Favorite Spielberg Movie

[dissention]

I was in the video store Saturday night and I wondered what his best movie was. He isn't one of my favorites, but he's made a lot of good, entertaining movies. I finally decided that "Empire of the Sun" was his best one, even better than "Schindler's List."

I can watch "Empire of the Sun" over and over and not get sick of it. The kid (Christian Bale, the new Batman) was fantastic and I think he was Oscar material. Why this movie bombed is beyond my comprehension. The scenes in the prison camp were phenomenal, IMO.

The book by JG Ballard is superb, too.

Which one do you like best?

[strandinthewind]

Go ahead and slam away - but I LOVED "1941" - I mean John Belushi and Patti Lupone in the same movie SHEEBUS!!!!!!!

[gldstwmn]

I haven't seen it in a while but I'd have to say Close Encounters Of The Third Kind.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Go ahead and slam away - but I LOVED "1941" - I mean John Belushi and Patti Lupone in the same movie SHEEBUS!!!!!!!

THAT was better than The Color Purple or even, lord, Hook?!

No wonder you're such a pot afficianado, you've been smoking it today.

No, that movie's not as bad as some make it out to be..

[Villavic]

I don't know why I didn't mention him in the fave directors thread.

Well, let's see. I love everything about dinosaurs. So JP is one of my favorites. In general, all of his fantasy films are my fave. Close Encounters, E.T., the Indiana films..

I think E.T and Jaws made history. No doubt.

About his drama films, Empire of the sun and Saving PRivate Ryan. Definitely.

He has several masterpieces. Ok, but my favorite, is E.T.

[strandinthewind]

you did not say to name the critically acclaimed one or the best one from a critical point of view Clearly, The Color Purple was brilliant, etc. In fact, I have personally sung lead on "Maybe God is Tryin to Tell You Somethin'" Ya Can't Sleep at night (no not at night) - and while I was onstage with several large African American women with better voices that most and certainly mine But, my personal fav. is 1941 - it was just so silly and frivilous "HHHHHHAAAWWWWYYYYYWOOOOODDDDDDD"

[dissention]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

you did not say to name the critically acclaimed one or the best one from a critical point of view Clearly, The Color Purple was brilliant, etc. In fact, I have personally sung lead on "Maybe God is Tryin to Tell You Somethin'" Ya Can't Sleep at night (no not at night) - and while I was onstage with several large African American women with better voices that most and certainly mine But, my personal fav. is 1941 - it was just so silly and frivilous "HHHHHHAAAWWWWYYYYYWOOOOODDDDDDD"

Hey, I like 1941, too. Lupone is a goddess.

I loooooooooooove Color Purple, though. I was disappointed with how Spielberg left out some of the books themes (lesbianism, more of the sister, the relationship with Glover's character at the end, etc.), but I do love it. Whoopi was great and Margaret Avery is surely missed by moi!

"Maybe I put a little Shug Avery pee in his lemonade next time, see how he like that."

Now, I always thought that he should tackle "A Raisin In the Sun." The best play EVER.

[darklinensuit]

I think I liked The Color Purple the most, minus the sappy ending. I'm not a huge fan of Spielberg's film work - usually a bit sappy for me. To be honest, I'm more impressed by his work for the Shoah Foundation.

- Jake

[GypsySorcerer]

I love Speilberg. My favorite is probably Saving Private Ryan, but I really love all of his movies...Even Amistad, which seems to get bad press.

[DownOnRodeo]

DUEL.

I LOVE it.

[littlelies7]

Mainly, "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Always".

[ryan8472]

Raiders of the Lost Ark and Saving Private Ryan. All of his are good, but those are my favorites.

[littlelies7]

Apology for getting OT here, but I found a strange connection with Spielberg.

He was married to Amy Irving...

Who was born in Palo Alto, also where Lindsey's from.

Yep... I'm bored...

[wondergirl9847]

Agreed, Duel is great! Suspenseful, those are my fave films along with comedies.

I love Jurassic Park, the 1st one. I saw it like 3 times in the theater and countless times on video. I am fascinated by dinos, so it blew my mind when I first saw it. My mom hated it. LOL

I love the Indiana Jones films, the third one is my fave. "We called the dog Indiana."

Empire of the Sun is AWESOME!! I can't wait to see Christian as the new Batman...I hope he does a great job, I'm sure he will. How many times have I seen Newsies....oh shut up. LOL

[GardenStateGirlie]

I hated E.T.

The movie scared me as a child. It's still freaky. I don't think i've ever watched the entire film.

I would say probably Indiana Jones.....young, sexy, Harrison Ford...