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Spielberg's best?

posted 8 years ago by Renovatio (2990)
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Spielberg's best film?

It looks great, well acted, remains mature despite the trademark sentimentality, is thought-provoking and emotional.

i like what people were calling flaws when it was released... the change in tone from first part of the film to the latter part... also, i liked the ending...

Is Kubrick's influence felt in this movie? I heard he was working on the concept before Spielberg took it over.

these things elevate the movie... it's like we got a great mashup of two great filmmakers in a subject that is deep enough to absorb both perspectives... we get the detached, objective look at society and it's interaction with technology, but we also get (earned) sentimentality which sucks us into the story on a subjective level... so good

It's also a film that stands up to a second viewing now that it's been several years since it's release... you'll undoubtably bring something different to the experience as we've experienced a lot of technological development, but have also grown and probably considered our own mortality as well as have children of our own or have thought about the idea...

[–] fleischwolf (294) 7 years ago

Worst by far, makes 1941 look like a masterpiece.

[–] NGMI (1184) 4 years ago

Nothing can make 1941 look like a masterpiece. I can watch A.I. and not want to turn violent.

[–] rudeboymurray (3290) 4 years ago

No, but it's close to the top. I'd rank Empire of the Sun, Jaws, E.T. and maybe Schindler's List ahead of it. Like most of his best work this is deeply flawed, but a film of great ambition and much beauty.

[–] StinkyPoopyPants (3169) 4 years ago

I disagree. I'd put Schindler's List, Empire of the Sun and ET as his top 3. But that's my own humble opinion :)

[–] pjl69 (2647) 3 years ago

Nah, this is nothing special compared to Raiders and Munich.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

"It looks great, well acted, remains mature despite the trademark sentimentality, is thought-provoking and emotional."
"Is Kubrick's influence felt in this movie? I heard he was working on the concept before Spielberg took it over."

Actually, that last segment in the future with the supermecha and the Blue Fairy was Kubrick's idea, not Spielberg's. Blame him for that schmaltzy sentimentality.

[–] Drooch (5333) 3 years ago

No way. It’s very good though, just can’t touch the Indy trilogy, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s, Ryan, Minority Report, Jaws etc.

It’s kind of a curiosity in the Spielberg canon with a strange tone. It’s cold and almost a horror, and yet packs a real emotional punch. Most of all, it stays with you because it presents a philosophical conundrum. Your heart aches for David and his plight and yet he is synthetic, the reunion with his mother is even synthetic, so why am I rolling tears here?

It has the thematic richness of a Kubrick but is made with Spielberg’s trademark elan.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (15100) 3 years ago

Are you kidding?! This is one of his WORST films! I felt like crying at the end and never wanted to watch it again!