r/Spielberg

I’d say about 95% of the film is fantastic! The acting, the purposely ugly cinematography, the futuristic but semi still realistic future, the action scenes, especially the Spyder scene, the twist ending. But once it gets to that last reel… up until this point the film is dark and ominous. But here it’s like Spielberg just throws out everything and says end on a fairy tale ending.
The plot is wrapped up too easily. John and wife get back together and decide to have another kid, the precogs are released to their own safe haven, all the inmates are released, and the program is shut down. I know this is already a common criticism but I just had to express it as well. Still a great film don’t get me wrong though.

Been a Spielberg kid my whole life. Saw Amistad in theaters as a teen. Saw Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Minority Report, War of the Worlds, Catch Me If You Can, Lincoln [all of them] opening week or close to it and ofc Jaws, Raiders, CE3rdK all at special film screenings over the years.

The one that slipped through? “Bridge of Spies” I probably was just busy with life and it didn't scream see this on a big screen the way his bigger movies do.

Anyway, I finally sat down and watched it last night. It's fine. Good ending. But man, it's slow. Not bad slow, just… quiet. Grown up slow. The kind of movie you fall asleep to but swear is great. Last 20 mins great stuff!

I don't get Mark Rylance. My hot take was he was miscast in RP1. That role needed someone with more weird charisma. Rylance just felt awkward in a way that didn't work for me. I'm not saying he's bad. I'm saying I don't see what Spielberg sees there.

Anyway… little hot take I guess I’m alone on that hill. Anyone else have a random "one that got away" in his filmography or didn’t work for you personally?

Does anyone know if there's a 50th Anniversary edition of Close Encounters planned?

Title: PROJECT STORYBOOK

Genre: Historical Fiction/Thriller/Sci-fi

Tonal comparisons: Three Days of the Condor/Argo/Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Logline: A Hollywood Fairytale. When visionary director Steven Spielberg is coerced by a shadow agency to embed UFO propaganda into the production of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, he discovers an impending alien contact is real, forcing him to outwit the sinister agency and hide the majestic truth in his own movie for the world to see.

It’s one of those ideas that would be a total long shot to ever get produced and more of a “write the movie you want to see” type thing, but you never know, I suppose.

I thought it would be cool making Spielberg himself a hero in one of his own style of movies while adding some fun “what if?” lore around Close Encounters. It uses real people and things that were seen on screen, but adds some story behind them to give them a mystique and background to what “may have happened.” Ultimate goal would be to hopefully inspire new and old generations of fans to rediscover Close Encounters with a new, added sense of wonder to an already wonderful movie.

So, curious, fellow fans, would you watch this?

If he ever does a western movie will it be closer to the classic black hat / white hat style or more a revisionist style?

What rating would it be?

Who would be in the cast?

I do but as a parody of Deadpool 3. I imagine it as a movie called "Anti-Voteman & Katpool", which is the 3rd movie in a trilogy about a character called Anti-Voteman, a superhero who is immortal and is aware he's fictional who saves people from being forced to vote, who has his 1st 2 movies directed by James Gunn and then has his 3rd movie directed by Steven Spielberg. I imagine Katpool as a parody of both Katniss Everdeen and Deadpool played by Jennifer Lawrence. Just like Katniss she uses bow and arrow as weapons and just like Deadpool she's immortal and knows she's a fictional character. I imagine Katpool as the titular main character of a superhero franchise I call the "Katpoolverse". However I ironically imagine her replacing Wolverine. In that movie I include lots of characters from previous movies directed by Steven Spielberg and even have Frank Dixon from The Terminal replace Paradox. I also imagine Steve from Munich replacing Human Torch, and characters like Hooper from Jaws, Indiana Jones, E.T. and Alan from Jurassic Park replace members of the Resistance. I'm also even considering have Viktor from The Terminal replace Gambit