There are certain movies that fill you with awe, that leave you staring up at the cosmos with such new-found wonder. Close Encounters of then Third Kind is just one of those movies that, at the end, you're just as befuddled as you were at the beginning....
Pros: The performances Cons: Just try to cram it all on the small screen; also, deceptive advertising
This film is about two people - Melinda Dillon and Richard Dreyfus - who become obsessed with Devil's Mountain and UFO's for different reasons. (Dillon's character's son was taken up into the mothership, while Dreyfus' character merely has a close...
Pros: Great story, special effects and music Cons: Not any really
The previews intrigued me so I went to see this movie.
It seems to be the most well known precursor to the UFO, alien, extraterrestrial movies. There very well could be intelligent life elsewhere in the universe and this movie explored that...
Pros: high production values, good story, cast Cons: too showy, government as conspirators
"Stars Wars" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" were both released in 1977, and were enormously successful films, both critically and commercially. This began a new era in Hollywood, in which special effects became much more...
Pros: Great characters, optimistic plot Cons: Sometimes naive
Ah, Ok, I got it now. It’s not a film about aliens.
When I first saw “Close Encounters...” I was about 13 and had already seen “Star Wars” about 10 times. CE3K was released as a counterpart of Star Wars, and I expected it to be a fantasy space...
Pros: Some great performances; slick visuals; smart script. Cons: Some product placement; some clichés; some utterly incomprehensible scenes.
A couple of years ago there was an “alien” fad. I remember this because I was sucked into it. Skater clothes began having these ugly little alien characters on them. They had giant heads, big bug eyes and tiny little bodies. On the shirts they were...
Pros: Marvelous special effects, John Williams score, Spielberg's direction Cons: None
"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" is one of Steven Spielberg's best, and most personal films. Though officially designated a sci-fi movie, this is really a wish fulfillment fantasy.
Richard Dreyfuss stars as Roy Neary. Roy Neary is stuck...
Pros: A fine and believable script, good acting, beautiful visuals, great score by John Williams Cons: In my opinion, none.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Steven Spielberg’s 1977 UFO classic, is the thematic antitheses to 1996’s Independence Day. While Roland Emmerich’s ID4 is a throwback to 1950s “invaders from space” flicks, Spielberg’s vision of a “close encounter” ...
Pros: Great special effects; moments of awe Cons: Parts of the movie are slow
Close Encounters" was one of the most sensational movies of the 1970s, in large part for its ground breaking special effects, which still look great over 20 years later. Admittedly, the movie is a bit short on plot and character development, but...
Pros: Majestic, Intelligent, witty. Cons: Some profanity.
Close Encounters is one of the best movies I have ever seen. It has a place in my heart that no other movie can have. I have always been interested in stories about UFO's (even though I don't really believe in them) and this was the first movie I ever...
Pros: One of the finest mainstream films ever made Cons: There are now three versions.
I have always loved this movie. When I was young I was very much into astronomy and Star Wars and my first short stories were sci-fi affairs from that mold. I saw this movie when I was very young on some national network, so it was commercial-plagued...
There are about five or six films that are key films and the realm of science fiction, Close Encounters of the Third Kind is one the of those films. I have watched this film at least six or eight times and still get thrilled by it each time. The...
Pros: Storyline, special effects, music. Cons: They should have let Spielberg do his director's cut in the first place.
Before there was ET, there was the Close Encounters alien encounter. Steven Spielberg really outdid himself with the special effects, which are the star of the show, along with John Williams score.
One of the last really great movies to filter out of Hollywood. I don't care how they did their special effects and frankly I don't wanna know. I get really ticked when they show those ‘ how we did it ‘ specials, preferring to believe that dinosaurs...
If his Jaws was about the Fourth of July, then Steven Spielberg followed it up with something like the holiday itself. Close Encounters of the Third Kind, a genteel yet uncompromising hypothesis of benevolent flying saucers, seems structurally patterned...
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