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Welcome back to another week of Wandering Through the Shelves's series Thursday Movie Picks. This week we are sharing our favourite Steven Spielberg movies. Keeping in mind that there's plenty of his films that I'm yet to see and that I don't consider this to be his best films, only my favourites as the title states, I leave you with my picks.
Catch Me If You Can (2002) - Review
Plot: It tells the true story of Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) who, before turning nineteen, successfully conned millions of dollars' worth of checks as a pilot, doctor and legal prosecutor as well as showing an FBI agent's (Tom Hanks) attempts to catch him.
This is one of those stories that seems too unreal to be true and yet it's true and it's beautifully told by Spielberg. His comic timing, which was very off in 1941, is on point, which makes the film such a fun watch. The cast too is fantastic, DiCaprio as charming as usual and Hanks as likeable as usual.
Jurassic Park (1993) - Review
Plot: After creating an island theme park populated by dinosaurs, billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) invites palaeontologists Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and mathematician Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) to test it. Unfortunately, the park suffers a major power breakdown which allows the dinosaurs to roam freely over the island and the group of scientists, along with two kids, must fight for their survival.
While some aspects of the screenplay could have used more work — the characters are terribly one-dimensional —, this one is arguably the best of the franchise as it's exciting and entertaining, the special effects are terrific, the dinosaurs look realistic and menacing, and the cast, I mean, it has Sam Neil, Laura Dern and Jeff freaking Goldblum!
The Terminal (2004) - Review
Plot: Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), a man from the fictional Eastern European nation of Krakozhia, gets stuck in the terminal of New York's JFK Airport as his country is taken over in a coup, the US doesn't recognise the new nation and the borders of Krakozhia are close. Forced to say in the International Transit section, Viktor makes it his home and starts to develop friendships with the people who work there.
It took me ages to finally watch this film and boy, did I regret it. The writing isn't particularly good here as the story is cheesy and predictable, there's plenty of things that don't make a lot of sense and some confusing romantic subplots. And yet, this is such a sweet, heartwarming film and, despite their lack of characterization and development, I really cared about the characters. And you gotta love Stanley Tucci's performance as the asshole/customs director who tries to prevent Viktor from leaving the airport.
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