Signs That Your Watching a Steven Spielberg Movie

1. Steven Spielberg hardly ever has big opening title sequences to his movies. The first three Indiana Jones movies had a title on the screen for about a second, then it went back to the movie like nothing happened. The fourth one said it in small print were we could barely see it. Unlike some directors like J.J. Abrams and Joss Whedon, you can't expect much excitement in the opening credits.

2. Steven Spielberg usually has kids either starring or co-starring in his movies. Look at War Horse, The Adventures of Tin Tin, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Empire of the Sun, all of those have kids as a major part of the plot.

3. Steven Spielberg must be intrigued by the civil war or he wouldn't either reference it or make several movies about it. Lincoln and War Horse are his two biggest-budget Civil War Movies.

4. Steven Spielberg usually has a pretty famous cast in his movies, and somehow his direction kind of trains them to take on roles that you could barely imagine until it happens. Could you have seen Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln before you saw Lincoln? Exactly...