Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters repeatedly shows up in community 'Top 10 Spielberg' posts as a top pick.
10 favorite Spielbergs why not 1. E.T. 2. A.I. 3. Schindler's List 4. Raiders 5. Jaws 6. Munich 7. Jurassic Park 8. Fabelmans 9. Close Encounters 10. Catch Me if You Can Really thought about Minority Report, War of the Worlds, Lincoln, West Side Story... man has made some good movies!!!!
I think conventional wisdom is that 20th century Spielberg is better than 21st century, but you can make a great argument either way.
So many people sleep on Empire of the Sun!
I know E.T. is the greatest movie ever made because it's the only one that's ever made my old-world Italian grouch of a father tear up. "That ugly little sonnofabitch" he muttered while wiping his tears at the end.
I saw CLOSE ENCOUNTERS as a kid and Spielberg got my young brain buzzing; I realized while watching it that a feature film can be comprised of many self-contained mini-movies called “sequences”. The Air Traffic Control scene being a prime example. youtu.be/nTlzU2O-Rg8
Want your mind blown further? The Air Traffic Control scene in CE3K is essentially the other end of the conversation taking place in Plan 9 from Outer Space 🛸
Huge thrills can be conveyed by shots of computer radar screens… who knew?
That scene was so convincing that as a kid I thought it could be 100 percent real but I just hadn’t learned enough
in honor of john williams being in theaters again at 94, here are my current top 10 williams scores: 1). A.I. 2) Close Encounters 3) Lincoln 4) Memoirs Of A Geisha 5) Revenge Of The Sith 6) The Last Crusade 7) Return Of The Jedi 8) Jurassic Park 9) Minority Report 10) Sabrina
also once again let me push the incredible second violin concerto written as he was approaching 90. it is breathtaking.
revenge of the sith being the highest rated star wars score is extremely real and accurate
if you have not heard the first four on this list, you really must