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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jan 10, 2019 13:56:45 GMT
I don't revisit this film too often but it remains a pleasure when I do.
With Quint destroying the radio and the engine, it comes off as him having a death wish. Perhaps feeling guilty for surviving when his friends didn't all those years earlier. When the time does come, he seems a bit hesitant.
That moment when the remains of Chrissie Watkins are shown to be in a box no bigger than a desk drawer.
The USS Indianapolis speech is still an absolute stunner.
"Martin... my kids were on that beach, too." Love that shot that follows Brody out of the hospital as we hear Quint. Shit just got real.
Love those moments when the silence is shattered. My kid really jumped when the shark first rammed Hooper's cage.
Quint mentions the shark is 25 feet long. Isn't that how tall King Kong is?
Took me a while to realize this was Ben Gardner -
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Jan 10, 2019 14:06:19 GMT
I usually re-visit this once a year, it sits at either 1 or 1A of my favorite movies. While The Poseidon Adventure was the first "real" movie I saw as a kid, that one was at a drive-in so it lost a little something. This was the first adult movie I saw in a cinema, where I could be completely immersed in the experience. And what a movie to grab your attention by the throat from the first scene and not relinquish its grip at all for the next two hours. I still can't fathom that Spielberg was only twenty-seven years old when he made this.
And as other threads have discussed before, Robert Shaw was robbed of an Oscar for his performance.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jan 10, 2019 14:10:37 GMT
I still can't fathom that Spielberg was only twenty-seven years old when he made this.
And Welles was only 25 when he made Citizen Kane. |
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Post by politicidal on Jan 10, 2019 15:46:01 GMT
Never really understood complaints about the shark. The underwater scenes mixed with live shark footage I thought were convincing.
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Post by vegalyra on Jan 10, 2019 15:55:30 GMT
Great film. I have to repeat the comment that Shaw was robbed of an Oscar. I haven't watched it in quite a few years though. I need to revisit soon.
It's interesting to note that Sugarland Express, which came out the year before but also directed by Spielberg, is such a different film from Jaws. Sugarland Express is more similar to a Peckinpah film like the Getaway, while Jaws is more of a summer blockbuster that has dominated Hollywood since.
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Post by jamesbamesy on Jan 10, 2019 16:08:22 GMT
When I first saw Quint’s death on TV, I was pretty amazed.
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Post by theshape25 on Jan 10, 2019 16:40:36 GMT
When I first saw Quint’s death on TV, I was pretty amazed. When I first saw that as a kid it disturbed the hell out of me. |
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jan 10, 2019 16:41:43 GMT
Great film. I have to repeat the comment that Shaw was robbed of an Oscar. "Y'know the thing about a shark, he's got... lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'... until he bites ya. And those black eyes roll over white."
Legendary.
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Post by jamesbamesy on Jan 10, 2019 16:42:01 GMT
When I first saw Quint’s death on TV, I was pretty amazed. When I first saw that as a kid it disturbed the hell out of me. Yeah I was pretty disturbed too. It was something I hadn’t seen at the time. |
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Post by theshape25 on Jan 10, 2019 17:11:03 GMT
When I first saw that as a kid it disturbed the hell out of me. Yeah I was pretty disturbed too. It was something I hadn’t seen at the time. Even now it gets to me. That has to be one of the most horrible things. Sliding towards the jaws of a big shark knowing you're going to be eaten and there's not a damn thing you can do about it. |
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 10, 2019 17:38:30 GMT
Great film. I have to repeat the comment that Shaw was robbed of an Oscar. I haven't watched it in quite a few years though. I need to revisit soon. It's interesting to note that Sugarland Express, which came out the year before but also directed by Spielberg, is such a different film from Jaws. Sugarland Express is more similar to a Peckinpah film like the Getaway, while Jaws is more of a summer blockbuster that has dominated Hollywood since. One thing Jaws and Sugarland share is a scene of citizens forming posses and clumsily/humorously going after the hunted. This may draw from a similar scene in Cheyenne Autumn - one that's often (and wisely) deleted. |
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Post by jamesbamesy on Jan 10, 2019 17:40:52 GMT
Yeah I was pretty disturbed too. It was something I hadn’t seen at the time. Even now it gets to me. That has to be one of the most horrible things. Sliding towards the jaws of a big shark knowing you're going to be eaten and there's not a damn thing you can do about it. It’s kind of an awful position to be in, and just the thought of being eaten alive is quite nerve-racking. |
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jan 10, 2019 17:42:06 GMT
Even now it gets to me. That has to be one of the most horrible things. Sliding towards the jaws of a big shark knowing you're going to be eaten and there's not a damn thing you can do about it. It’s kind of an awful position to be in, and just the thought of being eaten alive is quite nerve-racking. Nice detail with chunks of Quint still stuck in its teeth later when attacking Brody. |
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Post by 博: Dr.BLΔD€ :锯 on Jan 10, 2019 18:00:19 GMT
Still in my all-time favourites....lost count how many times i've seen it.
My middle daughter though as a little one had five minutes and then hid in bathroom...and hated baths for months.
She's older now, and we've seen sharks together, but she still likes to rib me how I 'traumatised' her.
Love everything, pacing, all the characters, acting, a true classic.
Shaw, Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider...everyone, awesome acting
The whole small town vibe.
Adore it.
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Post by wmcclain on Jan 10, 2019 18:45:08 GMT
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Post by fangirl1975 on Jan 10, 2019 18:48:07 GMT
In my book the writing, directing, and cast make JAWS the greatest monster movie I've ever seen.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Jan 10, 2019 19:06:45 GMT
No question, it is my all-time favorite movie. That opening, the way you are forced to imagine what's happening to Chrissie below the surface. That geyser of blood when Alex is eaten so close to shore. Ben Gardner's head popping out of that boat, nerve shattering!  The Indianapolis speech...chilling. The way the cast gels together so perfectly. That score! |
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jan 11, 2019 5:34:17 GMT
'Here lies the body of Mary Lee; died at the age of a hundred and three. For fifteen years she kept her virginity; not a bad record for this vicinity.'
My #4 all time. Summertime, usually July, staple.
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