Steven Spielberg
Terry Gilliam
Agreeing. He's easily one of the most accessible and versatile directors in hollywood. Able to make good drama to sci-fi to action to horror. I think the only think he hasn't truly made is comedy, though comedy is in most of his movies.Originally Posted by turtlex
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Oh, and Always was sort of a comedy/drama - it's one of his more under-rated films.
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...And The Gunslinger Followed.
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Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November, The Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot.
that's exactly what I'm complaining of
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that's exactly what I'm complaining of
One of the many reasons I love the Bear!!
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
I know of the bears dislike for Schindler's List, but what's wrong with Jurassic Park ?that's exactly what I'm complaining of
♫♪ Then, tomorrow was another day, ♪My mind says Spielberg but my heart says Gilliam ... I really , really can't decide ...
the morning found me miles away
with still a million things to say. ♪
♫Now, when twilight dims the sky above, ♪
recalling thrills of our love,
there’s one thing that I’m certain of... ♪
♫♪ Return I will to old Brazil.♫Well, you do kind of need to cut a guy some slack when his star drops dead...
That was a very hard decision, but I went with Spielberg - mainly because I think Jaws is one of the greatest films ever made.Great tastes in movies, and a British accent.
"In the end, people have to learn to live together. That is what I didn`t like about America - it is so homogeneous. I like places where there are people who are different culturally, physically, in every way. And I like to see how they succeed in living together."~ Terry Gilliam
I know of the bears dislike for Schindler's List, but what's wrong with Jurassic Park ?that's exactly what I'm complaining ofDude! Srsly, if you don't know, then I can't tell you.
Please, enlighten us !
I had to even it up at 10 votes each.Speilberg has too many great films even though Fear and Loathing is one of my favorites.I could quote that movie all day!
Oops ! Forgot to mention that I voted for Gilliam.
Three pounds of flax.Please, enlighten us !I knew you'd do the right thing in the end.
Ooo... you wascally wabbit!
I can't decide
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
I never realized Gilliam was so popular.
People can say what they want about Speilberg, but he has directed some absolute timeless classics.
Saving Private Ryan is the best war film every made IMO. The Indiana Jones franchise is maybe the greatest movie franchise ever. Schindler's List is just an amazing film.
He's also directed some great sci-fi films, E.T., Minority Report, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Jurassic Park.
Freakin' Jaws. He directed freakin' Jaws.
Holy Grail is obviously a classic, but almost everything else Gilliam has done in his career can't even come close to SS.
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Nothing. I can't even form an opinion. There's nothing wrong about it, just like there's nothing right, or any other discernible quality. It's a movie about dinosaurs. I am not interested in dinosaurs. Unfortunately, that's all the movie seems to be about.I know of the bears dislike for Schindler's List, but what's wrong with Jurassic Park ?that's exactly what I'm complaining of
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When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, that's what it is. But being a kid when I saw that movie, it was just amazing. Nothing like that movie had ever been done before when it came out. It broke grounds for CGI, Robotics, Animatoronics and changed the way movies have been made since. Both Spielberg and Cameron (with T2 out the year before) changed that genre of cinema (aciton/sci-fi) forever.
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E.T. ... ugh.
It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
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I am afraid bears don't give a flying f**k about CGI, Robotics, Animatoronics and the whole of action/sci-fi...
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When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As far as I'm concerned, Steven Spielberg put the magic back in films.
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I fail to see what you mean. Maybe because I mainly watch European cinema, which in its best examples never suffered lack of magic. Probably we have in mind different things when we say "magic", though.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The film is not just about dinosaurs. Like many sci-fi writer, Crichton is using science fiction elements to convey a socio-political message, in this case : man's eagerness to disrupt the natural order of things despite the consequences it may bring and our obsession with playing God. The following quote by Malcolm outlines this perfectly "Your scientists were so hung up on whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
It's a triumph on both a visual level and as a cinematic experience ... seeing the T-Rex escape it's confines for the first time and all that it represents is something I'll never ever forget, the theater room was completely in awe at what they were witnessing on screen. Seeing two distinct species separated by 65 million years of evolution being thrown back into the mix together (to paraphrase), that's one of the most unique ideas I've ever heard of and I'm thankful that Spielberg was able to create such a beautiful world for this idea to thrive in.
Feverish... I respect your feelings, but really... then, it's a movie about dinosaurs with a socio-political message. I am not interested in movies about dinosaurs with socio-political messages. If I want to be in awe at what I witness, I'd rather go to the circus, a military parade, planetarium, things like that. There is a difference between a movie and a show, at least to bears... Circus, military parade and planetarium with a socio-political message isn't, really, what satisfies that place in my soul that needs a movie.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Feev - I love that explanation.
Jean - I think what you're saying is how I like to describe the difference between a movie and a film.
To me, using SS as a platform : Jurassic Park is a great MOVIE. Schlinder's List is a great FILM.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Believe it or not, it is just the distinction I made trying to explain to my student once what kind of cinema I liked: we decided to call ones "movies", and the others "films", and then, of course, got hopelessly lost because everyone kept forgetting which is which. In the end it was, "what Jean likes" and "what people like".
ETA: both Jurrasic and Schindler's look like "movies" to me, say sorry...
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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