WTF does this mean?? They all opened huge by 1980's standards. Movies played alot longer in theaters in those days as well.
"But these movies — the 'Indiana Jones' ones — were never big hits right away. They were always slow starters that built up to big numbers," Lucas insisted" [Reply]
Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
I trust Spielberg. Hes fairly old fashioned by todays filmaking standards. Which is a good thing.
I don't.
He's made two great movies in the past 19 years (Private Ryan & Schindler's List), a couple of "okay" movies and a bunch of crap ("Always", "Hook", "A.I.", The Terminal").
Jurassic Park wasn't bad per se, but without George's help, who knows how it would have been (Lucas "Ghost" edited the film plus oversaw all the effects at ILM). Clearly, Jurassic Park II was a major disappointment (as a movie, anyway). And Joe Johnson directed a far superior sequel in "Jurassic Park III".
People slam Lucas all the time for the Prequels but fail to realize that Spielberg's directed a lot of crap in the past 25 years. [Reply]
He's made two great movies in the past 19 years (Private Ryan & Schindler's List), a couple of "okay" movies and a bunch of crap ("Always", "Hook", "A.I.", The Terminal").
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We will have to agree to disagree.
I loved
Munich (2005)
War of the Worlds (2005)
The Terminal (2004)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Minority Report
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Schindler's List (1993)
Always
Everything else i will agree was ordinary or crap. Jurassic Park the first movie had a couple of great thrill scenes but thats about it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
We will have to agree to disagree.
I loved
Munich (2005)
War of the Worlds (2005)
The Terminal (2004)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Minority Report
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Schindler's List (1993)
Always
Everything else i will agree was ordinary or crap. Jurassic Park the first movie had a couple of great thrill scenes but thats about it.
Munich, War of the Worlds, The Terminal, Catch Me If You Can and Minority Report are all average at best. Just about any major director could have directed these films and achieved the same results.
None of those movies are in the same category as Jaws, Close Encounters, Schindler's List or Saving Private Ryan.
And while you may have "loved" those film, in no way, shape or form are they exceptional cinema.
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
Munich, War of the Worlds, The Terminal, Catch Me If You Can and Minority Report are all average at best. Just about any major director could have directed these films and achieved the same results.
None of those movies are in the same category as Jaws, Close Encounters, Schindler's List or Saving Private Ryan.
And while you may have "loved" those film, in no way, shape or form are they exceptional cinema.
They're all average, at best.
I don't know about Munich. I agree with the rest. War of the Worlds sucked major ass. The Terminal was boring. Minority report was mediocre at best. But Catch Me If You Can I chalk up to the cast. I agree that any major director probably could have done the same thing. [Reply]
He's made two great movies in the past 19 years (Private Ryan & Schindler's List), a couple of "okay" movies and a bunch of crap ("Always", "Hook", "A.I.", The Terminal").
Jurassic Park wasn't bad per se, but without George's help, who knows how it would have been (Lucas "Ghost" edited the film plus oversaw all the effects at ILM). Clearly, Jurassic Park II was a major disappointment (as a movie, anyway). And Joe Johnson directed a far superior sequel in "Jurassic Park III".
People slam Lucas all the time for the Prequels but fail to realize that Spielberg's directed a lot of crap in the past 25 years.
I disagree whole heartedly on that. II was much better than III. III was garbage. [Reply]
Originally Posted by irishjayhawk: I don't know about Munich. I agree with the rest. War of the Worlds sucked major ass. The Terminal was boring. Minority report was mediocre at best. But Catch Me If You Can I chalk up to the cast. I agree that any major director probably could have done the same thing.
That was confusing. I don't know about Munich being in the group you qualified. I do think it was better cinema than the rest.
And yeah, II and III were sucky. The original was phenomenal, for its time. [Reply]
Originally Posted by :
In its earliest incarnation, Lucas proposed an all-out alien flick called "Indiana Jones and the Saucer Men From Mars." Spielberg and Ford didn't like that idea, and it took more than a decade of wrangling to come up with a story all three could live with.
Reading a lot of reviews this week. All of them seem to be what I'd term as 'cautiously positive'. Along the lines of "it feels like an Indy film, and there are some great moments, but...". [Reply]
Originally Posted by keg in kc:
Reading a lot of reviews this week. All of them seem to be what I'd term as 'cautiously positive'. Along the lines of "it feels like an Indy film, and there are some great moments, but...".
As long as "it feels like an Indy film", I'm good with that.
I wasn't expecting them to reinvent the wheel, I was just hoping they wouldn't screw the pooch. [Reply]
Originally Posted by keg in kc:
Reading a lot of reviews this week. All of them seem to be what I'd term as 'cautiously positive'. Along the lines of "it feels like an Indy film, and there are some great moments, but...".
Just got back from seeing it, this is entirely accurate. Its basically a decent movie in spite of being hampered with a just plain goofy premise. [Reply]
