Well, what's going to be exhilirating, then?
Jayne: We was just about to spring into action, Captain. Complicated escape and rescue op. Wash: I was going to watch. It was very exciting.
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bon bon - Jun 29, 2005 6:28:11 am PDT #4864 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
§ ita § - Jun 29, 2005 6:33:13 am PDT #4865 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
what's going to be exhilirating, then?
For me? The tension-release cycles exhilarated me. The unfolding of Batman exhilarated me. The one well-filmed fight scene exhilarated me (actually, the first one did too). The fear scenes amped me right up.
sumi - Jun 29, 2005 7:10:41 am PDT #4866 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Okay, this is exactly what I dislike about Spielburg:
It's a grand display of how well he knows how to work us over, and yet the desperation with which he tries to get to us is repulsive.
That's from the opening paragraph of the Salon review of WotW.
Calli - Jun 29, 2005 7:16:04 am PDT #4867 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Yep. I hated it in ET, although 12 year old me couldn't quite articulate that. I dislike it now, and even before the Cruise stuff I was not planing on seeing WotW.
Sean K - Jun 29, 2005 7:21:20 am PDT #4868 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Really, Spielberg's two best are among his oldest -- Raiders and the first shark movie.
tommyrot - Jun 29, 2005 7:22:54 am PDT #4869 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yet oddly enough, 1941 is utter crap.
Gris - Jun 29, 2005 7:24:56 am PDT #4870 of 10002
Hey. New board.
See, I'd say his best includes Saving Private Ryan, which actually gets to me in a way the vast majority of his films don't. And I've never seen Schindler's List, but isn't it supposed to be really good? My brother swears by it.
But Jaws and Raiders, definitely good flicks, in a completely different vein. I also have a soft spot for Jurassic Park, but that may be because of my age when I first saw it.
Still have little interest in WotW, despite the generally good reviews. I was so meh about Minority Report, which had similarly excellent reviews, that I have no faith in the critics when it comes to Spielberg and Cruise. I'll probably wait until it's on DVD.
Polter-Cow - Jun 29, 2005 7:27:37 am PDT #4871 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And I've never seen Schindler's List, but isn't it supposed to be really good? My brother swears by it.
It's really good, yeah, and it's one of the few movies that's made me cry. Of course, you can just scream "Emotional manipulation!" or whatever, but I don't care.
I love Jurassic Park. I really like Minority Report and Catch Me If I Can and pretty much most Spielberg, really.
Nutty - Jun 29, 2005 7:30:54 am PDT #4872 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I have long found that Spielberg can win me over, and keep me, right up until some climactic moment when he tries too hard and loses me completely. That was true of Schindler's List, Empire of the Sun, A.I., and a lot of others. (He never won me over for Saving Private Ryan.)
Good tactics, crappy strategy, I'd say.
Sean K - Jun 29, 2005 7:31:08 am PDT #4873 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Yet oddly enough, 1941 is utter crap.
But it's fun crap. "Look! A baby wolf!"
Okay, maybe not, but I suspect at least part of the problem with that movie was a young Spielberg being unable to rein in Belushi and Akroyd.