While most filmmakers are busy packaging old wine in a new bottle, here is an industry giant that attempts to package new wine in an old bottle.
62 years into his career as a director, Steven Spielberg still has new stories to tell... about a subject matter he has explored and set the benchmark with, multiple times in his career.
Disclosure Day is packaged and edited like a sci-fi thriller, akin to War of the Worlds (2005) and yet, the presentation of the aliens is entirely different.
For the uninitiated, this is the trio that has worked on the original Jurassic Park trilogy aka the summer blockbuster of all summer blockbusters.
The movie is at its best and most entertaining when the 79-year young director is simply showing off by flexing his filmmaking muscles.
While most filmmakers are busy packaging old wine in a new bottle, here is an industry giant that attempts to package new wine in an old bottle. 62 years into his career as a director, Steven Spielberg still has new stories to tell... about a subject matter he has explored and set the benchmark with, multiple times in his career.
Disclosure Day is packaged and edited like a sci-fi thriller, akin to War of the Worlds (2005) and yet, the presentation of the aliens is entirely different. It is like Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) in that it has a government cover-up angle and is still dissimilar in how it deals with the subject. The film’s third act has the beating heart of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and yet, the body within which it beats is entirely different.
As if having one of the most coveted filmographies, and an unofficial but near-perfect alien trilogy wasn't enough, Spielberg decides to make a confusing yet compelling swing for the fences.
This film marks his reunion with screenwriter David Koepp and partner in crime, John Williams. For the uninitiated, this is the trio that has worked on the original Jurassic Park trilogy aka the summer blockbuster of all summer blockbusters. As a result, we get a score that feels familiar and riveting but not as memorable, and a screenplay that hooks you from the first frame of the film but often makes you question why. Naturally though, amongst the three, it is Spielberg's direction that stands out the most. The movie is at its best and most entertaining when the 79-year young director is simply showing off by flexing his filmmaking muscles. With stunning camera angles, drone work, and a hailstorm that sees cereals being poured into a bowl (you must see it to believe it), he ensures that the film remains a strictly big-screen experience.
