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Spielberg Watchathon 38
#TheFabelmans (2022)
Ending the watchathon with his latest film - a warm, touching (and very funny) personal story from Spielberg.
Such great performances from a wonderful cast
In terms of design, Stockhausen returns. It's certainly a daunting task to design/create the live-action future world and the all-virtual world of the oasis. A lot of it feels like video game concept art come-to-life.
The BFG (2016) Despite its cgi tech marvels in lighting & animated/mocap characters, I'm left feeling lukewarm to a lot of the film's visuals. A missed opp to REALLY push its design. Not even Rylance's charm as BFG can save it. Feels a bit Spielberg-on-autopilot. Low tier.
When it comes to pushing the look of a film like BFG - I feel Spielberg tends to end up in a more middle-road of heightened reality. Aka Tintin. These early concepts were promising -- but the end result feels compromised/restrained.
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Bridge of Spies (2015)
Cinematography by Janusz Kaminski
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Cinematography by Janusz Kaminski
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Adventures of Tintin (2011) A crowdpleaser, Spielbergian adventure animated film. Despite the film often choosing action & technical bravado over emotion, and my lukewarm feelings towards the look of it, Tintin is quite enjoyable. Another notch in Spielberg's versatility belt.
My biggest gripe: the film's look. The bold, graphic design & whimsicalness of Herge's comics are greatly missed. I get it - it's a choice - but Imagine a Tintin movie where they pushed the art style to emulate the comics. ( ala Spiderverse, The Peanuts, Arcane, etc(