Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Single Disc Collector's Edition)

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Summary: The Best of Intelligent Sci-Fi
Review: A classic not only of thoughtful science fiction in the tradition of "The Day the Earth Stood Still", but of cryptic suggestion: Dozens of threads are tied together only slowly, as the viewer gains slowly more and more access to the facts. Built on a rock-solid performance by Richard Dreyfuss, this is one of the true greats.

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Summary: Total Boredom and Confusion
Review: It was to confusing and you never knew what was going on. I couldn't even tell what the plot line was. The acting is terrible and the production was weak. Most of all you never knew what was going on. Area 31(not 51?) sights a UFO. Five World War 2 warplanes appear out of nowhere after a sandstorm in the Arizonan Desert(none other than the ones that disappeared over the ever-infamous Bermuda Triangle). A freighter appears out of nowhere in Mongolia's Gobi Desert, after yet another "sandstorm". Some French guy gives a speech on mysterious "hand signals". Thousands of Hindus in Northern India(where else?)gather around and chant something bizarre which could pass for one of there religious chants[I mean no offence honestly to members of the Hindu religion]. A 6-yearold boy mysterously vanishes. Devil's Tower in Wyoming is declared "hazardous to your health".Andso on, and so on, and so on.The bottom line: you don't know what's going on. Just a bunch of thrown together scenes that up a boring alien encounter.This movie is way overated. There's a lot of better Sci-Fi movies out there(Star Wars,Star Trek,Alien,etc.,etc.,). This, like 2001:A Space Oddysy, was thrown together and had no plot and not much dialog between the "charecters". Only that movie,as boring as it was, the point somehow got threw.I don't hate C.E.O.A.T.H., but I found it a waste of time.

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Summary: I love it
Review: One of the most spectaculer movie I have ever seen. Steven Spielberg is my hero, and always will be.

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Summary: When you wish upon a star...
Review: Just saw the movie on tv's Showtime and missing from this version was the scene inside the spaceship...along with the accompanying music... 'When You Wish Upon a Star'... at least that's the music I remember nearly 20 years ago... Can anyone confirm this?...did Walt D. Inc. demand it be cut? As a final thought, has anyone (re)viewed this movie as an Old Testament parable...serving as a precurser to ET's New Testament retelling... Just a thought.

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Summary: GORGEOUSNESS AND GORGEOSITY
Review: This 3rd cut of this UNBELIEVABLY BEAUTIFUL film is by far the best. Don't even BOTHER with the other two!! This is pure cinema, light and magic...maybe the only pure cinema of the blockbuster age. You won't regret it!

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Summary: THE GREATEST ALIEN CONTACT MOVIE EVER MADE!!
Review: This movies wonderfully shows (in near documentary form) how it might be like if nice aliens came down and contacted us. The scene at the end where they were communicating with the spaceship through music is shear brilliance.

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Summary: Spielberg at his best.
Review: Arguably the best film spielberg has made. There is a sense of genius throughout the two hours it lasts, the play of lights and brilliance extends into the realm of thought not just of the rich pictures and scenes. Excellent directorial craftsmanship. There are traces of influence. Hitchcock and Kubrick among others but the young director has taken the hints and is breaking new ground with a vengeance. A self-fulfiling prophesy, a signpost for others to see? A landmark in the history of the cinema.

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Summary: THE 1ST TIME I SAW THIS MOVIE I WAS SURE IT WAS A TRUE STORY
Review: THIS WAS A GREAT MOVIE, IT WAS A SOLID 5 STAR. IT HAD TO BE A TOP 25 MOVIE OF ALL TIME.....I LOVE WATCHING THIS MOVIE IT HAS IT ALL HAPPY, FUNNY, SAD,MAD & GLAD. PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WOULD ENJOY THIS MOVIE.

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Summary: By far Spielberg's best
Review: A magical, eye-filling wonder. Get out the popcorn, crank up the stereo, and enjoy. The best and most fully realized of Spielberg's works, only occasionaly descending into sentimentality.

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Summary: A SPELIBERG CLASSIC IT'S ONE OF HIS BEST!!!
Review: I enjoyed CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND tremendously. The special effects are spectactcular and awe-inspiring as this movie deals with man's first encounter with beings from another world. RICHARD DREYFUSS is fantastic in this film as well when you see this film you'll know what I mean. I would recommend this movie for anyone who loves science fiction and STEVEN SPEILBERG see it again and again like I have you'll won't regret it.