Topaz is one of the worst things i've ever switched off halfway through

i don't have much to add. i agree Speilberg's output is incredible, from The Duel to Minority Report or Munich (haven't seen any more recent than that)

hmm. the thing with me is, i don't give the directors as much credit as other people give, to me it's more the screenplay that's the main thing. with that said, Orson Welles, Elia Kazan, and Wayne Wang have all made a few films that have affected me more deeply than anything else, but i don't really think in terms of their overall output