Revisiting Match Cut Directors Consensus - Steven Spielberg

[dreamdead]

So with the recent interest in A.I., now is as good of a time as any to relaunch Spielberg's consensus. As with Hitchcock and Kubrick's relaunch, feel free to add to, or edit, your ratings at any time--even after the overall ratings have been posted.

So hit 'em up, Spielberg fans or haters.

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[dreamdead]

Jaws - 9
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 7.5
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 9.5
E.T. - 6.5
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 5.5
Empire of the Sun - 9.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 6.5
Hook - 4.5 (Rufio, you broke my heart) :sad:
Jurassic Park -7.5 (Goldblum bump)
Schindler's List -8
The Lost World - 2
Amistad - 6
Saving Private Ryan - 6
Artificial Intelligence - 9
Minority Report - 7
Catch Me if You Can - 6.5
War of the Worlds - 6
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull - 3.5

[Raiders]

Duel (1971) 7.5
The Sugarland Express (1974) 8.5
Jaws (1975) 8.0
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 7.0
1941 (1979) 4.5
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 9.0
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 7.0
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 6.5
The Color Purple (1985) 5.5
Empire of the Sun (1987) 9.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 6.5
Hook (1991) 4.0
Jurassic Park (1993) 5.5
Schindler's List (1993) 8.0
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) 4.0
Saving Private Ryan (1998) 6.5
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) 8.5
Minority Report (2002) 8.0
Catch Me if You Can (2002) 6.0
War of the Worlds (2005) 8.5
Munich (2005) 8.0
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2007) 5.0

[EyesWideOpen]

Jaws - 9
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 5
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 5.5
E.T. - 8
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 6
Hook - 6
Jurassic Park - 9
Schindler's List - 10
The Lost World: Jurassic Park II - 6
Amistad - 8.5
Saving Private Ryan - 7
Artificial Intelligence - 10
Minority Report - 8
Catch Me if you Can - 7.5
The Terminal - 7
War of the Worlds - 3
Munich - 8.5

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Jaws - 8
Raiders of the Lost Ark -3
Temple of Doom - 1
The Last Crusade - 4.5
Jurassic Park - 6
Schindler's List - 7.5
Saving Private Ryan - 7
A.I. - 8.5
Minority Report - 7.5
Catch Me If You Can - 5
The Terminal - 6

[Spinal]

Duel - 8
Jaws - 7.5
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 9.5
E.T. - 8.5
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 6
The Color Purple - 7
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 6.5
Always - 5.5
Hook - 4
Jurassic Park - 8.5
Schindler's List - 9.5
The Lost World - 4
Amistad - 4.5
Saving Private Ryan - 6
A.I. - 5.5
Minority Report - 6
Catch Me if You Can - 3.5
War of the Worlds - 8
Munich - 8
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 3

Been too long: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

[Robby P]

Pleasantly surprised to see the high scores for Empire of the Sun, which is my favorite.

Duel - 8
Jaws - 9
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 9
Temple of Doom - 4
Empire of the Sun - 9
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 6
Hook - 3
Jurassic Park - 5
Schindler's List - 9
The Lost World - 3
Saving Private Ryan - 8
AI: Artificial Intelligence - 6
Minority Report - 7
Catch Me if You Can - 6
The Terminal - 6
War of the Worlds - 7
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 2

It's been too long since I've seen E.T. or Close Encounters and I still haven't seen all of Munich, yet.

[Dukefrukem]

Duel (1971) 8
Jaws (1975) 9.5
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 9.0
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 9.0
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 9.0
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 7.5
The Color Purple (1985) 6
Empire of the Sun (1987) 8
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 9.9
Hook (1991) 8
Jurassic Park (1993) 9.9
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) 5.5
Saving Private Ryan (1998) 9.9
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) 1.5
Minority Report (2002) 8
War of the Worlds (2005) 5.5
Munich (2005) 8
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2007) 5

confession; i've never seen Schindler's List

[Dead & Messed Up]

Duel - 8
Jaws - 9
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 10
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 10
E. T. - 9
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 9
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 9
Hook - 3
Jurassic Park - 7
Schindler's List - 9
The Lost World - 4
Saving Private Ryan - 9
A. I. Artificial Intelligence - 7
Minority Report - 9
Catch Me if You Can - 8
The Terminal - 8
War of the Worlds - 5
Munich - 9
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 5

[StanleyK]

Duel - 9
The Sugarland Express - 8
Jaws - 9.5
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 8
1941 - 7
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 10
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 7.5
The Color Purple - 6.5
Always - 6
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 7.5
Hook - 5
Jurassic Park - 9.5
Schindler's List - 10
Amistad - 6.5
The Lost World: Jurassic Park - 8
Saving Private Ryan - 8.5
Artificial Intelligence: AI - 9.5
Catch Me if You Can - 9
Minority Report - 8.5
The Terminal - 5.5
Munich - 8.5
War of the Worlds - 9.5
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull - 7

I'm right in the middle of a Spielberg binge; In a few more weeks I'll have rewatched all of his movies, and watched the few ones I haven't seen.

[Sycophant]

Jaws - 9.5
E.T. - 8.5
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 3.5
Jurassic Park - 8.0
Artificial Intelligence - 9.0
Minority Report - 8.5
Catch Me if You Can - 7.5
War of the Worlds - 6.0
Munic - 9.0

Been too long:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Hook

I had to go to the bathroom very badly and couldn't focus:
The Terminal

I'm more behind in my Spielberg than I thought I was.

[Watashi]

Duel - 8
Jaws - 9
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 7.5
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 9.5
E.T. - 7
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 8
The Color Purple - 6.5
Empire of the Sun - 7.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 9
Hook - Ru-fi-ooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Jurassic Park - 7
Schindler's List - 9.5
The Lost World - 6.5 (really want to rewatch this one)
Saving Private Ryan - 10
Artificial Intelligence - 8 (needs a rewatch)
Minority Report - 10
Catch Me if You Can - 8
The Terminal - 6
War of the Worlds - 9.5
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull - 4

[Dead & Messed Up]

Man, damn near no one has seen Sugarland. I really want to check it out now.

[Raiders]

Man, damn near no one has seen Sugarland. I really want to check it out now.

It's wonderful. A truly entertaining film with a great freewheelin' style and beautiful little character touches. It has some of his best camera movements and a surprising amount of nuance (both emotional and comedic) considering how mawkish his reputation has become since. Truly one of his best films.

[Dead & Messed Up]

It's wonderful. A truly entertaining film with a great freewheelin' style and beautiful little character touches. It has some of his best camera movements and a surprising amount of nuance (both emotional and comedic) considering how mawkish his reputation has become since. Truly one of his best films.

It's on Instant Watch on Netflix!

:pritch:

[Eleven]

Duel - 7.5
The Sugarland Express - 7.5
Jaws - 9.5
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 10
1941 - 5.5
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 9
E.T. - 9
"Kick the Can" segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie - 3
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 7
The Color Purple - 5.5
Empire of the Sun - 7.5
Always - 6
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 7.5
Hook - 5
Jurassic Park - 7
Schindler's List - 7.5
Amistad - 5.5
The Lost World: Jurassic Park - 4
Saving Private Ryan - 7
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - 8
Catch Me if You Can - 6
Minority Report - 7.5
The Terminal - 5.5
Munich - 6.5
War of the Worlds - 7.5
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 5

[Rowland]

Duel - 8
Jaws - 10
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 7
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 9
E.T. - needs another viewing
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 5
The Color Purple - 6
Empire of the Sun - 8
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 6
Hook - 4
Jurassic Park - 7
Schindler's List - 7
Amistad - needs another viewing
The Lost World - 6
Saving Private Ryan - 8
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - 8
Catch Me if You Can - 6
Minority Report - needs another viewing
The Terminal - 4
Munich - 6
War of the Worlds - 7
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 5

[Yxklyx]

Duel - 8
Jaws - 10
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 8
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 10
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - 8
The Color Purple - 7
Empire of the Sun - 6
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 7
Schindler's List - 8
Jurassic Park - 8
Saving Private Ryan - 8
Artificial Intelligence - 8
Minority Report - 6

[jamaul]

Heh, me and Stevie have had a long, rather tumultuous relationship.

Duel: 7
Jaws: 10
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 10
Raiders of the Lost Ark: 10
ET: 10
Temple of Doom: 7
Color Purple: 7
Empire of the Sun: 8
Last Crusade: 7
Hook: 2
Jurassic Park: 7
Schindler's List: 9
The Lost World: 6
Amistad: 6
Saving Private Ryan: 6
A.I. Artificial Intelligence: 10
Minority Report: 5
Catch Me if You Can: 7
The Terminal: 3
War of the World: 2
Munich: 8
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: 3

[Ivan Drago]

Jaws 10
Raiders of the Lost Ark 10
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 9
Jurassic Park 7.5
Schindler's List 9
The Lost World: Jurassic Park 3
A.I. Artificial Intelligence 10
Minority Report 8
Catch Me if You Can 5
War of the Worlds 4
Munich 8.5
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 6

[Mara]

Haven't actually seen that many.

Raiders of the Lost Ark: 9.0
E.T. the Extra-Terrestial: 9.5
Twilight Zone: The Movie: (Kick the Can) 4.0
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: 7.0
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: 8.0
Always: 5.0
Hook: 5.5
Jurrasic Park: 7.0
Schindler's List: 9.5
A. I. Artificial Intelligence: 3.0
Minority Report: 7.0
Catch Me if you Can: 7.5

[Melville]

Duel - 7
Jaws - 8
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 7
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 10
E.T. - 7
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom -3.5
The Color Purple - 4.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 7.5
Jurassic Park - 8
Schindler's List - 10
The Lost World: Jurassic Park - 3
Saving Private Ryan - 6.5
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - 4 (evidently needs a rewatch)
Catch Me if You Can - 7.5
Minority Report - 8
Munich - 8
War of the Worlds - 6.5
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 4.5

[transmogrifier]

Duel (1971) 6.5
Jaws (1975) 9.5
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 6.5
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 7.0
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 7.5
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 6.5
The Color Purple (1985) 5.5
Empire of the Sun (1987) 7.0
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 5.0
Jurassic Park (1993) 7.0
Schindler's List (1993) 7.0
Amistad (1997) 4.0
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) 4.5
Saving Private Ryan (1998) 6.5
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) 6.0
Minority Report (2002) 6.5
Catch Me if You Can (2002) 5.0
The Terminal (2004) 4.5
War of the Worlds (2005) 5.5
Munich (2005) 6.5
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2007) 3.5

[soitgoes...]

Amblin’ (1968) - 6.5
Duel (1971) - 7.0
The Sugarland Express (1974) - 7.5
Jaws (1975) - 9.5
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - 8.0
1941 (1979) - 3.0
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 10
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - 8.0
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) - 5.5
The Color Purple (1985) - 7.0
Empire of the Sun (1987) - 10
Always (1989) - 4.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - 6.5
Hook (1991) - 3.5
Jurassic Park (1993) - 6.5
Schindler’s List (1993) - 10
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) - 4.0
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 9.0
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) - 8.5
Catch Me if You Can (2002) - 7.0
Minority Report (2002) - 8.0
The Terminal (2004) - 4.5
Munich (2005) - 7.0
War of the Worlds (2005) - 2.0
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) - 4.0

I've seen Amistad in pieces, but never straight through.

[Stay Puft]

His films keep fading in memory, so I'm just going to rate stuff I've seen recently:

Raiders of the Lost Ark - 9
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 6
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 8
Jurassic Park - 4
The Lost World: Jurassic Park - 2
Minority Report - 7
Catch Me If You Can - 5
The Terminal - 4
War of the Worlds - 4
Munich - 8
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 2

[Weeping_Guitar]

The Sugarland Express - 8
Jaws - 8.5
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 8
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 10
E.T. - 10
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 7.5
Empire of the Sun - 7.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 9.5
Hook - 6
Jurassic Park - 8.5
Schindler's List - 10
The Lost World: Jurassic Park - 7
Saving Private Ryan - 9.5
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - 9
Catch Me if You Can - 8
Minority Report - 9.5
The Terminal - 7
Munich - 9
War of the Worlds - 8
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 7

[Spun Lepton]

Jaws - 9/10
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 7/10
1941 - 3/10
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 10/10
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - 8/10
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 4/10
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 7/10
Hook - 5/10
Jurassic Park - 7/10
Schindler’s List - 9/10
Saving Private Ryan - 8/10
Artificial Intelligence: AI -- 6/10
Minority Report - 8/10
War of the Worlds - 7/10
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 5/10

[Spaceman Spiff]

Jaws (1975) 7.5
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 9.0
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 10.0
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 7.0
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 7.0
The Color Purple (1985) 5.0
Empire of the Sun (1987) 7.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 8.0
Hook (1991) 3.0
Jurassic Park (1993) 7.0
Schindler's List (1993) 10.0
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) 2.0
Saving Private Ryan (1998) 6.5
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) 9.5
Minority Report (2002) 7.0
Catch Me if You Can (2002) 6.0
War of the Worlds (2005) 7.5
Munich (2005) 8.5
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2007) 5.0

[Milky Joe]

Duel (1971) - 6.5
Jaws (1975) - 10
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - 10
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 9
Empire of the Sun (1987) - 10
Always (1989) - 4.5
Hook (1991) - 7.5
Jurassic Park (1993) - 7
Schindler’s List (1993) - 10
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) - 6
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 9
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) - 9.5
Catch Me if You Can (2002) - 8
Minority Report (2002) - 8
Munich (2005) - 7.5
War of the Worlds (2005) - 6
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) - 3

[Pop Trash]

Duel -8
Jaws -9
Close Encounters of the Third Kind -8
Raiders of the Lost Ark -10
ET -9
Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom -9
Empire of the Sun -9
Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade -7
Hook -5
Jurassic Park -8
Schindler's List -9
The Lost World -4
Amistad -6
Saving Private Ryan -8
AI -9
Minority Report -7
Catch Me If You Can -8
The Terminal -7
War of the Worlds -7
Munich -8
Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull -7

[Ezee E]

Duel - 7
Jaws - 7.5
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 8.5
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 8
E.T. - 8
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 9
The Color Purple - 8
Empire of the Sun - 8
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 9.5
Hook - 8
Jurassic Park - 10
Schindler's List - 10
The Lost World - 7
Amistad - 6.5
Saving Private Ryan - 10
A.I. - 9
Minority Report - 8
Catch Me If You Can - 9
The Terminal - 8
War of the Worlds - 7
Munich - 8
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 3

[Bosco B Thug]

Duel - 7
Jaws - 7.5
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 8
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 4.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 5.5
Jurassic Park - 5.5
The Lost World - particularly needs a re-watch but gonna say 5
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - 6
Minority Report - particularly needs a re-watch but gonna say 6
War of the Worlds - 4.5
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 4

[baby doll]

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) [7]
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) [8]
Schindler's List (1993) [8]
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) [10]
Minority Report (2002) [8]
Catch Me if You Can (2002) [6]
The Terminal (2004) [3]
War of the Worlds (2005) [5]
Munich (2005) [5]
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) [6]

It's been too long since I've seen Always, Hook, Jurassic Park, Amistad, or Saving Private Ryan to give them a rating, although the last one seriously sucked. Basically, I like Spielberg's films in inverse proportion to their Tom Hanksness. Don't get me wrong: I like Hanks, and I like Spielberg, but put 'em together and you get The Terminal.

[Sven]

you get The Terminal.

... which is his best post AI film, I think.

[transmogrifier]

... which is his best post AI film, I think.

*chuckles, shakes his head*

Oh, Svensos....

[Mysterious Dude]

Duel - 7
The Sugarland Express - 7
Jaws - 8
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 9.5
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 9.5
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial - 10
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 3
The Color Purple - 6.5
Empire of the Sun - 6.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 7.5
Always - 4.5
Hook - 3.5
Jurassic Park - 7
Schindler's List - 10
The Lost World: Jurassic Park - 2
Amistad - 7.5
Saving Private Ryan - 8
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - 7
Minority Report - 8
Catch Me If You Can - 7.5
War of the Worlds - 1
Munich - 7.5

[baby doll]

... which is his best post AI film, I think.Well, I'm partial to Minority Report myself, but maybe you're not as fond of exciting and suspenseful movies as I am. As for The Terminal, it's just so mediocre and bland. I just hated Hanks as this cuddly, insipid sub-Balki character. Oh, and those scenes where he and Catherine Zeta-Jones talk about Napoleon and Josephine, which are just painful to watch! I don't even want to remember it, and in fact I've largely suppressed the memory.

[Sven]

Well, I'm partial to Minority Report myself, but maybe you're not as fond of exciting and suspenseful movies as I am.

I will fight you.


As for The Terminal, it's just so mediocre and bland. I just hated Hanks as this cuddly, insipid sub-Balki character. Oh, and those scenes where he and Catherine Zeta-Jones talk about Napoleon and Josephine, which are just painful to watch! I don't even want to remember it, and in fact I've largely suppressed the memory.

I will grant you things:

Zeta was a terribly conceived character and the Star Trek romance was gag-worthy. But I feel the film succeeds as a film that captures a peculiar political moment as well as a Tom Hanks comedy, of which there are simply too few. The man has great timing. I also love the awkward sincerity (you were right, Spinal!) of his accent, which achieves a lovely rhythm while maintaining its singular locationlessness.

Minority Report I feel is riddled with too much technical distraction and inexplicable logic to be all that exciting to me.

[baby doll]

Minority Report I feel is riddled with too much technical distraction and inexplicable logic to be all that exciting to me.Okay, there are some (minor) plot holes in Minority Report, but that doesn't matter to me, because the movie is basically a series of elaborate set pieces, and at no point is Spielberg not in complete control over the tone of the film. How about that whole sequence with Peter Stormare as the sleazy eye doctor, which is really suspenseful and funny and disgusting? Spielberg in this film does a great job of playing his audience.

[Sven]

Okay, there are some (minor) plot holes in Minority Report, but that doesn't matter to me, because the movie is basically a series of elaborate set pieces, and at no point is Spielberg not in complete control over the tone of the film. How about that whole sequence with Peter Stormare as the sleazy eye doctor, which is really suspenseful and funny and disgusting? Spielberg in this film does a great job of playing his audience.

I don't understand that scene. Why does the doctor help him anyway? Why does he give him food? Why does he not get rid of the moldy food in there? I was more confused than in suspense. I suppose Stormare's performance was amusing, though. Quacking and stuff.

There is much to admire in Minority Report, but I was unimpressed, ultimately, because of all the silliness. Like lasering the bad guy's name onto a croquet ball. And having Agatha be able to predict where to stand so they can hide behind balloons (as though the cops wouldn't've looked over before getting to that one spot, which Agatha would not have been unable to predict anyway). And having jetpack fire blast inches away from peoples faces without them responding to it.

[B-side]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind- 7.5
Raiders of the Lost Ark- 8
E.T.- 6.5
Jurassic Park- 7.5
Saving Private Ryan- 7
Artificial Intelligence- 8.5
Catch Me if You Can- 7
War of the Worlds- 6.5
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull- 6

[ContinentalOp]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind- 7.5
Raiders of the Lost Ark- 8
The Last Crusade- 9
Jurassic Park- 8.5
Schindler's List- 7.5
The Lost World- 6.5
Amistad- 7
A.I.- 6.5
Catch Me If You Can- 8
Munich- 8
War of the Worlds- 8
The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull- 7

He's surprisingly consistent. I definitely enjoy his lighter, action/adventure films more. Need to rewatch a bunch of his flicks.

[Dead & Messed Up]

... which is his best post AI film, I think.

I can see this line of thinking. The Terminal has this great Spielberg-Does-Tati thing, where it's all about these small discoveries. The fountain, the change, the accent, the gambling scenes. And I really enjoy how the film leaves the terminal at the end and grants Viktor a bit of time to do what he originally planned to do.

I love Minority Report as well. I rewatched it recently, and I was still confused by a few points (why does Eddie help out Anderton?), but I adore Morton's performance, love how Sydow's channeling John Huston circa Chinatown, and those recurrent motifs of submersion and eyes ("Can you see?") are some of Spielberg's most subtextually ambitious stuff.

[Grouchy]

Duel - 5
Jaws - 9
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 10
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 9
E.T. the Extraterrestrial - 8
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 9
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 8
Jurassic Park - 7
Amistad - 5
The Lost World - 4
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - 10
Minority Report - 7
Catch Me if You Can - 6
The Terminal - 3
War of the Worlds - 5
Munich - 7
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 1

[origami_mustache]

Jaws - 6
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 4
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial - 7
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 4
Empire of the Sun - 3
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 4
Jurassic Park - 6
Schindler's List - 7
The Lost World: Jurassic Park - 2
Saving Private Ryan - 5
Minority Report - 5
Catch Me If You Can - 7
War of the Worlds - 2
Munich - 6
_______________

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Raiders of the Lost Ark - 4
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 4
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 4


Thank You.

[Watashi]

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[Pop Trash]

All work and no play makes Wats a dull boy.

[soitgoes...]

Thank You.
Whoop dee doo. You got someone to join your party of wrongness.

[Raiders]

Whenever we inevitably get around to Roland Emmerich, I'm paying close attention to the overall rating for Independence Day and the one here for War of the Worlds. I swear if Emmerich's film is higher, I'm shutting this site down.

Because really, y'all are crazy.

[Pop Trash]

Whenever we inevitably get around to Roland Emmerich, I'm paying close attention to the overall rating for Independence Day and the one here for War of the Worlds. I swear if Emmerich's film is higher, I'm shutting this site down.

Because really, y'all are crazy.

I agree Independence Day is much worse, but...the ending dude...the ending.

[Bosco B Thug]

Whenever we inevitably get around to Roland Emmerich, I'm paying close attention to the overall rating for Independence Day and the one here for War of the Worlds. I swear if Emmerich's film is higher, I'm shutting this site down.

Because really, y'all are crazy. 3 for ID.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Whenever we inevitably get around to Roland Emmerich, I'm paying close attention to the overall rating for Independence Day and the one here for War of the Worlds. I swear if Emmerich's film is higher, I'm shutting this site down.

Because really, y'all are crazy.

Independence Day mostly succeeds on its chosen level of throwbacks, cliches, and good-natured stupidity. War of the Worlds has more ambition, but it fell short too frequently in my eyes. And while I normally support ambition over slumming, Worlds was just so...damn...aggravating.

[Raiders]

There's more humanity and grace in every freakin' frame of Spielberg's film than there is in all two-and-a-half hours of Emmerich's clunking monstrosity. No scene in cinema is as stomach-curdling to me as the one where we have a mass of humanity being destroyed but hey, thank God the fucking dog survived!

I'm not getting into this again over the ending and yada-yada-yada because I'm exhausted from the umpteen times it has been done before, but honestly, "succeeding on what it wants to do" isn't a defense when what the film wants to do is exterminate humanity as loud and mind-numbingly as possible. I expect something more than "good natured stupidity" from a film that puts so much at stake.

[Dead & Messed Up]

..."succeeding on what it wants to do" isn't a defense when what the film wants to do is exterminate humanity as loud and mind-numbingly as possible.

Why not?

[Raiders]

Why not?

Well, OK, it is a defense, but not one that I care to accept. Succeeding at being awful is no better than failing at your ambition in my mind, though we would of course disagree about WotW's failings.

[Qrazy]

Alright, this week I'll try to watch Always and Amistad.

[transmogrifier]

Alright, this week I'll try to watch Always and Amistad.

Whatever for?

[Qrazy]

Whatever for?

To complete the filmography.

[Ivan Drago]

Whenever we inevitably get around to Roland Emmerich, I'm paying close attention to the overall rating for Independence Day and the one here for War of the Worlds. I swear if Emmerich's film is higher, I'm shutting this site down.

Nah, just rename it Bizarro World.

And what's worse, the 4s for the Indy trilogy or having not seen the whole trilogy?

[thefourthwall]

Duel (1971) - 7.5
Jaws (1975) - 9
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 9.5
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - 6.5
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) - 6
The Color Purple (1985) - 7.5
Empire of the Sun (1987) - 9
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - 9
Hook (1991) - 5
Jurassic Park (1993) - 7.5
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 8.5
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) - 7.5
Catch Me if You Can (2002) - 7.5
Minority Report (2002) - 8.0
Munich (2005) - 8.5
War of the Worlds (2005) - 5
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) - 5.5

[dreamdead]

It took way too long, but here you go Match-Cut... as always, feel free to update and let me know of the changes if you have new ratings you want added...

Results:
Schindler’s List – 8.8571 (28)
Jaws - 8.8167 (30)
Raiders of the Lost Ark – 8.7353 (34)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 8.1458 (24)
E.T. - 8.1296 (27)
Empire of the Sun – 7.9211 (19)
Sugarland Express – 7.75 (6)
Saving Private Ryan – 7.7222 (27)
AI: Artificial Intelligence – 7.7121 (33)
Munich – 7.7115 (26)
Minority Report – 7.5 (32)
Duel - 7.325 (20)
Jurassic Park – 7.3088 (34)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – 7.2833 (30)
Catch Me if You Can – 6.7833 (30)
The Color Purple – 6.3125 (16)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – 6 (29)
Amistad – 5.9583 (12)
War of the Worlds – 5.8125 (32)
The Terminal – 5.4118 (17)
Hook – 4.9772 (22)
1941 – 4.6 (5)
Jurassic Park: The Lost World – 4.5370 (27)
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull – 4.5357 (28)
Always – 4.2857 (7)

Completist: Eleven

I've always wanted to see Hepburn's last film, but I don't think I'm gonna rush out given its ranking here...

[Peng]

Can't believe I miss this thread, along with Coens, Payne, and Hitchcock, on my first time searching for director consensus here, as I have them for chronological director projects in the past (year-long in the case of Spielberg and Hitchcock).

Anyway, here's mine for my favorite director.

Duel - 7.5
Something Evil - 5
The Sugarland Express - 8
Jaws - 10
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 10
1941 - 5.5
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 10
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - 10
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 7
The Color Purple - 7
Empire of the Sun - 7.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 7.5
Always - 6
Hook - 6
Jurassic Park - 9
Schindler's List - 10
The Lost World: Jurassic Park - 7
Amistad - 7
Saving Private Ryan - 8
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - 8
Minority Report - 8.5
Catch Me If You Can - 8
The Terminal - 7
War of the Worlds - 8
Munich - 7.5
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 6.5
The Adventures of Tintin - 7
War Horse - 6
Lincoln - 8
Bridge of Spies - 7.5
The BFG - 6

Bonus: His Twilight Zone: The Movie part "Kick the Can" - 5.5

[StanleyK]

Duel - 7
The Sugarland Express - 8.5
Jaws - 10
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 8.5
1941 - 4
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 8.5
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - 8.5
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 4
The Color Purple - 5.5
Empire of the Sun - 8.5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 5.5
Always - 4
Hook - 4
Jurassic Park - 10
Schindler's List - 10
The Lost World: Jurassic Park - 4
Amistad - 5.5
Saving Private Ryan - 7
Artificial Intelligence: AI - 8.5
Minority Report - 7
Catch Me if You Can - 7
The Terminal - 4
War of the Worlds - 8.5
Munich - 7
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 4
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn - 7
War Horse - 4
Lincoln - 5.5
Bridge of Spies - 7
The BFG - 7
The Post - 5.5
Ready Player One - 2.5



Amblin' - 5.5
Poltergeist - 7
Kick the Can (Twilight Zone: The Movie) - 2.5



I honestly don't think Spielberg will ever make a great movie again. He can still turn out some solid entertainment on occasion, but his glory days are long over. I kinda wish he'd retired on a high note after Munich.

[baby doll]

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) [7]
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) [8]
Schindler's List (1993) [8]
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) [10]
Minority Report (2002) [8]
Catch Me if You Can (2002) [6]
The Terminal (2004) [3]
War of the Worlds (2005) [5]
Munich (2005) [5]
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) [6]Nine years later:

Duel (1971) spicy
The Sugarland Express (1974) mild
Jaws (1975) warm
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) warm
Schindler's List (1993) spicy
Saving Private Ryan (1998) cold
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) spicy
Minority Report (2002) warm
Catch Me if You Can (2002) mild
The Terminal (2004) frozen
War of the Worlds (2005) cold
Munich (2005) cold
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) cold
The Adventures of Tin Tin (2011) cold
War Horse (2011) cold

I'd need to revisit E.T., Always, Hook, Jurassic Park, The Lost World, and Amistad before I could give them a rating.

I just watched Jaws for the second time yesterday, and while you could make the case that, in terms of pure craftsmanship, it's likely Spielberg's best-directed film, it's so gruesome that I doubt it'll ever be a favourite of mine. (I know, the violence is more suggested than shown but the suggestion is more than enough for me.)

[Dead & Messed Up]

Duel - 8
Jaws - 9
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 10
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 10
E. T. - 9
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 9
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 9
Hook - 3
Jurassic Park - 7
Schindler's List - 9
The Lost World - 4
Saving Private Ryan - 9
A. I. Artificial Intelligence - 7
Minority Report - 9
Catch Me if You Can - 8
The Terminal - 8
War of the Worlds - 5
Munich - 9
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 5

Now:

Duel - A-
The Sugarland Express - B+
Jaws - A+
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - A-
Raiders - A+
E.T. - A+
"Kick the Can" - F
Temple of Doom - A-
Last Crusade - A-
Hook - D+
Jurassic Park - B+
Schindler's List - A-
The Lost World - C
Saving Private Ryan - B-
A.I. - B
Minority Report - B+
Catch Me if You Can - B+
The Terminal - B-
War of the Worlds - B-
Munich - B+
Crystal Skull - C+
The Adventures of TinTin - B+
Bridge of Spies - B
The Post - B
Ready Player One - C

[Dukefrukem]

Duel (1971) 8
Jaws (1975) 9.5
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 9.0
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 9.0
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 9.0
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 7.5
The Color Purple (1985) 6
Empire of the Sun (1987) 8
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 9.9
Hook (1991) 8
Jurassic Park (1993) 9.9
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) 5.5
Saving Private Ryan (1998) 9.9
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) 1.5
Minority Report (2002) 8
War of the Worlds (2005) 5.5
Munich (2005) 8
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2007) 5



Oof

Now:

Duel - 7
Jaws - 10
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 10
Raiders of the Lost Ark - 8.5
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - 10
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 8
The Color Purple - 6
Empire of the Sun - 5
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 10
Hook - 8
Jurassic Park - 10
Schindler's List - 8
The Lost World: Jurassic Park - 6
Saving Private Ryan - 9
Artificial Intelligence: AI - 3
Minority Report - 8
Catch Me if You Can - 8.5
The Terminal - 3
War of the Worlds - 4.5
Munich - 5
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 5
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn - 8
War Horse - 4
Lincoln - 4.5
Bridge of Spies - 4
The BFG - 3
The Post - 4.5
Ready Player One - 4