Best Spielberg Movies

[istewart]

You can choose 3.

All of the ones included are post-Jaws. Not every movie he directed is included.

[jakethebake]

Good thread. Tough one. Some of those i wasn't even aware were his.

[istewart]

FWIW I voted for ET, Jurassic Park, and Schindler's List. SPR is probably fourth, I just have a thing for ET/JP.

[SackUp]

He has some rather amazing movies. You have to vote for at least one Indiana Jones movie and Lost Ark was clearly the best. I went with Jurassic Park next and then Saving Private Ryan.

I think Catch Me if you Can and Hook are both really fun movies, though not his best.

And ET will probably get a lot of votes but for some reason I just can't stand that movie.

[holeplug]

Schindler's List
ET
Raiders of the Lost Ark

[Asufiji2004]

ET, SPR & HOOK

[jakethebake]

i went jaws, raiders, empire but saving p.r. and 1941 were also right in there. where are all the votes for AI? /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[istewart]

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HOOK

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The pwn.

[i wanna be me]

am I the only one who thought A.I. was an amazing movie?

[Paluka]

Jaws, Raiders, Schindler.

[Asufiji2004]

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am I the only one who thought A.I. was an amazing movie?

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Wouldn't say amazing, but I really liked this movie alot. Of the people I know, this opinion is the minority.

[swede123]

Jaws, Schindler's List and Saving Pvt. Ryan for me.

Swede

[7ontheline]

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am I the only one who thought A.I. was an amazing movie?

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Seems like it. I thought AI was decent, but the "Spielbergization" of the ending really bothered me. I like Kubrick's dark visions better than Spielberg's happy crappy endings; especially for a movie like AI. Happy endings are fine for something like Indiana Jones.

[jakethebake]

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am I the only one who thought A.I. was an amazing movie?

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Yes. In fact you may be the only one on the planet that thought that...unless you meant amazingly bad?

[SackUp]

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am I the only one who thought A.I. was an amazing movie?

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Yup, you are the only one

[istewart]

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am I the only one who thought A.I. was an amazing movie?

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Yup, you are the only one

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lol. Who voted for Amistad?

[slickpoppa]

I said Jaws, Raiders, Schindler's. I was never a huge fan of ET.

[i wanna be me]

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am I the only one who thought A.I. was an amazing movie?

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Seems like it. I thought AI was decent, but the "Spielbergization" of the ending really bothered me. I like Kubrick's dark visions better than Spielberg's happy crappy endings; especially for a movie like AI. Happy endings are fine for something like Indiana Jones.

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I agree the ending was lacklustre - but other than that Indiana Jones doesn't even compare to this movie IMO. Amistad? Catch Me If You Can? Seriously....

[CCass]

Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, and 1 of the Indiana Jones movies. I went with The Last Crusade, but easily could have voted for Raiders.

[private joker]

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Good thread. Tough one. Some of those i wasn't even aware were his.

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They're not. Spielberg didn't do Poltergeist. That was Tobe Hooper, the director of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

(FWIW, Spielberg did produce Poltergeist, but this thread is about films he directed).

[Shajen]

good thread bro.

Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[maryfield48]

Jaws, Jurassic, Empire.

SPR's opening scene was jaw-dropping, but the movie became a cliche after that. Raiders doesn't hold up over time, IMO.

[jakethebake]

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SPR's opening scene was jaw-dropping, but the movie became a cliche after that.

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I totally agree! That opening scene was as close as any movie has come.

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Raiders doesn't hold up over time, IMO.

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this comment i don't get. what would possibly become outdated about this movie? great story? great acting, directing, etc. no crappy special effects to become obsolete. awesome movie.

[lucas9000]

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Good thread. Tough one. Some of those i wasn't even aware were his.

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They're not. Spielberg didn't do Poltergeist. That was Tobe Hooper, the director of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

(FWIW, Spielberg did produce Poltergeist, but this thread is about films he directed).

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PWNED!!!!11

[istewart]

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Good thread. Tough one. Some of those i wasn't even aware were his.

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They're not. Spielberg didn't do Poltergeist. That was Tobe Hooper, the director of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

(FWIW, Spielberg did produce Poltergeist, but this thread is about films he directed).

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Good catch, my fault. He did do more than produce it if I'm not mistaken, though.

[TimTimSalabim]

The Terminal.

Just kidding.

[JPinAZ]

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Seems like it. I thought AI was decent, but the "Spielbergization" of the ending really bothered me. I like Kubrick's dark visions better than Spielberg's happy crappy endings; especially for a movie like AI. Happy endings are fine for something like Indiana Jones.

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Except that the ending wasn't "Spielbergized". The ending was how Kubrik wrote it. FYI, they weren't aliens, they were mecha.

And where's the option for Duel (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067023/)?

[maryfield48]

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Raiders doesn't hold up over time, IMO.

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this comment i don't get. what would possibly become outdated about this movie? great story? great acting, directing, etc. no crappy special effects to become obsolete. awesome movie.

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Hmmm. I just know I've re-watched both Jaws & RLA recently with my kids, and whereas Jaws remained riveting, Raiders left me flat. I think Jaws has better dialogue - some of Queeg's rants are priceless. There's really nothing memorable in Raiders' dialogue.

Maybe the fact that you see so little of the shark for the first hour or so makes highlights the craftsmanship needed to create the suspenseful atmosphere. I loved RLA in its first run, could be the fact that subsequent action movies have upped the ante so much. Which may not be a fair way to judge it, but all said & done it's not close which of the two I found more enjoyable 20 years on.

[astroglide]

crusade is my favorite indy movie by a mile

[jstnrgrs]

You Suck!

[ClaytonN]

If you didn't vote for Schindler's List, explain why. Seriously.

Anyways, my top 3:
1) Schindler's List
2) Jaws
3) Saving Private Ryan

[jakethebake]

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The Terminal.

Just kidding.

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im probably the only person that actually liked that movie.

[Duke]

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crusade is my favorite indy movie by a mile

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You're correct.

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[wrto4556]

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You chose too many options for the poll entitled: Which movies are your favorites?

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So I thought you could choose more than one. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

It's Saving Private Ryan if I really have to. It was real.

Schindler's List in a close second.

[Jack of Arcades]

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Jaws, Schindler's List and Saving Pvt. Ryan for me.

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[astroglide]

i just wish i could buy it outside the trilogy on dvd :/

[theBruiser500]

"I didn't do enough!"

[elwoodblues]

I voted Schindler's List (I don't know how you could not vote for it), Jaws, and Minority Report. Minority Report is a brilliant movie, in my opinion. One of the best of the past few years.

[jakethebake]

Regardless of this poll, it's safe to say the new best Speilberg movie will be Baywatch! (http://entertainment.channels.netscape.ca/entertainment/article.adp?id=20050322095309990003)

[Dead]

Schindler's List and ET.

[Dead]

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"I didn't do enough!"

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You did so much.