[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.
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
Sucker Punch
The Force Awakens
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Great Mouse Detective / Oliver & Company
Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh / Rescuers / Fox & Hound / Black Cauldron
Disney's Robin Hood
101 Dalmatians / Sword in the Stone / Jungle Book / Aristocats
Cinderella / Alice in Wonderland / Peter Pan / Lady and the Tramp / Sleeping Beauty
Dumbo / Bambi / Disney's Wartime Films
Snow White / Pinocchio / Fantasia
Fantastic 4 / Ghost Rider / Punisher
Terminator Salvation & Genisys
The Fast and the Furious 1 - 4
The Twilight Saga
Transformers: Age of Extinction & The Last Knight
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen & Dark of the Moon
Planet of the Apes 1- 5
X-Men: The Last Stand & X-Men Origins: Wolverine
X-Men & X2: Mutants United
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