Favorite Steven Speilberg movie

I didn't know that.

Damned good little film. Great acting, excellent photography. :thumbsup:

before Jaws even

I just remembered that one.

Also had excellent acting and marvelous photography.

Who else could make a movie that takes place almost entirely inside a car.

I read Richard Matheson's short story in Playboy before the film came out.

when was it written?

Which also had an opinion piece called "The Death of Liberalism." :)

but it would be hard to choose between that and JAWS. Coming in close seconds are Raiders and JP.

I like that kind of movie that he does. Adventure, I guess. The "serious drama" stuff, not so much.

I'm replacing Amistad with that one

Hachooooooo!

Especially the introduction of the tripods. That was a great experience in the movie theatre.

which i guess is most of Speilberg's movies.
Indy I, II, II, IV
JP I, II
Hook
Jaws
WoTW
Close Encounters
ET

Dropped off the map.

It would have had such a punch if they'd gone a darker route. It didn't make any sense that for some reason Boston was mostly spared, but I'm okay with it being Boston, or course.

And the original film version sucked.

he peaked early

Most people think of Spielberg's action movies as his definitive work, but I think The Color Purple is one of the best adaptations of a novel since To Kill A Mockingbird.

Not many movies make me cry tears of happiness, but the ending of this one always does. I love the way it is done, with the connecting scenes of Shug and the people from Harpos coming to the church, Albert realizing what a pos he is and breaking into his money stash to bring home Celie's sister and family, and the way everyone reconciles their damage by the end of the movie.

Spielberg makes great scenes of human transformation. The other similar one is from Schindler's List, when the ashes pour down on the city and the little kids think it's snow and start playing in it-he knows what it is and what his part can be in saving people. But Schindler's List, where it is an excellent movie, it is a difficult one to watch more than once. The Color Purple is one I can watch over and over again.

Really.
Truly.

Come on, now.

It would be impossible to pick just one. They were all excellent movies.

I love ET though, I grew up with it and I can't watch the last 5 minutes without tearing up.

However Schindler's List is by FAR the best movie he's ever done. What a great and moving story...

Considering it revolutized the use the computer graphics in movies and had one of the best awe inspiring scenes in any movie when the humans first see the giant dinosaurs.

but as a whole I found it a bit lacking.

Although I'm one of those who read the book first, so the way they tore apart the book and stitched it back together into a Frankenstein's monster version of itself bugged me when I finally saw the movie. :P