It’s officially Disclosure Day weekend, and as it happens, Spielberg royalty are out to celebrate! This afternoon, Tom Cruise posted a photo of himself at a private Disclosure Day screening while getting flanked by Spielberg movie alums Colin Farrell and Dakota Fanning. All three actors have worked with Spielberg in the past, with Cruise and Farrell starring in the director’s 2002 science-fiction classic, Minority Report, and Fanning in 2005’s War of the Worlds. In his post, Cruise congratulated Spielberg and his team on the launch of Disclosure Day and thanked the filmmaker for hours of movie magic.
Cruise, Farrell, and Fanning unite for Disclosure Day
In Cruise’s photos, he’s holding a bust of Steven Spielberg’s head, with the storied director sporting a Disclosure Day hat. Is it a popcorn bucket? I’m fairly certain the official Disclosure Day popcorn bucket is a stag, which is pretty frickin’ sweet. While holding the bust, Farrell and Fanning flank Cruise on either side. In the second photo, Cruise is once again holding the bust while a packed audience smiles behind him.
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Differing opinions on Disclosure Day
In addition to Cruise’s photo op, we want to know what you think about Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day. The movie’s only been out for a day, but after grossing $12 million in Thursday Preview screenings, it’s obvious that lots of people are rushing out to see Spielberg’s latest sci-fi epic. We’ve posted two reviews of the film, each with a different score.
Our editor-in-chief, Chris Bumbray, was not as taken with the movie as other reviewers, saying it has some hokey “Shia LaBeouf swinging on a jungle vine” moments and is “undeniably overstuffed” at 140 minutes. “Yet it still contains its fair share of compelling sequences, and Spielberg’s sense of momentum remains second to none,” Bumbray adds. “More importantly, it wears its heart on its sleeve, and in a world increasingly dominated by assembly-line blockbusters, that’s worth celebrating even if it could have been better.”
Meanwhile, our YouTube minion and reviewer Michael Conway liked the film more, saying in his Second Opinion piece, “I’m not saying Disclosure Day doesn’t have issues. It’s long. It has some clunky moments and a few visual effects that should have looked better. But it’s also thrilling, emotional, strange, funny, and full of that old Spielberg magic. It’s a movie through and through, but when it really matters, it becomes a film. And when I walked out, I said the same thing to myself I told my manager at the movie theater 25 years ago when exiting A.I.: “That was a beautiful film.” And I can say this for certain: this will probably be Tom DeLonge’s favorite flick ever.”
I’ve yet to see Disclosure Day, and honestly, I’m just as happy to watch it in my friend’s basement theater setup as in a theater. Most of the time, Brad’s house is a more enjoyable experience. I’m interested, though. Just not climbing the walls about it. Enough about me, what did you think about Disclosure Day? Let us know in the comments section below, and remember to be cool about spoilers if you plan to post any. Cheers!
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