Jaws turns 50!!

[Barbershopman]

My mom and dad decided to take my brother and I out for a movie night one night 50 years ago, I was 6, my brother was 5. My mom packed hot dogs in her oversized 70s purse and we all went to see the must see movie of the summer in 1975, Jaws. It was, after all rated PG, (PG-13 wasn't a rating until 1984).

Hard to believe it premiered today, June 20th, 50 years to the day!

Barbershopman

 

[luvgirlsfeet]

I’ve always loved Steven Spielberg’s movies. Jaws is in my top 5

 

[Barbershopman]

I’ve always loved Steven Spielberg’s movies. Jaws is in my top 5

The underwater night boat scene (Ben Gardner's head) and Quint's demise scenes so scarred me at age 6 that I couldn't watch either of those scenes for about 25 years. It wasn't until my son took an interest in watching the movie that I was able to watch those scenes. I realized they weren't as bad as I remembered, but hey I was 6.

 

[Ghostwriter727]

Great movie. I had an uncle that watched Jaws repeatedly, and I got tired of it pretty quick. Many years removed now, and I have to say that its a really well done movie. (Just don't make me watch it 5 times a week)😉

 

[wolfman40]

The Ben Gardner's head scene is a great jumpscare!

The sombre USS Indianapolis story

and the smile you son of a bitch ending..

but my god, Jaws 4 the revenge, was a load of bollocks!

 

[Barbershopman]

In an interview, Spielberg said when he saw how test audiences reacted to the shark coming out of the water after Brody's "you're going to need a bigger boat" scene, he got greedy. That's how we got the Ben Gardner head scene.

I rank them basically in order: Jaws the original is the best, followed by Jaws 2, Jaws 3-D, and thankfully, the movie I've only seen snippets of Jaws: The Revenge.

By the way, the Indianapolis scene is one of the greatest scenes ever put to film, in my opinion. Robert Shaw filmed it drunk and didn't like how he did it. He called and apologized to Spielberg and asked if he could do it again. He showed up the next day stone cold sober and that is (mostly) the scene in the film.

Barbershopman