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re: Yahoo! ranks all 29 of Steven Spielberg's films
Posted on 9/22/15 at 1:37 pm to DeathValley85
Posted on 9/22/15 at 1:37 pm to DeathValley85
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There's just no way that Hook is dead last
I agree 100%
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Posted on 9/22/15 at 2:18 pm to H-Town Tiger
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maybe he is, maybe he isn't, but he is right on about SPR. The opening battle is among, if not the greatest battle scene ever filmed. The closing battle scene is also amazing. But in between is about 2.5 hours of meh with some big names in cameo roles. and the open and close with the old guy is cringe worthy bad.
Pretty much this. I've ragged on SPR so much on this board, I've largely stopped doing it because A) it's not a BAD movie and B) I know no one agrees, mainly due to the emotional baggage attached. But I would add that the movie has no dramatic tension or real character growth. Everything is static, and the major dramatic issue in the story is resolved in about an hour, yet the movie goes on for another hour for no real purpose.
The opening sequence really is awesome, however. It is a brilliant short film with a lesser feature length movie attached.
ET really holds up as an adult. It's great for kids, but I think it works even better as a movie for adults. And it's the definitive Spielbergian broken home. For a movie we tend to wrap in nostalgia, that movie is pretty dark, and downright terrifying to a kid. It's on their level, and attaches to their fears. But I didn't realize until I was an adult that "Keys" is essentially a decent guy. As a kid, he is clearly the villain.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 2:22 pm to Baloo
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For a movie we tend to wrap in nostalgia, that movie is pretty dark, and downright terrifying to a kid.
The entire sequence when the government finally gets its hands on ET is brutal for a kids movie.
It's a fantastic movie though. One of my favorites.
It played out at the Audubon Zoo not too long ago. That was a really cool experience. That movie is made to be watched outdoors on a jumbo screen
Posted on 9/22/15 at 2:23 pm to Galactic Inquisitor
Catch Me If You Can is outstanding.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 2:34 pm to RollTide1987
How is Hook lower than Crystal Skull? Crystal Skull is irredeemably awful. Hook's not a movie for adults - I feel like they're judging it as if it is when it's purely a kids movie.
Lincoln should be near the bottom as well. Boring.
Schindler's List gets more positive rep than it deserves because it's about the Holocaust. It's not that great.
Munich and Catch Me if You Can are waaaaaaay underrated.
Saving Private Ryan wasn't as good as Thin Red Line, which came out in the same year. I feel like Saving Private Ryan was a cringe-worthy propaganda piece with little artistic merit aside from the opening battle.
Jaws, Raiders, & E.T. (which, contrasted with Hook, is a movie for kids that really isn't for kids) are on a level all their own.
Lincoln should be near the bottom as well. Boring.
Schindler's List gets more positive rep than it deserves because it's about the Holocaust. It's not that great.
Munich and Catch Me if You Can are waaaaaaay underrated.
Saving Private Ryan wasn't as good as Thin Red Line, which came out in the same year. I feel like Saving Private Ryan was a cringe-worthy propaganda piece with little artistic merit aside from the opening battle.
Jaws, Raiders, & E.T. (which, contrasted with Hook, is a movie for kids that really isn't for kids) are on a level all their own.
This post was edited on 9/22/15 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 9/22/15 at 2:37 pm to Cooter Davenport
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Schindler's List gets more positive rep than it deserves because it's about the Holocaust. It's not that great.
Ok. I see that you are an idiot.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 2:38 pm to REG861
I found it to be boring and over-wrought.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 2:39 pm to RollTide1987
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7. Lincoln (2012)
Posted on 9/22/15 at 2:40 pm to Cooter Davenport
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I found it to be boring and over-wrought.
I'm questioning your age given your repeated use of 'boring' to describe movies you don't like.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 2:41 pm to Ace Midnight
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Nice job missing the ENTIRE point of the movie.
I did not miss anything, I get it, they "Saved Pvt Ryan" I could get that point without being hit upside the head seeing some older guy visit the D-Day cemetery and him breaking down after we see the movie is cheesy in my view. It is not even like Titanic where the old lady tells the story (i could do with-out that as well) it is just unneccesary.
This post was edited on 9/22/15 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 9/22/15 at 2:41 pm to Carson123987
Exactly. Lincoln blows. It's one of his movies, like Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, that people feel they have to say they like because they're serious in tone and have "historical merit". He's much better when dealing with fantasy.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 2:44 pm to Baloo
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Pretty much this. I've ragged on SPR so much on this board, I've largely stopped doing it because A) it's not a BAD movie and B) I know no one agrees, mainly due to the emotional baggage attached. But I would add that the movie has no dramatic tension or real character growth. Everything is static, and the major dramatic issue in the story is resolved in about an hour, yet the movie goes on for another hour for no real purpose.
The opening sequence really is awesome, however. It is a brilliant short film with a lesser feature length movie attached.
Bingo.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 2:44 pm to REG861
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I'm questioning your age given your repeated use of 'boring' to describe movies you don't like.
I'm probably older than you.
Schindler's List and Lincoln are boring.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 2:46 pm to The Sad Banana
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War of the Worlds is one of my guiltiest of guilty pleasure movies.
It isn't a bad movie, just a little misguided at points.
The early scenes of humans fighting each other and clawing for supplies, etc. are amazingly tense.
My only issue with WotW is that Spielberg tries to keep it almost "too modern," if that makes sense. It had touches of classic 1950s science fiction, but it needed more. It needed to be steeped in that inspiration. Like Darabont's The Mist. That would have worked better.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 2:47 pm to Cooter Davenport
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I'm questioning your age given your repeated use of 'boring' to describe movies you don't like.
I'm probably older than you.
Schindler's List and Lincoln are boring.
Sorry a movie about the Holocaust didn't have enough CGI effects and gratuitous nudity to accommodate your juvenile attention span. You sound moronic.
This post was edited on 9/22/15 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 9/22/15 at 2:48 pm to RollTide1987
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17. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
wowPosted on 9/22/15 at 2:48 pm to RollTide1987
This list is so weird. Jurassic Park should be Top 5.
Lincoln, Terminal, Crystal Skull, 1941, Lost World, all need to drop to the bottom. Hook should probably be somewhere around 15-20. Minority Report is Top 10 easily. Munich is a tad underrated. Twilight Zone should also move up a tad.
Lincoln, Terminal, Crystal Skull, 1941, Lost World, all need to drop to the bottom. Hook should probably be somewhere around 15-20. Minority Report is Top 10 easily. Munich is a tad underrated. Twilight Zone should also move up a tad.
This post was edited on 9/22/15 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 9/22/15 at 2:49 pm to LordoftheManor
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17. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
wow
Too low given what is ahead of it, but I agree that it's an overpraised film. It suffers from Full Metal Jacket complex - outstanding first half, uneven, underwhelming second half.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 2:51 pm to REG861
Saving Private Ryan is really awesome. I know it has the outstanding and remarkable beginning, but I definitely enjoy every second of the film.
Posted on 9/22/15 at 2:51 pm to RollTide1987
Schindler's List is by far his best film.
Don't be fricksticks.
Don't be fricksticks.
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