“If you are watching this, you are not alone.”

This film is being received a lot better than I thought so far! It’s certainly not the blockbuster that some might be hoping for, but rather Spielberg once again looking back at his life and career, and also looking ahead for humanity.

It’s incredibly optimistic and beautifully sentimental in that regard, two things that I feel like people largely reject these days. Will people accept a movie that says World War 3 can be prevented by empathy? I hope so.

I think overall I liked this more than Scorsese’s remake, though I like how the morality gets more complex than it is here with “I was the witness of a crime.”

I will not accept a third act I do not deserve.

“Dude, it’s a kids movie. They’re going to love it.” 

Well, yeah. My dog loves eating shit, but I’d be an asshole if I fed it to him.