yet allowing other people to go in the water when it could be dangerous.
Also, they didn't make a "Swim Suit" for nothing. It literally says it right ⬆️
For a second I thought Universal was reopening the Jaws ride, that ride was EPIC!! Before all the crappy simulation rides they open now
I work there so I can second this 😭😭😭 especially the fast and furious
I’m glad the Mayor finally saw how stupid he was after that guy on the tiny boat got eaten and killed by that shark.
And not after a little kid was killed by it.
The mom slapped the sheriff instead of the mayor after the funeral. That made me so mad.
@@christinamacbeth6697 he found out about the girl but the mayor forced him to keep his mouth shut and I guess in the end that made a scapegoat
The mayor was just the frontman. Others were also complicit. The other town councillors, the newspaper editor, even the doctor helped cover it up.
@@lyndoncmp5751 It was the butler. It's always the butler.
Michael's in the Pond......
Get moving Chief......
What an incredible exciting scene this is ....❤
Best movie ever. I was six or seven years old when I watched it for the first time, sleeping over at a classmate's place. We made a pot of coffee in order not to fall asleep before the movie started. Hell, you could have kept an army awake with that amount of caffeine. The result was a mixture of me having nightmares and of course not being able to sleep properly. I remember like it was yesterday that I was so happy when the first rays of sunlight fell through the curtains, happy to have made it through the night. I told my dad about it and he just said something like: "Now you know why you were not allowed to watch that "animal movie" you always wanted me to watch with you".
7:06 Not gonna lie, scariest sighting in cinema history
7:05 that shot is nightmare fuel
That’s the scene that will stick with me; it’s the first time Bruce appears on screen, and it looks so realistic.
0:01 Fun fact: The television news reporter in this scene is played by Peter Benchley; the author who originally wrote Jaws.
Awful book. Very tedious lol
7:06 one of the best shots in the history of film
The shots of the shark in this scene were some of the last scenes shot before production wrapped on MV in September. By this point the effects department had sorted out all of the problems with Bruce
Can’t believe this movie will be 50 years old next year
To this day, the scene where we see the shark under water about to eat this guy makes the hair in the back of my neck stand in fright.
I can’t tell who is the worst shark in this movie: Bruce or The Mayor
The mayor
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@@psychodelicrock12 @psy
@Always 2 Steps Ahead heufchrkrhdhdvdhffi6677
The mayor 100 percent.
People: On the Beach.
Shark: FRESH MEAT FOR A TRIBE.
All I remember his ate off leg dropped to the.bottom
Excellent directing, cinematography, music...there is not only tension or suspense in this scene but humor, drama..
7:16 aww bruce playing with his little puny human
😂😂 That guy had no chance!
The camera man/girl is INVINCABLE as always
Jaws will always be my favorite childhood movie
Spielberg pulled off a masterpiece. Any other director and this probably ended up as a 70’s horror B flick. Especially great considering this was his 1st big budget movie
that underwater shark scene is the most terrifying. That scene is why I don't go into the ocean. It terrified me as a kid. I do now but for years I wouldn't go into a pool at night.. 😂😂
Keep an eye on that Spielberg kid. He’s going places, I tell you what.
Spielberg's films never get old.