I liked Catch Me If You Can a lot. Hated AI and Saving Private Ryan though. I think Spielberg's at the top of his game when he's doing stuff like Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark. When he's good, he takes that style of film to a whole other level that few directors can match. But I don't think he handles dramatic films very well. AI was too sterile, and Spielberg is no Kubrick, sorry. A weirder director would have done a better job with it. I couldn't get into Saving Private Ryan because I couldn't stand how it was deliberately attempting to tug on the viewer's heartstrings. It bugs me when films do that. Dunno how to explain it, but it's cliche and it annoys the heck out of me.
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