NFT: Favorite Spielberg movies?

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In comment 14944555 Dave in Hoboken said:

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I actually agree, haha. Spielberg hasn’t been very good the last 15/20 years but I actually enjoyed War of Worlds.

As for the OP - Jaws, Jurassic Park, Catch Me if You Can are among my favorites of his.

Jaws,
Close Encounters of the Third Kind,
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The Last Crusade is the best Indiana Jones movie but it's been a while since I have watched any of them. Others not mentioned yet that I enjoyed: Bridge of Spies, Empire of the Sun, Hook, War Horse.

IMO. Basically a run of the mill formulaic snooze for me. Hanks has been just as bland as Spielberg the last 15/20 years, IMO.

Is identical to the old commercial, "See the USA, in your Chevrolet...?"

1:30 in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8zlUUrFK-M

1:10 in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boertpylK0M

Gotcha ya!

Not sure why I like it.....draws me like stranger things

only what he directed vs produced or wrote.

Of all of them it's probably The Goonies (Producer/writer) or Back to the Future (producer).

If it's only something he directed then it's Raiders of the Lost Ark. Maybe Jaws.

And to the Super 8 comment - he didn't direct Super 8 but I always felt like Stranger things is a melding of Super 8 and the Goonies - definitely a Spielberg-esque vibe.

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Schindler's List, Lincoln and Saving Private Ryan are probably in the top

I have friends in his new West Side Story, I'm hoping that it will be up there too. Its a great story for today.

I love Indy Last Crusade . . . its the perfect adventure movie, Catch Me is pretty awesome too . . .

Watched it 2 nights ago. One of my all-time favorites.

And I absolutely LOVE John Williams (remember there are only 12 different notes)

Erich Korngold "Kings Row" vs . . .


Kings Row vs SW Main Theme - ( New Window )

In comment 14944584 George from PA said:

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Not sure why I like it.....draws me like stranger things

I couldn't get into Super 8.

Stranger Things is "Ok".

In comment 14944626 Jazzertpt Go Big Blue! said:

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And I absolutely LOVE John Williams (remember there are only 12 different notes) Erich Korngold "Kings Row" vs . . . Kings Row vs SW Main Theme - ( New Window )

Those 2 are similar, but the JP/See the USA are IDENTICAL.

I'd have to go with Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark. If you're including as producer only, I'd add Back to the Future.

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Still pissed he turned down directing A Star is Burns.

In comment 14944673 Milton said:

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I'd have to go with Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark. If you're including as producer only, I'd add Back to the Future.

Director? Of the naughty film genre?

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A lot of people have never even heard of it, but it's so simple yet so good.

In comment 14944673 Milton said:

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I'd have to go with Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark. If you're including as producer only, I'd add Back to the Future.

Me too, Jaws may just be my favorite movie of all time.

Also, not everyone’s cup of tea, but I enjoyed War of the World.

In comment 14944625 smshmth8690 said:

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Watched it 2 nights ago. One of my all-time favorites.

Does it appeal to chefs or ex chefs in particular?

Me too. Drefus is great, his inner searching reaching outward.

Something so nebulous about the plot. And somehow, more of what a real "encounter" might be like...

In comment 14944625 smshmth8690 said:

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Watched it 2 nights ago. One of my all-time favorites.

Does it appeal to chefs or ex chefs in particular?

Me too. Drefus is great, his inner searching reaching outward.

Something so nebulous about the plot. And somehow, more of what a real "encounter" might be like...

...I mean, if you were a 'tween in the early 90s I guess that's ok...

But Raiders is a freakin classic!

In comment 14944584 George from PA said:

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Not sure why I like it.....draws me like stranger things

Nothing personal, but Super 8 can suck a dick, IMO. That should have been another tell that JJ Abrams can't write a whole story if his life depended on it.

First hour-plus... great. Last half hour, dogshit drivel.

Again, IMO.

Nothing comes close to "Schindler's List" .... deserved every Oscar Vote it received. And, I remember going into that movie prejudiced - thinking "Here we go ..."

Spielberg was as fair and as honest as I thought he could be .... and it was a brilliant piece of film making that brought tears to my eyes (yeah, I said it) at the end.


(in all transparency - that vote comes from an Italian/Agnostic).

close encounters then Duel

In comment 14944829 sb from NYT Forum said:

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Nothing personal, but Super 8 can suck a dick, IMO.

LOL! Reading that was funny.

You're right. That movie sucked ass. Derivative work.

great premise, underrated as far as his movies go. It’s among the last of his movies that I really like.

Munich was good too.

Terrific movie with a young Christian Bale (whatever happened to that guy).

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jaws
Schindler’s List
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Duel is a sleeper and I have to put Jaws and Saving Private Ryan in my top 3.

As for his top movies, Jurassic Park i think takes the cake.

Mixture of suspense, wow factor, funny, and graphics. The perfect summer movie.

Are the best. It is a tough choice, another great movie not mentioned here was, Empire of the sun, a youmg teenage Christian Bale was sensational, plus an A performance from John Malkovick, add in supporting performances from Nigel Havers, and Joe Pantoliano. This is Speilbergs 1st installment on his World War 2 trilogy, about both American and English prisoners of war in China, when Japan took over occupancy, it lead to the blockbuster and mySpeilberg top movie and one of my top 5 greatest movies of all time, Schindlers list, the most touching scene in the movie or any movie ever filmed when a war time profiteer with little moral values has his entire moral code change completely through one right action followed by another, culminating with him giving away practically every dime he had of the millions he made, breaking down at the very end because he could have possibly saved another life or two had he given it all away, then the love the People he saved in turn show him. A man no different then any man, but showing the power of right action.

In comment 14944681 DCGMan said:

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Still pissed he turned down directing A Star is Burns.

Then get me his non-union Mexican equivalent!

In comment 14944915 TDMaker85 said:

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In comment 14944681 DCGMan said: Quote: Still pissed he turned down directing A Star is Burns. Then get me his non-union Mexican equivalent!

Great movie. I was at the premier and chanted "Booourns!" when it was over.

In comment 14944555 Dave in Hoboken said:

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But please stop that damn girl from screaming in the movie........

....love Catch Me If You Can

Jaws is fantastic. Try to find the documentary on the making of the movie.

is my favorite movie-maker of all-time when I think about how much joy his movies in total have brought me. While I love the action-adventure quality to his movies, if I had to pick one, it would be Schindler's List.

And maybe it's me, but I thought Lincoln was as slow and boring as a movie can get. I think I dozed off in theater.

In Quint's famous monologue about the USS Indianopolis he gets the date wrong. He says "June the 29th, 1945" when in fact it was July 29th (actually July 30th technically that it was torpedoed according to Wikipedia). I'm surprised Spielberg would allow such an error in the movie, although from a writer's or actor's perspective, "June" flows of the tongue better than "July" in terms of the rhythm of the speech. It just sounds better. But is that reason enough for such a glaring error.

For awhile it had me confused because my father was stationed at the base when the Indianapolis delivered the two bombs and his telling of the story the bombs were delivered just a week before one was dropped on Hiroshima, which didn't fit with the timeline of it being delivered on June 29th. Turns out my dad was right and Quint was wrong.
the monologue - ( New Window )

In comment 14945069 Milton said:

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In Quint's famous monologue about the USS Indianopolis he gets the date wrong. He says "June the 29th, 1945" when in fact it was July 29th (actually July 30th technically that it was torpedoed according to Wikipedia). I'm surprised Spielberg would allow such an error in the movie, although from a writer's or actor's perspective, "June" flows of the tongue better than "July" in terms of the rhythm of the speech. It just sounds better. But is that reason enough for such a glaring error. For awhile it had me confused because my father was stationed at the base when the Indianapolis delivered the two bombs and his telling of the story the bombs were delivered just a week before one was dropped on Hiroshima, which didn't fit with the timeline of it being delivered on June 29th. Turns out my dad was right and Quint was wrong. the monologue - ( New Window )

That scene, when first shot, Quint/Robert Shaw was super drunk, to the point where he was embarrassed afterwards. I think they had to re-shoot and he got it sorta right, per Milton!

ago I jumped off the Jaws bridge on Martha's Vineyard.

I'd maybe been to the Vineyard a dozen times before, but never even considered doing it. It's not a high bridge, so it's not scary to do, just I usually was always drinking in a bar or doing something else and it never seemed like a good opportunity.

But two summers ago my then 10-year old had it on her summer bucket list and when we got there I felt like I couldn't leave until I did it.

So satisfying. and every time I watch Jaws now and see the bridge scene it brings back great memories.

Catch Me if You Can

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In comment 14944677 ghost718 said:

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The correct answer.

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the goonies, close encounters and raiders.


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In comment 14944960 LBH15 said:

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And maybe it's me, but I thought Lincoln was as slow and boring as a movie can get. I think I dozed off in theater.

You watch Lincoln for one reason only and it’s DDL. Spielberg is a really boring director now, just no suspense or even compelling story telling anymore. He just just do documentaries at this point.

That's a good thriller