Spielberg is a ldo genius but he really hit his stride with WWII films. They’re all legit great. Empire of the Sun is one that I recently saw on HBO that I missed during its original run and it’s just phenomenal, made even better by then-child actor Christian Bale’s brilliant performance. You could already see he would go on to greatness.
But I even liked 1941 even though it’s considered his worst film.
I’d be interested to see what that list looks like with all female IMDb users because I have to believe there were not many based on some of the selections and omissions.
I get it. When my wife and I are deciding on a movie, there are often ones are I know are good, but I just can’t get in the mood to watch. You should definitely watch Schindler’s List, but obviously it’s a tough one. I’d probably prefer watching it alone than with somebody, just so I can be with my own thoughts and emotions, if that makes sense.
EDIT: If you watched the Watchmen HBO series (I finally did! It was incredible!), there was a discussion of a fictional Spielberg movie, which was alternate timeline Schindler’s List.
Fine, but if I want to watch cinematic explorations of those themes there are other people I’d go to before Tolkein and his dodgy-as-fuck pro-Franco and anti-Allied powers views.
If it’s old English/German mythologies I want I’ll go to the likes of Beowulf, Arthurian legend or Wagner’s operas.
Have you seen Polanski’s version of “Oliver Twist.” It’s really good.
I have not. I probably will not. I’ve made an exception for the one film, but I otherwise cannot in good conscience separate his art from his alleged monstrous acts toward minors.
This list is clearly dominated by mainstream sensibilities. Any list that doesn’t include “Children Of Men” or at least one Charlie Kaufman screenplay can’t be taken seriously.
It also didn’t include “Phat Beach,” which is a glaring omission.
Oh yeah you right for sho but also testosterone
No Princess Bride? No When Harry Met Sally? No English Patient? Is even one Meryl Streep film present?
The omissions are numerous because the list looks like it’s been compiled by millennials ie there’s not much before 1990.
It would be the same with music. The Beatles and Michael Jackson might appear but otherwise it would mainly be commercially successful dross from their lifetimes.
its taken from peoples input on IMDB, so like anything on the internet not facebook, its going to skew to young people
Yes I know - that’s what I was implying from my general rant against internet lists.
Almost absolutely not, if you went on “which 50 albums have you listened to?” Yes, you might have Lemonade over Sgt Pepper or something, but imo a lot of pre 1980s music is just really hurt by the production values of their time by now.
The big difference is now people don’t really listen to albums. It is the spotify generation.
LOTR was really the last gigantic franchise before Disney ran the theatres/superheroes took everything over. I loved them at the time, but the Hobbit movies are a mess and I don’t think they’ve aged as well as some other movies.
On prime you can watch the extented cuts of LOTR which I prefer by now.
Havent seen in full:
Fight Club
The Silence of the Lambs
The Prestige
not sure about Memento
Shutter Island
Wall-E
The Lion King
We watched American History X in school during an english lesson. We didnt get warned about the curbstone scene by our teacher. That was a real shocker.
Not a music thread but really, no.
Not all art ages gracefully. They remaster the albums for a reason. As said here, V for Vendetta has aged well in recent years. Burn after Reading is another that fits these times very well.
They remaster them to improve the sound quality. The music shines through even without it.
Loved this one from the start
The mixing boards they used back then are 5-6 figures now days if you find them.
