Like The Rest of Us, Steven Spielberg Thinks THE FORCE AWAKENS "Could Be The Biggest Movie Ever"

Steven Spielberg knows a thing or two about directing movies that make a ton of money. Right now, both E.T. and Jaws are on the list of top ten highest grossing films of all time (adjusted for inflation), and he's largely seen as being responsible for the birth of the mainstream blockbuster, which is a designation you probably have strong feelings about, depending on your tastes and opinions about today's moviegoing culture. In any case, Spielberg's opinion on which movies stand to make mega-bucks at the box office is as valid as the next person's, and he's chimed in on the prospects of J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

We're only a few weeks away from seeing the new Star Wars movie (a phrase I never thought I'd be able to type), and Spielberg, still making the press rounds for his movie Bridge of Spies (my review here) spoke with RTL and said the following with regards to Star Wars:

I’m a true fan of Star Wars, but I have always felt it was not in my stars to ever direct one. But it was in my stars to admire and attend and see each one numerous times. And I think this new Star Wars could be the biggest movie ever.

As Slashfilm points out, even though the director has already seen The Force Awakens three times already, we should probably take his opinion with a small grain of salt, considering he's a mentor to Abrams and a longtime collaborator with Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy. Not to mention the fact that he's seemed predisposed to liking the Star Wars films in the past due to his close friendship with George Lucas. But with The Force Awakens, Spielberg has no real skin in the game, so to speak — he didn't produce this film or have any official involvement with it, so this should come as a slightly more legitimate comment than, say, someone who actively stands to benefit from the film doing well.

But let's be honest: this isn't exactly a groundbreaking revelation. Anyone who even remotely follows film culture at all is guessing that The Force Awakens is going to make a run at Avatar, Titanic, and Jurassic World for the top spot on the highest-grossing movies of all time list. Whether it can reach that spot depends on whether people go back to see it over and over again, and, of course, whether the movie has as much international appeal as it does abroad. We won't have to wait long to find out how it performs, but I'm more interested in whether or not it's going to be a good movie. Fingers crossed that Abrams and company pulled it off...

Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits theaters the night of December 17th.

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