Movie Review: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

I had heard of this movie, but didn't know anything about it. I probably would have gone through life without seeing it, but Courtney wanted to watch it.

The special features were some of the best I've seen, with interviews of Steven Spielberg, Richard Dreyfuss, John Williams, and everyone else involved.

It's amazing how much creativity goes into something like this. Steven Speilberg wrote the movie and directed it, and it is about extra-terrestrials that visit Earth.

The government learns about the alien visitors,and tries to keep it under wraps, but several "normal Americans" have "close encounters". These encounters involve space ships, kidnappings, control over matter - especially lights and electricity, strange weather patterns. Those who have close encounters are then obsessed with a certain mountain shape, which they find out is Devil's Tower. The government is there at Devil's Tower waiting for the aliens to arrive.

The humans and aliens communicate with each other using music, lights, and colors.

Even though it's a good movie, it feels dated. Modern movies like Independence Day (1996) kind of crowd this out in the alien movie space. But this is a work of art worth seeing.