Steven Spielberg's Best Movie

[RUSHHEAD666]

QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jan 12 2010, 03:14 PM)

I still consider Poltergeist a Spielberg movie, if just for the fact it looks, sounds, and feels like a Spielberg movie. I'd pick that one as my fave if it were listed. Since it isn't, I'll pick Jaws. I hate CGI - somehow it looks computer generated.

"Poltergeist" is one of the best films on the planet!

Scared the HELL out of me when I was a kid.

 

"Paranormal Activy?" Please. Not even close!

 

Tobe Hooper's best film.

 

Signed,

 

Leatherface

[RUSHHEAD666]

Had to "man up" too so I picked "RAIDERS."

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QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jan 12 2010, 05:14 PM)

Since it isn't, I'll pick Jaws. I hate CGI - somehow it looks computer generated.

Umm Kelly that's what CGI is....computer-generated imagery

[circumstantial tree]

QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Jan 12 2010, 05:19 PM)

QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jan 12 2010, 05:14 PM) Since it isn't, I'll pick Jaws. I hate CGI - somehow it looks computer generated. Umm Kelly that's what CGI is....computer-generated imagery I know, but it doesn't look realistic to me, just more complicated.

[Rushman14]

QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jan 12 2010, 03:14 PM)

I still consider Poltergeist a Spielberg movie, if just for the fact it looks, sounds, and feels like a Spielberg movie.

I feel that way about Gremlins.

[Alex]

The majority of the movies on the list are great but Saving Private Ryan takes the cake IMO. That movie is amazing,powerful and it makes you forget you're actually watching a frigging movie!

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QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jan 12 2010, 05:33 PM)

QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Jan 12 2010, 05:19 PM) QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jan 12 2010, 05:14 PM) Since it isn't, I'll pick Jaws. I hate CGI - somehow it looks computer generated. Umm Kelly that's what CGI is....computer-generated imagery I know, but it doesn't look realistic to me, just more complicated. Ah I see.     Count me in as not being a big fan of CGI...especially when the acting and story is very weak to go with it.

[alphseeker]

Empire of the Sun - the only movie that makes me cry every time i watch the ending and i don't cry - Christian Bale was phenomenal. Edited January 12, 2010 by alphseeker

[treeduck]

Jaws and Raiders

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Raiders and Jaws

[Ancient Ways]

Schindler's List

Raiders of the Lost Ark

CE3TK

Saving Private Ryan

Jaws

 

I forgot how many great movies he has made. He gets lumped in with Lucas a lot and this list is most impressive.

[Rush Cocky]

My son is really into Raiders of the Lost Ark right now, so I've now watched it twice in 2 days.

 

It really does stand the test of time, even though I know EXACTLY what is going to happen next.

[RUSHHEAD666]

I always thought that Steven directed the horrible "Batteries Not Included" movie. He just produced it.

[Rush Cocky]

QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Jan 12 2010, 09:25 PM)

I always thought that Steven directed the horrible "Batteries Not Included" movie. He just produced it.

Wasn't he involved in Cocoon as well?

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QUOTE (Rush Cocky @ Jan 12 2010, 09:28 PM)

QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Jan 12 2010, 09:25 PM) I always thought that Steven directed the horrible "Batteries Not Included" movie.  He just produced it. Wasn't he involved in Cocoon as well? Nope. Directed by Ron Howard, produced by Zanuck and Brown.

[Rush Cocky]

QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Jan 12 2010, 09:43 PM)

QUOTE (Rush Cocky @ Jan 12 2010, 09:28 PM) QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Jan 12 2010, 09:25 PM) I always thought that Steven directed the horrible "Batteries Not Included" movie.  He just produced it. Wasn't he involved in Cocoon as well? Nope. Directed by Ron Howard, produced by Zanuck and Brown. Ah yes, that's right. Thanks for the correction.

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From wiki

 

List of movies Spielberg's involved with

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg_filmography

 

 

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QUOTE (Rush Cocky @ Jan 12 2010, 09:44 PM)

QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Jan 12 2010, 09:43 PM) QUOTE (Rush Cocky @ Jan 12 2010, 09:28 PM) QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Jan 12 2010, 09:25 PM) I always thought that Steven directed the horrible "Batteries Not Included" movie.  He just produced it. Wasn't he involved in Cocoon as well? Nope. Directed by Ron Howard, produced by Zanuck and Brown. Ah yes, that's right. Thanks for the correction. no problem

[RUSHHEAD666]

I love "Used Cars!"

[SiriusRushFan]

Had to mention this one as well. I thought it was kinda cool...

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/AI_Poster.jpg/200px-AI_Poster.jpg

 

Set sometime in the future, A.I. tells the story of David, a child-like android programmed with the unique ability to love.

 

Development of A.I. originally began with Stanley Kubrick in the early 1970s. Kubrick hired a series of writers up until the mid-1990s, including Brian Aldiss, Bob Shaw, Ian Watson and Sara Maitland. The film languished in development hell for years because Kubrick felt computer-generated imagery was not advanced enough to create the David character, whom he believed no child actor would believably portray. In 1995 Kubrick handed A.I. to Steven Spielberg, but the film did not gain momentum until the death of Kubrick in 1999.

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QUOTE (SiriusRushFan @ Jan 12 2010, 10:42 PM)

Had to mention this one as well. I thought it was kinda cool... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/AI_Poster.jpg/200px-AI_Poster.jpg Set sometime in the future, A.I. tells the story of David, a child-like android programmed with the unique ability to love. Development of A.I. originally began with Stanley Kubrick in the early 1970s. Kubrick hired a series of writers up until the mid-1990s, including Brian Aldiss, Bob Shaw, Ian Watson and Sara Maitland. The film languished in development hell for years because Kubrick felt computer-generated imagery was not advanced enough to create the David character, whom he believed no child actor would believably portray. In 1995 Kubrick handed A.I. to Steven Spielberg, but the film did not gain momentum until the death of Kubrick in 1999.

Actually to be honest I thought this was one of his worst movies

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QUOTE (Necromancer @ Jan 12 2010, 04:36 PM)

QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Jan 12 2010, 05:31 PM) Tough to choose between "Jaws," "Private Ryan" and "Schindler's List." Here we are in the age of CGI, and "Jaws," despite it's fake mechanical shark, has aged remarkably well. That movie still delivers. The other two I mentioned are probably Spielberg's two best accomplishments, both technically and dramatically. Y'know... i never seen Schindler's List yet.   That good huh? Probably gonna get it. There's nothing about "Schindler's List" that makes you think it's a Spielberg movie. None of his trademark stylistic flourishes are present. No melodrama (except for perhaps Liam Neeson's "I could have saved one more" breakdown at the end), no slick camera moves, no cutesy stuff, no happy ending (though it IS touching). This is 3+ hours of gritty black and white, handheld cameras, and raw imagery. No punches were pulled in showing the brutality.   I saw this in the theater and there were scenes that made people in the audience shriek in horror. These were disturbing shrieks --- not like the ones you'd hear during a horror movie.

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QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Jan 12 2010, 08:47 PM)

QUOTE (SiriusRushFan @ Jan 12 2010, 10:42 PM) Had to mention this one as well.  I thought it was kinda cool... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/AI_Poster.jpg/200px-AI_Poster.jpg Set sometime in the future, A.I. tells the story of David, a child-like android programmed with the unique ability to love. Development of A.I. originally began with Stanley Kubrick in the early 1970s. Kubrick hired a series of writers up until the mid-1990s, including Brian Aldiss, Bob Shaw, Ian Watson and Sara Maitland. The film languished in development hell for years because Kubrick felt computer-generated imagery was not advanced enough to create the David character, whom he believed no child actor would believably portray. In 1995 Kubrick handed A.I. to Steven Spielberg, but the film did not gain momentum until the death of Kubrick in 1999. Actually to be honest I thought this was one of his worst movies +1   Had to turn it off half way through.

[Stormtron]

I didn't really like AI either, but I watched it again a few weeks ago and thought it was a lot better than I remembered. I still think it should've ended with David in the sub though.

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QUOTE (Test4VitalSigns @ Jan 12 2010, 05:19 PM)

QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jan 12 2010, 05:14 PM) Since it isn't, I'll pick Jaws. I hate CGI - somehow it looks computer generated. Umm Kelly that's what CGI is....computer-generated imagery LOL!! Quote of the day... "CGI...somehow it looks computer generated."