POLL: Best films of Steven Spielberg

POLL: Best films of Steven Spielberg May 20, 2018 22:23:24 GMT

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Post by Toasted Cheese on May 20, 2018 22:23:24 GMT

May 20, 2018 19:02:30 GMT dirtypillows said:

May 19, 2018 7:23:41 GMT Toasted Cheese said:

Perhaps because it is a bit bland in presentation, and doesn't exactly hold the easiest replay value factor for many.

Yes, finally I come across a super cool person who thinks SL is bland! I did not like that movie one bit. It was both bland and boring and overlong and pretentious, and I thought it was one of those all-too obvious Oscar baiters, by the King of Hollywood, no less, Steven Speilberg, who won everything that year. I know it's a very serious theme that should be not outright be mocked, but, like that super smart lady, Pauline Kael, once said (actually I think she said it many times, but...) and that is that great subject matter or a great theme for a movie does not always translate into a great movie. She didn't like SL, either!

My fave Spielbergs

"Jaws"
"Duel"
"Eyes" - Night Gallery segment with Joan Crawford!
"E.T."
"The Sugarland Express"

SL is one Spielberg film I don't care to own or re-visit. After all the hype and viewing it a few times, it just didn't grab me as emotionally or gut wrenchingly as I thought it would. I think people just like on it because of it's theme, and because that they feel that they have to, otherwise they will be seen as heartless. It was a good story, just the execution of it I feel played it a bit too safe. Yes, it was a tad pretentious, self-important and even self-aggrandizing....Gees, look Ma! Look at what I made. I've grown up!

I think Elim Klimov's Come And See -85' is a far superior, more potent, artistic and even poetic presentation. This film stunned me.

I really like The Sugarland Express, but I prefer Duel a bit more and couldn't quite fit it into my top 10. I also find something a bit off with his presentation of how the police are portrayed in TSE. His filming of them and their vehicles is superb, but I'm not quite sure what slant or stance he is taking with this film. Is it in favor of the cops, or the fugitives who are only doing what they feel is right in the face of authorities that may only appear to have it's citizens best interests at heart? Goldie Hawn, does give perhaps her best performance here though.