Sigh... looks like I need to post this again to squash all this Speilberg love.
Originally posted by mephistodesigns
#1 He can't make an original movie to save his life, everything he's done was a book first or written by george lucas. I think the only semi-original think he's worked on is Poltergeist.#2 He kisses too much Hollywood @$$. He hangs with Lucas, Coppolla, Scorcese, and the lot of other Hollywood outcasts that are all interested in reiventing film as a whole, and yet, Speilberg's the only one who's films get Oscars because every movie he makes is too "safe" and thus he is the only one in their circle of friends who gets Oscars.
#3 He has an ego the size of Canada.
#4 He resorts to the same stylistic approaches again and again, the same stupid humor, the same family crap put in where ever he can. Like in Jurassic Park, Dr Elli Sattler played by Laura Dern doesn't give a crap about family in the book, they only mention that she's engaged to show she has something to lose. In the movie, suddenly she's having these retarded conversations with Alan Grant about settling down, having a family, and how he should want kids and put this whole stupid chemistry between them that just wasn't needed. And Speilberg does this crap to all of his movies.
Bottom line: he's just too sappy and un-original.
I do like some of his movies, but he is WAY overhyped. He's certainly no Scorcese, or Coppola, or even a Sophia Coppola....