Steven Spielberg - classic or dud

lolz great minds think alike

I'm ashamed it took me this long to realize that pretty much everyone on ILX exaggerates their hatred of Spielberg in a sort of equal-but-opposite fashion.

I'm ashamed it took me this long to realize that pretty much everyone on ILX exaggerates their hatred of Spielberg in a sort of equal-but-opposite fashion let's-pick-on-Morbius way.

dr.morbius has done more for america than all of ilx

I'm ashamed it took me this long to realize that pretty much everyone on ILX exaggerates their hatred of Spielberg in a sort of equal-but-opposite fashion.

― neu hollywood (Eric H.), Tuesday, May 19, 2009 3:28 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i think most people do this -- at times it feels awfully deserved

(most ppl i know anyway)

Whatever makes Spielberg seem controversial and vital is all good imo.

i always say i like spielberg!

i a.i. say i like spielberg!

i indiana jones for spielberg movies.

It's remarkable how well he's done considering a main theme is I wanna fuck my Mom

i mean hes only made two good movies since but

wtf is the 2nd one????

It's remarkable how well he's done considering a main theme is I wanna fuck my Mom

― i, grey, Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:18 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

worked for sophocles

ILX really hated Hitchcock in 1965

well he'd just made marnie, which was a very divisive picture

i'm sure S.S. will make something really fluffy w/ Julia Roberts & Steve Martin if only Surmounter asks him.

"ILX really hated Hitchcock in 1965"

Yeah they're really similar directors except for Stephen Spielberg consistently sucking and Hitchcock being consistently great.

i'm sure S.S. will make something really fluffy w/ Julia Roberts & Steve Martin if only Surmounter asks him.

that would be too unpretentious

i mean hes only made two good movies since but

wtf is the 2nd one????

― Lamp, Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:30 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i am legend

wtf is the 1st one?

bad boys 2

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lol i tht u were going 2 say hitch

xp really?

Yeah they're really similar directors except for Stephen Spielberg consistently sucking and Hitchcock being consistently great

Nice poll idea. I can think of at least 10 Hitchcock films that totally suck, though.

More talk of sucking and cock plz.

haha no i pulled "two" out of my ass and then just named the first 2 i could remember

aka i did what ive been doing on ILX for 3 years now

Part of being a commercial filmmaker is that you're going to mistake the public mood and make terrible movies on occasion. I don't hold Spielberg or Hitchcock's failures against them.

bad boys 2 is pretty good if not the masterpiece that some other ilc mod claims but yah

u know whats a good movie is minority report

mistaking the public mood seems to be an excuse for a film that flops rather than a bad film

It's both too.

how would it result in a bad film?

minority report is good but has a kind of dum ending

"Nice poll idea. I can think of at least 10 Hitchcock films that totally suck, though."

Guy made like 50 though. He's entitled to a few stinkers. 10 seems high though.

There's plenty of bad films that flop!

Hitch's: Torn Curtain, Topaz -- bad films and totally out of step with their respective release year's big films.

Okay that's two.

He made nearly 20 movies before arriving at the original Man Who Knew Too Much and The 39 Steps, and most of them are no Rear Windows.

i guess what i'm asking is why a film that misreads a commercial audience would = a bad film, unless you're saying certain hackish tendencies of both filmmakers (in angling for box office) ruin the film

i guess what i'm asking is why a film that misreads a commercial audience would = a bad film, unless you're saying certain hackish tendencies of both filmmakers (in angling for box office) ruin the film

I never suggested a causal relationship, and sorry if I didn't make myself clear.

xxp Sure sure and a lot of them are really dated, but sucks still seems harsh. There are some early gems there too.

i forgive you. this time!

sucks still seems harsh

Unless you're talking about Spielberg, natch.

even tho i love Marnie, i still think it kind of sucks

Nothing is too harsh when applied to Spielberg.

Marnie and Torn Curtain goofy, but entertaining enough to avoid being completely useless. Topaz and Family Plot suck. I've not seen all (or even most of) the pre-39 Steps flicks, but I recall Blackmail and Sabotage being worthwhile.

Add Jamaica Inn, The Paradine Case, Rope, I Confess, The Wrong Man to the suck list.

I'm sure most of the silent films are pretty lame, but they are silent films so I have little expectation of greatness. It seems lame to count that against him.

I haven't seen Jamaica Inn, but the other four are all very watchable.

they are silent films so I have little expectation of greatness.