Disclosure Day (2026)

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The last movie of Spielberg's I've seen more than once was Catch Me If You Can, as minor as it was, nearly a quarter century ago.

Since then he's had a wide variety of movies that didn't quite grab me, from big budget misfires (War of the Worlds, Ready Player One, Crystal Skull), likable enough trifles (The Terminal, Bridge of Spies, Tintin - I should really rewatch that), obvious Oscar-bait (Lincoln, The Post, Munich), and a pile of movies I haven't even gotten around to seeing (The Fabelmans).

To be fair, even Spielberg knows he's on his way out, and all(?) of his movies in the past decade were made because he wanted to make them (even Ready Player One and The BFG, which he made because of his sons). If he still has aliens and surveillance states on his brain, I'm not going to begrudge him one more movie on his way out the door.
 
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Cybsled

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War of the Worlds had some uneven parts, but it had some great scenes. The first Tripod attack and the US military going all out as they try to buy time for the civilians/the ferry boat scene were some great cinema.
 
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Arbitrary

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Reading a couple different synopses and seeing that this has a 2.5 hour runtime this thing has to border on torture.

Cybsled said:
War of the Worlds had some uneven parts, but it had some great scenes. The first Tripod attack and the US military going all out as they try to buy time for the civilians/the ferry boat scene were some great cinema.
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The good parts are really good. I'll never understand why we spend most of act three hanging out in a cabin with Tim Robbins.

And no, your son is not alive for the happy ending. He's dead. You can't have a scene where he abandons his family to claw his way up a hill to see a battle between humanity and the invaders to then pop back in right before the credits. He's super, super dead.
 
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Drinsic

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I don't know why, but after I saw the first teaser months ago I thought this was going to be more about what happens during/after the actual disclosure. This sounds really boring.
 
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Trailers for this were horrendous, but my buddy saw this at a critic screening. He LOVED it. I guess Spielberg + Aliens = always entertaining. Im goin this weekend. Probably avoid professional reviews, the third act was completely hidden on purpose in marketing and I guess this isnt a movie you want spoiled.
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I told my friend he was a faggot for tricking me. This shit ain’t good. Go see Obsession instead.
 
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Dr.Retarded

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Even Oliver Harper says it's a stinker. One thing I didn't realize that he points out is the guy who wrote the script wrote a bunch of other crappy movies, like the dial of destiny and that Tom Cruise mummy bomb that killed that whole dark universe franchise before it even got off the ground.

 
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Wombat

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Koepp also wrote the original Jurassic Park, the first Mission: Impossible, and even last year's Black Bag. Yeah, he has a lot of stinkers on his resume, but he's been in Spielberg's roster of regular writers for decades.
 
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Arbitrary

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Wombat said:
Koepp also wrote the original Jurassic Park
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It's a great adaptation but he was starting with a bestseller.
 
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Cybsled

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The movie is very different than the book in a lot of regards from what I remember (been over 30 years since I read it). Characters from the book die that don't in the movie, some dinosaurs were different, etc. I think the movie also tried to squeeze in some newer paleontology finds that weren't yet discovered when the book was written.
 
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Drinsic

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Cybsled said:
The movie is very different than the book in a lot of regards from what I remember (been over 30 years since I read it). Characters from the book die that don't in the movie, some dinosaurs were different, etc. I think the movie also tried to squeeze in some newer paleontology finds that weren't yet discovered when the book was written.
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It's definitely different, but not necessarily more than most film adaptations of 400+ page novels. I feel like JP: Lost World was the one that was just completely different. Then again, I read that shit 30 years ago in grade school.
 
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I'm all about ufo shit, love it, but this movie was so fucking retarded and bad. It's probably hands down the worst Spielberg movie he has ever put out. It's absolutely wild how shitty this is.
 
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M Power

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The thing I don't understand is Spielberg doesn't have to make movies. He only has to do passion projects and he can be as picky about how they are done as he wants. So why the fuck does shit like this get made? Either people are too afraid to question his "brilliance" and he makes shit or he's just making pay checks and has no love for the craft.
 
meStevo

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Thought it was fine, but nothing worth rushing to a theater to see. Emily Blunt should be nominated for some awards for carrying it.
 
spronk

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audiences give it basically a 7/10

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are people just more retarded now? is the review based on "well, the theater had air conditioning and i got to stuff my face"?

i'm sure i'll be ok with this at home and not love it but not hate it, but if its just boring i would be pissed wasting 4 hours and $40+ going to a theater to see it
 
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