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Poll Suggestion: Steven Spielberg in Top 250

Which IMDb Top 250 movie directed by Steven Spielberg is your favorite?

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2 years ago

Schindler's List 

Overall:

1-2001: A Space Odyssey 10/10

2-Vertigo 9/10

3-Goodfellas 9/10

4-Django Unchained 8/10

5-Schindler's List. It is at most a 7/10. Spielberg's best film (warning: unpopular opinion) is Munich (7/10). Otherwise, he is mostly in the 4-5-6 range.

About Munich: The Hatikvah scene is pretty good. Good enough to incite me to learn by heart Israel's anthem(8.5), the opening scene is pretty visceral (on par with Saving Private Ryan's D-Day (8/10). That being said the D-Day scene isn't Saving Private Ryan's opening scene. Therefore, the opening of Munich takes the palm as the greatest Spielberg opening. I also like in the film the discussions and conflicts between the character. What I dislike the most is how he wants to invest us emotionally at a certain point in the film when he makes us believe that one of the target's daughter is about toblow up in an explosion cause by our protagonist. As a Spielberg "connaisseur", I'm tired of seeing him "exploit" children for suspense or tears, he is cheap. However, I must say that this scene poses an interesting moral dilemma because, for once, the danger threatening the child isn't caused by an enemy (e.g. Nazi) or a creature (e.g. a shark), but by the protagonist. The good guys in this Spielberg film aren't so heroic and their end isn't so joyous either. 

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2 years ago

The best movie on the poll is Schindler's List.  My favorite is The Last Crusade.  WHen I have that dilemma, it is sometimes hard knowing which way to vote.

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11 months ago

bump!