Troubling Imagery: Our Least Favorite Spielberg Films: Always, Hook, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Is there no limit to Holly Hunter’s charisma? What do you do when your friend George asks you to direct another film in his beloved franchise? And just how fat-phobic is a beloved children’s film about “Peter Banning” returning to Neverland? All these questions are more will be answered in this, the first official REFORMATTED edition of movies imo — a podcast that was once dead, is now alive, and still features three film faguettes having a big chat about the cheenema. But the most important question that Ben, Brandon, and Daniel dive into this week is the theme of the episode, inspired by a certain unforeseen but cosmically fated calendar event that requires one to ahem disclose…

What is your least favorite Steven Spielberg film?

Daniel chose Always (1989) — Spielberg’s romantic seriocomedy inspired by the 1943 “this ghost represents the meaning of life, actually” film A Guy Named Joe.

Ben chose Hook (1991) — Spielberg’s beloved-by-millennials (but not by the man himself!) children’s fantasy film, a take on the Peter Pan story but with more Play Doh.

Brandon chose Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) — Spielberg’s fourth swing at trying to convince audiences that Dr. Henry Jones might be worth watching trek across the globe for two hours…

In a fun twist, nobody agrees on their least favorite! Give it a spin, have a laugh, maybe even stick a straw in a Twinkie like John Goodman does in one of these three pictures…