Empire of the Sun

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Watched With: Jordan, Amberly, Tyler, Josh

Great Spielberg film for a rainy evening. Young Christian Bale is so good. As usual fantastic cast. I really love this film, one that seems to have been forgotten so I love showing this to people.

Tom Stoppard screenplay based on J.G. Ballard's novel, John Williams music, and all the other Spielberg regulars, it's a wonderfully conceived film and absolutely fascinating to watch unfold. It also has magnificent cinematography.

Most importantly it gets you right into the mind of this young boy stuck in these extraordinary circumstances. One of my favourite scenes is right at the start when he finds the remnants of a crashed plane and plays around in it. I love the way that it's shot like a real areal action sequence even though it's only pretend, it really gets you involved with the world that character is creating.

Aslo a very young Ben Stiller.

If you haven't ever scene this film, put it on your list! It's fantastic, and much more easy going than Schindler's List, his next war film. (Unless you count Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, which has some hilarious nazi action in it.)