RE: 1941 isn't dramatic enough to be a Drama

and fails too as a Comedy, if Spielberg had made more effort to aim at making it either one thing or the other it could have worked a lot better
Apparently a painstaking recreation of how Los Angeles looked at that time; even the plane John Belushi flies is the correct type with the correct markings for a coastal squadron in that area at that time
I'm a car buff and there isn't a single post-1941 vehicle in the whole film....

Grins

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Topic - We watched Empire of the Sun last night on a 104" screen. Was I impressed? - clarkjohnsen 08:15:41 08/31/07 (14)

Love It......only Spielberg film I own.....nt - Rich Jura 05:00:28 09/02/07 (3)

Same here. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:09:45 09/03/07 (2)

RE: Same here. nt - Rich Jura 08:23:31 09/05/07 (1)

RE: Same here. nt - Albert B. Broman 20:02:43 09/06/07 (0)

My secret guilty pleasure film.....I did see it on the "big" screen... - TWB 20:26:56 08/31/07 (1)

I think it's better than SPR, great cast including Ben Stiller who played 'Dainty'. - Tony D. 15:19:29 09/05/07 (0)

RE: We watched Empire of the Sun last night on a 104" screen. Was I impressed? - patrickU 09:13:17 08/31/07 (7)

RE: We watched Empire of the Sun last night on a 104" screen. Was I impressed? - rico 13:07:29 08/31/07 (6)

"1941" a failure? Except, of course, for.... - J.R. 10:30:51 09/01/07 (0)

RE: We watched Empire of the Sun last night on a 104" screen. Was I impressed? - powermatic 14:11:49 08/31/07 (2)

What??? "Cadillac?" - tinear 15:52:43 09/01/07 (1)

RE: What??? "Cadillac?" - powermatic 16:49:37 09/01/07 (0)

RE: We watched Empire of the Sun last night on a 104" screen. Was I impressed? - patrickU 13:48:53 08/31/07 (1)

RE: 1941 isn't dramatic enough to be a Drama - grinagog 21:09:12 09/02/07 (0)

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