so I see Poltergeist isn't on this list? seems to be accepted in the prestigious upper crust of the pretentious film and actors society that said movie was about 80% Spielberg and maybe 20% Toby Hooper... and that's leaning heavy in Hooper's favor. I love both Hooper and Spiels, for many polarizing reasons, but I truly feel when I watch Poltergeist that it is a Spielberg film through and through... anybody else want to weigh in on that last part?
however, even if Poltergeist's truth comes out to 110% Spielberg... I still have to say Jurassic Park
MAN OH MAN. I was a kid when that movie came out and I saw it in the theaters with my cousins and I saw it at the Drive-In Movie Theater, shortly thereafter. both experiences rate near the top when it comes to nostalgic/magical experiences in the theater:
1) as mentioned above, I saw Jurassic Park with my twin brother (we're maybe 10) and our older (maybe 3-6 years) cousins. I knew something was wrong with me, at an early age, whenever my male cousin would shriek in terror, while my female cousin is holding on to him for dear life - while damn near chewing a hole through her t-shirt. all the while, my brother and I were enamored, more enamored than scared, and we couldn't peel our eyes away from such a wonderful, commercially-acceptable adaptation of one of Chrichton's seminal novels!
2) Jurassic Park as experienced through a Drive-In Theater! seriously, I know we all knew what was going to become of the movie (Dennis Nedry had it coming!), but the movie still was pure gold on that football field size projector! sitting on the top of my dad's car's windshield, while slamming Crystal Pepsi and eating far too many candied Warheads, up until this movie, seemed like hardly a spot for the amazing to befell! alas, I think I finally understood my the aforementioned terror of my cousins during the ENTER T-REX scene!
