Back in the 70s I refused to see this hyped up movie that everyone was so excited about. It disgusted me then and after finally wasting 21/2 hours of my life I can't get back I am seriously disgusted with this Hollywood-esque distrotion of what an alien encounter would be like. If there was one, it wouldn't be like Spielsberg-s idea would be. The only good thing about it was John Williams's lovely musical score. Especially the flashing light tune at the end. Otherwise I would have given it 1 star review. BTW how any kinds of alien encounters are there and what makes this story the Third Kind?
The acting was adequate, the cinematography was beautiflul, but it painted a foolish view of how the US military would have treated such an encounter and how ordinary people would have been rounded up like cattle and sprayed with sleeping gas to convince them they were dreaming when the spacemen returned the alien abductees.
I know people have loved this film and I don't mean to denigrate their wonderment of the movie, but to each their own entertainment.
Spielberg dircted many memorable films in this time that I enjoyed, but this isn't one of them.
The acting was adequate, the cinematography was beautiflul, but it painted a foolish view of how the US military would have treated such an encounter and how ordinary people would have been rounded up like cattle and sprayed with sleeping gas to convince them they were dreaming when the spacemen returned the alien abductees.
I know people have loved this film and I don't mean to denigrate their wonderment of the movie, but to each their own entertainment.
Spielberg dircted many memorable films in this time that I enjoyed, but this isn't one of them.