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I am late to the "Spielberg is done narrative", but LOL and people said the same thing about Ridley Scott. How did that work out? nilephelan Jul 06, 17:21

You can start one for Paul Feig if you feel inspired. Jay_Beezy Jul 06, 17:25

If the movie fails, he'd have one more chance to turn it around before it permanently solidifies as such. Spielberg wasn't done after Indy 4 {nm} chosenone2oo5 Jul 06, 18:19

I think he may ease off the big budget flicks. I don't see much confidence from him with a movie of this scale. {nm} Jay_Beezy Jul 06, 20:15

ridley scott got lucky with a great novel and great cast. he hadnt made a good film since... well i havent seen american gangster, so i'll islander Jul 06, 17:27

His directing was nondescript? Sheesh. Ok. Yeah, and let me save you the trouble, American Gangster is really, really good. {nm} nilephelan Jul 06, 17:29

Kingdom of Heaven Director's Cut is a masterpiece, so add that to the list. {nm} nilephelan Jul 06, 17:30

word {nm} Anniebecca Jul 06, 17:46

It seems whenever a mainstream director waivers in propping up ideological apple pies "his career is over," or he or she has. . . second gary Jul 06, 19:05

You also don't "nondescript" your way into $630m box office and 92% positive with a fairly difficult drama with a bit of comedy novel. nilephelan Jul 06, 17:34

guess we'll disagree. its a bland,straightforward movie except for the great fx {nm} islander Jul 06, 17:41

the forbes article was built on a mountain of BS but I do think BFG is gonna sting a bit for both him and Kennedy Moviesnob Jul 06, 17:53

I do think a better question is whether Disney basically dumped it as it was the last film in their Dreamworks deal Moviesnob Jul 06, 17:58

This is a good point, think it was always going to be a limited $$ maker, but a fall/winter release would have made a lot more sense {nm} nilephelan Jul 06, 18:02

and a smaller budget. Hindsight is fun, but I do get the feeling that things weren't great with him and BV {nm} Moviesnob Jul 06, 18:08

I wonder if they wanted him to make something more tent pole and safer but he declined. nilephelan Jul 06, 18:13

I think the 2010's are pretty easily explainable and are going to change in a huge way by the time they are up.... nilephelan Jul 06, 18:00

but thats my point. if hes doing passion stuff, he'll have to work with budgets under $100m. Doable and nothing wrong with that Moviesnob Jul 06, 18:07

I agree with you on that point. I'm not going to hand him $100m for a passion project unless I know he is taking on a 4 quad FX known nilephelan Jul 06, 18:11

I wanted to make the point that Spielberg could always fully hop on the populist bandwagon and direct something like James Bond.... nilephelan Jul 06, 18:06

Ridley Scott finally sold out, and we're okay w/ it. Lately he's been more ambitious than Spielberg. "Prometheus" over "War Horse" any day. {nm} chosenone2oo5 Jul 06, 18:17

Another interesting thing is for someone with Spielberg's clout, 7 of last 10 movies have budgets under $65m and the ones over nilephelan Jul 06, 18:21

He's not done. It's just a new reality that a star actor or director can't open a film big on rep alone anymore. {nm} leo21 Jul 06, 18:30

i agree {nm} Moviesnob Jul 06, 18:35