Discuss The Fabelmans
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2.5 hours of boredom
posted by MarkoffSTAFFMOD on December 15, 2022 at 2:07 AM
Spielberg is nothing else, just empty brand for selling movies and if they tried to sell this under different director's name nobody would bother to watch it and it would be destroyed by critics, there is literally nothing happening until the end where he finds his mother is unfaithful (who cares, I wanted to watch movie about kid growing up to be director) and he has some bullying in school because he is Jew. If they cut one hour from this it would be watchable, otherwise you are just wasting your time with some egocentric nonsense. I rated it generously 6/10 for production quality and actors, but honestly this is utterly mediocre movie deserving more 5/10.
There are the times when Spielberg was guarantee of good movie like with Munich, War of the worlds, Catch me if you can, Minority report, AI, SPR, Schilndler's list or Jurassic park, although even back then he produced some crap movies in between, but literally since Munich in 2005 he didn't produce single good movie in last 17 years.
Reply by Markoff
on December 15, 2022 at 11:39 AM
I dunno, I think Munich is actually my favorite movie, don't care about Oscar bait but whether the movie is good or no, Schindler's list was also great, also not as good as Munich. WoW and Minority Report were just enjoyable fun popcorn movies, Minority report quite mediocre but still enjoyable, but I also liked his WoW adaption except the child actress.
Reply by EmmanuelSimond
on January 25, 2023 at 6:21 AM
You all are right . All your points of views where interesting to read. Thanks for sharing and best wishes to all.
Reply by sam0t
on February 12, 2023 at 3:04 PM
Kind of agree with the OP, even though I did not feel utterly bored at any point of the flick, I have hard time grasping how on earth there's such a high score given for this movie at IMDb and TMDb. I mean I do not see The Fabelmans ruining ones weekend (at least not completely), but any movie getting above 7 should be considered very good and way above average, something which I found Fabelmans struggle to overcome. Gave this one 6/10 as well.
Reply by D-magic
on February 24, 2023 at 11:47 AM
In 2022 there were two movies about love of filmmaking and Hollywood. This one and Babylon. But only one got praise from Hollywood critics and Oscar nominations, while the other was mostly swept under the rug. That just shows that Hollywood is overrun by stupidity. The academy prefers harmless and boring crap over challenging and complex ideas, because they have no vision and no intellect to understand anything that hurts their brain. That's why no one watches Oscar's anymore, because Hollywood prefers fake smiles and snowflake politics just not to offend anyone, god forbid. Babylon is a brilliant movie, small minds just can't comprehend what an achievement it is.
The Fabelmans, on the contrary, is the worst movie that Spielberg ever done, it was pure torture to watch this theatrics and melodrama that has no story whatsoever. This was some type of infantile example of the worst primitivism ever. Truly, old directors lose all contact with reality. It was so boring I was in physical pain and I just wanted this torture to stop. So after first hour of agony I just started to fast forward it and the moments I stopped briefly before I continued, was like cutting my eyes with a knife. This movie was absolute atrocity and whoever made it need to be punished.
Reply by itaibachar
on February 26, 2023 at 8:32 PM
Almost un-watchable cliché movie. WOTW and Minority were Spielberg's last good movies imo.
Reply by EmmanuelSimond
on March 8, 2023 at 10:28 AM
Note: WOTW stands for "War of the Worlds" (2005)