CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977) TWIN BROTHERS FIRST TIME WATCHING MOVIE REACTION!

[@AddSerious]

the reason he was chosen out of all of them is that he was the ONLY one of the group they presented that was invited to come.

[@LA_HA]

Yes, the others stayed in the truck and were taken away, the woman just wanted her son back, and the guy that escaped with them got his opportunity taken away by the sleeping gas. I bet he was Not happy when he woke up

[@franl155]

"Zey belong 'ere more than we."

[@franl155]

@@LA_HA - and the others in the helicopter who couldn't run off.

[@franl155]

@maxwesty - lol I stand corrected!!

[@LA_HA]

@@franl155 And the guy who freaked out and ran into the porta-potty. Makes you wonder what he's going to tell his kids and grandkids. Think he'll leave that part out? haha

[@MrDeadstu]

"The Abyss" (1989) - Director's cut - it will blow your minds.

[@amyfrench8678]

YES...this!!! I recommend this to reactors quite often and have yet to see one of them do it.

[@MrDeadstu]

@@amyfrench8678 For sure, the directors cut adds SO much to the film and the overall story. Incredible effects and great cast too.

[@AddSerious]

YES! but must be directors cut, I read the book and was so disappointed that so much of what made the book great felt missing in the movie, but turned out a lot of it was filmed but cut for the theater.

[@Bothorth]

@@amyfrench8678 TBR Scmitt did it recently

[@amyfrench8678]

@@Bothorth Oh thank you! I hadn't heard of that reactor but I'll check it out now.

[@Serai3]

He didn't cheat on his wife. That kiss was a moment of connection, touching someone else who understood. And I think it was a farewell - he knew he was going, and wanted to take something with him of humanity, the touch of another human being. Not creepy, just human.

[@christopheryochum3602]

Couldn't agree more. It's one thing to watch a movie; it's another to actually have the otherworldly experience of contact. I've read a lot of books from people who've actually had contact, and many of them tended to suicide or mental illness due to the inability to comprehend how the experience transcends the walk-the-dog-go-shopping-eat-dinner-go-to-work-rinse-and-repeat world of the common human. Imagine your mind being so messed up, but then you see someone's who's had the exact same experience. The bonding would be immensely powerful. This comment was very perceptive and empathetic, quite a rare insight.

[@nyapayton7087]

@@christopheryochum3602 so if your husband or wife kissed someone else, whether if it was for a connection or not, you'd be ok with it?😂😂

[@marijkeoord6776]

His wife left him frist remember? She shouldt have stood by him try to understand. The total stranger woman understood and that is why they connected .

[@renee7407]

Yes, agreed!

[@nadronnocojr]

Bonding , like stuck in elevator or being ina robbery or something life altering Not creep

[@amyfrench8678]

Imagine seeing that on a 50 foot screen. I saw it in the theater with my mother at the age of 12. Seeing and FEELING those ships at the end was amazing and the sound shook the seats.

[@Acme1970]

I was 7 when i saw this in the theater and i didn't even matter to me that it wasn't an action sci-fi movie, i was entranced by the spectacle of it all and the special effects just blew my mind.

[@kentonkruger8333]

@@Acme1970 I was 6 and felt the same.

[@skbwolverine]

@@Acme1970 Same here. Time sure flies!

[@IWDTC]

Same here, I was 8 years old, sweetest of childhood memories...

[@markdodson6453]

I saw it when I was 13 at the greatest theater in Dallas in 1977. Probably the most influential movie of my early life. It was an extraordinary experience.

[@Serai3]

Now imagine what it was like seeing this in a theater with 500 people, all hypnotized by these amazing effects. I was 16 when this came out, and it blew my mind. This was the first movie about aliens that wasn't a BEM (bug-eyed monster) film or had "aliens" that were just humans in exotic clothing. It was also the first film that presented aliens as scary (because weird) but friendly, that didn't mean any harm but were just curious. And it was the quintessential Spielberg film, that one that cemented him as the "cheerful fantasist" that he was for the first really successful part of his career. This is the guy who made "E.T.", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", the guy who was making big, beautiful, fun films.

[@thunderstruck5484]

Me too same experience and age

[@wordeye]

Great comment!

[@andys8483]

I am envious,...wish I had seen it in the cinema back then.

[@Serai3]

@@andys8483 The 70's were an amazing time for cinema, for sure. All that gritty realism, and on the other hand, all that cheerful fantasy.

[@a.t.c.3862]

I, too, was 16, when I saw it in London. The audience lingered in the cinema through the credits as the Mother Ship went further and deeper into space.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Movies like this were so much more incredible before CGI. When you saw beautiful SPFX like this, you knew that artists worked hard to create them. And they looked better.

CGI will never beat optical effects.

[@Rivercoon]

I got to see the mothership model once when half the lights were still working. The most beautiful model ever built and much more impressive in person.

[@kevinpogue7294]

I used to work for Greg Jein, who did all the miniatures for the film. He still had the model of Devils Tower on a crate in the shop!

[@fahooga]

Spielberg's father developed computers. His mother played piano. In Close Encounters, the humans and aliens communicate by playing music with their computers.

[@nualamoore9261]

Nice gold nugget of info there. I learn something new everyday. 😊

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

The five tones translate to "h-e-l-l-o"

[@anyviolet]

Never knew this. Thank you !

[@JamesASharp]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind will forever be better than Arrival. That movie was a huge letdown for me.

[@davidbailey6397]

The guy playing the keyboard in the movie was the actual creator of the instrument . He was the only one who knew the intricacies of it and Spielberg asked him if he wanted to be in the movie while the guy was putting it together .

[@Saboteur709]

25:21 "Can that kind of car really handle this terrain?" Cars made in the seventies (and before) were like tanks compared to today's cars.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

@Karl Zaraiva Lot of them still being driven around.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

A better question would be, "Does that car have enough gas to make the trip?" Probably got 8-10 mpg.

[@AdhamOhm]

​@Karl Zaraiva The problem with cars that are "built like a tank" is that when they get into a crash, they simply transfer the force of the impact to the squishy meaty occupants inside. Some years back there was an accident in my town where a 60's Chevelle got into a head-on collision with a 2000's Nissan. The Chevelle had some front end damage but the driver died, while the Nissan basically disintegrated like a Jiffy Pop bag but the driver and two occupants survived.

[@jamessullivan4391]

Station wagons are bad asssed! I want one today.

[@davidnorman4786]

And that's why we didn't need seatbelts.

[@alwayswrite2011]

I was 10 when this movie was released. And you're right. Our minds were blown! And since my first viewing, despite being only 10 years old, the most fascinating scene was early on with the air traffic controllers. It's just them, back and forth with the pilots. Without any wild visual effects, they manage to turn up the suspense and mystery to 11.

[@clearsmashdrop5829]

The air traffic control scene is one of my favorite scenes from this movie. Its still awesome to this day. I had a co-worker whose voice sounded alot like the Air East pilot. It was uncanny.

[@karlmoles6530]

I sat on the roof of my car one extraordinarily clear night between 2 and 4 am at the side of Interstate 64 in the Appalachian Mountains watching a sky full of majestic clouds flash with multicolored lightning that reminded me of the effects in this. It was a hell of a show. 30 years later I can still see it in my mind

[@rosenfield10]

This film came out in 1977, the same year as Star Wars. I was 6 at the time, but I remember the feeling of seeing both those films at the theater. Wow!

[@srae1971]

Same here. I have loved science fiction and fantasy my entire life and I give most of the credit to seeing these two movies at such a young age.

[@shainewhite2781]

2:17, flight 19 was a real flight and it was said that they disappeared between Bermuda and Florida in 1945.

[@scarletibis3158]

That french actor is Francois Truffaut, film director extraordinaire. look him up. he was part of the modern vanguard.

[@cesarnarro6013]

This movie was really awesome seeing it on the big screen when it first came out

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Yeah, I remember being so blues away when the big ship showed up. I was 10 Years old & my jaw dropped to the floor & pretty much stayed there till the end of the film.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Yep The mothership HAS to be seen on the big screen.

[@michaelbastraw1493]

The guy "slapping the keys" was actually the ARP representative who delivered the synthesizer to the production. They put him in the movie. Best. Leo.

[@spacerazer]

In the novel, it said he looked like Shakespeare

[@TTM9691]

I did not know that! Very cool! I always wondered if that guy was more of an actor, or a musician since he could obviously really play. Thanks!

[@ryanfreer77]

Yep! An ARP 2500 modular synthesizer. Rare and beautiful!

[@michaelbastraw1493]

@@ryanfreer77 2600. I could never afford one at the time. I settled for a Mini-Korg. Best. Mike.

[@ryanfreer77]

@@michaelbastraw1493 Actually, the 2600 is quite a bit different, and came a little later. Here you can see the 3 separate cabinets and a double keyboard of a fully expanded 2500 system, configured to surround the player. They were incredibly expensive though. It’s wonderful now that both the 2600 semi-modular synth, and the 2500 modules have been cloned by Behringer for a reasonable price. The new 2500 series is built in the Eurorack format too. BTW, those little Korg semi-modulars were great! I still have an MS-10 after so many years. Of course, Korg also reissued a mini version of the MS-20 some years back. Seems like most of the classic analog synths are coming back now! 👍🏻

[@openfor45]

Glad you both enjoyed this! If you want more, a similar theme movie is............John Carpenter's "Starman" - filmed in 1984 with Jeff Bridges.

[@IChooseJesus9091]

That's a good one! 👍 "Yellow means go faster!"

[@clearsmashdrop5829]

I saw this as a young kid in the theater. When Roy waves the "car" only to have it rise straight up the audience was a mix of "gasp", "oooooh", or laughs. Just about everyone reacted. Thats how good this movie was and pulling you in.

[@TTM9691]

Me, too, bro....I saw it at 8 years old, three times in the theater, and it's still one of the most vivid memories I have in a movie theater. I liked "Star Wars" but "Close Encounters" blew my mind. The audience for "Star Wars" was mostly kids and their parents; the audience for "Close Encounters" was EVERYBODY, from the elderly to young kids like myself, and definitely teenagers and people in their 20s. It's Spielberg's "hippest" movie.

[@TTM9691]

PS: I accidentally posted that comment before I was finished! What I was going to say is thanks so much for sharing that memory. That's exactly how I remember it as well.

[@clearsmashdrop5829]

@@TTM9691 Your welcome!

[@a.t.c.3862]

​@@TTM9691 Same. 👍

[@hettbeans]

The scene where the second set of lights comes up on him and then RISES is fucking cinematic genius.

[@fday1964]

Probably one of the best example of first contact with an alien civilization. During Roy's first encounter, you can hear the five tones as they imprint the image of Devil's Tower.

[@ladyanime100]

One of the things I love about this movie is not just because it's a great movie but I get to see all of the stuff I grew up with again. The nostalgia feel. It's also a running joke in my family that because I love mashed potatos I always make myself a potato mountain and someone sings the tune. It's fun

[@ejtappan1802]

My friends and I were so caught up in this movie when it came out!! So much so that I talked my dad into driving three hours out of our way on a family vacation so we could visit Devils Tower in person. And, of course, I had a poster of the mothership on my bedroom wall.

[@brightize2651]

" Imagine they open fire!" " Is this when the violence starts?" Such a typical response to aliens turning up. We are violent so they MUST be.

[@ct5625]

It's funny that us humans imagine an alien race that wants to destroy us would go through a load of unnecessary drama beforehand. If anything it would be more like Independence Day, they'd turn up and wipe us out. No discussion, no prep, no warnings, they'd just click their fingers and we'd be done. An alien race capable of coming here and with intent to destroy us would have the tools to do it the second they arrive. In fact, we probably wouldn't even see them, they'd do it from a light-year away and arrive here with a clean planet to occupy, like throwing a bug bomb into a house lol

[@LordLOC]

It's more that the vast majority of alien movies are invasions or attacks etc then just aliens trying to communicate with us say hello. If you go most of your life watching movies where aliens blow the planet up or shoot giant lasers down hi rise buildings and wipe out entire cities - you'd probably think the same thing lol

[@brightize2651]

@@LordLOC I kind of know what you mean, but even films like the original The Day the Earth Stood Still and Arrival, its a case of shoot first ask questions later. We are an extremely violent species, any aliens would do well to steer clear of us.

[@LordLOC]

@@brightize2651 Oh of course, there were movies doing the whole peaceful/explorer etc alien thing long before they started blowing everything up stuff heh. And yes, as a Human I would also recommend any alien species from initiating any contact with us, as we're more likely to wind up killing them than the other way around. If the past year or so alone doesn't prove that, there a few wars in the 20th Century that certainly could.

[@Purple_Buffalo]

Imagine being Roy's eldest son. The last time you ever saw your father was during his breakdown in front of the whole neighborhood. And he will never know his dad was right and is now living in space.

[@Purple_Buffalo]

@Karl Zaraiva Spoken like a well programmed NPC.

[@Purple_Buffalo]

@Karl Zaraiva you brought up some dumb republican joke on a film about aliens. The joke would be funny if you said Democrat or Lefty. You have no personality and speak only in programmed speech. Just how they trained you and you don’t even realize it.

[@inkoalawetrust]

@@Purple_Buffalo "The joke would be funny if you only made fun of the people I don't like, to whom this unfunny NPC joke has already been directed at countless times before."

[@Purple_Buffalo]

​@@inkoalawetrust Yes.

[@inkoalawetrust]

@@Purple_Buffalo Lol do you think that I didn't see your previous message that you deleted, the one that seemed to be at least as long if not longer than my original responce ? Because it's still on my notifications i.imgur.com/LEIjVml.png, also "Try again with less words" lol, I wrote a single sentence. But since you seem to want to resort to ad hominem insults based on that deleted message. I could say that it's not surprising that someone who finds a single sentence to be too much text would also find hearing and seeing the same thing for the thousandth time funny like they are a literal child.

[@boramsey5122]

It's so sad that a generation has lost its sense of WONDER....

[@Hibbs4Prez]

Spielberg was quoted not too long ago that if he did the movie now he would not have Roy abandon his family. When he made the movie he was still in his 20s and he had never been married or had kids of his own. He has a different perspective now because he has a family of his own.

[@Hawk170122]

If Roy would have brought his nagging wife and them bad ass kids, they wouldn’t have made it past the moon!

[@randallwhalen3239]

Roy didn't abandon his family. Ronnie tells him, on the phone, that her, and the kids are never coming back. So it's more like they abandoned him.

[@hgwells1899]

Always wanted Roy to come back (a de-aged Dreyfus) meet his grown up son, settle a few things. Same actors. That original deleted rooftop scene to play as a flashback, maybe, to the last meaningful conversation they ever had before that one time when, y'know, dad went midlife mental, self sabotaged his life, drove his family away, destroyed their home and then ran off or killed himself or whatever the f he did back then. Watching this movie again as an adult with a child of my own was a whole different experience and not a comfortable one at times. Still loved it though. When you wish upon a star, indeed

[@mrkelso]

Thank you. Watching this again with you guys... you made it entertaining, exciting actually. And yeah, you're right: imagine what it felt like to us when Spielberg gave us "Jaws", then "Close Encounters", and then "Raiders". We felt like we had found our own film god. This was an absolute blast. Thank you again.

[@eprahs1]

It's crazy how we've been programmed to think a situation like this has to be violent.

[@Bonez0r]

Why? Evolutionarily it makes complete sense. Any species that isn't afraid of the unknown goes extinct at some point when it meets a threat and it acts like it isn't a threat. Species A that assumes danger has a much higher chance of survival than species B that assumes everything in the universe is friendly. If it does turn out to be friendly, both A and B live. If it turns out to be deadly, B dies instantly while A has at least a chance of survival. It's not just how _we_ evolved, it's how all life on Earth evolved, at least all life that can understand danger and move away from it.

[@roywilson4514]

“Keyboard guy not wishing he got the gig now” 😂😂😂😂 that has me in tears

[@robovike]

"Kid shut up...stop greeting them!" A1 protocol right here: do not engage the spooky lights.

[@kingscorpion7346]

but they're just your friendly neighborhood aliens from the Pleiades star cluster!

[@robovike]

@@kingscorpion7346 the kids are alright

[@robovike]

@@kingscorpion7346 "Danny is on Altair 4"

[@kingscorpion7346]

@@robovike 😱hope he watches out for the id monster!

[@priestpega]

I watched this movie on its opening weekend November 1977 in a jam packed movie theater. The audience reactions were almost as entertaining as the film itself.

[@Esl1999]

1977 changed sci fi films from, usually, B movie films with niche market to international blockbuster. This started the golden age of big sci fi films.

[@GrouchyMarx]

The original theatrical release didn't have the negative vibe as this one. Not sure why this director's cut was even done because in 1980 Spielberg released the "Special Edition" that was essentially this director's cut, but with one BIG difference.... you finally got to see what Roy sees inside the giant alien flying city. Spielberg made the Special Edition 3 years later that included the negative family violence shower scene which was not used before, added the ship Cotopaxi in the Gobi desert scene, and they cut out several humorous snippets like what that old guy said just after the 3 craft flew by them on the road. And the Cotopaxi lying in the Gobi desert scene ruined the believable nature of the original theatrical release too. Especially since the wreck of the Cotopaxi was confirmed at the bottom of the Caribbean a few years ago, making that scene ridiculous now. There were many documentaries and news stories about UFOs and cover-ups a lot back then, so the original version kinda made some think something like Close Encounter could have happened and was covered up. The ship in the desert scene would be something nobody could cover-up, thus blows that feel. The feeling of the original release was a serious situation but still a kinda humorous circumstance for Roy and not the negative vibe you guys seem to gotten from this version. Same here. The original is much better and suggest watch it if you watch CEOTTK again. Also, Roy won! He gets to see what the friendly aliens are like, experience some bizarre and interesting things, and he's out of a dead marriage! The entire red group went along too, the aliens just picked Roy first. There's a lot of talk that Spielberg made this movie loosely based on an actual event. Seems he's had the ear, (and lent his perhaps) to several presidents over a period on time and that's where some of this originates. It's one of those things you've got to look into and judge for yourself. Still an awesome flick and enjoyed watching you guys dig this movie. If you want to take in another good 70s sci-fi do "Silent Running" (1972) and do the original 1968 "Planet of the Apes". You guys would like those. ✌️😎

[@edcatt6003]

Great reactions, boys. So great to see this classic get some attention. CE3K is my favourite alien contact film of all time but 'Fire in the Sky' (1993), and 'Contact' (1997) both have a lot going for them.

[@jp3813]

If you guys want more films like this, definitely check out James Cameron's The Abyss (special edition) & Robert Zemeckis' Contact.

[@timandmonica]

Totally agree with Contact and The Abyss. I really enjoyed Cocoon, too!

[@BlueGuy44]

Glad to hear you guys enjoyed it. I only seen it once. It was rereleased in Theaters in September 2017 for its 40th Anniversary. So I went and saw it. Close Encounters of the Third Kind is astounding. I’ll watch it again when I get a chance.

[@shainewhite2781]

17:18, Independence Day! Lol! This effect was achieved by dumping chemicals and paints In a fish tank 20x20 foot. They used high speed photography to make the clouds billow like that.

[@Mantikal]

"Yeah, I got one just like it in my living room" - best line.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

As a card-carrying paranoid, I loved the scene with the government transporting the equipment in the commercial-marked trucks. You'll never look at an 18-wheeler the same after that.🤣

[@genghispecan]

_"We have a translation interlock on their audio signal - taking control of this conversation, NOW."_ A favorite line of mine. Always wondered what info both sides were trading in that musical interlude.

[@Hawk170122]

Twilight Zone--“Don’t get on that ship!! ‘To Serve Man’, it’s a cookbook!!!” Maybe it was recipes!!!! 😳

[@hgwells1899]

The line I always think of is, "I have one just like it in my living room!"

[@mikejankowski6321]

@@hgwells1899 That sounds so familiar but I can't place it. What is it from?

[@hgwells1899]

@@mikejankowski6321 Close Encounters

[@mikejankowski6321]

@@hgwells1899 OH YEAH, DUH! Hawk’s reference to the Twilight Zone had me thinking of OTHER MOVIES so I came up blank. Yes, this line perfectly captures Roy’s personality and mindset at the time.

[@redtailzephier4141]

Great reaction, I saw this once while camping at Devil's Tower during an outside screening, the tower was right behind the screen, an amazing experience, another alien abduction film to watch is Fire in the Sky, a true story and it is very intense

[@hgwells1899]

Omg imagine seeing Devils Tower and the movie, holy s***t! Another one I'm gutted to have missed, was the time they screened Silent Running at the Eden Project here in the UK. Maybe it's time I started paying attention;)

[@franl155]

I saw this when it first came out on cinema release - in fact, I saw it twice, as they held it over for a second week. A full-size screen made the effects incredible - and when the mothership comes over the mountain, and keeps on coming, and keeps on coming ... it was chin-on-the-floor time. Awesome. Bob Balaban, who plays the interpreter/cartographer, wrote a book, Close Encounters Diary, which has loads of fascinating info: for instance, the landing pad set was indoors; all that's actually there are the standing sets - sheds and stuff - and the actors. Everything else is special effects. The reason the keyboard player is looking worried is that he was the agent for the company that had leased the keyboard to the film and was the only one able to play it: the film was behind schedule and the agent was getting behind on his other orders! And after Roy's encounter, when the engine starts up again, they put the truck cab and him on a drum with a fixed camera and spun it to make everything fly about Little nuggets like those make me enjoy the film even more - knowing how the magician performed his tricks increases your appreciation of his skill. ps the "spider" alien was crafted by Carlo Rimbaldi and was entirely mechanical - the little aliens were kids in suits.

[@Hawk170122]

“There’s a dead fly in my potatoes!” Cracks me up every time!!

[@ejtappan1802]

The story goes that the adults in that scene thought the kid was just ad-libbing for the scene but it turned out there actually was a dead fly on the kid's plate. One of those "oops" things that happene on movie sets that improves the moment. LOL

[@sjh3217]

The kid was about three or four, so naturally they had no filter 😂

[@Acme1970]

One of best things about this movie is that John Williams created a conversation between humans and aliens using musical instruments.

[@karlmoles6530]

I saw this in the theater with my dad in 1977, I was 12. This movie blew my mind.

[@rosenfield10]

Some alien abduction film suggestions: Communion (Christopher Walken), Fire in the Sky (D.B. Sweeney), and The Fourth Kind (Milla Jovovich), all based on true stories.

[@theConquerersMama]

Fire in the Sky still gives me nightmares.

[@odbear100]

Directors cut in name only. Some missing scenes from the cinema release are put back in. There is however a full cut with scenes inside the mothership and Roy's bewilderment.

[@thunderstruck5484]

Saw this as a teenager at the theater and still top five for me thanks for reacting always a good time

[@saaamember97]

At the end of the movie, where you see Roy looking back from the mothership, and that single alien greeting the other folks in charge of the mission, they were both exchange volunteers. Roy flew off with the aliens and the one alien stayed behind, to learn more about Earth and it's inhabitants.

[@JojosCrazyChannel]

Have you seen “Schindler’s List”? It’s my favorite Steven Spielberg movie & my favorite film of all time! 🎥🎬

[@OctoKrool]

We actually almost watched I think last week from the Patreon; it was so close. It'll definitely happen in the future!

[@kittensmakingcandles]

"Screw the wife, screw the kids. Let's go, alien time baby." It's almost like the alien infected Roy with their version of a "Ophiocordyceps unilateralis". NOTE: "Ophiocordyceps unilateralis" is a fungus that infects ants and hijacks them. It literally compels them to abandon their life and travel to a location where the fungus needs them to be.

[@walther007]

Roy turned into that grey alien. The extended version which actually went back out to the movies a year or so later, showed another minute of him in the space ship interior.

[@shainewhite2781]

Wow, I saw this film growing up on VHS. It became a box office and critical success. It was nominated for Several Oscars including Best Director and Best Visual Effects.

[@OctoKrool]

Always appreciate seeing you in the comments first all the time man, I can't reply to all of them but know I read them all!

[@sKennTX]

This was the first bluray I ever bought the day I bought my first bluray player. I saw this in the theater as a kid and it was amazing. To film the scene where Barry first encounters the aliens in his kitchen he had two people behind card board that dropped one at a time to surprise the kid actor. 1st was a guy in a gorilla costume so the kid looked surprised. Then he had a guy dressed as a clown to get a smile out of the kid. Amazing movie!

[@Thom1212]

We had this. We had Star Wars. My local theater made so much money off me that summer in matinee's alone :D WATCH THE MOVIE "PAUL".

[@1981SamIAm]

This is one of the best films ever made

[@MsASMARVEL]

One alien/UFO movie that I've loved since a kid is Flight of the Navigator. Its a fun film! :]

[@stevetokeley6542]

The young lad who played Barry was trained to say 'Toys!' on cue by Spielberg.What he did was every day on set,slowly unwrap a present for him.The 'Toys' reaction was the one he kept.

[@falcon215]

I saw this in the theater when it came out. Awesome to see on the big screen. EVERYONE who saw it spent that summer looking up at the sky at nights..

[@tonycardone990]

This came out the year I was born, and the effects still hold up today.

[@davidhunter1538]

EMPIRE OF THE SUN. Iconic Spielberg film. The man was a genius film maker. Can't recommend it enough.

[@StaticBlaster]

Agreed. That is a fantastic film. By the way, I've been watching a lot of Spielberg movies over the past several months. I have 7 more to go from his directorial filmography.

[@chrisbowling4060]

For your next reaction, I suggest "Network" (1976), an entirely different type of film with outstanding acting (Holden, Finch, Dunaway, Duvall; 3 acting Oscars), skilled direction (Sidney Lumet, also of "12 Angry Men") and prescient, exquisite writing (Paddy Chayefsky).

[@IWDTC]

I remember reading Spielberg's take on the whole different alien appearance gig. Just as we have different races, cultures colors and shapes here on Earth, Spielberg wanted this alien culture to also be representation of various races, sizes etc. I believe the tall spindly one that came out first was supposed to be an ambassador of sorts before the other aliens came out...

[@jksgameshelf3378]

I saw this opening night when it first came out and when they revealed the size of the mothership behind Devil's Tower, you could have heard a pin drop. We were all just stunned.

[@Nostalgio]

If you guys enjoyed this then I highly recommend Poltergeist!

[@OctoKrool]

We actually haven't seen it, that's a solid recommendation and we'll at it to the list; Thank you Gio!

[@juandesalgado]

If you like old sci-fi, you would like reacting to "WarGames" (1983) or "Colossus: the Forbin project" (1970). In both movies, a supercomputer is given responsibilities over the military defense complex... what could possibly go wrong.

[@srae1971]

Oh my God I loved WarGames. Baby Matthew Broderick!

[@c-puff]

This is my favourite movie of all time. And the scene at air traffic control is probably one of my favourite scenes in a movie on its own even removed from context.

[@keito9158]

According to a set designer for this movie, the American defense department showed up out of the blue one day while they were filming and demanded Spielberg tell them how "he knew". Spielberg also received a letter from NASA telling him releasing this film "would be dangerous."

[@Hawk170122]

I would have been like, “How do you know it is dangerous?! It’s not been released yet!” And “If you know the content of the film, who gave you a copy?!” Hmmmmmmmmm?! 😉

[@AARONANKRUM]

And actually, Roy was the only invitee in that group. The rest were people the international consortium picked. That's why only Roy is picked to see what's what.

[@palecorpse]

This scared me as a child. I remember my mom saying that he was already an alien after the first encounter. I guess he was imprinted with the message more heavily than others. I think you could call him the alien after he entered the ship, even if he were still human though.

[@kittylynnlpn]

I would love to see you guys react to the movie called The Forbidden Planet from 1956 I think starring an extremely young Leslie Nielsen. It is considered the original science fiction movie because it was the first movie where humans traveled outside our own solar system. You may be amazed at the lack of CGI at the time but really good special effects especially considering my mother was seven I think when it came out and I'll be 52 next month. I think you guys would really enjoy it

[@genghispecan]

It's funny - back in the early days of the interconnected global economy and before this film in particular swept across popular awareness, the imagined likeness of an extraterrestrials varied tremendously from culture to culture around the world. This film in no small way solidified the image of the naked, bug eyed "grey" alien seen everywhere in modern culture.

[@willcool713]

At the time, aliens were hot. Tabloids, sitcoms, TV specials, aliens were everywhere. Project Blue Book was a top show, about researching encounters. For the movie effects, the models and most other effects were scaled up, but old techniques. The really groundbreaking effects tech improvement here was the cloud effects, which were practical, not digital, of course.

[@priestpega]

The cloud tank effects indeed were an improvement over the already spectacular smoke clouds effects from The Ten Commandments. But Douglas Trumbull also pioneered the brilliant lights on the model ufos and realistically had them sharing the screen with actors. Trumbull was criminally denied the deserved Best Special Effects Oscar because, well, Star Wars was more popular in 1977.

[@willcool713]

@@priestpega Pfft. Stiff competition indeed! He should definitely be recognized, but you gotta give it to LucasFilm. That was a whole new kind of story and a whole new way to tell it, just another level, y'know? The whole world went mad, seemed like. Too bad the Academy doesn't just give out achievement Oscars, instead of the yearly competitive method. A lot of great folks have been passed over just because of bad timing for them in the movie's release year and other people's more popular achievements. Shame.

[@Rivercoon]

On a musical note Roy is trying to get his family to go see Pinocchio near the start of the film. When You Wish Upon A Star then turns up during closing credits.

[@williamjones6031]

I was in High School and working at three different movie theaters, including a drive-in. So I got to watch this on the big screen. Talk about AWESOME! When spidy raises his arms: "Sup Bitches"! A movie where they're NOT friendly, "Independence Day". Will Smith.

[@Tangent099]

When this movie was released in Seattle, they decorated the Space Needle so it looked like the mother ship. Wow!

[@jakesgr8sakiorjoe58]

Fire In The Sky is still to date the best alien move ever made and still stands the rest of time. You MUST watch.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

They added too much made-up B.S. to Travis Walton's original account.

[@kyvalrie3646]

I came here to say this.It’s such a good one.

[@michaelmaehle1433]

Nice review guys. It was quite the spectacle when it came out. It was a year after Star Wars, so special effects were amazing at the time. Another alien movie that is tons of fun is Galaxy Quest. Check it out!

[@OctoKrool]

We've actually seen it, Galaxy Quest is such a good movie!

[@michaelmaehle1433]

@@OctoKrool Then how about alien abduction terror? Fire in the Sky.

[@jatsherrod]

Greatest moment of your video... "they're dangly as hell!" I'm still laughing. So glad you got into this movie. It is my all time favorite.

[@GigiC4]

The first alien we see was special effect but the smaller aliens were dressed up little girls ballet dancers. I saw this movie back when it was in theatre and I thought at the time that the aliens were beautiful and I still think so.

[@rickardroach9075]

"When You Wish Upon a Star" is incorporated at the end; a callback to "Pinocchio" at the start.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

And the little white ball "straggler" UFO was a tribute to Tinkerbell.

[@hgwells1899]

Caught the Wish upon a star reference but never thought of Tinkerbell, good shout

[@suokkis]

J. Allen Hynek makes a cameo in this movie, near the end when they are looking at the alien ship and the humans emerging from it. He is the white bearded man with glasses holding a pipe. He was the USAF UFO researcher during the Blue Book days. Although initially skeptical, he turned against the report, calling it influenced and biased, and became a supporter for the existance of the phenomenon, which even today eludes us with answers. Also the french guy was inspired by a real french UFO researcher, and friend of Hynek, Jacques Vallee.

[@asterix7842]

Those planes found at the beginning of the movie were Flight 19, a group of five Navy airplanes that disappeared during a training flight over the Bermuda Triangle in December of 1945. No trace of them has ever been found. The steamship found in the desert was the SS Cotopaxi, which disappeard during a storm on it's way from Charleston SC to Havana in December of 1925. It's wreckage was located in the 80s and identified in 2020.

[@paulgibbons1366]

Fun fact: This and Star Wars were both released in 1977 and Spielberg and Lucas swapped a percentage point of the profits for the films because they were both convinced the other directors film would do better at the Box Office.

[@davidhabert]

I love the question the guy with the Texas Tech asked "Why is he not running?", here's my answer. "He just stuck his head out of a window and got burnt, would you think it's safe for him to try that again?" 😬

[@jkorr]

Thanks for the great content! Please consider a reaction to these movies: _mother!_ 2017 The City of Lost Children 1995 The Fountain 2006 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998 Brazil 1985 These are all films that will stick in your mind for a long time.. they all demand repeat watchings . Not your everyday Hollywood movies.

[@heatsinker_5517]

Always liked that air traffic control scene. I bet that same scene happens many times in real life.

[@TheOneTrueChris]

Flight 19 was a real Navy flight that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle in 1945. Also, the ship beached in the desert seen in this movie is the Cotopaxi, which also had mysteriously disappeared, and at the time the movie was made, hadn't been found. However, it has been discovered since that time.

[@Orlor]

They found the planes as well.

[@adamali813]

This movie is apparently based on the true story called Project Serpo and the Zeta Reticuli exchange program. Supposed to have actually happened in the 1960's.

[@nielsdegroot9138]

@28:25 If you like the aliens opening fire, you're gonna love 'Mars Attacks!', the 1996 Sci-Fi comedy. 😁 Well worth a watch.

[@truckinfool3550]

The movie was released when I was 9 and I saw it for the first time when I was like 11, either on HBO or when we got our first VCR. Kinda freaked me out, especially when they took Barry. I’m like, damn, they take kids?? I was so relieved to see him walk off the ship. The John Williams score/soundtrack was one of the first vinyl albums I ever bought, I used to listen to it on headphones in my bedroom.

[@Brian25091]

Thank you!!!! I love Sci-fi as well and love stuff with aliens. We need more Alien type movies/tv shows out there. Enough with the stupid Zombies. If you haven't already seen it. Check out a movie called Fire in the Sky which is based off the abduction case of Travis Walton. Also, Flight 19 was a real thing. They disappeared off the coast of Florida in 1945 and no one knows what happened. Planes still missing, same with the bodies. They had flown over the Bermuda Triangle, lead pilot was saying something was wrong before the radio went silent.

[@gr3yh4wk1]

The scene with the mothership in 1978 in cinemas in huge really-large-screen-o-vision with the deep bass scared the crap out of 9 year old me...

[@RailfanJason]

None of the animals were dead, they were just gassed to sleep by those crop dusters. Remember them saying they needed to ceeate a disaster so scary it will make everyone want to evacuate the area. So they said there was a rail disaster that released toxic nerve gas into the area. They needed everyone out of the area so they could keep this First Contact encounter from the public.

[@smittmasterflex]

Watching this as a little kid in the 80's 32:57 completely traumatized me. I am absolutely terrified of the greys. I have fallen asleep to The Exorcist but I can't handle the greys. When the book Communion came out my dad was reading it and left it laying around the house. I'd have to turn it over because I was petrified of the cover artwork. I love this movie so much and would watch it over and over again, it would get to the ship scene and I'd run to the VCR to shut it off. Even in my 40's this still gives me chicken skin and frightens me.

[@sandimcalisterblood2675]

"Woah, he's dangly as hell" 🤣🤣🤣

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

Easter Egg : If you look at the underside of the mothership as it passes over the mountain, there's an upside down R2D2 as part of the model. George returned the favour years later by putting 3 ETs in the council in the Star Wars prequels If you like Alien movies you need to watch Contact with Jodie Foster, it's kind of similar to Close Encounters

[@hgwells1899]

Because of Contact, whenever a new design or piece of equipment is introduced, I hear the line, "who we lovingly call Elmer" ;)

[@Curraghmore]

Incredible special effects for the 1970s. If someone were to produce a model kit that you could build a 'Close Encounters' mother ship with, they could demand any price from 50-something adults.

[@flibber123]

I like to imagine the conversation about the landing strip. "How long should it be?" "Well, they're aliens so it should be long but not too long." "Thanks, those are exactly the dimensions I needed to know." Conspiracy theories have been around a long time, and this movie takes advantage of it. The Bermuda Triangle used to be talked about a lot, and Flight 19 was one of the big parts of that story. Bigfoot, Chariots of the Gods, all that stuff influenced this movie. I liked the bond between Roy and Jillian. They are two people who, due to their unusual experience, have become alienated from their fellow human beings. Of course they'd bond. I liked that Roy left with them. It's a once in a lifetime chance, there's no way he'd pass that up. He didn't have the greatest family life before the aliens showed up, we saw that. Besides, due to the time dilation effects of faster than light travel he won't age. One day he'll ask the aliens to drop him off at home and he'll still be young enough to start a new family. It's a win/win!

[@DarthJedi7783]

Thank you so much for watching this film. It affects me on a deep emotional level. As much as Spielberg shows you he actually shows you nothing, you have to use your imagination at the end for what happens next. Roy leaves his family behind in the name of discovery which is devastating and heartbreaking. My mind can barely handle what the characters must have felt being called and invited to experience the visitors. The film is a slow burn of discovery and imagination. One of Spielberg's many masterpieces. I saw this on the big screen in 1977 and again in 2017. Seeing it on the big screen is a mind blowing experience. I love this film. Thank you again for reacting to it. Love your channel.

[@kbsanders]

Movie Suggestion: Warrior (2011) A great underrated movie if you haven't already seen it. It would be cool to see brothers reacting to it.