5. Nobody Does It Better Than Spielberg
In addition to one of the great cinematic heroes inspiring another generation, Spielberg is one of the masters, with even his flops being incredibly interesting and worth repeat viewings. One of the my favourite films from last year was
The Adventures of Tintin, because it was Spielberg at his best- whilst he is an incredibly mature director with significant and important fare like
Schindlers List, Amistad, Munich, Empire of The Sun and
The Colour Purple, for me his greatest works will be his big, bombastic blockbusters like
Raiders of The Lost Ark and
Jurassic Park because of how well they are done. And as a kid you arent inspired by serious, deep films, but by sheer exciting spectacle you act out on the playground. Anyone else could do
Indiana Jones 5 and it would be appalling. He might seem reluctant to do it, but he felt like this working on films two and three, and yet he gave them his all, resulting in two films to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the original. Even Spielberg on auto-pilot is greater than, say, Brett Ratner obsessively slaving over his Magnum Opus, whatever the hell that would turn out to be. So, any excuse for another Spielberg movie is a great one!