Wednesday, November 25, 2009

America's Best Leaders

America's Best Leaders: Steven Spielberg, Filmmaker

He addresses important issues on the big screen and through his philanthropy

Posted November 19, 2008

Reader Comments

tough times

I am a leader and these movies mentioned above were suppose to be good leader movies. I highly doubt it!

All of his films are masterpieces.

Mike you are an ignorant and arrogant tool. In reality, Spielberg's dramas are more powerful and complex than anyone else's... ever. From the maginficent opening to "Amistad" to incredibly complex "Munich" and heartbreaking "A.I." (yes, it's a drama), his films have always connected with viewers like me.

Posters like Mike only prove that Spielberg's range is far greater than some of viewers.

Rebuttals?

"Spielberg's best rebuttals are films like The Color Purple and Schindler's List, works that explore the internal struggles of complex characters living in tough times, whether the Jim Crow South or Nazi Germany."

Schindler's List and Color Purple are hardly "rebuttals". Time has not been kind to these films, and they have been proven to be every bit as juvenile and intellectually dishonest as his lighter fluff.

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