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Empire of the Sun

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  • 30-06-2008 9:09am
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    quarryman
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    Picked this up in Zavvi cheap yesterday and watched it. The last time I'd seen it was about 15 years ago (made in 1987) and it really left an impact. I had kept meaning to watch it again.

    Anyway I think I enjoyed it even more than I remember first time round. Christian Bale's performance is outstanding. The set and work gone into creating a believeable 1940's China is top-notch, Spielberg at his best.

    At 2 and a half hours it never feels too long.

    I reckon I might dig up the book somwhere for more insight.

    Thoughts/comments on this film?
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    Pugsley
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    Looked into this on Karls recommendation, superb film. Been a while since I seen it so I may have to look into it again.


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    Karl Hungus
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    Yep, absolutely fantastic, possibly one of my favourite Spielberg films. It's just incredible.


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    Sanjuro
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    Incredibly underrated Spielberg film. Definately up with Schindler's List, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Close Encounters of the Third Kind as my favorite of his films.


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    pixelburp
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    This movie is a modern classic, yet at the same time, a movie that is regularly forgotten that it even exists. When people chalk up Spielbergs triumphs as a director, this movie doesn't figure in the lists, despite being head and shoulders above a lot of what would be considered his best. I can never quite figure it out. It is subtle, engrossing & so very tragic at watching Christian Bale lose his innocence in war-torn China.


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