Do you think that steven spielberg is a mediocre director?

I certainly think he is...sure the guy makes some good movies, but they are just filled with so many fricking errors! it looks as if the guy doesnt even investigates about what he is going to do...the guy just puts the stuff there, he doesnt checks for errors...

take jurassic park as an example...the scene where neddy is at some cafe in costa rica, the scene shows a beach and then puts captions "san jose, costa rica" san jose is a landlocked province, therefore it has no beaches...was it really so hard to investigate about costa rica? or at least about san jose? I mean if I would make a movie, I would do research on the stuff im putting in the movie because I dont want to look like a damm fool...

also in saving private ryan, theres an scene where you can see the filming crew in the middle of a battle.

many of his movies are filled with stupid things that are nothing like in human life (i.e that costa rica thing)

yes I would say he is indeed mediocre

Wouldn't the San Jose thing fall under the jurisdiction of the writers? Directors usually, y'know, direct the scene.

The film crew is a legitimate complaint, but I'd say the overall quality of the scenes he directs would be a better indicator of how good a director he is rather than slip ups that made it past the post-production team.

Wouldn't the San Jose thing fall under the jurisdiction of the writers? Directors usually, y'know, direct the scene.

The film crew is a legitimate complaint, but I'd say the overall quality of the scenes he directs would be a better indicator of how good a director he is rather than slip ups that made it past the post-production team.

metroidfood

so you notice two errors in a couple scenes from his wide array of movies and suddenly he's a mediocre director? O.OAllicrombie

[QUOTE="Allicrombie"]so you notice two errors in a couple scenes from his wide array of movies and suddenly he's a mediocre director? O.Olightleggy

[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="Allicrombie"]so you notice two errors in a couple scenes from his wide array of movies and suddenly he's a mediocre director? O.OZumaJones07

I think he's directed a significant number of mediocre movies, but I still think he's a good director.

Very over-rated, me thinks.

so innacuracies make art mediocre?

Washington crossing the deleware must be the worse painting ever, and don't even get me started on Dali.

i did think he was amazing.

responsable for some of the films that shaped my childhood growing up like Dual, close encounters, ET, Jaws, Raiders of the lost arc etc. plus the films he has produced like poltergeist, gremilns, back to the future, goonies etc.

but i guess your right a few mistakes here and there and it make you realise just how mediocre he really is.

see http://www.moviemistakes.com/name3434lightleggy

You will find mistakes in almost all movies, even in movies with many awards. Some are small and not easy to find and others just scream "MISTAKE!!!" lol Personally I tend to like his movie and I think he is a good director.

Aren't you the same guy who said all of the TV series on HBO are bad/boring..?

I always said Spielberg does not have a love for film he just does it for a job. not saying he is a bad director I just cant see the passion there Like I see in a Kubrick film

He's the most influential and best person to ever hit hollywood.

He's allowed to make some duds every once in awhile.

▲ Nowadays his stuff isn't that good, but his old stuff is classic. ▲

He's made two great films as far as I'm concerned: Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Jurassic Park is a fun ride, but not even close to being great. Same goes for the Indy films (not counting the most recent, which is awful). I enjoy Schindler's List, but believe it is seriously flawed and way too black and white for my taste. I'm sorry, but treating the Nazi's like monsters without a shred of humanity is just so cheap and only works with people who see things as being just as black and white. It's much more frightening to portray them as humans and still show the horrible things they did. Still, it is well-made, has beautiful photography, and carries a very positive, if overly sentimental, message. It just wish Spielberg would have manned up and actually shown how horrific what the Nazi's did truly was instead of going the cheap, evil demon people route.

I can live without the rest of his work, except maybe the Normandy landing scene in Saving Private Ryan.

I don't usually notice weird errors like that. So I can't really say.

He made Jurrasic Park. No.

I was about to agree with the topic title if we're going to be pretentious film study students, then I read your post. Filming errors is the best you can come up with, TC? By that token, Steven Spielberg is god among directors if we're just docking him on being able to see part of a "film crew" during a battle.

Are you serious? You notice two minor errors and you think that he is a mediocre director? He is one of the most influencial and succesful directors in history and he has won dozens of awards. Anyone who would say that the director of such amazing movies as Schindler's List, E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jurassic Park, Jaws and Saving Private Ryan is "mediocre" knows crap about movie making.