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Summary: A Total Classic Not to Be Missed
Review: This movie was realeased in 1977 and still packs the same magic charm as it did back then.The performances are top notch and oscar caliber,Dreyfuss won best actor for Goodbye Girl in the same year but should have won it in this movie because of his wonderful portrayal of a man wanting to know what is out there and get answers,he becomes possessed by what he saw one night and it splits his family apart,The special effects live up to today's standards.Speilberg does a wonderful job as director leading us up to the awesome climax with the mothership,watch it.
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Summary: Several version floating around
Review: This is the dark version (ASIN: 0800198395) that cut out all the comic scenes like throwing all the dirt in the window. And added some Mother gets disturbed scenes. I bought this first because I thought it had the special ending where the inside of the ship is shown. But I did not know that it was completely remade. Some of the Gas mask scenes are missing also.Other than that if you did not see the original or the third version that is shown periodically on TV you would like this movie and it is worth the purchase price. Closer to the original but still not the one shown on TV is "Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)" ASIN: 0767827031 just put the number in the search box. This is the lighter version.
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Summary: Just ammending my earlier review
Review: Just a quick ammendment to my first review.I'm almost sure it was the 137 minute version released on video in 1998,and not the original version,that I've seen on cable.At any rate I liked it better than the special edition(1980)which I own on both VHS and laserdisc.I'd love to see the original 1977 version sometime,if it still exists anywhere.
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Summary: Great although a little slow moving at times
Review: Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a very good movie about aliens.It's a little slow moving at times,but the story is interesting,and the cast is very good.(especially Richard Dreyfuss and Melinda Dillon)The special effects are excellent,(maybe as good as Star Wars,which came out the same year)it's got a great John Williams musical score,and excellent cinematography.The original 1977 version was 135 minutes,and Spielberg cut some scenes and added others for the 1980 rerelease.(called the special addition,running time of 132 minutes)I saw the original on cable and liked it better.(that's my own opinion of course.)
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Summary: Stupid
Review: First of all let me just say that this movie has the worst anticlimatical ending of all time: there's no verbal or telepathic communications established with the aliens, no sense of what their intentions are, no reason mentioned for why they've abducted people, no reason to explain why Richard Dreyfuss' character is the "chosen one", and worst of all we (the audience) are left to believe that a stupid little hand gesture means that everything is all hunky-dory with the aliens- case closed, everything is all right with the aliens because Steven Spielberg says so. Don't worry about cattle mutilations or any of those other violent abductions you've been hearing about, everything's all fine and dandy. The first half of the movie was good, but for some reason they decided to turn it into some watered-down, cheesy, leave-the-audience-feeling-secure kind of movie during the last half. Another reviewer mentioned the movie 2001 and compared it to Close Encounters, all I have to say is that they're completely different from each other- one has a philosophical message and one doesn't. Basically this movie is for those who wanna lie to themselves and say that there's nothing to worry about. 2001 is definitely the movie to see if your interested in aliens- im not saying it's real (who knows though?), but its sure more engaging than Close Encounters.
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Summary: I know it's widely loved, but I hated it.
Review: Close Encounters of the Third Kind is considered a classic, and Steven Spielberg is perhaps the best director ever, but I just didn't like this movie. In fact, I hated it, and just about everyone else I know feels the same way. Why do I not like this film? The reasons stem mainlyl on Richard Dreyfuss, one of cinema's most overrated actors. His work was superb in Jaws, but he leaves a bad taste and impression behind as the character Roy Neary. His character acts in such a crazy fashion and the fact that he seems to forget all about his wife and family make him very hard to like. There's also the cliched use of the government as being conspiracy agents who always have to exert force. The film just plain suffers from an uninvolving tempo and moves at a turgid pace. It's generally quite predictable and it takes the film 2 hours to get to where we know it's going. That's never a good sign. If you want an entertaining film of this sort, check out Contact, Mission to Mars, The Abyss, 2001 or its sequel, but just stay away from this film.
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Summary: Very intense
Review: Great special effects are of course of value in science fiction but here the draw is really the characters. I felt invested in each of the main characters and wanted to keep watching. The music was haunting and well planned, adding wonderfully to the atmosphere of the story. Might be too frightening for young children but not boring to non-science fiction fans since the focus is on what drives and pushes the characters.
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Summary: Brilliant
Review: This is a cult classic movie about an unexpected event - close encounters of the third kind. When it's on DVD, this is a must for your collection.
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Summary: Close Encounters of the Amazing Kind!
Review: I would rate this as my favorite film ever! I've been waiting for this film to come out on DVD for ages, and am growing steadily impatient with the delay! The Alien spaceships still stand up today to close scrutiny more than 20 years since the film was made, I hopnestly have to say that the film certainly doesn't show it's age! The one thing you have to start watching out for with this film is that the people you let watch it, don't start making mountains out of their mashed potato, and please if you have an expensive living room and carpet make sure that any mud is kept well away! Without doubt one of the best films ever to come out of the imagination of Steven Spielberg, the master of Science Fiction!
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Summary: WAIT FOR DVD
Review: Without a doubt, one of Spielberg's best. A clean, well-written movie that blows away most alien contact flicks. Science Fiction done with respect and love for the genre. Unfortunately, there are so many versions of this film floating around that you'd better just wait and see what they do with the DVD. I for one hated the "Special Edition" and am just as unimpressed with the Director's Cut. There are still scenes missing that need to be restored (including the '77 ending), and only DVD can do the special effects and soundtrack justice.
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