Favourite Steven Spielberg DIRECTED sci-fi movie

Steven Spielberg,is a person despite hes position as or can be seen as a formulaic Hollywood director. Is a director i also very much admire, for many reasons. He have an amasing knowledge of film and of film making is very high, he can create art in every genre, is very vercetile. Yet he never forgetts to make movies that intrigues and entertains. Some of hes movies i also will call art


I made an error which also shows my lack of awerness, hes first movie Firelight should have been on top of the poll. But came last. So the list is not perfectly chronologicall.


Spielberg is a master of sci-fi, with a blend of awe and of fun. I like very much both CEoTK, ET, AI, Minority Report, War of the world, and Ready Player One, which really made me return my faith. So which of hes sci-fi is your favourite

Edited by Icarium - November 03 2022 at 02:23

E.T.

My favorite Spielberg movies are the Back to the Future Trilogy.

It's Close EncounterS of the THIRD Kind, and War of the WorldS

Close Encounter of the first Kind

Edited by JD - November 03 2022 at 10:06

Grumpyprogfan wrote: E.T. My favorite Spielberg movies are the Back to the Future Trilogy.

How was Spielberg involved with these?!

Love ET and CEOTTK, but I also have a soft spot for WOTW, the opening half hour or so is remarkably well done…..

JD wrote: Close Encounter of the Third Kind Three reasons. 1 - Richard Dreyfuss' character's mania that culminates with him building the Devils Tower in his living room, including using real shrubberies 2 - The massive keyboard Jumbo Tron setup 3 - The Soundtrack ...

I voted Ready Player One, one of the funnest movies ive ever seen. Such a joyful movie, not better then ET, not Minority Report, etc, but this is an older Spieberg, does not have to proove antything (one could think) but the amount of childlike wonder, and grasp of the zeitgeist, this movie shows a good understanding of both social commentary, and showing the love for console video gaming,as a kid of the late 80s, whole 90s and beginning of the 00z, this film is my imagination (or were). Havbt read the book, but the film is chefs kiss.

suitkees wrote: ^ Oh, allow me to disagree on that one, Mosh. I find Truffaut's acting rather bland, here and everywhere else where he appeared. In general, and I know it is not a popular opinion here in France and probably elsewhere, I think Truffaut is a much overrated (ah, for once I adopt this awful word) director. Up till La peau douce he's brilliant, but afterwards his bourgeois tendencies are getting the up. Fahrenheit 451 is interesting but, especially in the directing department, lacking - imho. After that, it is getting too talkative and focused on relations (and his look on relationships). His cinema becomes very soppy, if you ask me...

Gentle and Giant wrote: Cristi wrote: Spielberg never directed a movie called "Firelight".  Must be this. Can't say I've ever heard of before, let alone seen it: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059181/

Reportedly/ reputedly very few have seen it. Spielberg is supposed to have based Close Encounters on this film he made whew he was 17 for 500 dollars. And it reputedly showed in one theatre which seated 500 where at one dollar per ticket it made 501 dollars reputedly (maybe two dollars from his mum). Supposedly most of the film was lost (given to a production company that went bust and not retrieved?) and there are only a few minutes to watch (can be seen on youtube). I don't know how much of the story is true, there's quite a lot I've read about it that makes me sceptical.

Anyway, my obvious (to me) vote is for Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I love that film. It makes for a nice double-bill with the Steven Spielberg penned and produced Poltergeist.