Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) | *First Time Watching* | Movie Reaction | Asia and BJ

[@southjersey7693]

Great movie. I had the unique experience of watching it at the KOA campground on a giant screen at the entrance the Devils Tower National Park so the actual Devils Tower was in the background, behind the screen, when watching it.

[@handsomestik]

Oh man this is a great outdoor film

[@darthken815]

Awesomeness times 💯!

[@zeezerzam]

oh wow...I remember seeing movies at the KOA. I would spend most my time in the arcade feeding the RAMPAGE game tons of quarters

[@rebeccam7239]

What an amazing experience

[@raspberrybellini]

I can't like this twice so ❤❤

[@Cadinho93]

I love that the film portrays how even a peaceful, non-threatening alien contact would still be deeply unnerving, anxiety-inducing or even terrifying at times. Simply because as humans we would have no frame of reference for such an experience and our survival instincts would go into overdrive. Also, Douglas Trumbull was a true wizard, helping to create the Sci-Fi effects for "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Blade Runner", not a shred of CGI.

[@NigelShepherd-z7k]

That's a really interesting comment, because that was precisely my experience. Totally traumatised. I first saw this movie aged 5, I was taken by an uncle and it was my first time going to a movie theatre. We walked in just as the previous screening was ending and my first ever movie experience was the giant alien face, long arms and hands doing sign language... on a massive cinema screen. I had no frame of reference for what I was watching and it was really traumatic. 🥺 In fact, it traumatised me for years afterwards because here in London for a good 3 or 4 years after it came out, that alien face was in books and on magazine covers everywhere... I couldn't avoid it. My brothers tried explaining it but it wasn't until a good 5+ years later that I started to understand the concept of models, stop motion puppetry and effects. I guess I must have been a particularly soft child in the 70s because I've seen far younger children sitting through Jurassic Park! Ironically, I now work for a movie visual effects studio in London 😂🙄🇬🇧

[@hendrsb33]

Any civilization that can make instant clouds reaching down to you is definitely terrifying.

[@stephensmith3111]

The aliens/extra-terrestrials/whatevers presumably have done this sort of thing before and hopefully know what they are doing. However, it is likely that no two species/civilization will react the same way when contacted, so they need to play things by ear. Like in big band jazz, have the charts written out and rehersed in advance, but be ready to improvise when you get before an audience and hope that they are smart and hip enough to dig it. Maybe not right at first, but before the end of the concert they will. 🎶 Ah ja dev, ah ja. 🎶 🖖🙂

[@forceinfinity]

The aliens were dick-heads. They kidnapped people and then dump them off in NE Wyoming, in some cases 40-ish years later, while time hasn't really passed for them. Now those poor bastards are going to find life altered forever given their entire families will think that they're dead (if they're not already dead themselves) and moved on in the interim 40 years. Next level ass-holery in my opinion

[@paulubeast]

if they did remake this movie it would have to have Jim Carrey in it

[@JamesASharp]

This is why Steven Spielberg is such a great director; he tends to inject elements of horror in all of his best blockbuster films. And the musical score by John Williams is phenomenal. 🎼 🎵 🎶 Great reaction! 👍🏿

[@sandimcalisterblood2675]

And he can interject humor at the perfect moments

[@KieroSi]

James Cameron also made an attempt with "The Abyss (1989)" tho, things were a bit more fun with elderly exploitation films of Cocoon I & II, but the wall-e generation likely would have preferred "batteries not included"

[@Cre80s]

Not only does he dance around the edges of horror, but he even likes to integrate real-life current events of interest into his fictional story as well, to elevate it's realism and relevance.

[@Kronicdice23]

In the 70s and 80s in Illinois, we used to sleep with their windows wide-open like that. A lot of people did back then it was safer.

[@hendrsb33]

Yup, the world is not like it used to be.

[@tsugambler]

And not everybody had air conditioning.

[@Zarkarian64]

I find it absolutely ridiculous that anyone has to explain this to grown ass adults. How could one be so ignorant about the times. I grew watching movies from the 30's & 40's and had absolutely no problem understanding how things were then vs now... ...and I was only 10 y/o. What the hell happened to this generation!?🤨

[@davidmeans6477]

The world has never been “safe”.

[@DAC49]

I live in central NY. Out in the country. We have our windows open at night all the time. And never lock the door. In the city you can’t do that

[@wegotlumpsofitroundtheback5065]

I always thought this was Spielberg's best movie. It never ceases to amaze me. I'm 57 and saw this in theaters with my dad back in 78. What I remember most from seeing this in a movie theater was the SOUND of the spaceships at 13:00 and in the end at 54:17 and how LOUD it was on the theater sound system. I remember as 10 year old sitting their wide-eyed, completely still and totally believing I was seeing real spaceships. LOL. I loved it.

[@jp3813]

@@Eddie-i4n Theatrical releases back then were more scattered. While this film first came out in November of '77, that doesn't mean it's the exact same release date for other places in the world. Plus, films stayed in theaters much longer back then, especially since it was before the popularization of home video. The special edition came out in 1980, while the director's cut was in 1998.

[@davidhuggan6315]

Yes, that sound is amazing, and I love how we just have the sound, no music.

[@wyldhowl2821]

@@jp3813 Yeah, films would be out for like 6 months at a time, and the audiences would just go back for hit ones again and again.

[@LeChaunce]

@@jp3813 Yup. Star Wars debuted on May 25 of that year, and my hometown didn't get it until September 2. (We did get Close Encounters in November, but I don't know the precise date.)

[@Mantikal]

Best line from the movie "Yeah, I got one just like in my living room"

[@MrBuckoP]

One of them, "After this can I throw dirt in my window?"

[@davestang5454]

It would have been great if a line from JAWS had been given to Richard Dreyfus for this movie like "It seems to me that you are going to ignore this particular problem until it bites you in the ass!"

[@Crimsonams]

Let's just take a moment to appreciate the fact that 1977 Practical Effects continue to hold up and look just as good, if not better, than movie effects from today.

[@simoliz03]

👏

[@porflepopnecker4376]

They're way more impressive than a bunch of cartoony CGI cooked up in a computer.

[@rikk319]

@@porflepopnecker4376 Of course it looks better than "cartoony" CGI...that's the crap CGI. The best CGI doesn't call attention to itself, and when blended with practical effects works extremely well.

[@ChrisS-no3ft]

I agree. Even Star Wars, the ORIGINAL version, is great (better than what Lucas did later. It has a charm to it). Alien holds up unbelievably, and hasn’t been redone in anyway. I dont mind film makers doing a “cleanup” of the negative and effects shots, but actually re-doing or adding modern effects is a no-no for me.

[@ChrisS-no3ft]

@@porflepopnecker4376For sure! CGI sucks!

[@bethscott4330]

BJ: “BABE! I need a hug!” Adorable ❤❤❤

[@jamesf.ryaniii7918]

Yeah, but...........she didn't give him a hug!!!!

[@bethscott4330]

@@jamesf.ryaniii7918 awe

[@RobinT-treehugger]

Steven Spielberg wanted you to THINK, no answers or explanations, just think.

[@willcool713]

@@RobinT-treehugger I think maybe 'wonder' is a better word, because there isn't a lot of meat there to chew on. It's an undefinable something he wanted people to focus on and mull over, imo.

[@tommc3622]

I think about the wife and kids who finally come back from her mom's. They never see him again. He leaves a family in ruins. Spielberg himself is very uncomfortable with the film now. ... I still enjoy it, but the reality of life tends to temper the wonder if you think about it much.

[@stevejoshua9536]

​@@tommc3622His family was probably better off without him, once he had been exposed, and once the extraterrestrials got inside his head.

[@stevejoshua9536]

His family was probably better off without him, once he had been exposed, and once the extraterrestrials got inside his head.​

[@davestang5454]

I don't agree. SS was all about producing EMOTION. That's why his signature is the reaction shot. If you really "think" about the storyline, it gets pretty far-fetched. It's more like a fairy-tale for the modern age.

[@shirleydurr411]

I have the clearest memory of seeing this in the theater on an extra wide screen. When that ship came over Devil's Tower, it filled the screen and was THE most impressively awesome sight. Beautiful!

[@lordofthereels6790]

Y'all should check out Contact. It's supposed to be the most accurate depiction of how the world would react to first contact. It's based on the writing of physics genius Carl Sagan (if you want to study a VERY smart but very relatable guy watch Sagan videos). It's directed by Zemeckis'/director of Forrest Gump/Back To The Future with an amazing cast and script.

[@Spiralsinto]

Yes. Contact is one of the best.

[@robertday1671]

​​​@@Spiralsinto Yes. I gree they should check out contact also!

[@robertday1671]

​@@SpiralsintoYes! Contact would be a next choice to watch.

[@dubbleplusgood]

100% recommended.

[@tanyahudson2156]

Yes

[@THXbox]

You have no idea how powerful it was, at 7 years old, to see this as a double-feature with Star Wars. At the drive-in. Circa 1978. Packed em in night after night. Remember that trailer for ALIEN? The first thing you guys ever reacted to. They showed it that night and it was frightening as hell to me.

[@tinocontreras5105]

That must of been a long night. Both movies were over 2 hours each. I was only 3 when I seen this and star wars and alien

[@badcornflakes6374]

​@@tinocontreras5105 my dad came to the US in 1978 from Puerto Rico at 14. He showed this movie to me when I was 7 and now I'm 26 and I've loved the movie ever since.

[@tdeo2141]

I was about 10 years old when the movie made its way to my country. I remember not paying a lot of attention in the beginning, I wasn’t really understanding the plot - culturally speaking, I couldn’t figure out why the family of the main character was so chaotic, the children seemed to run all over the place and breaking toys. My dad was watching it as well, so I figured I’d stick around. Then it got interesting!

[@PopularMonsterUSA]

This movie was HUGE!!!!!! It won several awards.

[@ghostmkc4045]

Looking forward to Speilbergs new unknown movie thats focused on ufos. I want to see if he still has something to say.

[@Muswell]

@@PopularMonsterUSA It would have won a lot more, but Columbia rushed Spielberg to finish it so it could be released in 1977 instead of the following year. It competed with Star Wars.

[@JamesASharp]

Also, Steven Spielberg received his very first nomination for Best Director at the Oscars because of this film.

[@carolyngilbert5121]

Why do you think they wanted us all out of New Orleans 'AFTER' Katrina was already gone. Katrina was gone hours before flooding occurred. New Orleans area/region is a key player in protecting America. (Home Land Security)

[@dcg4mn]

It was released (brilliantly) before Xmas and whole families went to see it over the holidays -mine did, and we bumped into other families we knew 😏 It was an event.

[@InjuredRobot.]

Steven Spielberg's parents divorced when he was young. His mother was a musician and his father was a computer scientist. He wrote and directed this movie, where music and computers are used to communicate between humans and aliens. This point was brought up by the late great James Lipton when Interviewing Spielberg on inside the actor studio. The look on his face was incredible, as he "actually" may not have realized the connection until that moment!

[@tdeo2141]

You have a good point - Spielberg has, in some ways, and in some of his other movies, allowed his subconscious into the pain of a child when the parents divorce. I don’t recall which ones, but I have watched several and only last year realized that this happened in his childhood, and he has, either consciously or not, allowed these feelings to permeate some of his movies.

[@jefmay3053]

@@tdeo2141 "Some of his movies" Think about it, ALL of his movies have an abandoned kid theme, that divorce really fucked him up.

[@tdeo2141]

@@jefmay3053 I haven’t watch every single movie Spielberg did, so that’s why I was hesitant to make the generalization. I’ll take your word for it, if you’ve watched them all. Last year I began working with adults whose parents divorced in their childhood and I can tell you, it’s a huge lie when they say “most kids will be alright” after the parents divorce. That’s not true at all. They have wounds that need to be taken care of.

[@davestang5454]

Sometimes the author of a story may not even realize what he is saying to the audience or where it came from. I have come to the same conclusion when I write scripts.

[@oobrocks]

Dear Asia and bj; the five notes was just saying “hello”. Afterwards I don’t know. The French man wasn’t an actor; he was a famous (French) director named François Truffaut (no doubt Spielberg was a fan of his). If u wondered y the guys from the 1940s looked as they did in 1940s, is explained via the Special Relativity Theory. That means from the POV of observers, time moves very slowly (to repeat “from the pov of observers. Anyone on the space ship, time seems normal). So the young guys , born in 1930s would really look young. That’s the fact)

[@harryrabbit2870]

Right, Truffaut (pr: Tru-foh) was one of the all-time great film directors in the world, up there with Ford, Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Kubrick. Nice homage by Spielberg.

[@daz_n]

I don't think I ever realised it was spelling HELLO. 🤣

[@isabelsilva62023]

@@harryrabbit2870 Spielberg said he would welcome any suggestions from Truffaut but that he rarely made any, the master did not want it to become his movie.

[@Jean-FrancoisPirenne]

Indeed, Spielberg once said that he was a huge fan of Truffaut.

[@leoda_lion4107]

Yes, Time slows down as you approach the Speed of Light. I learned that from watching "Flight of the Navigator:".

[@AARONANKRUM]

Flight 19 did disappear in the Bermuda Triangle, east of Florida. In 1945. And reporting a UFO for by an airline pilot in that time meant losing your job. Just before the man pulls the "dead" dove out of the car, you can hear the sound of an aerosol can spraying. So they knocked it out.

[@rddav1]

​@Eddie-i4n With all the talking and such. I realize this is a reaction video, but some movies you really have to pay attention to details to follow the storyline. All of the questions they were asking themselves could have been answered if they would have paid attention.

[@flamethedarktruesalt9347]

@@rddav1 Yes, this film is subtle and contemplative, requiring the audience to ponder what is happening. So much of the genius of this film blew right past these two. They really missed out.

[@rddav1]

@flamethedarktruesalt9347 Hopefully, they will decide to do a rewatch of this classic without having to worry about including sound bites to their KZbin audiences!

[@kev7161]

@@Eddie-i4n It's kind of like this on most movies they watch. They often can't seem to figure out subtle clues and nuances in movies.

[@davidhabert]

Unfortunately about 9-10 years after this movie came out. A Japanese captain and his cabin crew were flying over Alaska. He was piloting a 747 Jumbo Jet (a cargo plane) and was intercepted by three UFOs, one of these was so massive that it made the Jumbo Jet he was flying look like the size of a toy. This was a very famous UFO incident called the JAL1628 or the Anchorage incident. When he reported his sighting to the media, Japanese Airlines was so embarrassed by him coming forward that he got busted to a desk job for a number of years before he was reinstated as a captain. This was a genuine UFO encounter, because this massive craft appeared on two radar stations (one civilian and one military) and even an FAA investigator was sent to examine and collect the evidence of this event.

[@QueenTubby37]

Great movie! And FYI- I grew up in the country in Indiana and nobody locked their doors. It was the 70’s

[@michaelharrisonthequietdude]

And didn’t lock the car doors. We didn’t have air conditioning going up. So we slept with all the windows open but all the windows had screens on them to keep the bugs out.

[@demonkazi]

"Babe, I need a hug" LMFAOOO 100% goals right there. Yall two are something else. XD

[@bethscott4330]

I said pretty much the same thing lol

[@tskwerl]

That simple conversation in the air traffic control tower always gives me chills.

[@lewisner]

The ATC was an actual ATC because Spielberg couldn't find an actor to convincingly speak like an ATC.

[@kensnow9167]

Slept with windows open as long as it is warm enough my whole life. Back then and out in country setting it was normal.

[@unlikeavirgin]

In my small town we always left the doors unlocked even on vacation. My parents always left the keys in the car. A whole different world.

[@JohnnyUtah15]

@@unlikeavirginsame in my small town at my grandparents’ houses in the “70s and ‘80s. Both didn’t have central heating and air. One did have one of those giant box fans in the attic at the end of the hallway.

[@tdeo2141]

You can do that in the country, but in the city it’s just not possible - you hear cars, planes, people, there’s just no way to have a peaceful night of sleep in big cities.

[@msmrsro]

You two are such a great pair, so funny, great energy. Thank you for doing this so I can watch movies with you. 😊

[@theruzzmon1066]

Fire in the Sky is also a good movie👽

[@ramondwilliam1307]

And a true story. Travis Walton and his friends all passed the lie detector test.

[@ShortyLongstrokin]

A good movie if you want to have nightmares about the abduction scene.

[@October_JennJenn]

Based on a true story, but Travis Walton said it was very exagerated.

[@ramondwilliam1307]

@October_JennJenn Yeah the scenes where he was in the spaceship was exaggerated.

[@Melissa-wx4lu]

I saw this movie way too young. it must have traumatized me. Even though I love the concept of aliens and abductions and UFOs...I've yet to bring myself to watch Fire in the Sky now that I'm an adult.

[@menotyou8604]

10 years old when this movie came out. First Star Wars and then Close Encounters of the Third Kind! I lost my mind when I was a Kid because of these two movies. Yep! I nerded out because of these movies, but it was great. The special effects blew my mind. In those days these effects looked so real. I remember sitting in the front row of the theater and watching the mother ship come on to the screen, so thrilling. This scene and the opening scene of Star Wars a.k.a A New Hope, blew my mind! The movie scared you, made you laugh, feel sad, feel sorry for the characters, then happy, etc. Just a roller coaster of emotions. Made me interested in Wyoming. I hope to one day make it there just to say I was there, and I watched the movie in the KOA campground with tower in the background. I might lose my mind again! Watching you two react to this movie was hilarious! BJ saying, "Babe, I need a hug", made me laugh my @$$ off! Great work you two! Love the chemistry. Wish you both the best.

[@adamn7516]

I remember seeing this in the theater when I was 7. Every kid back then who had access to an organ or piano was always trying to play the pipe tones. Those tones became part of pop culture, right up there with "May the force by with you" and "ET phone home".

[@jeffreymcmahon3627]

You can play them in harmonics on guitar...I used to play them in high octaves with the E dropped to D so I could also play the 2 that blow out all the windows

[@northshore1000]

My friends, this video is one of the best examples of the difference in a film experience between sitting in a dark movie theater in 1977 versus watching it on a monitor, full-on banter & jokes today. I’m sorry you didn’t get to experience the former. I can’t describe the sheer wonder in the alien encounter scenes. We watched in wrapt awe, silent in astonishment. It was a GLORIOUS experience at the cinema. The film was an event that left us almost speechless.

[@BonniBarlow-fn6oj]

The films BJ and Asia reference when they see similarities all came AFTER this one -- their need to know what is happening every minute and why, and having no patience for waiting and seeing how it turns out is because those films were inferior to this -- the spin offs often settle for the easiest answers and don't require people to think too hard. Not the best ones, like Star Wars, but the thousands of bad films.

[@dcg4mn]

It’s true, no one had ever seen anything like it before: it was astonishing. The effects have been imitated and evolved in 1000 movies since then so one can’t feel the same awe. However. If you saw Avatar 3D when it was brand new in a big theater, the awe one felt was close 😉

[@reverbscherzo7850]

I saw this in the theater when it first came out. The place was packed and we ended up sitting in the very front row. They were bad seats a far as seeing the screen, looking staight up at it the whole time. Then the spaceship landed. It was GLORIOUS. Edit: I vote YES on Stargate. 💚

[@CribNotes]

I saw this movie opening weekend in 1977 in a giant movie theater with a wicked sound system. The sight and sound for its time blew everybody right out of their chairs. The spooky orchestra clusters sliding into that giant SLAM at the beginning I'll remember forever.

[@TheInfo45]

This movie still holds up to this day. So ahead of its time. You always kept wondering why people couldn't know anything. I just go right back to Men in Black when agent k says a person is smart ,people are dumb panicky dangerous animals. This movie has to do with trying to connect with those type of people who are more open-minded and wanting to know more than what we are

[@jaymanuel3396]

I was 10 when this movie came out and it scared the crap out of me! I saw it in a huge theater and a giant screen. You couldn’t tell if the aliens were friendly at first, so it was unnerving. Especially, since Steven Spielberg had just directed Jaws, two years before. They were using the music tones because witnesses described what they heard during the sightings. That’s why Barry also knew the music tones. The scientists were traveling around the globe, because objects that went missing like the planes and ship, were being dropped off in weird places. The scientists didn’t know the abductees were on the ship.

[@orio667]

I was at Devil's Tower last week. it is cool looking

[@badcornflakes6374]

Gum gona goona?

[@susanliltz3875]

Richard Dryfess you saw him in JAWS!! He was the expert that came to help catch the 🦈 shark!?

[@bethscott4330]

Spielberg’s first big film too.

[@macronencer]

My son and I flew from the UK and took an RV tour in 2017, starting in Denver and stopping in Idaho to see the solar eclipse. On the way we spent a night at the campground at Devil's Tower. They show this movie on a big screen TV, outside, every evening - and you can sit outside and watch it, which we did. It was my son's first time seeing it, and he watched the whole thing with the REAL Devil's Tower looming over the TV in the background. How awesome!

[@masqueradereader7809]

Yes! I'm so happy you guys finally watch it. I love close encounters. My uncle watch it with his friends in 1977, he told me that several people walked out of the theater and didn't come back in 😅

[@WMalven]

“Open windows.” This film was made in 1977 and the house is in Muncie Indiana, probably as safe a place and time as could be. People used to sleep with their windows open all the time and used an attack fan to keep the house cool before AC.

[@davestang5454]

You mean an ATTIC FAN. It blew the rising warm air out of the house.

[@SueSnellLives]

Anytime ya'll do a film from the 70s I'm tippin' and this is well deserved! THANK YOU 😘

[@ReelinwithAsiaandBJ]

Nice and always our pleasure! Thanks for the love and support ❤️❤️

[@juggy-ik7qy]

One of the best movies of all time.

[@92kris]

Naw

[@xzop2688]

Bout time yall did this one. "Batteries not included" is another one. Bj will like it and Asia will love it

[@Buckaroo_Baldwin]

So good.

[@wayneallen67]

The Mom who was looking for Barry, was the mother in A Christmas Story.

[@bethscott4330]

Oh yeah. I didn’t connect that. Good eye.

[@Fmanzo10]

And the Laboratory assistant in Young Frankenstein with Gene Wilder.

[@b.victoradams9346]

She was also the mom in 'Harry and the Hendersons'.

[@Mickkie]

@wayneallen67:And Harry And The Henderson's😊

[@trucolors9809]

@@Fmanzo10 The lab assistant in Young Frankenstein was Terri Gar. She played Roy’s wife in this movie. The one who grabbed the kids and left in the beginning when he was all obsessed with making the Devils Tower model.

[@bretttodd6470]

Spielberg also did Jaws which is why you heard that theme song in there. He threw it in as a cameo or nod to Jaws.

[@dianel222]

Both soundtracks were written by John Williams so not a tribute to Jaws. 💜💜💜

[@reverbscherzo7850]

@@dianel222Not a tribute, true, but a callback. 💚

[@TheHitmann069]

This is one of my all time favourite films. I've owned it on VHS tape, Dvd and Blu Ray. Have always had a fascination with outer space and the possibility of life on other planets from being a young child. And for its age, it still holds up superbly well. A Spielberg classic. Thanks for sharing. Best wishes from England. ❤

[@denisea.9441]

No one else got on the ship...they only wanted Him!! Greatest moment in the movie for me 😂😂😂

[@whispermason8052]

Him, they guy who was in jaws. Last 4 notes of music

[@cgbleak]

Then why did they screw up the lives of so many other people? Just their way of saying howdy?

[@davestang5454]

They only wanted him because he BELIEVED all the time. He was like Pinocchio. Hence, the background music "When You Wish Upon A Star" was appropriate.

[@gatetrek2004]

Stargate!!! YES! That is a good Movie and there is a series that follows it. It's half of my username, since its one of my 2 fave series! Contact is also a good Movie too. I've not seen this in years so nice to watch it along with you again!

[@davidberry4256]

Thanks!

[@ReelinwithAsiaandBJ]

Thanks ❤️❤️

[@brianscott9521]

Fun fact: The guy that brings up Bigfoot during the meeting is the “scary” old man neighbor in Home Alone

[@Shango]

One of the things I love about this movie is how many things it shows about life in the 1970s. Loading film cameras with those film cartridges, record players, finding map coordinates without Google maps and using paper maps, soap operas playing on weekday afternoons, cartoons playing on Saturday mornings, those old Budweiser beer commercials.

[@davestang5454]

You do know that all of those things were still very much in use in 2000, right? People were using film cameras. Paper maps were definitely in use. Record players were not popular but still in use. Cartoons played on Saturday mornings (and still do). Most of the modern tech was not really big until 2005-2010. When SMARTPHONES became popular everything else in tech really changed along with it. Actually, 30 million vinyl records sold in the U.S. last year.

[@JohnnyUtah15]

14:26 The whistling guy there and at the meeting “I saw Bigfoot once.” 27:59 played the old man next door to Kevin McAllister in “Home Alone” as old man Marley. His name is Roberts Blossom.

[@paulfromt.o.7384]

Saw this in theaters on release. I was 9. Perfect age to see this back then. I literally didn't move an inch and was completely ensconced the final 20mins of the movie. Mind blown, such great memories. Fun reaction guys. Spielberg was just starting his illustrious career in the mid to llate '70's

[@SC-gp7kt]

Same.

[@intergalacticnutcracker5884]

And Asia still jumped😂

[@xoxxobob61]

This Movie is special for me because my Dad took me to go see it as a kid at the theater with Surround sound! I walked out of there just staring up at the Sky looking for "them"! I truly enjoyed your REACTION to this! 👍

[@unlikeavirgin]

At 1:00:29 next to Michael Jackson 😆is a young Lance Henriksen who played Bishop in Aliens.

[@bethscott4330]

Didn’t Michael Jackson voice ET?

[@unlikeavirgin]

@@bethscott4330 No, it was the voice of American actress Pat Welsh.

[@ilionreactor1079]

Those old farmhouses were designed to catch the breeze for cooling when the windows were open.

[@near--zero]

this has one of the best scores of all of John Williams' works. I also absolutely love the movie poster, it is simple but powerful

[@michaelleftwich8186]

Devils Tower is what he sees in his head. That's why he's acting the way he is. The woman( Barry's mom) also has the same visions, and they end up together at Devils Tower where, well, you'll see in the end. And she gets her boy back too.

[@mwooldridge9155]

This would be a great family vacation. The KOA campground at Devils Tower plays this movie on a big screen at night. Had a picture of my dogs and myself there. You can also see people climbing up the tower. Pretty cool.

[@shawnadams1460]

This is one of my mothers absolute favorite movies. One of those movies for those of us who know can Identify it by 5 simple tones. You play those to anyone who likes this movie and just watch their face light up. You have to remember, this movie takes place before the internet, before google, before you had ANY way of finding out information other than what was shown on TV and the news, or your public library. I grew up in Tucson AZ, I remember watching this with my grandmother, and she would take me up on the roof at sunset during the summer to watch it get dark and see shooting stars. Always think about her whenever I see this movie....great reaction you two...had my dying!!

[@OSVS_Mike]

An absolute classic. The working title for this film was "Watch the Skies" and on a side note, the working title for Spielberg's E.T. The Extra Terrestrial was "A Boy's Life." Both of these working titles can be seen on the theatre marquee in Spielberg-produced "Gremilns" (1984) when Billy runs down the street on his way to work. Spielberg also makes a cameo in Gremlins. Look for him in something mobile at the Inventor's Convention.

[@christophermichaelrobinson974]

Asia, at 52:45 "Oh, they done called in Pookie and them!!" Y'all had me dying!! LOL!! I was 5-6 years old in 1977. Watching both Close Encounters (Spielberg) and Star Wars (Lucas) changed my life forever. I cry every time I see Barry reunite with his mother and say "Goodbye!!" to the aliens. Wonderful film. Wonderful time to be alive and a little kid.

[@paulg123]

One of my Top-10 films. Intelligent film making with a great story, full of magic and a touch of humor. I was 10 when this was released. Great special effects and 5 chords that would go down in history.

[@suzanneprock7286]

This is a great movie! I'm from Indiana, we always slept with our windows opened, especially out in the country.

[@joellechaplin4703]

Just a big heads up...if you find and watch the extended version it shows him in the ship and how they communicate with him. Definitely worth the watch!!!

[@davestang5454]

I think, in typical human fashion, the guy would find the one button to accidentally push that would cause the entire ship to explode.

[@stevenalexander403]

G'day it's Steven from down under again Love your real and genuine reactions guys, y'all have interesting reactions and the young lady peeping over the blanket is too cute. Also I don't know how I'd get through a movie in a cinema with all that talking between you both...😂 I must've watched this movie dozens of times since i was a boy, its the kind of film i can't not watch when its on. Y'all may have noticed the music score is somewhat similar to other big box office films including Superman ( 1978 ), Star Wars ( 1977-2019 ), E.T, Jaws, Raiders of the lost ark, etc, and thats because its composed by Mr John Williams. A brilliant cinema classic. Also RIP Mr James Earl Jones, and may the Force be with you.

[@angelaatwood46]

"There's a Starman waiting in the sky, i'd like to go and meet him but I think he'd blow our minds" -Singer David Bowie. I have seen this movie but what made it so great is seeing the two of you react to it because you were so funny 🥰

[@RullVox]

This is a good movie, I've seen it a couple of times.

[@chadro_g1145]

Hell, we still sleep with the windows open here when the weathers right lol! But, the mountains of East Tennessee aren’t exactly kidnapping headquarters either. I still leave my keys in the truck, or forget to close the garage door when I leave from time to time. If it wasn’t like that here still my wife would want to move. It’s a shame to me that you guys can’t do it anymore, or never did. Nothing feels like sleeping like that!

[@tdeo2141]

It’s a completely different world here in the big cities…

[@chadro_g1145]

@@tdeo2141 and that my friend is why I do not go to them for ANY reason!

[@tdeo2141]

@@chadro_g1145 I understand you 100%. Wish I could move to the country but it’s just not feasible at the moment.

[@chadro_g1145]

@@tdeo2141 good thing is, here in east TN anyway, we have plenty of room. It’ll be here when you get around to it.

[@tdeo2141]

@@chadro_g1145 noted with thanks, my man 👍🏼

[@eileenreid5348]

Stargate is one of my favorites! I have always loved James Spader!

[@guitarman8462]

I saw this movie at the Drive - In Theatre back in the days. 👍 🚘

[@narfellus]

The first half hour of the movie plays almost like a horror film, they really wring the tension out of every scene, which I don't think people expect when they see this the first time.

[@miguelvega4844]

I recommend "FIRE IN THE SKY". It's about an Alien abduction. The music in the closing credits is good too! It's based on true events. Occurred on November 5, 1975.

[@davestang5454]

An alien adduction based on "true events. Uh, NO, it's not based on true events. It's based on BS.

[@parliamentlite]

There is a Twilight Zone episode from 1962 called "To Serve Man" that would make a great bookend to this movie. It's about peaceful aliens who arrive to Earth and solve all of our problems. It is shorter than a movie but might be public domain at this point, would love to see you guys react to it!

[@brewer9114]

But they weren't peaceful were they. One of the best endings ever.

[@parliamentlite]

@@brewer9114 Shhhhhh...

[@darrylkoehn-ec8mk]

Devils Tower, Wyoming is the 1st National monument dedicated by Teddy Roosevelt.

[@notsoinvisiblelibra]

Next to Star Wars and Jaws, this was the most awesome piece of my Childhood. 🙌🏾❤️🙌🏾

[@arphod]

Let me add RotLA and E.T.

[@notsoinvisiblelibra]

Ok ​@arphod I'm lost on my acronyms, what's ROTLA? ET was pretty good, my favorite scene was Elliott getting drunk off his azz thanks to ET knocking back cold ones 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@arphod]

@@notsoinvisiblelibra Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[@michaelminch5490]

"He says the sun came out last night. He says it sang to him." Forty-seven years later, and that line still gives me chills.

[@dianel222]

Another GREAT soundtrack by John Williams. 💜💜💜 (Jaws, Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars, E.T., Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Schindler’s List, and more)

[@susanliltz3875]

Great movie!! Saw it in the theater when it first came out!!! Amazing on the big screen!!!

[@Mikedegot]

I didn't like this movie as a kid but I appreciate it as an adult.

[@johnwilliamson2207]

The last 30 or so minutes of this film defines movie magic, a spectacular, mesmerizing light show!

[@jjdoom4420]

Close encounters seriously needs a sequel 👍

[@Whiskey0880]

Today? No chance.

[@CigarMick]

When I was growing up on a farm in SW Iowa we had our windows open during the summer. We didn't have A/C. A box fan in an open window was our A/C. During the winter we burned wood for heat but the problem being we didn't have heat upstairs in my room and my sister's room. So during the summer we sweated buckets and during the winter we froze like a popsicle. LOL I never knew what A/C was till I bought my first car. I mean, I had heard about it but never experienced it.

[@realtorjames33]

In the 70's Central air was not a common thing and we all had our windows open. But everyone got fresh air allllll the time. Hot or not everyone was healthy and active. We got mountains in Ohio too. Just sayin lol. Love the reactions to the things some of us watched as kids.

[@Scottie_S]

Guys...there was a time where we left all our windows open and doors unlocked. The only people that came in were the neighbours who would bring over cake or food that they couldn't finish and "do you want our beef stroganoff?" We never expected them to knock or announce themselves. However, they would because it was just etiquette.

[@jeremyphillips7827]

27:57 I just realized, that guy with the long hair and mustache also played Old Man Marley, Kevin's scary, old neighbor in _Home Alone_ (1990). Looks like the actor's name was Roberts Blossom. 1:00:28 And this guy in the jacket and tie is a young Lance Henriksen, who played the android named Bishop in _Aliens_ (1986).

[@Cre80s]

This movie was such a big deal at the time. It's probably my favorite movie, ever, still. Hit me exactly at the right age as a kid, old enough to understand exactly what I was looking at but young enough to be sucked in and wanna believe, and at the peak of popular UFO interest and culture. You've gotta realize, much of what's referenced in the movie, such as the squadron of fighters, the ship, etc. were REAL WORLD disappearances, which added so much realism to the story. There is soooooo much depth in the story to be unlocked with analysis, as well as behind the scenes stories that would blow your mind.

[@frozengamer3030]

Who doesn’t love alien movies

[@ploppill34]

Aliens?

[@frozengamer3030]

@@ploppill34 yes aliens

[@MichaelSmith-pj6de]

I appreciate Asia's healthy skepticism about the aliens. She just knew it was something bad going down! 😆 ... This movie was one of the rare films where aliens might actually be friendly. Great reaction to one of the classics! ❤

[@msmrsro]

I’ve been curious about paranormal stuff, including UFOs, since I was a kid. I was about 8 when this was released. Phenomenal!

[@Xcris_crosX]

Check out about the secret underground military/alien base in Dulce, NM😉

[@WayneMemphisMojo]

Bringing back memories of my youth, saw this movie and could not keep my eyes from looking at the night sky.

[@kenbattor6350]

If you were a pilot, you NEVER reported a UFO. That would get you sidelined for good.

[@Spiralsinto]

Good thing things are changing.

[@isabelsilva62023]

@kenbattor6350 I think that is the way things go in every country, an Air Force pilot in my native Portugal only talked of his sightings (the first one was way back in the 1950's) after he retired

[@tdeo2141]

@@isabelsilva62023 yes, I have seen a couple of interviews with pilots who only shared their strange sightings once they retired. I have an uncle who is close to retiring, and I asked him once if he ever saw anything weird while flying, and he sort of looked at me in a peculiar way, denying it but I could tell something was up. I hope to get the chance to speak with him once he retires, maybe he will finally open up.

[@kenbattor6350]

@@isabelsilva62023 There was a pilot of a Japanese airliner that reported a UFO in Alaska and he never flew again

[@goodgirlvicki]

Really? Why?

[@CigarMick]

BJ nailed it. The opening scene with the Avenger aircraft are representing a flight of Avengers that went missing in the the Bermuda Triangle in 1945. I think it was referred to as Flight 19 if I remember correctly. To this day no one knows what happened to that squadron of planes and the pilots.

[@RullVox]

Another good UFO movie to watch is, District 9 (2009). It is a well-made and unique sci-fi movie.

[@danielglenn915]

Such a great movie!

[@jamesalexander5623]

District 9 is Scary as Hell ....

[@RullVox]

@@jamesalexander5623 - It's a thought-provoking movie.

[@danieldwyer]

9:27 Most people didn't have AC back then. You opened up all of your windows and got a cross breeze. If you were hot, you put a box fan on some chair directly on you and used a wet wash clothes to cool off. AC didn't become widespread until the 1990's. This is supposed to be a feel good movie. Barry was returned and his mother was there to get him. Many other missed the opportunity. Plus, dude went up on the ship. He seemed to be the most obsessed with itl And the encounter was positive It was a like, Do, Re, Me, Fa, So" Which might have meant "we come in peace" and we repeated that to them. It proved we were an intelligent species worthy of communicating with. Then, they release people they abducted. Maybe time has no relevance to them, so they didn't see the harm.

[@williamhicks7736]

Back in the 1970s, most people, like my family, didn’t have air conditioners in their homes and would sleep with their windows open in the summer….

[@davestang5454]

Plenty of people had air conditioners but it wasn't central A/C. It was those crappy, loud box units. Running a fan was quieter and cheaper.

[@Letha-Mae]

Another great movie and reaction time with A&B

[@budmangt2]

The ending showing the main alien was supposed to be very moving and emotional! and here you two are cracking up saying the alien looks like Michael Jackson, Oh Lord! help us with these young people today! LOL!

[@janehollander3843]

so sad, thanks for warning me. that will piss me off if I continue watching. this movie deserves absolute respect.

[@davidswearingen4411]

I like these two reactors, generally, but they totally missed the point of this film. It's a movie of fantasy and wonder and aspiration and they keep trying to reduce it to "creepy aliens coming to suck out your brains." Even at the end. Kind of disappointing.

[@janehollander3843]

@davidswearingen4411 I usually like them as well. Many reactors today either totally miss the message or they can't stop harping on how wrong it was for Roy to leave his family.

[@BloodmoonKingdom]

My dad and I just watched this together the other day. It seems I'm seeing this movie pop up everywhere since.

[@tysonthomas7094]

The first movie where the aliens were peaceful. Steven Speilberg was a freaking genius! Such horror, terror and mystery all the way until the end. A brilliant movie!

[@johnhunt3071]

I thought Klaatu in 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' was a peaceful first contact (apart from the threat at the end)

[@johnhunt3071]

The original 1951 version I mean

[@rikk319]

@@johnhunt3071 It was. When I was a kid my dad pointed out to me as a fan of sci-fi that the vast majority of sci-fi alien films before Close Encounters were all about bad guys invading us. The Day The Earth Stood Still was one of a kind until Close Encounters.

[@CribNotes]

This was Steven Spielberg's follow up to the phenomenon of "Jaws"!!! Fkn unbelievable. The late 70's was a fantastic time for movies. Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, Close Encounters, Alien. Animal House, Rocky, etc...

[@brianmatthews1736]

Asia is way too paranoid. BJ is on the right track all along, just needed more information. Asia needs to be less paranoid, and more inquisitive. She made up a whole story that us humans were doing something bad...on the wrong track completely! The Aliens in this movie are the good guys, they have decided that humans are finally ready to communicate with them, and learn from each other.

[@retrogames3404]

Absolutely an awesome movie, directed by the best of Hollywood since that time, it is a 47-year-old movie, bringing all the curiosity of the Sci-Fi world in high quality and involving the audience, with a great cast. Congratulations on the very exciting reaction.

[@mikekling]

A true classic! 🛸 Please consider watching these other sci-fi favorites: CONTACT with Jodie Foster & Matthew McConaughey, and FIRE IN THE SKY which is based on a true story!! Many blessings!! ☺️🍿

[@bethscott4330]

Asia: “maybe he has to go save the mountain!” 😂❤