NewCC0003: Steven Spielberg

Submitted by lbangs on Fri, 05/04/2001 - 09:23
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  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (77): *****
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark (81): *****
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (82): *****
  • Schindler's List (93): *****
  • Jaws (75): *****
  • Saving Private Ryan (98): *****
  • The Color Purple (85): **** 1/2
  • Jurassic Park (93): **** 1/2
  • Night Gallery (69): ****
  • Duel (71): ****
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (84): ****
  • The Sugarland Express (74): *** 1/2
  • Empire of the Sun (87): *** 1/2
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (89): *** 1/2
  • Columbo: Murder by the Book (71): *** 1/2
  • Amistad (97): *** 1/2
  • 1941 (1979): ***
  • Twilight Zone: The Movie (83): ***
  • Always (89): ***
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park (97): ***
  • Hook (91): **1/2
Author Comments: 

This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent film critics to produce a list of each artist's movies. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The movies will be listed in a recommended viewing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start watching an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.

Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.

Scale:

***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst films ever