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Jaws (of course)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Duel (it was released theatrically overseas - so there)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Schindler's List
Nearly on this list - Saving Private Ryan, Empire of the Sun, IJ and the Last Crusade
Spielberg films I really disliked - Hook, Always, IJ and the Temple of Doom, JP: The Lost World
I still haven't seen AI, but I suspect I will spend a lot of time analyzing it in the way LSPoorEeyorick describes.
My favorite Jurassic Park movie is the third one. Honestly, I think it's enormous fun. It wastes no time getting to the cool dino stuff, and its two-dimensional (at most) characters are well cast and likable. It's a lean, mean ninety minutes of matinee-style fun. The first two JPs are overlong and ponderous by comparison. (Those of you who enjoy Rifftrax - there's a new one for Jurassic Park featuring Mike Nelson and Weird Al Yankovic. It's very funny, and points up some of the ways in which the movie hasn't really held up - not least of which is that the first scary dino doesn't show up until more than an hour into the film!)
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