One thing I've never noticed before: the clip ejects from the rifle when Brody shoots after uttering the classic "smile" line. That was literally his last shot at killing the shark.
I first saw this film in a theatre, the summer it came out. When that fish blew to Kingdom come, the entire audience cheered, loudly, with one voice. This, my children, is how you produce a catharsis. 🦈
best part of this scene- he is shooting an M1 Garand rifle- which holds 8 rounds. this rifle was fired once or twice earlier in the film. He shoots 5 times before he finally hits the shark (his 6th shot) so is he is either out or almost out. first he shoots carefully- then he shoots faster and faster before when he takes his final shot he calms down takes a second, and says "smile you son of a-" but he holds his breath (which is important for shooting) and takes the final shot. good shooting form- splayed with one arm tight against the mast with his legs tucked and keeps his body as steady as possible- holds his breath with each shot (you can see him close his mouth with each shot) adjusts after each shot (fist shot high and left, second low and right, 3rd hits the shark high and left, 4th hits just below the tank, 5 low and right, 6th- dead on.)
A great example of that is comparing the original "The Thing" to the 2011 prequel, also called "The Thing". The original is loved but the prequel is hated.
If it ever does get remade they should have the shark a mechanical shark but make it move on its own with no cranes or hydraulics attached to it, and have the POV shots be put in the sharks body as hidden cameras as well.
@@jimhershey5487I have proposed a script for a remake . In my script it's a bull shark in a Midwestern river . Other than that can't talk about it . # JAWS 50 .
There was a rumor going around a few years ago that the film was going to be remade, with Tom Cruise playing Brody. The backlash was so immensely negative all plans for a remake were cancelled. And given how well Cruise's "Mummy" remake did, looks like the Jaws franchise dodged a bullet (no pun intended).
@@fatcat1isn't it Quint who actually kills the shark in the book, or am I thinking of Hooper? The shark dies from stab wounds to the face from Quint as it's trying to eat him doesn't it?
What I love is that when John Williams composed the themes and presented it to Spielberg, Spielberg fell out of his chair laughing and said no one would like it. Come the oscars, John would add another one to his collection.
@@freddiestranger9783 Hell is a fairy tale stolen from Dante’s Inferno. Think about it, please and save yourself a life wasted thinking an ethereal being is watching your every move and will make you listen to an accounting of your life at the end. Also, he can save you without sacrificing himself/not himself to appease his bloodlust. You’re wasting your time and intelligence to make someone happy who isn’t even there. Hell, my parasocial relationship with Taylor Swift is more real than your relationship with the evangelical, baptist, Jewish, or Lutheran god. Set yourself free
To this very day one of the best movies ever shot on film. Where ever you are, here the theme music and you get nervous.. But if you're in open water you become very afraid.
steven gordon can’t believe this was made in 1974 and released following year. Pioneering movie! Unbelievable. Hard to believe that Star Wars was 77 and raiders of the lost ark 81! Truly the best period for movies
@@robbillington1982 I completely agree, 45-91 after that Hollywood just went CGI crazy terrible scripts and things just went downhill and never recovered.
@@SoCalChemistryThey’re both just glad they’re alive. Not much to say than that, they still have to swim to shore. No sense in dwelling on what they can’t help. That’s why the conversation back was light hearted and not about how they companion was eaten by a shark.
Same it’s so brilliant and so sad right. Quint was a hard ass but he was likeable, and Hooper and Brody had built a begrudging respect for him, especially after the Indianapolis story. They were genuinely sad he died.
I would give anything to go back to 1975 and watch this on opening night. I’ve heard stories of when the shark was killed, the entire theater erupted! Truly one of the greatest moments in cinematic history!
They actually played it at my local Chunkys theater during Covid and the whole theater erupted in excitement when the shark blew up I was so exited I got to see this masterpiece in theaters
Brody and Hooper watching the flock of seagulls feeding on the bits and pieces of the shark's remains is one of the most satisfying endings I've ever seen in a film.
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A truly amazing scene, I wonder how long it took to film it. One of the best movies ever. Doesn’t matter how many times I’ve seen it, it never gets old. Congratulations Spielberg for scaring us to death so successfully and to John Williams for your iconic score. Brilliant!!
I saw an interview with Quentin Tarantino and he said there are a few perfect movies that exist. He said Jaws was one of them, along with Back To The Future. I totally agree, this is one of my all time favorites.
This is still the best tension filled scenes in a movie. The boats sinking, Brody has only so many bullets in that clip, and that 25 foot great white shark is charging at him full speed. That and John Williams score is phenomenal
This is probably the best villain defeat scene in movie history. The fact Brody did not just avenge the deaths of the Man on the canoe, or even Alex Kintner, Ben Gardner, Pippett the Dog, and Chrissie Watkins, but also his new friend Quint, but in a perfectly executed fashion. The cherry on the top is that the Shark was killed with the old Rifle of Quint that he used the other night, in a way Quint still helped Brody in Blowing up the formidable and despicable Shark, but in a posthumous way by the power and the wrath of his gun. The buildup is also the key too, with Spielberg's Masterful excitement and suspense and reliance on originality and John Carter even steals the show too with his dexterous sound editing chops, and John Williams leading the band into an invigorating and powerful musical score.
One of the most violent and gruesome PG films I've ever seen...if not the MOST! And proud to have seen it in the cinema at an age I probably shouldn't have!
Well, PG-13 wasn't a thing back then. Not until 1984 when The Temple of Doom came out that it was introduced by the same director of this movie (though it was not til 1996 that the rating would be widely used)
Now I wouldn't mind if ToD got R, but really parts of Raiders should get a soft R rating. I mean, the King's Speech is rated R for to f***** scenes..and yet JAWS was allowed to stay PG (it was re-released for IMAX 3D, with no rating alterations)
Just watched this last night in a theater on campus a the university I attend. Jaws was one of the first movies I remember seeing as a kid, living near the coast in Maine. Seeing it again as an adult just brings me right back to when I first saw this movie and fell in love with this medium of art. The number of times I made believe I was Brody shooting at the shark while playing on a jungle gym is infinite. Iconic and legendary don’t do this film justice.
Does anyone else think the scene at 2:39 is a reference to Duel, Spielberg's first movie? To me, it's very reminiscent of when the truck went crashing down the cliff in a cloud of smoke.
It absolutely is and this is totally by design on Spielberg’s part, the sound played as the shark descends into the depths is the same as the one that plays when the truck goes over the cliff in the climax of duel. This was all confirmed by Spielberg himself in a Jaws documentary I saw when I was young. The movies overall have many similarities as admitted by Spielberg, both center around rather average guys pressed into an unusual duel with a monstrous faceless enemy. He even pointed out that Duel and Jaws both have 4 letters.
I love John Williams’ use of the descending piano arpeggios as he shark is bleeding. Ralph Grierson, amazing studio musician, played it here. I was a studio singer for many years and I knew Ralph. , so when I asked him what it was like on the scoring session, he replied, Scary! Lol
I always thought that myself. But they seemed to leave pretty quickly afterwards. The apex predator being in the water most likely would have put off any smaller sharks in the area until after it was dead. Maybe it would have taken them awhile to realize? It also is kind of through thread to Quint’s Indianapolis story.
I agree, it shouldn't have been a series at all. With that being said, Jaws 2 is decent if repetitive, and Jaws 3D is a total guilty pleasure for me, so I'm glad they exist. Could do without Jaws 4 though, in the words of Quint: "Jesus H. Christ..."
Brody is a great character, he's trying to do the right thing in a difficult situation but is very unsure of himself. Even coming to the end of the movie he looked the one least likely one to kill the shark, perfect ending!
No matter how many times I've watched this classic movie, the moment at 00:11 when the shark rises out of the water, smashing into the sinking cabin to get to Brody always gives me the chills. Just fantastic filmmaking.
2:03 always gives me goosebumps as not only is it an amazing shot but it sets up the stakes perfectly. It’s head to head Brody v Jaws, the mast gets lower bringing brody down to water level and its now or never he has to kill it. Love it.
Brody (in Jaws 2): "I know what a shark looks like, 'cause I've seen one up close!" I'm guessing that this scene, especially when the shark bursts into the cabin, is what he's referring to in Jaws 2.
For a movie that is almost 50 years old, this one still holds up. Anyone who watches this movie for the first time, you wouldn't know if a real shark was used or a fake shark (obviously, it was a fake), you wouldn't tell either way. It's still a true masterpiece! One thing, though, imagine if that shark swallowed the tank.
Saw this in 1975 in a drive in 1st and only time couldn't hear crowd response but when he blow up the shark you could hear the cheers throughout the drive in saw again in 1979 and this time it was a much better crowd reaction they don't make them like this no more.
What people don't know is this film was a huge boost for the movie industry then. Prior to 1975 in the early 70's hollywood was in a funk of some sorts and there was lots of low key movies and forgettable films. Jaws woke up everyone and after that there was so many great movies made.
l loved jaws...fantastic finale to a fantastic film...and brody's legendary quote at 2:23 before he killed the shark. is the same line i always used to use when i was about to defeat the final boss on any game on my game consoles....🤣👌.... .RIP Roy Schieder and Robert Shaw
Has anyone noticed that in a split second of after Brody shooting the shark at the end of 2:25 and a millisecond of 2:26. You can see the shark’s head peaking out of the water frozen. Which then leads to the iconic explosion and that’s how we got flesh falling from the sky it was from the shark’s head. So it surprised me they actually blew up the Jaws animatronic head for this shot and added blood and flesh inside of it to create that 2:26-2:27 scene. That’s is crazy!
I read the original novel for the first time a few years ago, and while I did enjoy it, I think there are a lot of things the movie did better overall. The ending just being one example. The books ending just felt sort of...anti-climactic, especially in how the shark is ultimately killed. Now, does the exploding scuba tank make a ton of sense? No, not really. But does it make for a badass ending? Abso-fucking-lutely.
Mythbusters may have debunked the tank exploding, but they still proved the tank would have killed the shark. Rather than blow up, the tank went down it's throat like a rocket.
The author of "Jaws" Peter Benchley told Spielberg that he thought that changing the ending to the shark exploding from the air tank was ludicrous and not possible in real life. Spielberg I guess told him that it won't matter at this point. I have had the audience in the palm of my hand from minute one. They will believe anything I show them by now. The sharks demise in the book is a kind of a downer. This film has to end with a BANG! He was right.
So much of the book was filler, like the mayor's ties to gangsters and Hooper and Brody's wife having an affair. They added nothing to the story. I've read that Quint was based on Frank Mundus who was a charter boat captain on the east end of Long Island which was where the book was set.
2:08 when chief Brody shoots, the shark starts munching on the tank, probably because its aware he is shooting him, so he is trying to eat the tank before it explodes, and of course, the shark fails
Jaws is one of the reasons why the 70s are my favorite movie decade. Young directors, producers that dared to take a risk and try something new, method acting, a politicized environment - It is like all fundamental principles of modern cinema were invented in that time, and almost all that followed was only more of it with more money.
Funny enough all the items in the movie can easily fit the wedding list: Something old (The Orca) Something new (The Scuba Tank) Something borrowed (Quint's Rifle) Something blue (The water.)
@@DarkHorseDanny the case of the shark, the great white isn't that old. It's the youngest descendant of the Megalodon. And back then it looked like it was only in it's young adult state.
GREATEST MOVIE EVER IN MY BOOK!!! I WAS 13 YEARS OLD IN 1975,,,,,NEVER FORGET HOW I FELT DURING THAT MOVIE! I ENTERED IN THE THEATER AS A YOUNG BOY, AND WALKED OUT 3 HOURS LATER A MAN!!!
@@josemanuel-chema-solis4127 No one is likeable in the book, I believe it was Spielberg himself who said he wanted the shark to win. They turned a decent but overly padded novel into an absolutely riveting masterpiece!
3:10 that shot of all the blood and the water to is haunting, and beautiful T the same time. Brody made the ocean safer for animal and mankind that day.
Love at 2:23 you can see it’s his final bullet, since the M1’s cartridge pops out. (I know only 6 shots fired and m1 is 8 round clip but must have had 2 fired from it in an off-camera scene, or only 6 bullets loaded in the clip initially)
A detail that escaped me and probably a bunch of other people was pointed out to me by my boyfriend during his first viewing. He said that the gun Brody grabs is a WWII era Gerand rifle - meaning that Quint still hung onto a part of his wartime persona even 30 years later. My BF also pointed out that it was likely a real gun since the sound when firing was very accurate (although Roy Scheider could have been firing blanks for some of the shots). The Gerend can hold 8 round, but since Quint used the rifle earlier in the film and shot at the shark twice, this left 6 in the magazine. Brody fires 6 times, with the last bullet finally landing. It’s this attention to detail that makes Jaws really spectacular. I swear most film makers wouldn’t do any of this, they’d just get a prop gun and have the actor spray and pray with generic sounds.
This movie still holds up in 2024 as one of the greatest movies ever.
Most Definitely
It sure it is
😎😎😎😎
RIP Roy Scheider (November 10, 1932 - February 10, 2008), aged 75
You will be remembered as a legend.
It's hard to believe it's been 15 years (2023) Since His Passing, He would've been 90 years old Today.
It says fire, not smile😡😡😡😡
He will be remembered by his role as chief brody in this movie and Jaws 2
I glad da shark didn’t get his dingy
He died like Shakespeare RIP Legend
One thing I've never noticed before: the clip ejects from the rifle when Brody shoots after uttering the classic "smile" line. That was literally his last shot at killing the shark.
Smile you son of bitch!!!!
The greatest movie ever.
That’s some attention to detail right there. Great movie.
Ping!
Incomparable in perfection
Jesus Christ I've seen this movie a hundred times and this ending gets me excited every single time. What a masterpiece.
100% The catharsis when Brody utters that line and the shark explodes is just brilliant! My all time favourite film!
Watch the language!!! Don't say Jesus name!!! He does not like that!!!
@@alexglass2927😂😂😂😂
Its fabulous isn't it!! When the shark submerges and the finale sets up it is just so epic.
200 times
I first saw this film in a theatre, the summer it came out. When that fish blew to Kingdom come, the entire audience cheered, loudly, with one voice. This, my children, is how you produce a catharsis. 🦈
best part of this scene- he is shooting an M1 Garand rifle- which holds 8 rounds. this rifle was fired once or twice earlier in the film. He shoots 5 times before he finally hits the shark (his 6th shot) so is he is either out or almost out. first he shoots carefully- then he shoots faster and faster before when he takes his final shot he calms down takes a second, and says "smile you son of a-" but he holds his breath (which is important for shooting) and takes the final shot.
good shooting form- splayed with one arm tight against the mast with his legs tucked and keeps his body as steady as possible- holds his breath with each shot (you can see him close his mouth with each shot) adjusts after each shot (fist shot high and left, second low and right, 3rd hits the shark high and left, 4th hits just below the tank, 5 low and right, 6th- dead on.)
ATTENTION 📣 PLEASE GIVE YOUR LIFE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST OR HELL IS YOUR FINAL RESTING PLACE 🔥TAKE NOTE👈🏼👈🏼
@@freddiestranger9783 I love Slayer music
HELL YEA MAN GOD BLESS YOU
Idk what I’d give to hear that man, one of my favorite movies getting a reaction like that nowadays is pretty much impossible
I always love how happy Brody is to see that Hooper survived too.
Shame about Quint 😂
Hooper is a good guy in the movie, but a sleazebag in the book, who deserved his demise.
Yeah well, opportunity got to him 😮
@@oilingup Kind of. A movie like this needs a lot of conflict, so Hooper and Quint take turns doing stupid things because of pride.
Hooper survived by going deep into the water when the shark got trapped on the cage and got out when Brody killed the shark directly
2:38 most underrated shot in the movie, especially the dorsal fin fading into the blood. It’s like the death of a legendary monster.
There was even a subtle roar in the background if you listen carefully, it really is the death of a leviathan
It would have been great if pieces of Quint would have been blasted into the air
Yes, and Spielberg indulged a similar touch at the end of DUEL, the slow "death" of a monstrous killer truck.
Ahead of its time and barley done since
And it is…
All hail Steven Spielberg’s, Jaws.
This movie should and will never be remade. All the CGI in the world could never look as terrifying as practical effects.
A great example of that is comparing the original "The Thing" to the 2011 prequel, also called "The Thing". The original is loved but the prequel is hated.
If it ever does get remade they should have the shark a mechanical shark but make it move on its own with no cranes or hydraulics attached to it, and have the POV shots be put in the sharks body as hidden cameras as well.
@@jimhershey5487I have proposed a script for a remake . In my script it's a bull shark in a Midwestern river . Other than that can't talk about it . # JAWS 50 .
There was a rumor going around a few years ago that the film was going to be remade, with Tom Cruise playing Brody. The backlash was so immensely negative all plans for a remake were cancelled.
And given how well Cruise's "Mummy" remake did, looks like the Jaws franchise dodged a bullet (no pun intended).
@@ijnfleetadmiral never heard that .
Quint's flesh caught between the shark's teeth was a nice touch.
Good grief 😩😩😅
In the book the shark kills Hooper first and chomps on him a while. When Brody tries to shoot the shark he shoots Hooper's body instead.
@@oneeyedman99and then the shark just ends up bleeding out
@@fatcat1isn't it Quint who actually kills the shark in the book, or am I thinking of Hooper? The shark dies from stab wounds to the face from Quint as it's trying to eat him doesn't it?
@@Matuatay from what I remember reading, is the shark is about to eat Brody, and it dies of its stab wounds on its way to him.
What I love is that when John Williams composed the themes and presented it to Spielberg, Spielberg fell out of his chair laughing and said no one would like it.
Come the oscars, John would add another one to his collection.
ATTENTION 📣 PLEASE GIVE YOUR LIFE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST OR HELL IS YOUR FINAL RESTING PLACE 🔥 REMEMBER 👈🏼👈🏼
*cue General Grievous meme of the same name*
This oscar will make a fine addition to my collection
@@freddiestranger9783 lets not force our religion on others bud. especially when we werent even on that subject 😐
@@freddiestranger9783 Hell is a fairy tale stolen from Dante’s Inferno. Think about it, please and save yourself a life wasted thinking an ethereal being is watching your every move and will make you listen to an accounting of your life at the end. Also, he can save you without sacrificing himself/not himself to appease his bloodlust.
You’re wasting your time and intelligence to make someone happy who isn’t even there. Hell, my parasocial relationship with Taylor Swift is more real than your relationship with the evangelical, baptist, Jewish, or Lutheran god. Set yourself free
To this very day one of the best movies ever shot on film.
Where ever you are, here the theme music and you get nervous.. But if you're in open water you become very afraid.
steven gordon can’t believe this was made in 1974 and released following year. Pioneering movie! Unbelievable. Hard to believe that Star Wars was 77 and raiders of the lost ark 81! Truly the best period for movies
ATTENTION 📣 PLEASE GIVE YOUR LIFE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST OR HELL IS YOUR FINAL RESTING PLACE 🔥 TRUTH.
@@freddiestranger9783 The Omen 1976 fantastic movie thanks for the reminder I missed that one off my list 🤣👍
@@robbillington1982 I completely agree, 45-91 after that Hollywood just went CGI crazy terrible scripts and things just went downhill and never recovered.
SPONGEBOB QUICK REEL IT IN!....
CAN'T YOU HEAR THE MUSIC!!!
I loved the simple question and response.
“Quint” and “no” I always thought it was brilliant...
Needed a little more closure than that.
@@SoCalChemistryThey’re both just glad they’re alive. Not much to say than that, they still have to swim to shore. No sense in dwelling on what they can’t help.
That’s why the conversation back was light hearted and not about how they companion was eaten by a shark.
Same it’s so brilliant and so sad right. Quint was a hard ass but he was likeable, and Hooper and Brody had built a begrudging respect for him, especially after the Indianapolis story. They were genuinely sad he died.
Jaws remains my second favorite movie
@@JetConvoy Quint was a mixture between Captain Nemo and Ahab.
I would give anything to go back to 1975 and watch this on opening night. I’ve heard stories of when the shark was killed, the entire theater erupted! Truly one of the greatest moments in cinematic history!
They actually played it at my local Chunkys theater during Covid and the whole theater erupted in excitement when the shark blew up I was so exited I got to see this masterpiece in theaters
I was a wussie and didn’t see it in the theatre…😢
In typical Spielberg suspense..."Smile you son of a 🤬"
That scream of victory Roy does is so epic
And necessary, because a shark dying that way is actually kind of stupid. But Brody is so thrilled that you buy it anyway.
@@oneeyedman99I know (March 8th,2024 and March 10th,2024/🙂).
@@oneeyedman99I understand (April 3rd,2024 and April 4th,2024/🙂).
Brody and Hooper watching the flock of seagulls feeding on the bits and pieces of
the shark's remains is one of the most satisfying endings I've ever seen in a film.
Not as satisfying when you realize that Quint's remains are also being picked out by the seagulls.
The fact that Brody lost his glasses, on top of the tension of sinking into the shark’s domain, it was still a miracle he landed a shot in that tank.
Especially using a rifle that wasn't sighted-in to his eyes.
It’s a movie…
@@JerrySmith-ih9rd one of the best.
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Doesn't it depend on if he is nearsighted or farsighted?
2:33 when school ends for the Summer.
😂😂😂
The happiness on his face when he realizes he didn’t get eaten 😂
Also, that’s the smile when you already knew that danger is over.
Indeed
It felt so legit, always makes me happy when he gets like "AHA GOT YOU! : D"
"Jaws"(1975) is the best shark horror adventure movie of all time!
The only good one at least
@@frank8917 Although it should be PG-13 I do not know why it got a PG rating.
@@dan_plays9508 it was a time where PG-13 didnt exist
2:23 the iconic line
That’s the line I always used to use when I was about to defeat the final boss on my game console games lol
Imagine saying the bad word
@@funtimeclassicfoxywolfy4549when i watched the movie on my tv (with captions) it actually finished the word
came back to my comment, the captions finished the word, not brody
A truly amazing scene, I wonder how long it took to film it. One of the best movies ever. Doesn’t matter how many times I’ve seen it, it never gets old. Congratulations Spielberg for scaring us to death so successfully and to John Williams for your iconic score. Brilliant!!
Best Ending.
BLOW UP!!!!
Nah
“Smile you sssonofa-- 💥💥💥💥”
ATTENTION 📣 PLEASE GIVE YOUR LIFE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST OR HELL IS YOUR FINAL RESTING PLACE 🔥 BEST TRUTH.
@@judahthelion01 Why do people such as yourself not realise he actually says “bitch”? 😂
Show me the tank!
I could listen to this music and that one liner for hours, R.I.P Roy Schneider
2:17 The intensity where either Brody would kill the shark, or Brody would run out of ammo and the shark would kill Brody. Amazing.
Still probably my favourite film, and it came out nearly 20 years before I was born. What an all time classic!! "Smile you son of a!!!!"
2:08 just when the suspense couldn't get any higher than this. The violens and trombones just make this moment intense.
I saw an interview with Quentin Tarantino and he said there are a few perfect movies that exist. He said Jaws was one of them, along with Back To The Future. I totally agree, this is one of my all time favorites.
I think the noise of the tank exploding has to be one of the most visceral, cathartic sounds in all of cinema.
perfect climax in a movie Jaws(1975) is one of my favorite movies of all time The Thing(1982) is another one of my favorite movies
This is still the best tension filled scenes in a movie. The boats sinking, Brody has only so many bullets in that clip, and that 25 foot great white shark is charging at him full speed. That and John Williams score is phenomenal
This is probably the best villain defeat scene in movie history.
The fact Brody did not just avenge the deaths of the Man on the canoe, or even Alex Kintner, Ben Gardner, Pippett the Dog, and Chrissie Watkins, but also his new friend Quint, but in a perfectly executed fashion.
The cherry on the top is that the Shark was killed with the old Rifle of Quint that he used the other night, in a way Quint still helped Brody in Blowing up the formidable and despicable Shark, but in a posthumous way by the power and the wrath of his gun.
The buildup is also the key too, with Spielberg's Masterful excitement and suspense and reliance on originality and John Carter even steals the show too with his dexterous sound editing chops, and John Williams leading the band into an invigorating and powerful musical score.
Ben Gardner's first mate also although it was never shown.
Can we all agree that "smile you son of a ******" is the best line in jaws
It’s one of the best lines in cinematic history. It’s still badass today, nearly 50 years later.
2:23 best part of the movie!
SMILE YOU SON OF A!!!!
2:24
The Best Line EVER!!
One of the most violent and gruesome PG films I've ever seen...if not the MOST! And proud to have seen it in the cinema at an age I probably shouldn't have!
Well, PG-13 wasn't a thing back then. Not until 1984 when The Temple of Doom came out that it was introduced by the same director of this movie (though it was not til 1996 that the rating would be widely used)
Now I wouldn't mind if ToD got R, but really parts of Raiders should get a soft R rating. I mean, the King's Speech is rated R for to f***** scenes..and yet JAWS was allowed to stay PG (it was re-released for IMAX 3D, with no rating alterations)
0:11 shark:YOU PICKED THE WRONG HOUSE FOOL
M1 Garand in hand, One liner before the kill, final shot ejects the clip, and a huge explosion to go with it. American cinema at its finest!
Hooper asks about Quint and Brody tells him “no”. Can that tell that they’re both saddened by his death?
Of course they are. Quint is an OG, a War Veteran. He commands and deserves respect. Even if things get heated they know Quint is the Real Deal
I like how the music slowly came in on that part and both characters kinda gave a moment of silence for Quint
Congratulations to everyone who has anything to do with this best movie ever! Holds up even at 50 years
2:53 The way I feel when I am off work a week for vacation!
Still one of the greatest endings ever, Roy was a fucking legend
2:23 Smile you son of a! (Gunshot and explosion from the enhanced mix combined with the ricochet from the mono)
kendra-(gasp) hey !
Not to mention the clip coming out of the reviewer from being out of ammo , that classic tang sound.
What do you mean, Mono?
Mono as in different sound effects compared to the enhanced mix.
Just watched this last night in a theater on campus a the university I attend. Jaws was one of the first movies I remember seeing as a kid, living near the coast in Maine. Seeing it again as an adult just brings me right back to when I first saw this movie and fell in love with this medium of art. The number of times I made believe I was Brody shooting at the shark while playing on a jungle gym is infinite. Iconic and legendary don’t do this film justice.
Still one of the greatest movies in history.
Roy Scheider is movie legend
Does anyone else think the scene at 2:39 is a reference to Duel, Spielberg's first movie? To me, it's very reminiscent of when the truck went crashing down the cliff in a cloud of smoke.
It absolutely is and this is totally by design on Spielberg’s part, the sound played as the shark descends into the depths is the same as the one that plays when the truck goes over the cliff in the climax of duel. This was all confirmed by Spielberg himself in a Jaws documentary I saw when I was young. The movies overall have many similarities as admitted by Spielberg, both center around rather average guys pressed into an unusual duel with a monstrous faceless enemy. He even pointed out that Duel and Jaws both have 4 letters.
Apparently that was spielberg also thanking duel for giving him a career, how poetic his first movie and his greatest movie both have a lot alike
perfect climax and a textbook classic example of one
Fun fact: sea of thieves made an achievement called “smile you son of a…” where you need to kill a shark with explosives gunpowder barrel
Seeing this in IMAX on National Cinema Day was a big treat.
3:54 Hooper: Quint? Brody: No.
I love John Williams’ use of the descending piano arpeggios as he shark is bleeding. Ralph Grierson, amazing studio musician, played it here. I was a studio singer for many years and I knew Ralph. , so when I asked him what it was like on the scoring session, he replied, Scary! Lol
Chief Brody may have taken out the rogue shark, but the scent of the shark’s blood would have probably drawn several additional sharks into the area.
I always thought that myself. But they seemed to leave pretty quickly afterwards. The apex predator being in the water most likely would have put off any smaller sharks in the area until after it was dead. Maybe it would have taken them awhile to realize? It also is kind of through thread to Quint’s Indianapolis story.
They probably all left because of a larger predator, and when they came back they’d care way more about a 3 ton carcass than any humans.
2:04 that shot of Brody aiming the rifle at the Shark will always stand out to me
This film is down right my FAVOURITE film of all time
Same
Ok it's now thunderball but that still has sharks and water in it
So do I
😎😎😎
That line delivery followed by the immediate cut to the explosion is perfect.
This series should have ended with the first film. This ending is classic
I agree, it shouldn't have been a series at all. With that being said, Jaws 2 is decent if repetitive, and Jaws 3D is a total guilty pleasure for me, so I'm glad they exist. Could do without Jaws 4 though, in the words of Quint: "Jesus H. Christ..."
2:10 it always cracks me up watching the shark chewing on the tank like that. It slightly takes away from the tension. 😂
That ricochet sound followed by the explosion is epic
The fact that Brody thought he was all alone just made the movie more exciting. In fact Hooper was hiding down below watching it all.
Love how the M1 Garand is such an iconic weapon that even 30 years after WW2, it's still used as the weapon of choice
Brody is a great character, he's trying to do the right thing in a difficult situation but is very unsure of himself. Even coming to the end of the movie he looked the one least likely one to kill the shark, perfect ending!
0:27 Bruce is like “Thank you for the gift! Have a nice day!”
*minutes later*
2:25 K A B O O M
No matter how many times I've watched this classic movie, the moment at 00:11 when the shark rises out of the water, smashing into the sinking cabin to get to Brody always gives me the chills. Just fantastic filmmaking.
I think this is the greatest, perfect reaction to killing a movie monster ever!
2:03 always gives me goosebumps as not only is it an amazing shot but it sets up the stakes perfectly. It’s head to head Brody v Jaws, the mast gets lower bringing brody down to water level and its now or never he has to kill it. Love it.
At 3:57 when Brody says no and the music kicks in....a masterpiece. And next year it turns 50!
Brody (in Jaws 2): "I know what a shark looks like, 'cause I've seen one up close!" I'm guessing that this scene, especially when the shark bursts into the cabin, is what he's referring to in Jaws 2.
For a movie that is almost 50 years old, this one still holds up. Anyone who watches this movie for the first time, you wouldn't know if a real shark was used or a fake shark (obviously, it was a fake), you wouldn't tell either way. It's still a true masterpiece!
One thing, though, imagine if that shark swallowed the tank.
Saw this in 1975 in a drive in 1st and only time couldn't hear crowd response but when he blow up the shark you could hear the cheers throughout the drive in saw again in 1979 and this time it was a much better crowd reaction they don't make them like this no more.
What people don't know is this film was a huge boost for the movie industry then. Prior to 1975 in the early 70's hollywood was in a funk of some sorts and there was lots of low key movies and forgettable films. Jaws woke up everyone and after that there was so many great movies made.
One of the first summer blockbusters.
l loved jaws...fantastic finale to a fantastic film...and brody's legendary quote at 2:23 before he killed the shark. is the same line i always used to use when i was about to defeat the final boss on any game on my game consoles....🤣👌....
.RIP Roy Schieder and Robert Shaw
Has anyone noticed that in a split second of after Brody shooting the shark at the end of 2:25 and a millisecond of 2:26. You can see the shark’s head peaking out of the water frozen. Which then leads to the iconic explosion and that’s how we got flesh falling from the sky it was from the shark’s head. So it surprised me they actually blew up the Jaws animatronic head for this shot and added blood and flesh inside of it to create that 2:26-2:27 scene. That’s is crazy!
I read the original novel for the first time a few years ago, and while I did enjoy it, I think there are a lot of things the movie did better overall. The ending just being one example.
The books ending just felt sort of...anti-climactic, especially in how the shark is ultimately killed.
Now, does the exploding scuba tank make a ton of sense? No, not really. But does it make for a badass ending? Abso-fucking-lutely.
Mythbusters may have debunked the tank exploding, but they still proved the tank would have killed the shark. Rather than blow up, the tank went down it's throat like a rocket.
@@Shanethefilmmaker Which is a cool death, just not a visually cool death
The author of "Jaws" Peter Benchley told Spielberg that he thought that changing the ending to the shark exploding from the air tank was ludicrous and not possible in real life. Spielberg I guess told him that it won't matter at this point. I have had the audience in the palm of my hand from minute one. They will believe anything I show them by now. The sharks demise in the book is a kind of a downer. This film has to end with a BANG! He was right.
So much of the book was filler, like the mayor's ties to gangsters and Hooper and Brody's wife having an affair. They added nothing to the story. I've read that Quint was based on Frank Mundus who was a charter boat captain on the east end of Long Island which was where the book was set.
Because the novel ending is basically a hommage to " Moby Dick", with Quint acting and diying like Ahab.
I always thought that Chief Brody was the best movie cop to model yourself after.
2:08 when chief Brody shoots, the shark starts munching on the tank, probably because its aware he is shooting him, so he is trying to eat the tank before it explodes, and of course, the shark fails
"Quint?" "No." The looks of sadness on their faces after that really sold that part. Great acting by Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss
"Smile you Son of 'Boom'"
That score… the acting… the story telling… masterpiece.
I love it in the movie of jaws when chief says smile you son of a boom
Jaws is one of the reasons why the 70s are my favorite movie decade. Young directors, producers that dared to take a risk and try something new, method acting, a politicized environment - It is like all fundamental principles of modern cinema were invented in that time, and almost all that followed was only more of it with more money.
Funny enough all the items in the movie can easily fit the wedding list:
Something old (The Orca)
Something new (The Scuba Tank)
Something borrowed (Quint's Rifle)
Something blue (The water.)
Orca? 🤣
@@DarkHorseDanny that's the name of the ship. And it is pretty old.
@@Shanethefilmmaker I thought you where incidentally confused with the shark 😂 well spotted!
@@DarkHorseDanny the case of the shark, the great white isn't that old. It's the youngest descendant of the Megalodon. And back then it looked like it was only in it's young adult state.
Forgot to list the something well quoted: (“SMILE YOU SON OF A-”)
The sound effects are much better in this footage than the other ones.
1:56 me in cod:mw when my squad is dead and the last team is in a helicopter and I have a rpg.
It hilarious how the shark is chewing on that tank like a cigar ha ha .
I paused it at the exact moment before the shark blew up, when it's head is out of the water it looked scary, yet derpy
01:55 It gives me shivers to see Brody psyching himself up.
SMILE YOU SON OF A BBOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GREATEST MOVIE EVER IN MY BOOK!!! I WAS 13 YEARS OLD IN 1975,,,,,NEVER FORGET HOW I FELT DURING THAT MOVIE! I ENTERED IN THE THEATER AS A YOUNG BOY, AND WALKED OUT 3 HOURS LATER A MAN!!!
Chief Brody is my favorite character. I love Jaws, good movie! That “Smile you son of a-“ laugh my butt off 2:23 😂
In the book he is very much less likable. It was a good decision to make him nicer for the movie.
@@josemanuel-chema-solis4127 No one is likeable in the book, I believe it was Spielberg himself who said he wanted the shark to win. They turned a decent but overly padded novel into an absolutely riveting masterpiece!
@@horrorfanandy4647 I agree 100%
The music, the visuals, the tension, this is a masterful ending to one of the greatest movies of all time.
That's The Chief Of The Police Alright
Dude literally looked death in the eye and not only did he make a great shot........but made a joke minutes later about hating the water 😂
In my opinion the best one liner in movie History
3:10 that shot of all the blood and the water to is haunting, and beautiful T the same time. Brody made the ocean safer for animal and mankind that day.
For now that is
This is my favorite part of the film 👍👍👍👍
... and then they realize that the noise and blood has drawn a bunch of other sharks to the area.
School picture day be like when the one kid isn't happy: 2:23
With Jaws, the summer blockbuster movie was born.
How many times have you watched Jaws?
Me: yes
Love at 2:23 you can see it’s his final bullet, since the M1’s cartridge pops out. (I know only 6 shots fired and m1 is 8 round clip but must have had 2 fired from it in an off-camera scene, or only 6 bullets loaded in the clip initially)
Remember that Quint did shoot two shots from the Garand in an earlier scene. Where the gun jams and Quint snaps "What's the matter with this thing?!"
A detail that escaped me and probably a bunch of other people was pointed out to me by my boyfriend during his first viewing. He said that the gun Brody grabs is a WWII era Gerand rifle - meaning that Quint still hung onto a part of his wartime persona even 30 years later. My BF also pointed out that it was likely a real gun since the sound when firing was very accurate (although Roy Scheider could have been firing blanks for some of the shots). The Gerend can hold 8 round, but since Quint used the rifle earlier in the film and shot at the shark twice, this left 6 in the magazine. Brody fires 6 times, with the last bullet finally landing. It’s this attention to detail that makes Jaws really spectacular. I swear most film makers wouldn’t do any of this, they’d just get a prop gun and have the actor spray and pray with generic sounds.
BestEndingEver!
EVEN at age 8 when i first saw this film...i knew this Ending was BADASSOMENESS!