Bad news: Written by David Koepp - who's recent list includes: Jurassic Park - Rebirth, 202 The Mummy, Dan Brown's The Inferno, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
(Goign back to the 90's and EARLY 200s he was hitting HARD though.)
1. "The is a miss for me" In response to Reply # 0
Saw it opening night with a full house.
It's the worst parts of Close Encounters extended. He's exploring ideas for sure - I jsut don't think it was a great movie.
The animal CGI is atrocious - like really bad. Actual animals not doing much would have been so much better.
Coleman Domingo was just there for exposition. And some of the lines are truly bizarre like "It's always been you" was so unemotional and flat and bad.
The action is less Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark and more Dail of Destiny.
The train scene you'll hear people talking about seemed very slow and unexciting after the first part of it.
There's a bunch of good too - being dropped in without any explanation did keep my attention for a long time. Most of the acting was good except for Temu Captain America - he's just playing the same character he always does.
The panic attack scene had some good acting.
The warehouse scene was a real throwback to the spirit of E.T. and the kids on bikes - it felt the same way.
I was hoping for a Minority Report level movies - I would have bee happy with an AI at least, but this one is a miss for me on first viewing.
And to the other people saying it should have ended about 10 minutes earlier than it did - I agree - I think the last line moved up by 1 minutes would have made it more effective.
Spoiler: The portable cake carrier wrapped around the - um - dude in the wheelchair was ridiculous.
2. "I find it hard to believe someone almost 80 can make great modern paced" In response to Reply # 1
Movies.
Wondering who the oldest director is who made a great movie.
Robert Altman made Godsford Park when he was 76 and Prairie Home Companion when he was 80, and I love those movies, but they are slow, leisurely-paced movies, not action movies.
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Frank Longo Member since Nov 18th 2003 87199 posts
Wed Jun-17-26 11:43 AM
3. "A lot of great movies by old directors imo." In response to Reply # 2 Wed Jun-17-26 11:47 AM by Frank Longo
Kurosawa was like 75 when he made Ran. Marty as 83 for Killers of the Flower Moon (and was into his 70s for things like Wolf of Wall Street, Silence, etc). Miyazaka was in his 80s for Boy and the Heron. Lumet made Before the Devil Knows You're Dead in his 80s. Bunuel made numerous bangers in his 70s.
There's obviously older directors who kept making good distinctive movies from their 70s onward like Herzog, Cronenberg, etc.
If you mean purely in terms of uptempo pacing, then I don't know, maybe Scorsese doing Wolf early 70s? (Or maybe Spielberg with either Ready Player One or West Side Story?) But I think a lot of great filmmakers who are older bust out really good work. (And I thought Disclosure Day had terrific pacing, definitely wouldn't have counted among my minor issues with the movie.)
You have to buy into the open-hearted earnest ending without getting caught up in "but logistically that wouldn't play out like that!" because Spielberg clearly isn't interested in the logistics of the moment, he's interested in the emotion, the philosophy.
There are some *incredible* set pieces here. The GOAT still has the fastball, imo.
I was a little thrown by the in media res opening for the O'Connor plot line compared to the Blunt plot line, which starts at the beginning of her journey. Interesting, if slightly odd, structure.
Still, really good, 4 out of 5 star type of movie. Exciting, thought-provoking, ultimately moving.
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