#chief martin brody

[roy-the-dork]

“You’re gonna need a bigger boat”

[daily-movie-quotes]

Day 228

March 5

You're gonna need a bigger boat.

Chief Martin Brody

(Played by Roy Schneider)

Jaws

[ibringyouasong89]

Story Time! (Bear with me, it’s a long post; sorry)

My most favorite movie of all time. I was four years old when I first saw it - sitting on my father’s lap, trying to recite our home address (in case I got lost, lol), when I turned and looked at the TV screen...and there he was; Captain Quint, getting eaten alive by the shark, while I sat there watching with horrific awe, crying and stuttering through said home address, doubtlessly traumatized beyond repair.  I had nightmares. Vivid nightmares. My mother had to buy rails for the bed because I kept falling out of it due to said nightmares. I used to take every single stuffed animal I had in my room and make an outline around my body with them, in hopes of protecting myself from the imagined shark fin that was, beyond a reasonable doubt, poking up between my floorboards in the middle of the night and swimming around my bed...even whilst I held my orca plushie (which my father bought for me due to my love for Free Willy). I wouldn’t go near the deep end of the in-ground pool of my childhood home, which had a tree from the neighbor’s yard overshadowing it. I was convinced that there was a man-eating great white shark living within those shady waters, and it was best just to stir clear of it altogether. When I was nine years old, I saw it again on TV, and because dad had control of the remote, there was no way I was going to be able to negotiate for a channel change. Again, I became heavily traumatized (because now I could actually comprehend what was going on throughout the entirety of the movie), but there was also something so...intriguing to me, at nine years old. So, the next day (it was a Jaws movie marathon that week; summertime, y’know), I sat myself down and watched it with my father - who was obviously noticing my willing and voluntary subjection to the horrors that this film invoked in me - who said not a word but held me on his lap all the same. I watched the movie every day, that whole week, still shaken, but no longer afraid. Now...now I was stirred. During the next two years of watching the movie, the dreams stopped, the rails were tossed out with the garbage, and my stuffed animals no longer had to be queen’s guards. Though I still snuggled with ‘Willy,’ ‘cause he was the best. And here I am, now in the present in my early-to-mid 30′s, Willy-less (thanks for throwing out my prized orca plushie, mom - more traumatizing than the movie now), and I can quote this entire film, from start to finish, verbatim. Including the songs. Wanna know why it’s my favorite? And no, it’s not just the obvious action/adventure of it all, nor the chowing down of the innocent swimmers, or the madness and obvious Ahab-like qualities of Quint...the camaraderie between Brody and Hooper, while Hooper and Quint fought like ally-cats on a boat. It’s not even the whole small-town-cop vs man-eating-predator thing...or the obvious family moments Steven Spielberg threw into the movie as a way to relive his own childhood...while all of those are wonderful elements (along with the bts stuff that came out and all the technical coolness, and humor, of a mechanical shark in the water), that’s not the main reason. The main reason is that I found myself relating to Chief Martin Brody over a simple notion: overcoming your fears. During the course of the movie, it’s revealed by Ellen Brody, his wife, that the Chief of Police of Amity Island has had a fear of drowning since he was a boy. His response in the following scene with Hooper, while drunk on Hooper’s private boat (”It’s only an island if you look at it from the water.”), is obviously meant to be a sort of humorous deflection about a serious phobia that he does not deal well with or tries to ignore. He sits in his car when they take the ferry to the mainland, for Christ's sake. So, what happens to change that? Naturally, he’s forced to confront his fear to save the town he’s charged with protecting, and in so doing, comes face-to-face with the monster that is trying to eat him and everybody else. Instead of allowing that fear to cripple him in the end, he overcomes it by allowing his natural inclination for survival, and his powerful will to live and need to protect the innocents, to overshadow it. To drown out that voice of fear so that he can do what he’s obviously meant to do. He’s able to kill the shark that not even the shark-studying-expert, or the shark-killing-captain, can overcome...and in a twist, it’s revealed that Quint’s need to hunt down and kill sharks is born out of a need to not only gain vengeance against the sharks that killed his fellow friends and officers when the USS Indianapolis went down, but also out of the traumatizing fear that he would be forced to face death and be killed by one of them as well (which, ironically, he was in the end - which sort of served as a symbol for both retribution for the innocent sharks and nature’s revenge against him, I suppose). Hooper’s need to study sharks, and perhaps try to preserve them, is also born out of fear that gives way to deep obsession and fascination from when he was a boy. He watched a shark turn his boat into a sinking vessel after he reeled one in while fishing and had to swim to shore. Still, he finds himself also outmatched by this mindless “eating machine” that he so deeply reveres and is forced to hide in a patch of seaweed forest on the ocean floor. So, if the two most expert-like people in the world, one who kills and one who studies sharks, can’t kill the murderous beast, why Brody? Is it because he was destined to be the hero all along? Maybe...but he was an anti-hero, through and through. He got pulled into this because it was his job and because he supported Quint’s proposal to the town to kill the shark. Did he want to go out, onto a somewhat-dilapidated boat, to go “fishing” for the man-eating shark, in the middle of the ocean? Of course not! Nor would I expect him to spend willing time with two crazy people who went to sea whenever they got the chance to either kill or study these animals in their natural environments. But in being forced to play the hero, he is able to overcome his fear...cause what’s the last scene in the movie? Him and Hooper (who survives in the film only; not the book - spoiler alert for those of you who did not read it!), grab a couple of those yellow barrels, lash ‘em together, and swim a couple of miles back to shore. Is Brody screaming, or showing any signs of fear, at being in the water? Nope. The shark doesn’t just represent a mindless, man-eating creature that swims the oceans...the shark also represents the subconscious, and even conscious, fears that lurk deep within our minds. Brody, in killing the shark, kills his fear, and is able to find both resolution to the obvious conflict and peace for his inner child.On some subconscious level, I must’ve recognized that, and that’s why I forced myself to sit down and watch this movie for that one week at nine years old. I, too, wanted to flee the room and avoid the thing that was causing me such terrible nightmares and anxiety...but I also knew I would be missing out on an opportunity to learn something. And I did, but about myself. I’ve kept that lesson in mind all of these years - in order to get over a fear, one must push through it - and though it has not always worked out, whether it’s because of stress or an inability to handle an entire situation - it has helped me in a lot of ways, both big and small. And while I revere this movie and adore it endlessly, that main theme is something that continues to stick out to me and is what makes it a one-of-a kind movie.

JAWS (1975)

[mondoch0w]

Greetings to all 3 people in the tumblr jaws community! Here’s my art, I’m super into the silly shark film atm…. Thanks, dad. Also I’m a bit of a Tumblr baby, so be patient with me!!!!

[the-names-kam]

so i watched this movie for the first time recently (yes i know shut up) and i’m. a little obsessed

(also you can interpret this however you want but my thought process behind it was that the three of them were supposed to be watching a movie but quint purposefully chose a really bad/inaccurate ocean documentary and hooper is Not happy about it)

[cafenervosa]

Brody!!! The boats too small Brody!!! Why didn't you take a bigger boat!!!

[ID in alt text]

[fetchmearum420]

Here you go, Brody sluts

I’m one of them too so don’t worry.

Jaws for life Y’all.

[stuckasmain]

Jaws 2 really had the entire town be terrible to a man with very clear PTSD. Yes he did cause a panic (which did endanger people) but also to active downplaying and dismissal when he has a very clear reason to be like this? Didn’t listen to him the last time and four people died- decide to do it again and then get shocked at the outcome?

In the first movie they had a reason to want the beaches to stay open, it was a very shitty reason but a understandable reason. Money. It’s their biggest week of the year and it’s a tourist town, it’s understandable however “some may die but I need the cash” isn’t a good look.

In the second it’s “there’s no shark because I don’t want their to be one.” There’s absolutely no reason to be so against the fucking possibility besides stubbornness? I guess. Just—

[kingoftieland]

I’m ready to relive dramatic moments from a beloved movie with this LEGO Ideas Jaws diorama! Containing 1,497 pieces, the set features a model of the Orca, which has a detailed cabin with removable roof, an adjustable boom and rigging, plus loads of iconic accessories. Also included are 3 iconic characters – Chief Martin Brody, Matt Hooper, and Sam Quint, who can be seen manning the boat as it floats atop a brick-built seawater base with the great white shark in pursuit. 🦈

Attach a printed tile with the famous line “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” to the base and you have yourself a nostalgic centerpiece from one of the most memorable films of all time!

[classic80sand90smovieloves2]

Movie nights with Chief Brody would include~

(Not my gif)(Requested by anonymous)

(I pledge allegiance to the Shark dilf)

- Your small coastal town doesn’t typically get a lot of excitement so even though Martin is the chief of police, it’s pretty rare for him to work late or otherwise be unable to spend time with you. That being said: he spends most of his day running around and trying to help everyone in town so when he finally gets home, he likes being able to just sit and relax. Meaning that movie nights are pretty much the perfect date for the two of you.

- He’ll usually head to the video store after work and pick something up; oftentimes a movie you mentioned wanting to see throughout the week. If he’s been particularly busy lately, he’ll surprise you with the idea: holding up the bag of vhs’s as you welcome him home from work, saying that he thought you could watch them after dinner and relishing in the excited smile that lights up your face.

- Speaking of particularly stressful days at work: if he’s had a really long week, he’ll find it a bit difficult to totally wind down; half expecting the phone to ring and for him to be summoned back to work. You’ve gotta notice that he’s tense and tease him about it, massaging his shoulders and jokingly telling him to loosen up until he legitimately does; sinking further into his seat and relaxing his posture.

- He typically prefers comedy films or otherwise lighthearted movies; he might even tolerate chick flicks if you’re into those sorts of things. He really isn’t picky though: whatever you’re in the mood to watch is fine by him; he’s usually not paying a ton of attention to it anyway.

- Because he lets you pick the movie, he’s usually the one to go and get pop corn or whatever other snacks/drinks you want to have; letting you focus on the film that mainly you wanted to see.

- You probably throw your legs in his lap as he sits down and he absentmindedly massages them; or strokes up and down your arms if you’re more likely to lean your back against him instead. He likes having some part of you touching him, he’s a surprisingly affectionate person.

- He’ll occasionally press a kiss to your head at random as you’re watching and definitely pays more attention to you than what’s happening on the screen. The only problem with that being that he’ll wind up asking you what happened when you gasp or laugh or otherwise react to what’s just occurred; leading you to chuckle and teasingly tell him to actually watch the movie next time.

- Joking around with each other about the acting and/or weird effects in the movie. The two of you banter quite a bit so it’s no surprise that it carries on into your movie viewing experiences.

- He lowkey laughs at you when you cry but he tries to comfort you regardless; even if he’s trying to hold back his smile. You’ll whine at him not to laugh and he’ll insist that he’s not or that he won’t anymore: but regardless, his reaction usually takes you out of your mood and stops you from crying even more.

- If you wind up falling asleep on the couch, he’ll carry you off to bed and tuck you in; all the whole thinking about how much fun he has just staying home with you and how glad he is to be with you.

[mondoch0w]

Jaws art dump!!!! Silly little slasher AU I made of Brody, and I’m just gonna sneak in my jaws OC there. No big deal. She be scoopin.

[ladydude]

Bawls in yo jawls

[brokehorrorfan]

Entertainment Earth exclusively carries a Jaws Pop VHS Cover featuring Chief Brody for $29.99. It's housed in a hard case that measures 11" tall, 8.25" wide, and 3.25" deep. The limited edition piece will ship later this month.

[fishnerd8343]

In Chief Martin Brody we trust

[v-vox-v]

hello, Mr Vox!! I have a couple of great white shark facts for u >:)

great white shark teeth are serrated, triangular, and as sharp as steak knives!

a great white shark starred in the movie "Jaws".

a great white shark can jump completely out of water.

that's all I have, thank you for your time! ^^

“HOLY SHIT DID JAWS GET MENTIONED?!”

“For those of you that don’t know about the movie I’ll summarize it for you!”

“On Amity Island, a place not unlike New York's Fire Island, there is a plague of shark attacks. Several people are slain. The Mayor (Murray Hamilton) is the sort who doesn't believe in rocking the boat (or ruining business during the short summer season), so he tries to keep the news quiet and tells the local fishermen that he would appreciate it if they can take some time out from clamming and lobster traps to hunt down whatever it is out there. A good-sized shark is captured and killed, and Mayor Hamilton happily assures tourists and newsmen that the danger has passed and now it's safe to go back in the water. Oh the fool he was.

A charming marine biologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) arrives to look deeper into the dead shark. He quickly becomes convinced that this creature could not possibly be the same one that did all the bloody work. He tells the police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) that there is no way this piddling fish could have been responsible. No, sir, this has to have been the work of—A Great White Shark. Martin thinks Matt is wrong but is soon convinced when there's yet another attack. Matt and Martin bring this to the attention of everyone at a town meeting, over the objections of Mayor Hamilton, who still wants to keep everything under wraps. The fishermen, upon hearing that the culprit is a Great White, decide that their lives are too valuable to risk in stalking such a beast. A seaman Quint (Robert Shaw) with a penchant for foul language and a loner attitude then steps forward and says he can kill the gargantuan fish if they come up with some serious money. The town council hems and haws but finally agrees, and Quint, Matt, and Martin join forces on Quint's boat for the hunt. Hunting the great white Now the story resembles Moby Dick as Quint trails the shark the way Ahab did the whale. There's a bit of time out for some funny dialogue between the disparate men, but then the action begins in earnest. They spot the shark; Quint harpoons it several times, but it's like pinpricks to the 28-foot shark and it toys with them. With John Williams' haunting theme playing in the background, the shark starts to counterattack and tows the boat further out to sea.

Next the shark gets annoyed by these intruders who've come to its neck of the ocean and decides to go after them. The final sequences are one shock after another as the shark capsizes the boat and swallows Quint whole. In the end, Martin saves himself and Matt by wedging an air tank in the mouth of the shark and exploding it. Background Fortunes soared Spielberg shows great restraint in his handling of the menace. The shark isn't seen, except for bits and pieces and shadows underwater, for an hour and twenty minutes into the movie. As a result, the first time it lurches above the water, grown men screamed and those of faint heart reached for their nitroglycerine pills.”

[stuckasmain]

Thing about Jaws 2 that bothers me the most is that there’s simultaneously too much focus on the teenagers and not enough. The movie has a bunch of great scenes and ideas behind a sort of sloppy execution.

The concept of a bunch of kids adrift on their capsized boats being targeted by a shark is great. It’s sort of a callback to Quint’s story in the original (in that it’s a similar survival situation). Having a bunch of kids picked off and struggling to survive, bonding in a traumatizing experience. Great! A lot of the teens are enjoyable characters (except the cousin. She should’ve been eaten first I’m sorry)

Except the movie doesn’t commit. Not enough kids are eaten. 90% of the movie is escalating the situation only to have a fake out! There’s so many fake out attacks and a severe lack of fake blood. This shark made a boat explode and took down a helicopter but couldn’t get more then 3-4 teenagers? I’m not asking them to jump the shark (haha) which they sort of did with the helicopter, just not to have so many fakeouts— it takes the genuine edge of the first film and the concept and spits on it?

Additionally having this flip floppy treatment of Brody where there’s these great scenes with his family or showing just how much he cares as a chief and person. For the movie to then mistreat him but then go hero mode and it’s— the movie has so many things it wants to be it doesn’t dedicate to any of them which is a shame.