Oof, I'm exhausted. Not sure if I'll be ready for the movers this Friday. (I'm moving myself and Squeaky a week later.) I think I'll call the movers on Tuesday and see if I can postpone it until the following week.
Who was the real power? The Captain? or Tenille?
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tommyrot - Sep 03, 2017 12:41:03 pm PDT #949 of 3463
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
quester - Sep 03, 2017 5:09:20 pm PDT #950 of 3463
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I don't like ET either. In fact, except for Jaws and the Indiana Jones movies, I couldn't stand Spielberg until Schindler's List.
Vonnie K - Sep 03, 2017 5:24:15 pm PDT #951 of 3463
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Just came back from seeing Close Encounters. I have no objectiveness when it comes to this film -- I consider it one of my formative movie experiences. Never got to see it in the theater before, but it is my dad's favourite film, and I remember watching it together with him for the first time on our old tube TV at home. I think I was 11 or 12-ish? When the spaceship turns sideways and you see all the lights flashing in its belly... MAGIC. And when the control panel and spaceship play the music together. And the extended light show at the end set to John Williams' music, oh man.
Gotta say, it held up pretty well for me. All hail practical effects! I've seen it a few times on TV since then but I'm glad to have made the trek to the theater to see it on big screen.
megan walker - Sep 03, 2017 8:00:03 pm PDT #952 of 3463
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It occurs to me now I should have done a full ranking when I did my Spielberg blog project, but looking back, my Top Ten would probably look something like:
Jaws
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Schindler's List
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Jurassic Park
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The Adventures of Tintin
Saving Private Ryan
Duel
Munich
The top two are rock solid. The others might change based on the day.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 04, 2017 3:12:46 am PDT #953 of 3463
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I really like most Spielberg films, but ET was too cutesy for me even at 13. And I may loathe Short Round more than Jar Jar Binks.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 04, 2017 3:59:15 am PDT #954 of 3463
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I haven't seen a ton of Speilberg, I guess- Never saw Jaws or Saving Private Ryan. I think Jaws would be to scary for me, because I found ET terrifying. I mostly remember all the white tents and people in hazmat suits.
My favorite is Jurassic Park and Schindler's List. Jurassic Park I loved the book as well. Schindler's List I really loved the exploration of Schindler and Amon Goetz and being very similar personality types (kind of indulgent players) and how can one become monster and one become a hero. I didn't like the girl in the red coat because that felt very on the nose to me-- Like something I would do, and it also reminded me of a very popular line of greeting cards in the '90s that we all colorized black and white pictures of children dressed up like retro looking adults.
Calli - Sep 04, 2017 4:29:32 am PDT #955 of 3463
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
ET pissed me off. I saw it in the theater, and it was the first time I really noticed a movie pulling my emotional strings. I came out of the theater feeling manipulated. I know that most movies are crafted to elicit an emotional response, but I felt like ET was especially blatant.
Raiders, on the other hand, was a delight.
megan walker - Sep 04, 2017 7:39:11 am PDT #956 of 3463
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I love you people. I got such shit on my blog for hating on E.T. (though I liked it more on rewatch than I did originally). But it bugs the shit out of me that it is the one Spielberg on the Sight & Sound 250.
megan walker - Sep 04, 2017 7:52:32 am PDT #957 of 3463
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I haven't seen a ton of Speilberg, I guess- Never saw Jaws or Saving Private Ryan. I think Jaws would be to scary for me, because I found ET terrifying. I mostly remember all the white tents and people in hazmat suits.
I think Jaws would probably be too scary, but I'm a bad judge since I saw it by sneaking into a campus showing (I was 9 or so) and was pretty much terrified ever after when swimming in the summer. In a lake.
Saving Private Ryan would probably be much higher on my list if it didn't have those god-awful sentimental bookends. It's nearly perfect otherwise. Great ensemble. The D-Day beach sequence is incredible but hard to watch for many I'm sure.
Beverly - Sep 04, 2017 11:46:57 am PDT #958 of 3463
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Saw Jaws release day in the theater, with another couple. Becky and I sat there frozen in horror while the guys were at the concession stand "before much happened" at the first of the movie. They walked back down the aisle loaded with popcorn, drinks, and candy and eased into their seats, and couldn't help picking up on the utter silence and raw edge of disbelief in air.
"What happened?" they wanted to know. Like, in twenty words or less? Nah. Your loss. Catch up. And don't let go my hand.