Spielberg’s top ten classic youth inspirational movies

Spielberg’s top ten classic youth inspirational movies

Spielberg has twice won the Oscar for Best Director. He has three movies, "Jaws" (1975) ), "E.T." (1982) and "Jurassic Park" broke box office records and became the highest-grossing films of the time. Below is a collection of inspirational movies that I carefully collected. I hope you all like them.

1. "The Chase"/"Duel"

One of Spielberg's magic weapons to defeat the enemy is to use precise film language to tell wonderful stories. Movie story. Among all his works, the 1971 film "The Hunt" is an example of precise use of film language.

David Mann, the protagonist of "The Hunt", is a very typical honest man. He drove on the road to collect a bill that was very important to him. On the highway, he passed a truck that was emitting black smoke and smelling bad. Unexpectedly, this was a big mistake. The truck driver began to chase him crazily.

In the 90-minute movie, the driver of this crazy truck never showed up, and why he insisted on putting David Mann to death was never explained, which made the whole movie shrouded in mystery. In this inexplicable terror, as the plot develops, it no longer matters who the driver is. The film ends with the two cars rolling down a hill together. David jumped out of the car at the last moment, and he finally relied on wisdom and courage to become the winner of this death game.

This film brought a high reputation to the young Spielberg, and he began to make a name for himself in Hollywood. Such a simple story could not be simpler, but Spielberg told the story in a thrilling way. Telling a gratuitous car chase in 90 minutes is a challenging endeavor in any case, but the maturity shown by the young Spielberg when filming "The Pursuit" is breathtaking, and it has won a lot of attention in the world. In the film, we can hardly find any errors in the film's language. Everything is so precise. And this has become one of the most important features in all his subsequent films.

Reasons for being on the list: Spielberg’s declaration before taking off on the road, and his lifelong pursuit of memories began to enter the country.

2. "Saving Private Ryan"

This film is Spielberg's first true war film. It describes the British and American Allied Forces on June 6, 1944. Landing in Normandy. During this day's attack, the staff at the Allied headquarters issuing death notices discovered that three brothers from a family named Ryan had been killed in action. And her youngest son James Ryan is also fighting on the European continent, and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. The Allied Commander General Marshall learned of this situation and immediately ordered a small team to rescue him. In the end, after a bloody battle, this small team finally found Ryan and guarded a large bridge connecting Paris and Berlin.

Genius director Spielberg’s first attempt at a war film brought him endless praise: the film is considered one of the most realistic war films in history, and many veterans of World War II praised the film. It is highly praised as "the most realistic film that reflects World War II". In particular, the 26-minute reenactment of the spectacular scene of the Normandy landing in the film is a classic.

Spielberg has no intention of promoting violence. He abhors any subjective rendering that makes violence look fun or depicts violence as a game. Everything he shows is to objectively reflect the violence in war, and An unyielding struggle for peace and homeland under violent rape. Countless people still remember Ryan's shocking line: "My brothers are not dead. They are fighting side by side with me on the front line. I will go home with them after the war is won." ?Thus, although the war is still going on, it is not forever. What is truly eternal is the tranquility that Spielberg cherishes deep in his heart. And after people remembered Spielberg's message about the salvation of the soul, they were also deeply impressed by his directing skills. In this clip, which is regarded as a classic, Spielberg's use of hand-held photography and editing that exaggerates the relationship between time and space are perfectly integrated with the content of the film.

Reasons for being on the list: In Spielberg’s dictionary of human nature, video war and embracing peace originate from the same soul track.

Classic index: ★★★★☆

3. "Jaws"

Spielberg's 1975 film "Jaws" was adapted from Peter Benlich's best-selling novel of the same name. In this movie, a huge, vicious shark repeatedly attacks a small seaside town on the coast of New England. Several residents and tourists were killed by sharks. For a while, people in the town were panicked.

Police officer Brody was charged with the important task of eradicating the scourge of the town. He invited marine biologist Huber and fisherman Quint. The three of them set sail in a small boat. Their purpose was to kill this never-seen-before animal. The extremely ferocious man-eating demons who have lived in the past, what will be waiting for them?

The plot of this film is tense and thrilling, and the suspense is intertwined, especially the huge shark in the film. The special effects technicians produced the film so vividly that the audience was always enveloped in a strong atmosphere of terror when watching the film. The monsters in Spielberg's movies often play the role of terrifying killers. In the film, the human protagonist needs to go through a tenacious struggle with a red bayonet to finally defeat the monster and save his life.

In a sense, the movie "Jaws" is like a nightmare from Spielberg's childhood. When Spielberg recalled his childhood, he once mentioned a famous animated film "Snow White" produced by Disney. Spielberg recalled that when he was 8 years old and watched this cartoon, there was a scene in the film. The appearance of the witch completely plunged him into uncontrollable neurotic fear. Spielberg's cowardly behavior just shows that he has been extremely sensitive to the world around him since childhood. Once this sensitivity to life is transformed into sensitivity in artistic creation, it will inevitably show extraordinary creativity and appeal in the works, such as "Jaws", which is loved and feared by the world.

Reasons for being on the list: The film has made Americans afraid to get close to the coast for many years, and the U.S. tourism industry has suffered heavy losses as a result.

4. "Jurassic Park"

Eighteen years after filming "Jaws", Spielberg launched another more jaw-dropping "monster" movie ?"Jurassic Park." In this movie, Spielberg brought the long-extinct dinosaurs to life. The thrilling plot design and perfect and realistic digital special effects made this film an unprecedented audio-visual stimulus. At that time, many media directly reported the release of the film with the title "Dinosaur Resurrection". Achieving this effect requires not only the advancement of film technology, but more importantly, Spielberg's extremely sensitive fear of "monsters" that he has harbored since childhood.

Unlike the kind-hearted alien life in Spielberg’s film world, the ferocious monsters in Spielberg’s movies are often life that exists or has existed on earth. It can be seen from this that the monster in his movie is not just a child-like nightmare, but also implies Spielberg's worries and reflections on the dangerous situation facing mankind. This movie not only achieved astronomical box office success, but also started a dinosaur craze around the world. But as time went on, it became clear that the reason for the film's success was not just the spectacle of groundbreaking digital technology, but also a deep exploration of the grand themes of the catastrophic consequences of science if left unchecked. It is natural for such a work of great ideological and artistic quality to succeed. "Jurassic Park" was released in 1993 and grossed $350 million at the box office.

Like Hitchcock, another Hollywood technology master, Spielberg clearly understands that technology must always be controlled by people, rather than controlling people in turn. Therefore, high technology in his films must always serve the theme of the film, and the accurate application of high technology has become one of the magic weapons for the success of his films.

Reasons for being on the list: All childhood nightmares have the shadow of "monsters", just like the "dinosaurs" in Spielberg's nightmares.

Classic index: ★★★★

5. "ET"

Spielberg's "ET" filmed in 1982 is considered to have brought Has a strong personal touch. He himself admitted that Elliott in "ET" is actually a replica of his childhood. Spielberg's childhood was lonely, which also gave him endless imagination, because he found that daydreaming was the best way to relieve loneliness. The images of "lonely little boys" that appear repeatedly in his films often have beautiful and innocent fantasies about the sky, the universe and the future. All this, the film "ET" appeared naturally.

The desolation in loneliness is inevitable after all, but Spielberg has always tried to put a warm coat on this loneliness, so the weak-looking Elliott in "ET" finally gained As they grow up in life, they also regain the love and warmth from their families. The alien in "ET" is more humane. Behind his strange appearance, it is not difficult to find that he is just a lost child in Spielberg's mind. Like all children on earth, he is dependent on his family and parents, and has a fear of the unfamiliar world.

Obviously, in Spielberg's view, love is not only the basis for the existence of life on earth, but also the most precious spiritual support for imagined alien life.

Reasons for being on the list: childhood dreams, adult jokes, the same entertainment, the same Spielberg.

Classic index: ★★★★

6. "Indiana Jones"/"Raiders of the Lost Ark" ?