batchuser said:
Cinco Ranch Aggie said:
Hmmm, I don't guess anything has changed with my normal stance of not giving a singular f*** about any critics' opinion, good or bad.
But what I do know is that this is Steven Spielberg returning to a genre in which he has shined so very brightly. That doesn't mean the movie will be an all-timer or anything. The first SS movie I ever saw in a theater was Close Encounters of the Third Kind. That one has withstood the test of time for me. As a parent, I have enjoyed the opportunity to share the movies that I have loved with my kids in a theatrical setting, and was overjoyed when my daughter said she thought Close Encounters was a good movie (this is a child who had the attention span of a gnat, for reference). E.T. did not withstand my time test, and part of that is because I grew up, but also I have never forgotten Spielberg bowing to political correctness by replacing shotguns with walkie talkies. War of the Worlds could have been so much better than it was, but when it was clicking, it was quintessential Spielberg.
Also the white people ruin everything line from the west side story remake he directed. Stopped watching immediately. Was kind of interested in disclosure day but will probably skip or bootleg
Spielberg always wanted to direct a musical. It could have been the most conservative, MAGA, red white and blue 'merica! ever made, but since I have never had a desire to watch musicals, I would have skipped seeing it.
I haven't seen anything like "white people ruin everything" in any of the previews. And aren't most of the characters white, as opposed to Spielberg's version of West Side Story?
