All that it's cracked up to be

Rating: 10/10 (6 November 2000)

Wow, it took me forever to finally get to see this movie. Previous to yesterday, all I had ever seen was the ending (like the last five minutes). That didn't spoil it for me as I sat down to watch the DVD on my father's large tv. What a great movie, pretty much all the acclaim laid upon it is well-deserved. It is a perfect example of pure entertainment... and that's really the best way to put it: pure entertainment. Among the usual comments about the direction, the music, and the characters, I'd like to chalk one up for the pacing. The movie flows perfectly, and before I knew it, an hour and 15 minutes went by in what felt like half-an-hour. That's what I call good pacing, as well as an engrossing story development, and give Spielberg his dues for that one.
Nothing more to say other than it is deserving of the label "classic."