Images of Minority Report (really the only Steven Spielberg science fiction film I've liked) are flashing in my head, and that's just from reading the title...
I don't count E.T. as science fiction; it's more fantasy. (And yes, I very much liked it.)
Close Encounters, as technically amazing as it is (especially the score), rubs me increasingly the wrong way as time goes on; I find it needlessly cynical, with too many moments of Disney-influenced cute. A.I. is incredibly awkward. As for his TV shows, SeaQuest was never better than ridiculous (especially in the hilarious second season; ever see the Mark Hamill episode? I and my fellow college students were roaring at it). Earth 2 actually had potential (plus, you know, Debra Farentino) but it didn't quite Go There for me. It tried, and got some things right. Minority Report, on the other hand, gets a lot of things right and puts on screen some things I've always wanted to see on film. I find that film thrilling. (I also acknowledge that Spielberg likely learned some lessons from how weirdly A.I. turned out, and applied those lessons to Minority Report.)
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Date: 2007-12-10 08:31 pm (UTC)Images of Minority Report (really the only Steven Spielberg science fiction film I've liked) are flashing in my head, and that's just from reading the title...
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Date: 2007-12-11 02:17 pm (UTC)"Turn on your heartlight..." Yes, I'm evil.
Date: 2007-12-11 04:41 pm (UTC)Close Encounters, as technically amazing as it is (especially the score), rubs me increasingly the wrong way as time goes on; I find it needlessly cynical, with too many moments of Disney-influenced cute. A.I. is incredibly awkward. As for his TV shows, SeaQuest was never better than ridiculous (especially in the hilarious second season; ever see the Mark Hamill episode? I and my fellow college students were roaring at it). Earth 2 actually had potential (plus, you know, Debra Farentino) but it didn't quite Go There for me. It tried, and got some things right. Minority Report, on the other hand, gets a lot of things right and puts on screen some things I've always wanted to see on film. I find that film thrilling. (I also acknowledge that Spielberg likely learned some lessons from how weirdly A.I. turned out, and applied those lessons to Minority Report.)
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Date: 2007-12-10 11:38 pm (UTC)