Re: Actor Roy Scheider dies at 75

In article <Xns9A429FB7DDE2Djayembeesnurcher@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 jayembee <jayembeenospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> pv+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (PV) wrote:
> 
> > Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> >> There is a school of thought that [...] says ALL SS films are 
> >> crap, and we misremember them as being good, but if we went
> >> back and watched them again, we'd realize they were always awful.
> >>
> >> I don't necessarily agree with this, certainly not in the case
> >> of Jaws which is a fine film
> 
> I consider myself just about as anti-Spielberg as they come, and
> even I think JAWS (and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, as well) are
> genuinely terrific films that stand the test of time. I wouldn't
> feel particularly deprived if I never saw any of his other films
> again, with the exception of the third Indy film. And *maybe*
> ALWAYS...solely for the triple-threat casting of Dreyfuss, Hunter,
> and Goodman (and Audrey Hepburn for good measure).

I'll give you Jaws, Indy 1, Indy 3, probably Duel, and if you come up 
with *just* the right cut of CE3K  . . . I HATED the special edition of 
that.
> 
> > I really, really hated ET when watching it years later, after
> > liking it when it first came out.
> 
> I loved it when I first saw it on opening day. Dragged a visiting
> out-of-town friend to see it about a week later, and couldn't
> believe it was the same film. I thought it was crap, and was
> aghast that I had liked it the first time around. Watched it once
> again when it came out on LD (borrowed from a friend) to see if
> my opinion mellowed over the years in between. They didn't.

ET is just an awful film.
> 
> > Speilberg is a great filmmaker, but sometimes he gets carried
> > away on the cheese factor. *
> 
> I don't think it's cheese factor so much as schmaltz factor, and
> I think it prevents him from being a "great filmmaker". He's got
> a great eye...all his films *look* great, but I think he's
> overly manipulative with his audience. I gave up on him after
> SCHINDLER'S LIST. Haven't seen any of his films since.
> 
> (I'm tempted to see INDY 4, however, because, well, it's Indy. I
> don't imagine I'm going to respect myself in the morning, though.)

Yeah, we'll all watch Indy 4, at least on HBO.

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