I've always liked Empire of the Sun too, despite the criticisms levelled at
it that it's too sanitized. One big Spielberg movie I never got into,
though, is Close Encounters - apart from anything else, I just can't take the
ending seriously.
On the other hand I really enjoy Coppola's One From The Heart, but would
have a hard time knowing how to defend that particular turkey. Las Vegas
re-created in a studio set (why?), Tom Waits duetting with Crystal Gayle
(what??), a fairly cliched plotline with unsympathetic characters. Not exactly
The Godfather or Apocalypse Now, but I like it.
Paul
In a message dated 13/07/2009 16:09:23 GMT Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
I agree! This was a another Spielberg film that critics missed the boat
on. The critics crabbed about all of the over-the-top scenes (e.g. Jamie
touches the plane amid a shower of welding sparks and then the pilots salute
him) but that was exactly the point- the second world war as seen through
the eyes of a spoiled child who's only coping mechanism was to create
fantasy out of reality. A really wonderful film. One of the last films to
have
that kind of epic scale (before CGI made it more cost effective). So many
great big scenes with thousands of extras. Definitely one of Spielberg's
most underrated films.
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