Two *beep* kids ruined the movie.
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RalphFilthy — 9 years ago(October 09, 2016 03:51 PM)
IMHO, the writing is seriously flawed by the unnecessary and annoying distraction of the dysfunctional family story.
True, but this is a Spielberg film - dysfunctional families/absent fathers are part of his motif. It's like he can't help himself. -
gottaluvafriend — 9 years ago(October 09, 2016 07:12 PM)
Really? What other movies where that's a motif? Anyway, the dysfunctional family stuff seemed unimaginative, unnecessary, and annoying to me. If the story could've used a negative family situation to contrast with them pulling together in crisis there are more effective scenarios.
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RalphFilthy — 9 years ago(November 04, 2016 11:21 AM)
E.T. - absent father
Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade -
"it was just the two of us, Dad. It was a lonely way to grow up"
The Color Purple - dysfunctional family
A.I. Artificial Intelligence - dysfunctional family
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - dysfunctional family & absent father (cos of them pesky aliens)
Jurassic Park - absent father (and mother) + annoying kids
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virgiltx — 9 years ago(November 06, 2016 04:38 AM)
Basically, I agree, but I think that only Robbie needed to be eliminated. Then, a less screamy Rachel would have made for a perfectly serviceable child-in-peril movie.
Spielberg missed and easy one.
The story is king.