Watching my favorite Christmas movie: “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”.
Gotta say: no offense, but the ‘70s seem like a depressing decade.
Would you want to abducted by, uh, “friendly” aliens?
“You May have noticed something is a little strange with Dad.”
Am I a bad person for laughing at the mashed potatoes scene? Because that shit is funny.
Am I a bad person for laughing at the mashed potatoes scene? Because that shit is funny.
Richard Dreyfuss was a cutie circa 1977.
I met him at an airport once. He asked for advice on a charger he was buying. Did not look like himself at first glance.
I was like (in full dork mode): “You look a lot like Richard Dreyfuss.”
He was like: “I am!”
Me: “This is surreal. Am I dreaming?”
Him: “I hope not!”
I was like (in full dork mode): “You look a lot like Richard Dreyfuss.”
He was like: “I am!”
Me: “This is surreal. Am I dreaming?”
Him: “I hope not!”
True story.
You just know there are folks out there whose kink is alien abduction, not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Spielberg kinda overdid it with the downtown circus evacuation scene. It’s still fun but also: really, Steven? Cattle?
I have never remotely come close to seeing a UFO. Not even a hint of suspicion of a UFO. Which makes me sad. I really wanna see one. And I also kinda don't. Hard to explain. I want all the wonder and none of the terror.
If I did see a UFO, I'd want to be in a major city with plenty of lights and people around. Kinda like watching "Unsolved Mysteries" with all the lights on in your apartment.
If I were way out in the country when a UFO appeared out of nowhere, I would probably shit my pantaloons.
By the way, the "Major" is way too old to be a major. Majors are usually in their early 30s. Important to consult military advisors for your film.
I'm about 5000% certain Kanye West did a listening party for his last album in Wyoming specifically because he had just seen the end for "Close Encounters..."
I'll be that keyboardist is like "Juilliard did not adequately prepare me for this moment."
The kiss between those two strikes me as really out-of-place.
The editing during the musical sequence is gorgeous. It also makes me wonder if the Big Spaceship is like: "The fuck did you say to me, you little punk?"
I love the reference to "Jaws". That was cute.
I wish Spielberg had made a sequel about all these folks coming back after decades of being abducted and acclimating to all the changes.
Makes me choke up when Dreyfuss' character is walked into the spaceship by all the little aliens.
