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Firelight premiered on March 24, 1964, at Spielberg's local cinema, the Phoenix Little Theatre, in Phoenix, Arizona. Spielberg managed to sell (through the use of advertising by friends and family) 500 tickets at one dollar each.
Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood escapist filmmaking. [2] In later years, his films began addressing humanistic issues such as the Holocaust, the transatlantic slave trade, civil rights, war, and terrorism.
- Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park
- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
- Ready Player One
- War of The Worlds
- Minority Report
- Close encounters of The Third Kind
- E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
- Jurassic Park
This is basically at the bottom of the list because it’s a sci-fi movie. Aliens really, really didn’t belong in an Indiana Jonesmovie. The script went through a ton of different writers and drafts over the years – how did aliens remain a key component of the plot until the final cut? There are a lot of ridiculous set pieces in this movie, from Indy...
The first of many terrible sequels to Jurassic Park, The Lost World could’ve been called The Lost Cast, because Jeff Goldblum is the only major actor that returned. Sam Neill and Laura Dern dodged a bullet with this one. It’s a flabbier movie than its predecessor, with a plot that’s nowhere near as tightly structured – or, really, all that cohesive...
Stanley Kubrick was planning to direct A.I.: Artificial Intelligence from his own story, but he died while writing the script. As a retelling of the Pinocchio story with a cyborg who wants to be real boy in place of a magical puppet, A.I.would’ve been interesting as one of Kubrick’s cold, calculated, meticulously crafted cinematic masterpieces. But...
This film adaptation of Ernest Cline’s novel of the same name relies way too heavily on nostalgia. Whereas the book used its pop culture references as a thematic language to deepen the story, the movie uses them to feed the audience “member berries.” Some pop culture-referencing set pieces work, like the affectionate homage to The Shining (replacin...
Steven Spielberg’s modernized, big-budget adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worldsshoots the tripod invasion from the ground level. We see the invading Martian forces as the unsuspecting people of Earth see them – towering above us, blowing up skyscrapers, terrorizing the world. RELATED: 10 Alien Invasion Movies To Watch If You Like Independ...
Adapted from a story by Philip K. Dick, Minority Report is a prime example of a fantastic premise executed well. Most of the time, when a movie has a lucrative premise, the filmmakers don’t bother to explore it, because they expect the premise to be enough. Minority Reportis the opposite of that, crafting a great story to back up its fascinating pr...
When he was trying to find the right angle from which to tell a story about aliens landing on Earth, Steven Spielberg was inspired by post-Watergate paranoia. So, he centered Close Encounters of the Third Kindaround a government cover-up. There are no explosions in this movie – the aliens don’t invade London or blow up the White House – and Spielbe...
What makes E.T. the Extra-Terrestrialwork is that it’s a heartfelt coming-of-age story first and a sci-fi spectacle second. It may be the adorable little alien whose name (if you can call it that) is in the title, but this is Elliot’s story. It’s a movie about a kid who is an outcast at school and doesn’t get a lot of attention from his mother, who...
From Steven Spielberg’s meticulously focused direction to its groundbreaking use of brand-new visual effects that have surprisingly aged pretty well, Jurassic Parkis a masterclass of blockbuster cinema. The scene with the velociraptors hunting the kids in the kitchen is some brilliantly suspenseful filmmaking, bringing Hitchcockian techniques to ke...
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- Minority Report (2002) Based on the 1956 novella by Philip K. Dick, "Minority Report" is sci-fi speculation at its most exciting. In the near future, humanity has produced a trio of psychics who can, with 100% accuracy, predict the future.
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) At its heart, Spielberg's Best Picture-nominated 1982 film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" is about divorce. Many kid-friendly adventure films in the late '70s and early '80s were about kids having adventures on their own, free from the oversight of parents, often left seeking an absent father figure.
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) The most unusual film in Spielberg's entire filmography is handily 2001's "A.I. Artificial Intelligence," a project he took over from Stanley Kubrick when the latter passed away. "
- Jurassic Park (1993) "Jurassic Park," although itself a gigantic corporate blockbuster, is sneakily a film that lambastes corporate theme parks. Daring, given that Universal Pictures famously advertises its parks at the conclusion of each of its movies.
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- Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - 6.1. This remains a highly controversial comeback for the titular hero, whose exploits are too deeply cemented in the fans’ memories.
- Twilight Zone: The Movie - 6.5. Sadly, the surrounding tragedy of this film will always eclipse the intent of entertainment. It is simply impossible to put aside.
- War Of The Worlds - 6.5. Spielberg explores yet another broken family and fatherhood, two themes that have consistently appeared throughout his work. It is the emotional core of the film, which predominantly operates within the disaster genre.
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park - 6.6. This sequel is a severely misunderstood film, because it blatantly redirected the intent of the iconic original. With the sole exception of Steven Spielberg’s masterful direction, everything has changed.
Aug 25, 2022 · The first cinematic adaptation was released in 1953 and is widely considered a masterpiece of 1950s sci-fi, as demonstrated by its inclusion in the National Film Registry in 2011. Spielberg's War of the Worlds received generally positive reviews from critics and was a box office success.
1 day ago · Then, at the turn of the century, he made what many call the first sci-fi movie ever made: A Trip to the Moon, ... Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park became the highest-grossing film of all time.
