Spielberg at his conceptualist best - rather fascinating to read contemporary reviews of the film, one wondering aloud if both this and AI would be a detour in the directors career or a permanent step forward. If his most recent work is any indication, it's a bit of both, deigning to combine the darker, critical side of his 00s work with the populist movements of his 80's heights. Yet I guess that's a bit unfortunate - we miss the sheer extent of Spielberg's examinations, the incredibly pessimistic view of the future (I would argue this is still on display in something like Ready Player One, but because of the combination, never to this extent), but most importantly - we get…