Jaws - 35 years later

[JVL1018]

I watched that YouTube clip with my hands over my face and shrieked like a little girl when the scary parts came, so yeah, pretty much feel the same way about it as I did the first time I saw it. I remember seeing it at the drive in-but I was only about to be 4 the summer it came out, so I don;t know why we would have seen it-I guess my parents wanted to-it scarred me for life-I was afraid of sharks in my own swimming pool..and in my bathtub! Great movie, though.

 

[Jennasis]

Traumatized me for life...

And it's still one of the best films ever made. Love it!

 

[donaldduck352]

Traumatized me for life...

And it's still one of the best films ever made. Love it!

I agree,it's on my top 5 list of best movies made.And to think Universal made it!!!

 

[Jennasis]

I agree,it's on my top 5 list of best movies made.And to think Universal made it!!!

Steven Spielberg made it...Universal just ponied up the dough and distributed! Best thing that ever happened to that movie was the shark malfunctioning, causing them to have to shoot most of it without showing the shark.

Did you know the scene where Richard Dreyfus dives down to the boat wreck and finds the severed head, was added later on after filming wrapped? Spielberg wanted to add the scene and they were kind of out of funds, so the films editor let them use her pool to film it!

 

[Poohbear123]

WOW...35 years ago...I feel so old... I Still watch it, when it comes on regualr TV and I absolutely adored Robert Shaw...fantastic actor, who passed way too soon....

 

[cristit14]

I was 7 yrs. old and living in Hawaii when it came out.

I was about 7 when it came out and I was living in Hawaii also. Scared the crap out of me. My best friend had seen it a couple of time already and somehow we talked my mom into letting me go since my friend was going to tell me when to hide my eyes. She did tell me but of course I peeked. The head popped out, I screamed and my popcorn went flying in the air. We had plans with my dad's boss to go out on his boat the following day and my parents wouldn't let me out of it. That was the longest afternoon of my life, standing in the middle of the boat the whole time.

 

[hereyago]

Did you know the scene where Richard Dreyfus dives down to the boat wreck and finds the severed head, was added later on after filming wrapped? Spielberg wanted to add the scene and they were kind of out of funds, so the films editor let them use her pool to film it!

That documentary was interesting the other night. That scene you mentioned above always gets me. I have seen that movie, don't know how many times, but there is something about that head popping out.

 

[mtemm]

I was too young when it came out, but I remember all the buzz about it. I remember some of the older kids/teens in the neighborhood talking about it and how they were scared to go in the water (um, sharks in missouri? not so much). we younger kids would play jaws in our neighbors pool, but we really didn't know much about it. I saw it some years later, and read the book. never scared me out of the water (lived in Ca by then, so ocean swimming), but it definitely gave me a few chills.

 

[hereyago]

On Memorial day weekend, I took DD11 and her friend to Yorktown beach-I ended up having to get into the water-which I haven't been in water in 3 years when I was in Hawaii, i don't like getting into water I can't see.

Anyway, dd and her friend decided to be cute and make the sound as if the shark was coming.


Then the other night, we watched Jaw 3, which was originally in 3D. that movie was just dumb. Anyway, dd and same Jaws sound friend was yelling at the tv, "give the momma shark her baby and she will leave you alone". I even whipped out the photo album of a pic of me and a "Bruce" that was at Universal Studios years ago.

 

[hereyago]

I was too young when it came out, but I remember all the buzz about it. I remember some of the older kids/teens in the neighborhood talking about it and how they were scared to go in the water (um, sharks in missouri? not so much). we younger kids would play jaws in our neighbors pool, but we really didn't know much about it. I saw it some years later, and read the book. never scared me out of the water (lived in Ca by then, so ocean swimming), but it definitely gave me a few chills.

Ok, so I am a shark geek. But Bull sharks can even be in fresh water and have been seen from Mississippi River to St. Louis as well as the Illinios river and very rarely to Lake Michigan. After Hurricane Katrina, a couple were found in Lake Ponchatrain.

The jersey shore shark attacks of 1916 were belived to been a bull or great white and inspired Peter Benchley to write Jaws.

 

[mickeywho?]

Count me in as one of those sneaky kids who was supposed to be asleep in the back while Mom & Dad watched at the drive-in.

I still won't go in open-water. That includes the lake that we visit every summer....man-made pond that the kids like to go exploring....or any beach that you could think of.

Seriously, my one and only serious phobia. Traumatized for life!

Thank you Spielberg!

 

[DVCJones]

I was five when it came out. I can remember my parents leaving us kids with a babysitter and going to see it. I remember them talking about it after. They were talking about how the shark was HUGE!!!!

Years later, when I did see it, I didn"t think it was that big. I do like the movie today. My DH quote lines from that movie all the time.

 

[JessicaR]

We're gonna need a bigger boat!

 

[DVCJones]

We're gonna need a bigger boat!

Good one

 

[mickeywho?]

We're gonna need a bigger boat!

okay...stop it...you're freaking me out!

 

[<3s disney]

I was born the year the movie came out and I love it. We acutally watched it Saturday night.

 

[luvflorida]

I'm showing my age here, but I saw Jaws the summer it came out. I was twenty. Yeah, I'm old!

I went with my mother and some friends to an old theatre in Portland, Maine. We sat in the first row of the balcony and I vividly remember the entire audience jumping and yelling the first time the shark came out of the water. There was a guy sitting next to me and I remember him literally jumping out of his seat.

The movie scared the heck out of all of us, especially because we lived in a coastal town and always spent summers on the beach. Jaws has always been one of my favorite movies and my own kids grew up loving it, too. I watch it at least once every summer.

 

[samshane]

My favorite movie ever... about 15yrs ago I was able to get an original JAWS movie poster - I have it framed hanging on my wall. Then my mom found me a re-release original from later the same year. I was 2 1/2 when it came out - and have seen it more times then I care to even admit. I also have a copy of the Time magazine the week it was released.

Dh thinks I'm crazy LOL! Hey - at least he is cool with me hanging up the posters...

Heck - I was afraid to swim in my pool as a kid after that movie.

 

[Hootiss]

My favorite movie of all times too! And one of the most misquoted movies of all time "We're gonna need a bigger boat" is not the actual line. it's "You're gonna need a bigger boat" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gciFoEbOA8

My favorite quote "That's some bad hat Harry"

 

[Disney1fan2002]

I want to say I was 9yo...which mean I saw it two years after it's release. (Does that make sense? I saw it in a drive-in, so maybe they released it for a summer?) Heck I could have been 7..but I am sure I was 9.

Anyway, my older sister took me, another sister and a brother. I remember sitting in the front seat of the car, with my feet on the seat, I could not take my eyes off the screen, I was that scared. Everytime the music played, my brother had to go to the bathroom! LOL I don't think he saw any shark attacks. If I got to be so mesmerized, and my feet slipped down, once I realized they were on the floor, I would panic and pull them up again.

I remember it was one of the first movies that scared the beejeezus out of me. My Ds14 will not watch it to this day, my DD LOVES it and has since she was 5 years old.

ETA: I should say, I traumatized my poor DS a few years ago with Jaws! We had a Disney cruise planned. I had booked a banana boat ride for castawy cay. DS at the time was 11yo. Months before the cruise,he wanted to know what a banana boat was. It just so happened that DD was watching Jaws on the TV, so when it got to the part with the banana boat, I had DS watch it. STUPID move on my part. We go on the banana boat and both DS and myself were thrown off. DS is about 20 yards from me, hyperventilating, in almost a panic. I am yelling to him to calm down, the boat was coming back for us, but he was freaking out. I couldn't get to him fast enough. (damn life vest). He is a good swimmer and loves the water, so I had no clue as to why he was so panicked. I was right there with him. The boat swung by and got us. When we got back to the beach, DS said all he could imagine was a shark getting him! DUH...so much for my brilliant idea of showing him a banana boat.