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axleblaze posted:War Horse is good. Yep, so was Lincoln. I can't think of the last Spielberg that you could caricature.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Yep, so was Lincoln. I can't think of the last Spielberg that you could caricature. The Terminal maybe? (I don't know, I never saw it but it seemed that way)
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May 5, 2015 23:08
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The Terminal was not very good. But Munich just kicked rear end six ways from Sunday.
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May 5, 2015 23:13
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I didn't like War of the Worlds but I think I'm kinda in the minority on that at this point. Minority Report was loving dope as hell though.
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May 5, 2015 23:14
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:I didn't like War of the Worlds but I think I'm kinda in the minority on that at this point. Eh, it could have been much better. About half the movie just didn't flow well / didn't fit together great.
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May 5, 2015 23:15
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:I didn't like War of the Worlds but I think I'm kinda in the minority on that at this point. E.T., Close Encounters and War of The Worlds fit together really, really nicely.
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May 5, 2015 23:15
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:E.T., Close Encounters and War of The Worlds fit together really, really nicely. I uh.... don't really like ET or Close Encounters either. I know, I know. I'm a bad cinephile. sue me.
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May 5, 2015 23:16
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:E.T., Close Encounters and War of The Worlds fit together really, really nicely. Huh. I felt like ET and Close Encounters were far far better than War of the Worlds. To a pretty big extent.
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May 5, 2015 23:17
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:I uh.... don't really like ET or Close Encounters either. I actually don't like ET or Close Encounters very much either. But they are both still good!
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May 5, 2015 23:20
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Also hopping on the "not a big fan of ET or Close Encounters" train, though I do like War of the Worlds decently enough.
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May 5, 2015 23:22
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I actually don't like ET or Close Encounters very much either. But they are both still good! yeah I wouldn't call either of them bad, especially not Close Encounters, but they don't really resonate with me that much. and I think ET himself is kind of a crappy muppet to be honest. Spielberg still has a pretty permanent place in my all-time favorite directors list, even if he's hit or miss.
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May 5, 2015 23:24
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:I uh.... don't really like ET or Close Encounters either. Well now that I have your permission to, see you in court Uncle Boogeyman.
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May 5, 2015 23:25
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I actually don't like ET or Close Encounters very much either. But they are both still good! Thinking about it, Close Encounters could be a pretty ideal flick for a remake. It's still really good but a lot of the stuff in it is pretty dated now. You could add in a whole new angle of terrorism / government abuse of authority to really punch up the ultimately positive parts of the storyline.
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May 5, 2015 23:26
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:yeah I wouldn't call either of them bad, especially not Close Encounters, but they don't really resonate with me that much. and I think ET himself is kind of a crappy muppet to be honest. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Carlo Rambaldi got lucky.
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May 5, 2015 23:27
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I've said it before and I'll say it again: Carlo Rambaldi got lucky. glancing at his wiki page, drat that dude had an interesting career. it's been I don't know how long since I saw ET all the way through but I remember last time I caught a bit of it on TV being like "man, ET looks like poo poo." Yoda was two years earlier and looks a thousand times better.
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May 5, 2015 23:30
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A lot of Spielberg's movies don't do it for me either, though I quite like Schindler's List and Lincoln, I think a lot of his stuff might be ignored if his name wasn't attached but maybe I'm an rear end in a top hat.
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May 5, 2015 23:30
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Spielberg gets a pass for anything bad he's done (1941, Hook) and a permanent spot in my top 3 simply because of Jaws though. I still love Close Encounters as much as I did when I saw it for the first time as a 6 year old. War Horse surprised me; I was expecting something much less but I really liked it. Munich owns, haven't seen Lincoln. Is it streaming for free somewhere? VVVVV Yep.
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May 5, 2015 23:31
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directing Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark is enough to earn you a spot in the all-time pantheon and that's setting aside his, what, 20 other awesome movies?
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May 5, 2015 23:32
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:glancing at his wiki page, drat that dude had an interesting career. He did, and I will say his poo poo in Dune looks awesome. Sometimes it just does not work at all, like King Kong.
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May 5, 2015 23:33
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:directing Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark is enough to earn you a spot in the all-time pantheon and that's setting aside his, what, 20 other awesome movies? Well, poo poo, that's true. Maybe I like him more than I thought. Jaws and Raiders! Man...Jaws and Raiders, you could happily retire with just those 2.
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May 5, 2015 23:34
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Raiders is probably in my top 3 best of all time anything movies ever. Just a perfect film to me. How did ya'll feel about War Horse? I still haven't gotten around to seeing it but have meant to.
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May 5, 2015 23:34
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:He did, and I will say his poo poo in Dune looks awesome. Sometimes it just does not work at all, like King Kong. I feel like coming out of the Italian genre film industry will do that. homie probably got handed scraps of fur and foam rubber and told to make it work a lot. That Works posted:How did ya'll feel about War Horse? I still haven't gotten around to seeing it but have meant to. it's not top tier Spielberg but it's worth a watch.
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May 5, 2015 23:36
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That Works posted:Raiders is probably in my top 3 best of all time anything movies ever. Just a perfect film to me. I haven't seen it either, I remember the critical reaction to it at the time being kinda middling so I passed it over.
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May 5, 2015 23:37
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That Works posted:
The main character being a horse aside, there's a really weird motif where you don't ever see any on-screen violence, at least for a little while.
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May 5, 2015 23:39
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Oh WEIRD, Spielberg directed Catch Me If You Can? Why didn't I know that? I quite liked that one.
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May 5, 2015 23:41
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That Works posted:How did ya'll feel about War Horse? I still haven't gotten around to seeing it but have meant to. What Boogey said. It's not amazing but it's still pretty good and it's interesting. It's also just the type of war picture that isn't made anymore while still having the influence of the type of war movies that are made anymore. It wouldn't make my top ten Spielberg movies but that's more because the dude has an insane amount of awesome movies to choose from (with Minority Report being my favorite).
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May 5, 2015 23:42
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axleblaze posted:What Boogey said. It's not amazing but it's still pretty good and it's interesting. It's also just the type of war picture that isn't made anymore while still having the influence of the type of war movies that are made anymore. yeah this is the most interesting thing about it really. I hear it kinda pales in comparison to the play.
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May 5, 2015 23:43
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Looking back at Spielbergs wiki I forgot about Empire of the Sun and really dug that one as well.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:yeah this is the most interesting thing about it really. the play is good but it gets kinda weird when that war horse shits on stage
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May 5, 2015 23:46
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That Works posted:Thinking about it, Close Encounters could be a pretty ideal flick for a remake. It's still really good but a lot of the stuff in it is pretty dated now. You could add in a whole new angle of terrorism / government abuse of authority to really punch up the ultimately positive parts of the storyline. Why the gently caress would you want to do that to Close Encounters? That sounds loving miserable.
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May 5, 2015 23:50
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The_Rob posted:Why the gently caress would you want to do that to Close Encounters? That sounds loving miserable. If you don't want movies to make you feel abject misery you're no movie lover!
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The_Rob posted:Why the gently caress would you want to do that to Close Encounters? That sounds loving miserable. Just more thinking that of the many films he did that one is pretty badly dated (along with ET) and while still being really good definitely suffers from lots of stuff being 70's / early 80's as hell.
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That Works posted:Just more thinking that of the many films he did that one is pretty badly dated (along with ET) and while still being really good definitely suffers from lots of stuff being 70's / early 80's as hell. That's honestly my favorite part of E.T., a movie I also like but don't love. Uncle Boogeyman posted:directing Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark is enough to earn you a spot in the all-time pantheon and that's setting aside his, what, 20 other awesome movies? Jurassic Park, too. morestuff fucked around with this message at 00:14 on May 6, 2015 |
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That Works posted:Just more thinking that of the many films he did that one is pretty badly dated (along with ET) and while still being really good definitely suffers from lots of stuff being 70's / early 80's as hell.
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LORD OF BUTT posted:Also hopping on the "not a big fan of ET or Close Encounters" train, though I do like War of the Worlds decently enough. I agree
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May 6, 2015 00:49
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I just noticed that Grizzly Man, The Exorcist, Blue Velvet, Tales From the Darkside, and New Nightmare are all on Netflix now. I don't think I saw these on any of the lists going into the month.
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May 6, 2015 00:54
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I rewatched Tales from the Darkside the other night. poo poo's dope.
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May 6, 2015 00:55
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:I rewatched Tales from the Darkside the other night. poo poo's dope. Gonna watch that now, its one of the few horror anthologies I haven't seen yet.
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cat doter posted:Oh WEIRD, Spielberg directed Catch Me If You Can? Why didn't I know that? I quite liked that one. I didn't know he was responsible for that. One of my favorite movies. Solid book too.
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Basebf555 posted:Gonna watch that now, its one of the few horror anthologies I haven't seen yet. it's my favorite movie where Steve Buscemi summons a mummy to go after Julianne Moore
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