zemekis IS the filmmaker shpielberg wants to be

Rating: Null/10 (26 December 2000)

Just saw the film (and I think it's a FILM not just a movie) and it was well written ,acted ,directed , everything is right on the mark. I am SUPER critical of emotional string pulling and manipulation. Once again director Zemekis shows hollyWOOD the meaning of SUBTLE. Tom Hanks is a very honest and truthful actor when handled correctly. Compare this to how ham-fisted Shpielberg "uses" Hanks' simplicity and economy of expression in the inferior "Private Ryan". Had S.S. directed this we would have had to SEE the wedding ring reappear, Kelly's picture would have slowly faded etc... Now the only problem is that S.S. has gotten his hands on Kubrick's last project "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" and already produced a schmaltzy trailer with the silhouette of a little boy right out of his schmaltzy Dreamworks logo(you KNOW he designed that cutesy / pukey image).GREAT FILM.