Comments on: Revival House: “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:00:14 +0000

I remember hearing that Shaw was drunk on the first take. The next day, when he was sober, they shot it again, and he blew everyone away.

My favorite part will always be when Hooper and Quint are talking about the anti-shark cage, and Quint breaks into “Spanish Ladies.”

By: isotonic

isotonic — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:02:41 +0000

What a great tribute – thank you1

By: thefrontloader

thefrontloader — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:30:49 +0000

I just watched a documentary on JAWS. What a movie! I'm still hesitant on going into the water… and so is most everyone who worked on that film!

By: kshane

kshane — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:44:56 +0000

I don't know what it is, but I have never been frightened by Jaws. Yes, it's definitely suspenseful, but scary, not for me. That doesn't diminish it one bit in my eyes though.

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:13:19 +0000

Jaws is the movie I constantly bring up to people who insist you have to be gory to be scary. Yeah, there are some bloody scenes in Jaws, but Spielberg's good fortune and skill worked in tandem. That you got much less of the shark that was, essentially, the star of the show meant a sense of dread had to be built up by the characters and the situation as they'd know it, not by anything horrid we've seen. Back then, we saw the skinny dipper being jerked around and dragged under. Today, she'd have to be bit in half.

But what makes Jaws greater than that is that it becomes an action adventure by the end. You are no longer passive, you're on the boat and on the hunt, and the captain makes Ahab look almost genteel. The day Universal decides to “reboot” Jaws is the day I give up on the movie industry.

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:07:52 +0000

I don't know if he was drunk, but if the DVD documentary is correct, Shaw rewrote and riffed if after John Milius pitched it in on top of Benchley and Gottlieb's work. Either way, the moment Dreyfuss stutters, “You were on the Indianapolis?” Shaw's got you hooked it all the way.

By: Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:47:13 +0000

Yes, I also love that Hitchcock Vertigo shot, achieved by dollying-in while zooming-out at the same time. It's a great moment.

By: Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:44:26 +0000

Appreciate the comment. Sometimes it's not the easiest thing for me to write about a movie that I really love, because I don't feel like I can ever do it justice. So it's nice to know that a fellow Jaws-obsessed fan approves! One of my co-workers is a fan of the film as well, so when either of us makes a mistake, the other can yell “You pulled the wrong one!!”

By: kshane

kshane — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:50:39 +0000

Sadly, the embedding of the video clip has been disabled, but if you double-click on it, you will be taken to the clip at YouTube.

I have and odd history with Jaws. I had no interest in the film when it was first released. I think the hype kept me away. It wasn't until years later that I saw the film, and even then I didn't love it. It was only after several viewings that its magic began to work on me. Now it is one of my favorite films, and I never miss it when it airs.

The zoom-in on Brodie's face when the Kitner boy is being attacked is pure homage to Hitchcock, and since Hitch is my favorite director, I appreciate it. Legend has it that Shaw was really drunk when they did the Indianapolis scene, but drunk or not, it's spellbinding.

By: SeagirlX

SeagirlX — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:44:29 +0000

By the way…I once created a poster in high school for my squad who was doing a little fundraising by selling sub sandwiches (i.e. hoagie, hero, grinder). What was my inspiraton? The above poster. I drew the poster and substituted a sub for the girl. HUGE HIT! LOL