tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572719213313807865.post4510383480852252961..comments2024-03-24T07:00:13.670-07:00Comments on CatholicSkywalker: the Faith, Film, and Philosophy Blog: Sunday Best: Top 10 Tom Cruise MoviesCatholic Skywalkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535454351177825954noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572719213313807865.post-38925197917838531322015-08-04T19:58:04.069-07:002015-08-04T19:58:04.069-07:00For examples of Spielberg's genius, I would on...For examples of Spielberg's genius, I would only touch on a few moments from Lost World. For the Howard Hawks criteria for great movies I would point to Jaws, Raiders, Temple of Doom, Last Crusade, Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Lincoln, and ET. Most of his other films have a few bad scenes, but they are still better than most.Catholic Skywalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535454351177825954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572719213313807865.post-31246160339689961512015-08-04T19:43:27.834-07:002015-08-04T19:43:27.834-07:00Reacher had it's good parts too, TPTB took the...Reacher had it's good parts too, TPTB took the best part of the books, Reacher's toxic attitude, and, sadly, the worst part, Child's fetishism for laborious exposition.<br /><br />"but Spielberg is Spielberg. And there are some really fantastic parts."<br /><br />Most Spielberg films have great scenes, but are the films greater than the sum of their parts?<br /><br />Even Lost World had great scenes; but everything in-between them was awful and infuriating.Much like the recent Godzilla anytime something good was about to happen they pan away. <br /><br />On a personal note: Pete Postlethwaite and his manly Elephant Gun vs a Dino-Murder Island full of T-Rexes is a movie, Jeff Goldblum spttin' and sputterin' through bad fatherhood is not.<br /><br />If memory serves, Howard Hawks said a great movie has three good scenes and no bad scenes.<br /><br />Now it seems that a great movie has three good scenes and the rest is filler, like sawdust in hotdogs.<br /><br />Lost Word has at least one homage to Hawks, the overlapping dialogue between Goldblum and Juliane Moore.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15111705697761853238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572719213313807865.post-90727752882281127562015-08-04T06:06:12.202-07:002015-08-04T06:06:12.202-07:00Jack Reacher is good, but it didn't quite crac...Jack Reacher is good, but it didn't quite crack the list. I think Minority Report has its flaws, but Spielberg is Spielberg. And there are some really fantastic parts.Catholic Skywalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535454351177825954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572719213313807865.post-70536824021821571672015-08-02T15:03:27.988-07:002015-08-02T15:03:27.988-07:00What about Reacher? It has a bunch of good parts. ...What about Reacher? It has a bunch of good parts. <br /><br />I never cared for the denouement in Minority Report. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15111705697761853238noreply@blogger.com