[School of Movies 2021]
We round off the year of Spielberg by going back to his roots as a filmmaker. And while this is a 2011 movie, directed by J.J. Abrams which Steve produced, I mean far more than it simply evoking Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial.
There's more cinematic alchemy at play here than even we realised, when we took on this project, and we are very happy to share our findings with you all. Suffice to say this is Abrams' most personal movie, and it feels odd that it was largely dismissed and overlooked at release, despite its qualities, while the similarly flavoured (and also fantastic) Stranger Things became a global phenomenon five years later. And I go into the fundamental differences in creator backgrounds there.
This movie is fairly simple, and moves in broad strokes, but there are many subtleties and elements that it's easy to miss. We hope we can encourage you to open your eyes for a second look.
Colossal
Creed
The Warriors
Event Horizon
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Wreck-It Ralph + Winnie the Pooh
Tangled
The Princess and the Frog
Meet The Robinsons + Bolt
Home on the Range + Chicken Little
Treasure Planet & Brother Bear
Lilo & Stitch
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
The Emperor's New Groove
Fantasia 2000 + Dinosaur
Wrestlemania XXX
The Orphanage
The Shape of Water
Crimson Peak
Pacific Rim
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