Steven Spielberg

Disagree, I think he is good, but there are others that are better.

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i disagree, very good and talented, but not the best.
and i dont have any of his films in my top 10.
E.T. was great so was hook, close encounters,jurassic park.....

but he still aint the best director.

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What Speilberg means to me...

I know that I will instantly go see a Speilberg movie when it comes out. He's actually the only director I feel that way about. Is he the best? Who can define that? My opinions different , than say silver bullets. I'm older, I saw Jaws in the theatre when I was a kid. It blew my mind! There was no other movie like that then, it was the FIRST summer blockbuster. Speilberg has helped Hollywood by making SO many multi-million dollar films. Ask the people who made the money off him andd I'm sure they'll say he is the best
My favorite's that hes made are:
Saving Private Ryan
Schindlers List
The Color Purple
Raiders of the Lost Arc
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Empire of the Sun
Jurrasic Park

But I also have other favorite directors:
Oliver Stone
David Lynch
Martin Scorsese
Stanley Kubrick
Cameron Crowe
Francis Ford Coppola
etc,...

BTW, I saw Star Wars when I was a kid in the theatre too, it was a double feature. Second movie...Logans Run. Needless to say Star Wars blew my mind too!!!!

Hey dude.....you forgot Minority Report !

HOLY CRAP!!!!

you're right.

My idol, he is! Hmmmmm

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Hey, weren't you WriterDirect at one point? Didn't you write the tasteless, and woefully unfunny stories about Kubrick? I distinctly remember one in which Speilberg tricks Kubrick into driving of a cliff, killing him. Sounds to me like Idol worship only in the god-smiting sense.

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Just saw Amistad for the first time. It was long (2hrs. 35 minutes) but I thought it was great. Nigel Hawthorne playing Martin Van Buren in a role very similiar to the one he played in The Madness of King George was very good. Anthony Hopkins was tremendous as usual. Djimoun Hounsou who I also liked in Gladiator was also very good. The middle passage scenes were brutal but should be seen.

My Favorite Spielberg movies

1. Jaws
2. Schindler's List
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
5. Amistad
6. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
7. Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade
8. Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom
9. Empire of the Sun
10. Saving Private Ryan

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Jurassic Park is one of my faveourite Speilberg movies. The effects in it were amazing and can still stand up on it's own today.

A.I. was a great film, although I had to watch it a couple of times on DVD to really appreciate it, It's now one of my faveourite movies.

Indiana Jones Trilogy was amazing. Although I wasn't huge fan of Part 2 I still liked it and loved the trilogy as a whole.

Speilberg still has a lot of directing energy in him and hopefully we will still see movies in the cinema by him in the future.

I think he has defenetly lost his touch.

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1. Jaws (1975) A+++
2. Saving Private Ryan (1998) A+
3. Sugarland Express (1974) A+
4. Minority Report (2002) A
5. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) A
6. Jurassic Park (1993) A-
7. Artificial Intelligence: A.I. (2001) A-
8. Catch Me If You Can (2002) C
9. Amistad (1997) C
10. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) C-
11. Hook (1991) D

Still not seen any of the Indiana Jones films (properly), Schindler's List, Close Encounter of the Third Kind or any of his films that aren't listed above.

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See Raiders of the Lost Ark immediately.

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Well. i think that steven spielberg is a great director. He's been involved with many masterpeice works like for example SCHINDLER'S LIST, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws and Saving Private Ryan but let's just also not forget that Steven Spielberg also been involved with other films as a producer. Back to the Future and Band of Brothers (tv series). looking at his carreer and seeing what his done i believe that he has a very intellectual way of making films. it's queit strange that most of the films that his directed so far was true stories maybe if he wants to be the best he has to diversify himself to other genres. so far we've only seen him in fantasy and war films i think it's about time he should do something else. coming back to your question, i think that steven spielberg is an excellent director but not that good to be the best director of all time. rather than a good story a great director should show more of the visual aspects of film making. altough i reckon that he is one of the best 10 director of all time, i just don't think he is good enough to be the best yet. Directors like sergio leone, Akira kurosawa and Orson welles probably be around that section.

for some reason i favor Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can overall his films. I haven't seen most of Spielberg's films, but i'm gonna try.

My top five list of Spielberg's films: [In order]

Catch Me If You Can
Schindler's List
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Saving Private Ryan
Jaws

Steven spielberg is a great director he has done some fantastic movies

My fave ones of his are

Catch me if you can
Empire of the sun
Schindlers list
Minority report
The color purple

I think that he sees things different than other directors. He is amazing.

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Thought I'd bump this thread for those who have seen War of the Worlds, I'm curious as to where they'd rank it in his filmography.

schindler's list
duel
jaws
war of the worlds
raiders, last crusade
hook
close encounters
catch me if you can
amistad
terminal
saving private ryan

these are my favorites....and i forgot about always....
(and that's the order i like them in)

• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
  
  
• War of the Worlds (2005)
  
• Schindler's List (1993)
  
• Empire of the Sun (1987)
  
• The Color Purple (1985)
  
• Jurassic Park (1993)
  
  
• Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  
• Jaws (1975)
  
• 1941 (1979)
  
• Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
  
• Catch Me If You Can (2002)
  
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
  
• Minority Report (2002)
  
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
  
• Amistad (1997)
  
  
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
  
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  
• The Terminal (2004)
  
• Hook (1991)