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Jaws 50th Anniversary theater showing. Only my second viewing. While I do enjoy it and recognize the achievements, I'm not as enamored with it as most. The big screen absolutely enhances the experience though.

Also Richard Dreyfuss is incredible.
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rewatched "E.T" over the last couple of days

I sobbed twice, it was much darker, sadder and funnier than I remembered; something I love about vintage Spielberg is that whatever the film is "leading" with (sci-fi, family, adventure, whatever), the film always has one foot in the door of horror, and this was no exception; the creature setup, the medical experimentation (where the trope of human abducted by aliens is reversed), the setting on Halloween, the theme of "nothing lasts forever"; it's quite brilliant really
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Ms Harmless wrote:rewatched "E.T" over the last couple of days

I sobbed twice, it was much darker, sadder and funnier than I remembered; something I love about vintage Spielberg is that whatever the film is "leading" with (sci-fi, family, adventure, whatever), the film always has one foot in the door of horror, and this was no exception; the creature setup, the medical experimentation, the setting on Halloween, the theme of "nothing lasts forever"; it's quite brilliant really
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epilogue wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:rewatched "E.T" over the last couple of days

I sobbed twice, it was much darker, sadder and funnier than I remembered; something I love about vintage Spielberg is that whatever the film is "leading" with (sci-fi, family, adventure, whatever), the film always has one foot in the door of horror, and this was no exception; the creature setup, the medical experimentation, the setting on Halloween, the theme of "nothing lasts forever"; it's quite brilliant really
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Ms Harmless wrote:rewatched "E.T" over the last couple of days

I sobbed twice, it was much darker, sadder and funnier than I remembered; something I love about vintage Spielberg is that whatever the film is "leading" with (sci-fi, family, adventure, whatever), the film always has one foot in the door of horror, and this was no exception; the creature setup, the medical experimentation (where the trope of human abducted by aliens is reversed), the setting on Halloween, the theme of "nothing lasts forever"; it's quite brilliant really
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Ms Harmless wrote:rewatched "E.T" over the last couple of days

I sobbed twice, it was much darker, sadder and funnier than I remembered; something I love about vintage Spielberg is that whatever the film is "leading" with (sci-fi, family, adventure, whatever), the film always has one foot in the door of horror, and this was no exception; the creature setup, the medical experimentation (where the trope of human abducted by aliens is reversed), the setting on Halloween, the theme of "nothing lasts forever"; it's quite brilliant really
yeah, and those films also have that feeling of danger i felt as a kid.
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Kinda blown away by Bring Her Back. I think I liked it better than Weapons
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Jorge wrote:Kinda blown away by Bring Her Back. I think I liked it better than Weapons
yeah, thats a great one. Very hard, intense too.
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Ms Harmless wrote:
epilogue wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:rewatched "E.T" over the last couple of days

I sobbed twice, it was much darker, sadder and funnier than I remembered; something I love about vintage Spielberg is that whatever the film is "leading" with (sci-fi, family, adventure, whatever), the film always has one foot in the door of horror, and this was no exception; the creature setup, the medical experimentation, the setting on Halloween, the theme of "nothing lasts forever"; it's quite brilliant really
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It's a masterpiece. And has a lot of the same qualities that you pointed out about ET. I think it might be Spielberg's much gut wrenching film. I admittedly don't always respond to his work but ET and AI are my two favorites.
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epilogue wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:
epilogue wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:rewatched "E.T" over the last couple of days

I sobbed twice, it was much darker, sadder and funnier than I remembered; something I love about vintage Spielberg is that whatever the film is "leading" with (sci-fi, family, adventure, whatever), the film always has one foot in the door of horror, and this was no exception; the creature setup, the medical experimentation, the setting on Halloween, the theme of "nothing lasts forever"; it's quite brilliant really
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It's a masterpiece. And has a lot of the same qualities that you pointed out about ET. I think it might be Spielberg's much gut wrenching film. I admittedly don't always respond to his work but ET and AI are my two favorites.
i would say

prepare to cry

but i agree (OMFG) with Joe, its a great one.
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Spielberg is my boy but I’ve never quite been able to join the AI gang. One of his weakest for me.
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Minority Report is fucking badass.
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Yes, Minority Report rules
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Team Minority Report.
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I should watch Minority Report again. Haven't seen it since the original theatrical run.
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Skitch hated it.
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VinylGuy wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:rewatched "E.T" over the last couple of days

I sobbed twice, it was much darker, sadder and funnier than I remembered; something I love about vintage Spielberg is that whatever the film is "leading" with (sci-fi, family, adventure, whatever), the film always has one foot in the door of horror, and this was no exception; the creature setup, the medical experimentation (where the trope of human abducted by aliens is reversed), the setting on Halloween, the theme of "nothing lasts forever"; it's quite brilliant really
yeah, and those films also have that feeling of danger i felt as a kid.
yeah - I'd almost call it gateway horror (was for me)
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Jorge wrote:Kinda blown away by Bring Her Back. I think I liked it better than Weapons
it's like you're purposely trying to avoid the Horror thread! do you have any idea how that makes me feel?
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I was banned from the horror thread for my thoughts on Sinners
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