gladiator is fucking TERRIBLE.
sure it sold a lot of popcorn though.
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Originally Posted by demonrail666
Agree about Duel.
Fair enough if you're not a fan of stuff like ET but I think they're ultimately his forte. He's never done 'serious' well for me, but give him any old bygone b movie scenario and he's in a league of his own.
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his non-serious stuff is awesomely done. just look at the editing of some jeep fight on indiana jones. i mean look at it shot by shot.
i guess what can be said of spielberg is that he's not so much an artist as a GENIUS CRAFTSMAN. which is a perfectly honorable thing to be. shit. his level of achievement is tremendous.
BUT he's never going to change the way i look at the world…
anyway riddley scott is a good craftsman too. and he had 2 great movies between 79-82. which he directed but didn't write. this is the guy who wrote it:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639321/b..._=nm_ov_bio_sm