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Just watched this and I'm pissed

posted 8 years ago by JohnNalley
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Some of the worst dialogue I've ever heard. Stupid lines delivered at the worst time. Cops are chasing the UFOs through the tollbooth. They're already 100 feet through and tollbooth Willy comes out yelling about a quarter LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR YOU 100 FEET AWAY WITH SIRENS BLARING. Nobody would try to be heard or say that. Stupid stupid stupid dialogue choices. Lame staging of people in obvious choreographed posing that nobody does. I'm glad they don't make movies like this anymore. I wanted to like this, but it's too Spielbergy.

[–] a_l_i_e_n 8 years ago

Cops are chasing the UFOs through the tollbooth. They're already 100 feet through and tollbooth Willy comes out yelling about a quarter LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR YOU 100 FEET AWAY WITH SIRENS BLARING. Nobody would try to be heard or say that.

But the thing is that the guy (who's completely unaware that a squadron of alien space craft have just flown by him) only cares about the unpaid toll. It's not meant to be taken seriously. It's just a joke that, because of the circumstances involved, borders on the surreal.

Lame staging of people in obvious choreographed posing that nobody does. I wanted to like this, but it's too Spielbergy.

There, I see what you're referring to, and, yes, Spielberg does have a fondness for placing tight groups of extras in front of the camera. He does the same thing in "Raiders Of The Lost Ark".

[–] spookyrat1 8 years ago

I wanted to like this, but it's too Spielbergy.

Wow! What a surprise with a definitive Spielberg film in style and substance!🐭

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[–] antonasmodeus 8 years ago

Spielbergy: overly sappy and sentimental; schmaltzy

[–] actionviolenceman 8 years ago

The OP is never gonna find out where cornbread is.

[–] Tenakoto 8 years ago

Just a troll. you say something then scurry away into a hole.