Disclosure Day Review (No Spoilers) & Scorsese AI Rant

This week on FoF we are reviewing Disclosure Day, the new blockbuster movie from Steven Spielberg about government extra-terrestrial cover ups. We discuss comparisons to his own movies Close Encounters and War of the Worlds (and…Crystal Skull), as well as Arrival from Denis Villeneuve. I go through what works, what doesn’t work, and whether Spielberg did enough Spielberging to make this worth a trip to the cinema. This review is SPOILER FREE, meaning anything that is shown in the trailer is fair game. We also find time to have a good impassioned rant about Scorsese joining forces with an AI company. SUBSCRIBE and join the FoF Family! RATE & REVIEW! ("FoF IS ON THE UP") EXPLORE the FoF socials via my creepy website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fredasquith.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TIMESTAMPS (00:00) Intro, No Spoilers etc (01:13) My Stance on Spielberg (Recent Work, Sci-Fi) (03:03) My Stance on Aliens (04:25) My Review Anxieties (07:16) The Review starts, Approach to Aliens vs Arrival & Close Encounters (12:44) Failure to Explore Themes (14:08) Road Movie, comparison to War of the Worlds (15:26) Performances (17:49) Spielberg knows what he’s doing (20:36) General Story Logic (22:07) General thoughts, anxieties and confusion (23:55) Summary, Letterboxd Rating & FoF Disclaimer https://boxd.it/eIQZ4P ——— (25:42) Scorsese Joins AI Storyboarding Company (37:05) NEXT WEEK!