Alien & Aliens trained us to not trust any Alien lol.... What are some great Sci-Fi movie recommendations!? Thanks for the support everyone! Sorry this video came up late today. Changed internet providers and had nothing but problems :(

@douglascampbell9809

3 жыл бұрын

This movie was fantastic in the theaters. I suggest another great old sci fi movie. Forbidden Planet from 1956.

@noisecrime

3 жыл бұрын

Loving your reactions as a couple. As for suggestions, ot your average alien movie, but Dark City is pretty great ( just skip or mute audio at the start of the film as the studio added a voice over that spoils the entire plot of the film! If I recall correctly its spoken while there are circles on the screen ). A classic action 90's film would be Starship Troopers, or for a more horror vibe you could try Pitch Black. If you want something old then you could try Invasion of the body snatchers from 1956 and after you could watch the remake from 78, both very good.

@garethhackney4814

3 жыл бұрын

Dog Soldiers (2002) is cheap but fun imo. You should def watch that some time.

@sneakupbehindyoulikejohnwi743

3 жыл бұрын

They Live

@sabalos

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Close Encounters. And hey, it came out in 1977, so in terms of sci fi recommendations: *batteries not included (1987) - similar vibes, on a much smaller scale Starship Troopers (1997) - completely different vibes Sunshine (2007) - science/exploration vibes, also with great music Okja (2017) - giant pig creature corporate satire vibes All the 7s

I appreciate that the movie 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.

@hakaigonzalez7253

3 жыл бұрын

It is fucked up that they're strait up kidnapping ppl tho. 😁

@LA_HA

3 жыл бұрын

They may have done it Because they're peaceful. They had to be careful of us. What if we're the only civilization they've come across after searching this incredibly immense universe? The chances they'd find us are astronomical, but what if we're evil? So, they watched us, collected data and samples for study, and tried to see if there was a potential for friendship because if they just looked at our history, they would actually have a slanted view of humanity. Plus, their concept of time and space could be extremely different than ours. So, it may have been inadvertent. But, once they selected an ambassador, they released everyone they'd taken throughout the ages and took him back to their home world.

@RideAcrossTheRiver

2 жыл бұрын

The aliens have been kidnapping humans for a century. Not nice at all.

@RideAcrossTheRiver

2 жыл бұрын

@@hakaigonzalez7253 A guess would be that the aliens felt guilty somehow. They do look and act like teenagers, and that big tall alien sort of shrugs as if to say, "um, sorry?" Maybe the hand signal is S-O-R-R-Y

@hulkhatepunybanner

Жыл бұрын

*Even more unnerving if the aliens weren't humanoid in form. Anything not like us makes us very afraid.*

I saw this in the theater with my dad. I was 10. The Devil Tower reveal gave me chills. And the Mothership put the entire audience into stunned awe.

@davidhuggan6315

9 ай бұрын

I first saw it on TV in 1985. I can only imagine what it was like to watch in a cinema

@dwaiting883

17 күн бұрын

@@davidhuggan6315 Having grown up on this film, it was still a very moving and exciting thing to see on the big screen when I caught a showing at a local theater a few years ago with an audience of enthusiastic and respectful fans. Some movies should be brought back into theaters routinely due to how obvious it is that the makers planned for you to see it that way. Hope you get to see it like that someday.

Most random Carl Weathers ever :)

@sneakupbehindyoulikejohnwi743

3 жыл бұрын

And Lance Henriksen

@colinafobe2152

3 жыл бұрын

wow i just realized it was the same guy from Mandalorian. Blimey

@porflepopnecker4376

3 жыл бұрын

And Dr. J. Allen Hynek and John Connelly's brother.

@shruggknucklesfistbump4381

3 жыл бұрын

i thought the same thing great weekend of for him and a great weekend for me:) i like this movie but it was not very well recieved...i love the classics

@colinafobe2152

3 жыл бұрын

@@shruggknucklesfistbump4381 if i remember well here was a huge deal and very often on tv back than

One thing I like very much about this film is that there's not one stereotypical villain

Douglas Trumbull was a true wizard, helping to create the sci-fi effects for 2001, Close Encounters, and Blade Runner, and not a shred of CGI.

I remember watching this in the theater way back in '77. Good year for movies.

@renee7407

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! I collected the bumble gum cards in packs Wonder bread! Still have them!

@andrewr255

3 жыл бұрын

Dido! Of course Star Wars speaks for itself but this was also the year of my favorite Bonda movie: The Spy Who Loved Me. Those subs, that villain lair... wow.

@thekeeper5588

3 жыл бұрын

I was born in 88’ so it’s was probably mid 90’s when I first saw this,I love this movie..I bought it on iTunes and it came with all 3 versions of the movie

@theradgegadgie6352

3 жыл бұрын

Good decade!

@RideAcrossTheRiver

2 жыл бұрын

Roy and Melinda and Burt and Sally!

Amazing storytelling, the characters are so human and well acted. Spielberg is genius.

I love Richard Dreyfuss who was in his element mid to late 70s from JAWS to The Goodbye Girl and American Graffiti. His acting ability and onscreen presence comes off completely natural and his comedic timing and quirky smile makes him very likable in whatever role he plays.

@charmawow

3 жыл бұрын

The Goodbye Girl is one of my all time favourite movies, since first catching it on TV at Christmas back in the 80’s.

@leeloo4182

3 жыл бұрын

I agree ,he is great in Mr. Holland's Opus and Jaws

@ohc1492

3 жыл бұрын

I don't find him "likable"... he's downright HOT to me... that quirky smile melts me EVERY time...

@anthonywopaness2927

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget his voice over in Stand by me, for as little screen time he had his part really made the movie warm and enjoyable.

@anthonywopaness2927

3 жыл бұрын

@Paul WT Kinda like what your doing now?, only he got paid a great deal of cash for his nasal whine.

A great film and one of Steven Spielberg’s best. The end when Roy turns back to see Jillian always tears me up, helped by John Williams beautiful music.

There is a little Easter egg in the music too. When you said "It sounds dangerous" at 22:51 it was the composer John Williams quoting a few notes of his own music from the movie Jaws, also directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Richard Dreyfus. :D

@stiimuli

3 жыл бұрын

Another easter egg: When the mother ship shows up and is moving over Devil's Tower, look close at the details of the ship. The model builders attached an R2-D2 figure on the under side =)

@LA_HA

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Thank you for sharing those easter eggs

@captndawn9222

3 жыл бұрын

@@LA_HA Also when the picked Roy it played Wish Upon A Star as he kept quoting Pinocchio several times in the film. Showing his wish of knowing if its real and flying to the stars with his new found friends.

@LA_HA

3 жыл бұрын

@@captndawn9222 Oh, wow. That's true. It makes perfect sense, especially as both a nod to both the character and occuring situation. It all just shows how powerful these small touches can elevate not just the scene or music itself, but the audience's perception, feelings about both of these elements. Thank you so much. That really does add another layer to the movie I didn't think about.

@Zarkarian64

3 жыл бұрын

With the exception of "The Color Purple", John Williams composed all of the music for Steven Spielberg's movies.

Fun fact about the colonel sanders looking guy close to the end. That was Allan Hynek, head of Project Blue Book in its prime. He initially didn’t think there was anything to the phenomenon, and HE was the one who brought forth the “swamp gas”, “Venus”, etc explanations. At the end of the study, however, he was a firm believer in the subject and actually came out speaking against the govt and military and saying there was indeed a coverup. Really cool little cameo. Also, the French scientist is based off of Jacques Vallee, a real UFO researcher who has contributed an incredible amount to the field. Amazing guys, both of them.

@rustybarrel516

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! I noticed on a quick search that he was also the first to coin the phrase, “close encounters of the third kind.”

@heyimgoingtoplaysomegames

3 жыл бұрын

@@rustybarrel516 Indeed so! And you are very welcome :) I’m a huge ufo buff/historian, so I love those little details.

@thunderstruck5484

3 жыл бұрын

And The white haired man talking about getting white knuckles is Merrill Connally brother of John Connally former Tx Governor who was in front seat and was also shot when JFK was sadly killed in Dallas 57 years ago today

@LeChaunce

3 жыл бұрын

@@rustybarrel516 Yes, he came up with the whole "close encounter" classification system (First kind - sighting, Second kind - physical evidence, Third kind - contact). I actually got to see his college lecture tour in 1977, right before this came out -- I was in junior high, and my father, a sociologist, took me. He had met Dr. Hynek a few years earlier when he was studying a UFO sighting's effects on a small town in Southern Illinois and Dr. Hynek was investigating the validity of the sighting (it turned out to be a hoax).

@rustybarrel516

3 жыл бұрын

@@LeChaunce I love hearing about these connections. It’s cool that you had that opportunity. What town in southern Illinois had the UFO hoax? I live near Scott AFB in the St. Louis Metro East area, where there was a sighting in January 2000 of a large triangular object in the sky. Saw a documentary on Discovery about 10-12 years ago. There was some suspicion it was an aircraft that originated at Scott but the Air Force denied any knowledge, so it has remained a mystery.

_"We have a translation of their audio signal, taking control of this conversation...NOW."_ That's one of my favorite moments.

@bessarion1771

3 жыл бұрын

hands down

@robertserrato3596

3 жыл бұрын

Translation complete, we are going to eat you.

@schmittelt

3 жыл бұрын

I've always imagined that within the conversation, they discover another set of co-ordinates and a date of return...only this time it can't be kept secret. Like over NYC or something. Maybe several cities. The sequel could have been a friendly version of Independence Day

@juliaortizmolina7111

3 жыл бұрын

My favourite moment is "... you crybaby! you crybaby! you crybaby! ... be quiet! "

@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertserrato3596 "IT'S A COOKBOOK! IT'S A COOKBOOK!" Sorry, classic Twilight Zone.

“Contact” starring Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey. Highly recommended and underrated!

@tj_2701

3 жыл бұрын

Good movie

@RoodeMenon

3 жыл бұрын

A totally Star Trek episode.

@LordLOC

3 жыл бұрын

As someone who studied Astrophysics in college almost 30 years ago, I loved Contact. A (fairly) realistic look at possible contact and what it would entail etc. Also, I cry my eyes out at several points in the movie, especially when she's in the pod and says "Some celestial event. No - no words. No words to describe it. Poetry! They should have sent a poet. So beautiful. So beautiful... I had no idea." Jodie Foster should have got an oscar nod for that role imo.

@vanessacristine81

3 жыл бұрын

A great one!

3 жыл бұрын

Contact is one of my all-time favorite movies.

Zero cg, all practical effects. And it works even 40+ years later.

@ARIKIP

3 жыл бұрын

Douglas Trumbull at his best.

@davidmckie7128

3 жыл бұрын

Have just recently come to this channel and have noticed that films that still stand up today that they have watched (this one, Alien, The Thing and Die Hard) were all made before CGI and they had a good story. Nowadays it seems like they make a film based upon the great CGI they can do and attach a flimsy story onto it.

@Thievius333

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidmckie7128 And don't forget - "Add lots of explosions." I'm not a fan of modern cinema. In some ways movie making has made great strides. But it seems that storytelling has taken a back seat. Its mostly about the "wow" factor now.

@charlesmills8712

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidmckie7128 2001: A Space Odyssey is likely the pinnacle of practical effects.

@derekseven1647

2 жыл бұрын

CGI makes effects easier to make, NOT BETTER.

One of the most unique and gorgeous sci fi movies ever made. The last 40 minutes are just so transcending. It feels like a real encounter with aliens.

@RideAcrossTheRiver

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but, the aliens had been kidnapping children and adults for about a century, going by that woman's 19th-century clothes ...

Flight 19 was a real group of military pilots that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle during a training mission. No body has located the planes yet. They have recordings of the last communications they made. A ship, or a plane that was sent to search for them also disappeared.

@alucard624

3 жыл бұрын

That's the Bermuda Triangle for you. Stuff disappears in there all the time still to this day for some reason.

@peterwinters8587

2 жыл бұрын

@@alucard624 They got lost, ran out of gas, and crashed into ocean. "Stuff disappears" all over Earth.

@pjket4229

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterwinters8587 then how have they not found the planes in such a precise part of the ocean

@peterwinters8587

2 жыл бұрын

@@pjket4229 Precise? 1000 square miles of deep ocean?

@Hexon66

Жыл бұрын

@@peterwinters8587 Remember the good ol' days, when it merely took a couple dozen incidents in an enormous section of ocean over decades and centuries to intrigue conspiracy theorists?

I just wanted to say that I really like this reaction channel. The overall demeanor of the channel is calm, pleasant, and just very relaxing and peaceful. Other reactors I've watched are godawful with their gimmicks of trying to make clever, snide comments, their impatience, and their inability to make some thoughtful commentary about what they're watching. It's either complaining that the movie is too slow, making moronic remarks about something trivial (e.g. when watching "Aliens": oh, the cat! I hope the cat lives! Hey, what about the cat?!), and using their present-day standards to judge a movie. At least on this channel, TBR and Sam are calm, provide insight, and seem to understand plotting, pacing, character, etc. There are no attempts to be funny, and everything here is just...mature. I really appreciate that, and I don't know how you two are so genuine in your reactions (a background in film, maybe?), but you've earned yourselves another subscriber. Please keep up with your genuine and pleasant reactions 👍 And if I may...there are some wonderful other international movies I'd love to suggest that I know both of you will find fascinating. If able, I suggest Jet Li's "Hero" and then, for horror, the original, "The Eye." One day both of you should compare Hollywood fight scenes/movies with that of Asian cinema as well. I'd love to suggest those in the future. Thanks again, you two. Splendid reactors, indeed.

@christopheryochum3602

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You apparently watch the same reactors I do. Couldn't agree more.

@Rocket1377

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I had to stop watching some reactors channels, because as much as I enjoy their personalities, their snide remarks and lack of patience with some of these old movies became really annoying.

@adambrown3918

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. It's why I love the channel too. 😊

@samantha_schmitt

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much for the kind words! Honestly, it means the world to us! TBR Schmitt did study film for a couple years :) Hero is definitely on our list and I will also also add The Eye. We appreciate your support and recommendations!

@wernerschmid5727

2 жыл бұрын

Dito!👍

1977: I hope we meet aliens one day, so that we know we are not alone in the universe 1979: Scratch that ... bad idea!

@RoodeMenon

3 жыл бұрын

Both sides of the same coin.

@owendavis3500

3 жыл бұрын

1982 double scratch that

@jazzx251

3 жыл бұрын

@@owendavis3500 1982 had Gandhi and ... the "Cat From Outer Space"? Please educate me. OH! E.T. was1982 as well!

@owendavis3500

3 жыл бұрын

@@jazzx251 no, John Carpenters The Thing!

@TheKennethECarper

3 жыл бұрын

@@jazzx251 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.

I was 11 when I saw this and it thrilled me beyond all measure. The reveal when they climb up the bank and see Devil's Tower with the music is just stunning

I was 7 years old when I saw this movie in the cinema ( I had just seen STAR WARS before it) and these 2 movies changed my life and made me fall in love with Sci-fi. They remain 2 of my all time favorite movies till today ( some 43-44 years later?)...that's mind-blowing to me!Thanks for the fun review. Keep smiling🤘☺

@thedarkness97

3 жыл бұрын

Same, only I saw it on TV

@CR41489

3 жыл бұрын

What a year in 1977, “Star Wars” in the summer and then “Close Encounters” during the holiday at the end of the year. I also became a sci-fi fan that year. 👍👽

@margaretsmith756

3 жыл бұрын

Same for me, but I was 12. A huge formative year for me.

@DeanStrickson

3 жыл бұрын

I saw this in theaters age 6. It fascinated yet traumatized me. For weeks I had a fear that aliens would come down and swoop me away. A tree outside my house whose branches would tap at my window with the slightest breeze didn’t help either.

@i8rmnky

3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, I kept talking about how much I loved Star Wars and Close Encounters. My father found a double feature at a local theater and we went and watched both on the same day.

These are some films you may enjoy, Starman (1984) Enemy Mine (1985) The Hidden (1987) The Iron Giant (1999) All good movies.

@bradbarter8314

3 жыл бұрын

I love Starman as well as Tron (1982) starring Jeff Bridges. Starman is a John Carpenter film and some of the visual and especially sound effects hold up really well to this day; (it also co-stars the same actress from who played Marion in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Tron is the only gem 💎 of Disney's early sci-fi attempts, and the first movie with a videogame based on it ).

@traceyb9443

3 жыл бұрын

Love Starman! ❤

@samantha_schmitt

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the recommendations!

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 love this film. Thank you again for reacting to it. Love your channel.

@colinafobe2152

3 жыл бұрын

100% agree

@heyimgoingtoplaysomegames

3 жыл бұрын

I am so glad to see others touch on this. Everything at the end is celebrated as a big victory, with the music and Roy’s expressions. While he is abandoning his wife and children. It didn’t strike me as a very tragic thing until more recent viewings. But it is absolutely a tragedy. They will have no idea where he went, and the movie celebrates his departure from them. It leaves me with very mixed emotions as an adult now, whereas when I viewed it as a kid I was just astounded by the visuals and the fun story telling. Not sure what Spielberg was trying to convey with Roy’s “triumphant” departure. Lot to unpack and think about with regards to how everything wraps up. Still a great, thought provoking film.

@hendrsb33

3 жыл бұрын

In regard to Roy's family, I didn't really like them so much when I first saw the movie. I didn't see them as capable of seeing, understanding, or believing in what Roy experienced-- like Muggles in HARRY POTTER. They were just an ordinary family who's father figure was turning into a kook for seemingly no reason. My feelings were a little mixed about Roy kissing Gillian but then again he was able to share and bond over an experience with her in a way that he couldn't with his wife. Granted, I was much, much younger when I first saw this movie and so my adult self sees it from a very different perspective than then. I envied Roy for being able to go off with the ETs though I'm not entirely sure I could have done the same thing if faced with the absolute reality of it...

@samantha_schmitt

3 жыл бұрын

I love how you put that! Roy leaving his family was so heartbreaking. Thank you for your support!

@seanmcmurphy4744

3 жыл бұрын

@@heyimgoingtoplaysomegames The reason this movie seems different to you is that it was made in a different era, when Americans felt very differently than they do now. Roy's departure was "triumphant" because he was given the opportunity to become one of the greatest explorers in history, like Marco Polo, making initial contact with a superior civilization. The fact that viewers today just assume the aliens will be hostile says volumes about us.

This is one of the best Reaction Channels. Such a great couple. In fact, they inspired me to do the same with me and my wife, but it's always my wife reacting to my drinking and me reacting to her shopping and who wants to watch that

@samantha_schmitt

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha! but honestly, thank you for the kind words!

19:55 Just noticed, they form the shape of the Plough/Big Dipper

@RideAcrossTheRiver

2 жыл бұрын

The jet from the previous scene is flying over Gillian's house

Great reaction, I live 40 miles from Devils Tower, I watched this movie outside on a projector at the tower when we camped there in the early 2000s. We used to climb up to the bottom of the tower wall but a ranger caught us and told us never to climb up there again. Good times

@anorthosite

Жыл бұрын

I visited Devils Tower in Summer 1982 - one side trip in Geology field-training (a ritual, during/after getting one's undergrad degree). I was impressed by the lava-column segments that had COLLAPSED, in a rubble pile around the base of the tower. Close up: You could see that they were the size of Railroad Cars !

My favorite shot is when Barry is going up in the clouds and she runs out and the fields the house and the lights in the clouds was perfect beauty

@RideAcrossTheRiver

2 жыл бұрын

I like the floodlight down at the next intersection in front of Roy at the crossing. Oh WAIT

Between Vilmos Zsigmonds' cinematography and Douglas Trumbulls' Special Effects this movie just looks absolutely stunning and hasnt aged a bit.

This is one of my favorites. I always cry whenever I watch this movie 😢

This is such a nice channel. It has a good balance where it's not people trying to be funny all the time, but also not people who pretend like they know everything about film and are super overanalysing everything. They're just chilling and watching films, I like it here!

@reneerocha1796

Жыл бұрын

Well said! Been looking for a reaction to this one! 😊❤

One of the best movies, ever!

No one ever mentions "When You Wish Upon A Star" playing over the closing credits any more. Spielberg had to pay Disney a lot to use it.

@adambrown3918

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah! It's played during the model train scene, the interior spacecraft scene( special edition ), and the end credits. Maybe it's just our age group( over 45 ) who remember that original Disney theme?

@mikejankowski6321

2 жыл бұрын

The red sphere following behind was homage to Tinkerbell.

@dreamlandnightmare

Жыл бұрын

Not as much as he would today. Music licensing rights weren't nearly as expensive back then.

Probably the only Alien film where both sides "come in peace" 😃👍

@RideAcrossTheRiver

2 жыл бұрын

The aliens are guilty of a century of kidnapping.

2001:A Space Odyssey, and it's sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact...

I love seeing younger people react to a young Richard Dreyfuss. His intelligent, frustrated, funny, passionate characters still seem to connect with people despite generation gaps.

This is my #1 favorite movie of all time. It was the most mature and "realistic" film about aliens to date, and it reflected the state of UFO lore at the time. It was also just a really accurate picture of life in the late 70s. (Source: I was a kid in the 70's who was interested in UFOs.) But that's not what makes it great. What makes it great is the craft that went into it, from the writing, to the performances, to the design, the score, the lighting...everyone was at the top of their game here.

I saw this in the theater, I was 7, I’m 50 now. Still one of my favorite movies ever!

Spielberg said that if he could only save one of his films for his kids, this would be it. Glad you made it!

@TTM9691

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting that great piece of information! I totally agree. I'm shocked and saddened that there are ten thousand "E.T.", "Raiders", "Jaws" and even "Jurrasic Park", "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan" reaction videos.....and less than currently five for "Close Encounters". You would think people would do this right after "Jaws", just to see the two movies that cemented his reputation and career. Anyways, that's a great line and I want to find where he said that. Thanks!

@TTM9691

2 жыл бұрын

@maxwesty I'm pretty sure he says that in the DVD making of. Why is it surprising? It's practically a no-brainer, for a whole host of reasons.

@Dallascaper

2 жыл бұрын

@@TTM9691 It's surprising because Spielberg has stated that he hated how he wrote Richard Dreyfuss' character in this movie. The dad just abanonded his wife and kids in the story, which is not the greatest theme for a family movie.

@TTM9691

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dallascaper No, that' s not what he stated. He has said he wouldn't be able to write it that way today. Number two, who said it was a family movie? Even though I DID see it with my family at 8 years old and, even then, was sophisticated enough not to even question the ending. Any moron who thinks THAT'S the takeaway of "Close Encounters" is...well, a moron! Number three: the statement stands: he says that of all of his films, that's the one he'd save above all others for his kids. Ending or no ending. What's hilarious about people like you who always want to babble that whenever anyone suggests "Close Encounters" is that you ignore that the wife took the kids and split! Which, by the way, was a VERY 1970s thing to do. The movie is a time capsule of the 1970s/early 80s, as far as the breakdown of the family unit. That's one of the things that makes the movie so great. After this movie, Speilberg made all of his movies for thumbsuckers. In 1977, he made his hippest movie because he kept those tendencies in check.

It tells you how much we've changed as a culture that so many people are expecting something terrible to happen in this film, LOL. I completely understand, but that's why this is such a great movie and was so popular, because it was actually a message of hope and a very realistic look at what first contact could be like. Also, of course, when that giant spaceship came on the movie screen or on the drive-in movie screen audiences literally gasped--we'd never seen anything like that before. One of my top 10 films ever, so glad you reacted to it!

@jackprescott9652

2 жыл бұрын

How is Carrie doing Sue?

Galaxy Quest (sci-fi comedy) Ladyhawke (fantasy, love story, violence, comedy)

@noisecrime

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah Galaxy Quest for some great comedy sci-fi. Such a love letter to the fandom.

@ianrhodes6928

3 жыл бұрын

And the little aliens pop up in Galaxy Quest too...

@samantha_schmitt

3 жыл бұрын

Added to our list! Thank you for the recommendations :)

@alucard624

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely Ladyhawke. Great film, very offbeat soundtrack. Rutger Hauer was amazing in that film.

9:15 its adorable how you both tilted your heads to the side at the same time XD

I took a friend to Devil's Tower a few months ago. He walked around the base listening to the CE3K soundtrack. An excellent first contact film. The idea that humankind was introduced to a possible galactic civilization still blows my mind, some 40 years later. Some actors making an appearance are Carl Weathers and Lance Hendrickson.

@samantha_schmitt

3 жыл бұрын

Wow that sounds like an experience! I'd love to visit Devil's Tower. A few commenters had also mentioned getting to see screenings at the base of the tower!

@fday1964

3 жыл бұрын

@@samantha_schmitt ..if you Google Devil's Tower and CE3K screenings, you'll find where you can register to watch it at a local hotel. Only during the summer, of course. Also, you tube has a guy who visited all the places where they filmed in WY, including, I think, deleted scenes.

@thewildcardperson

2 жыл бұрын

you can go to Devils tower during the summer both times they had a drive in thetre playing close encounters with Devils tower directly behind it like a giant mountain

"God damn it Barry!" Didn't realize i was watching a Flash reaction.

@S_047

3 жыл бұрын

Anyone who watches flash knows that's a running theme for the viewers

@samantha_schmitt

3 жыл бұрын

haha!

There are so many famous actors in this movie you have a hard time recognizing because they are so young.

One of my favorite movies made by Steven Spielberg! So many memorable moments in this movie! I actually want to erase my memory of seeing this movie just so I can experience it again for the first time! Heheh. Great reaction and discussion to this movie by the way!

@samantha_schmitt

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind words!

So awesome watching a younger generation reacting to classic films from the 70's.

25:10 thats Bishop from Aliens :p

@kittyhawk9707

3 жыл бұрын

He is actually called Lance Henrikson... couldn't you be bothered to look it up!!!

@Joanna.From.Canada

3 жыл бұрын

I saw Bishop too!! : )

@76marex

3 жыл бұрын

@@kittyhawk9707 every body knows him as bishop since the movie came out. calm down

@samantha_schmitt

3 жыл бұрын

We totally didn't notice him until editing!

devils tower a real place very cool to visit

Those were better times, of hope & optimism. Hard to remember today that once there was such a time

@alucard624

3 жыл бұрын

We'll get back to that feeling of hope and optimism again one day.

@davidkoudelka10

2 жыл бұрын

It may be bad at the moment, but things are improving and healing.❤

@kasperkjrsgaard1447

2 жыл бұрын

The mothership just got to stay away from american schools. Then it should be safe.

And remember, all the effects were practical. The crawling clouds, the massive storm effects, the space ships, the aliens look it a bit more, but there was no CGI. Stunning.

@northshore1000

3 жыл бұрын

Makes a great argument for the merit of less (or no) CGI effects!

This is a really great movie and a treat to see in the theaters when it first came out. It also stays with you. You might see it again in a year, but then you know it and you won't want to watch it for a very long time. I don't know how to describe it, but if you watch it too often, it becomes really boring, but if you haven't seen it for 10 or 15 years, it is really great to re-discover it.

Wow! Who else is here at 11k views?! So proud of you TBR!

I loved how you guys were scolding Barry the whole time!! Lol 😂

It's nice to have a positive alien movie instead of the usual blow everything up BS

@jp3813

3 жыл бұрын

Other movies in the same vein are James Cameron's The Abyss (1989) & Robert Zemeckis' Contact (1997).

@derworfnet

3 жыл бұрын

@@jp3813 I'd add Denis Villeneuves' "Arrival" to that list.

@shiranuiaensland1442

3 жыл бұрын

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

@natureandphysics403

3 жыл бұрын

I dunno ... the aliens here are not malevolent, but it's not exactly benevolent to snatch people from their lives and then return them decades later, no matter the purpose. That's called kidnapping and it's a federal crime. Why are the aliens to be lauded for causing trouble to innocent people?

@jp3813

3 жыл бұрын

@@natureandphysics403 True. The protagonist even loses his entire family. Though we can still assume that alien logic is quite different.

You have been conditioned by run of the mill horror/sci-fi to expect malevolence and violent combat. However, this movie is about pure unadulterated wonder. 😊

"That's creepier than Aliens". The old guy on the pickup truck is whistling 'She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes.'

@robertserrato3596

3 жыл бұрын

I thought so too.

What a pleasant surprise! Seeing this in 70mm back in '77 was an overpowering experience...it's still pretty powerful just on Yuoutube...so glad you guys enjoyed it. The film's cinematographer, the great Vilmos Zsigmond, rightfully won an Oscar for Close Encounters! I love Teri Garr's performances as well, and she did actually win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for 1982's Tootsie, one of the all-time great comedies. Hope you can check it out sometime!

Great reaction agian!!!!!! One of my favorite Stephen Spielberg movie was called (Always). I didn’t think I would like that kind of movie but I loved it.

@samantha_schmitt

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the support, as always, Perry! I've added Always to our watch list :)

This was the first movie about aliens that presented them in a peaceful way. That was one thing that set this story apart. His followed this same thing when he made E.T. Also the cloud effects were a first in this movie. A new technique of using fluids into water were developed for this movie and became common in movies after this.

Watched this at the cinema when it came out i remember when we left after people were just staring up at the night sky , had such an impact on the audience

@21:34 If you look closely you can see an upside down R2D2 cameo on the underside of the spaceship.

@samantha_schmitt

3 жыл бұрын

We totally didn't notice! I did go back and spot him though haha

@BlueSummers101

3 жыл бұрын

@@samantha_schmitt lol to be fair I also had to have it pointed out to me after seeing this film a couple of times XD Apparently a lot of films have R2D2 having a cameo appearance as an Easter egg especially in films made around the late 70s and early 80s. One film in particular which I have not noticed you guys reacting to yet with a cameo from R2D2 is Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark, which is a fantastic film and should you guys watch/react to it then try to spot the cameo appearance ;)

@samantha_schmitt

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlueSummers101 we have not seen Indiana Jones! I’ll add it our list :)

@BlueSummers101

3 жыл бұрын

@@samantha_schmitt Awesome I can't wait for your reactions to that classic, you are in for a treat :) I will also lay down a challenge to see if you guys can spot the R2D2 cameo when you react/watch it lol ;)

I never realized that was Devils Tower. Then again I was a kid when I saw this.

Hello TBR Schmitt, Wonderful reactions from the both of you! The Special Edition shows the interior of the spacecraft: kzread.info/dash/bejne/haF4j8dsgba3Yc4.html that is NOT seen the directors cut. I particularly enjoy it despite considered not being essential. There's a lot to unpack with this film but the pyschic connection is the most important detail. That's the reason why Roy was chosen over the astronauts. He; like everyone who had visions, was invited! Anyways, If you didn't catch it; 21:35 - R2D2 is attached to the mothership hull. You both are so young you missed noticing actors like a young Carl Weathers and Lance Henriksen. Thanks again for posting! Speilberg was on fire at this time and blew our minds for many years after. Have a great night to you both!

It's fascinating to think that the thrill of these effects is now completely gone. At the time I don't think we'd seen anything quite like it. And the infamous melody the aliens use to communicate sort of entered public consciousness. As with TV or even pop music, the collective recognition of pop culture has dissipated because there is so much available.

@alucard624

3 жыл бұрын

True. I remember hearing that melody in Moonraker of all things and doing a double take just like M does in one scene. That's how much a part of pop culture it was even then.

The eternal question: Is Roy a bad guy for running off and abandoning his family?

@WOranos

3 жыл бұрын

I think an argument can be made that they abandoned him.

@stevemccullagh36

3 жыл бұрын

To be clear: I have no idea if there is a right or wrong answer to that question.

@juliaortizmolina7111

3 жыл бұрын

Actually she took the children and abandoned him.

@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures

3 жыл бұрын

I can't view it as that, as there's a strong over-riding compulsion, almost an implanted instinct for him to follow this journey.

@juliaortizmolina7111

3 жыл бұрын

@@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures She could just let him follow his instinct, and support him... as the other woman did.

Hi TBR Schmitt! I've been waiting weeks for SOMEONE to react to this. I follow a boatload of reactors and you're only the third to watch this epic movie. And you actually left in a lot of pertinent scenes that made it so much fun. I have to say it's a pleasure to watch your faces as you actually absorb the action and react naturally. Your comments are just right, too, instead of, like some reactors, running on and on, trying to impress the viewers with their knowledge or prognostications of the ultimate outcome. You also don't obscure the movie, by tucking yourselves down in the lower-left corner with no box outline!!! Terrific! Note 1: The movie is loosely based on actual occurrences, the blackout written from an outage in the New York area where UFOs were sighted over power stations; and the end-meeting based on a surreptitious meeting between President Eisenhower and the Grays. Note 2: I think this movie is a showpiece and testament to the effect of real models, as opposed to currently proliferating CGI effects. Granted, you can't do some things with models, but, I can't help but greatly respect the brilliant design skills (Ralph McQuarrie designed the mothership) and modelmaking chops (Greg Jein was the head model builder) of these artists who didn't have access to today's software technology. A lot of reactors make irritating comments about how they didn't expect the effects to be that good, being that the movie was made during the Pleistocene Epoch, back before the invention of the wheel. They then marvel, "Gee, it looked really good!" Duh. It sure did, because it's not the method; it's how well you implement it. Doesn't that mothership make your jaw drop right off your face? So thanks, guys, so much. Really enjoy you!!!

@justinplayfair4638

3 жыл бұрын

They did a GREAT job editing it for this reaction! That's one thing I really like about them is that they edit their reactions so the films still have flow and make sense - very hard to do!

Special effects wise in 77 this film was mind blowing. It's funny you mention a city skyline. Supposedly Spielberg came up with the idea of some of the aspects of the large mother ship while looking at the lights of LA at night while on his back on the hood of his car from one of the taller points around the city. The Mother Ship model is on display at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, part of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.

@justinplayfair4638

3 жыл бұрын

I was just looking at a behind-the-scenes magazine on Close Encounters the other day, and you're absolutely right about those effects. The Academy made Star Wars and Close Encounters duke it out for Best Visual Effects, and I'm still conflicted. Star Wars still has dazzling effects, but I think Close Encounters are more *polished* and realistic, and set in more realistic environments, which is harder to do! And so intricate...just what they had to go through to get the interactive lighting and shadows in the tollbooth scene is nuts!

@paulstroud2647

2 жыл бұрын

And in amongst all the decorations on the mothership model is a tiny R2D2!

A great movie I've watched numerous times. Get emotional every time.

Watched it as a kid in early 80s ,and it still looked AMAZING!! And still looked good in the 90s! Great story aswell. MASTERPIECE!!😊👍

@dreamlandnightmare

Жыл бұрын

It still looks great in the 2020s.

I am fond of this movie for a couple reasons. In the late 80's, I was in college. My last two years were spent in France studying the French language. I watched this movie for the first time at a theater in Paris. During my time in France, I watched a lot of Nouvelle Vague and contemporary French Cinéma. François Truffaut -gone but not forgotten!!! When my "excursion" was over and I came back to the States, I remember being completely heart broken -absolutely gutted. As an American, I can say that those two years in France are some of the most enriching years of my life thus far. When I am feeling nostalgic, sometimes I watch this movie on Buray with French audio -lol.

2:35 -- The french guy right there in this movie, François Truffaut, was a very well-known film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, film critic, and a friend of Steven Spielberg.

9:00, they are humming the film's theme.

"Coordinates" Good call. This used to bore me as a kid, but i fell in love with it in high school. ET for grown-ups. If you can, check out the Director's Cut, 3rd version on blu-ray. The rare alternate that could be more effective than the original. A good study in editing. Another great screening, guys. You're hitting on a lot of favorites and refeshing my appreciation.

@samantha_schmitt

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! We definitely want to sit down and watch the Director's cut as well. We actually didn't realize there were two versions when we set up this reaction.

As you might guess from the number in my username, I was only a year old when this was released so I'd only ever seen it on TV. A couple of years ago my local cinema indulged in a one-off anniversary screening, however, and thus I can now confidently assert that this is an amazing experience on the big screen. ^_~

One of the most beautiful spaceship models ever created, in my opinion.

It was really something to see this on the BIG screen too. The way Spielberg filled it with that expanse of sky. He did the same with filling the screen in 'Jaws' with shots of the ocean. I saw THAT one on opening day in Honolulu......while I was stationed over in Hawaii. I was over there on Oahu for a year.....surrounded by beaches & water.....but never went swimming in the ocean again....LOL

16:20 Carl 🔥 Weathers? I watched this film a hundred times but never noticed "Apollo Creed" till now.

A few commenters have mentioned "Starman." Yes...PLEASE. If you like a frenetic, bloody, special effects-laden epic that will have your head spinning because of the circuitous plot and myriad surprising twists; well...watch something else. Great suggestion...smart commenters on this channel; I had totally forgotten about it, and NO OTHER REACTOR HAS WATCHED IT!

@samantha_schmitt

3 жыл бұрын

Starman is on our list!

@MichaelHill-we7vt

Жыл бұрын

@@samantha_schmitt Starman is a terrific movie..........

I saw this in a movie theatre when it first came out. I remember being terrified, actually shaking, in the scene when Barry is kidnapped and the mother trying to stop it. 45 years later and that memory is very fresh still.

John Williams music is integral to so many films, including the Star Wars films and Spielberg’s Jaws.

I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!! Also fun fact, Spielberg said that if it wasn't for the success of Jaws, then he wouldn't have been able to make this movie. I'm glad he did cause its amazing. Forgot to mention that Flight 19 was real incident, they did go missing over the Bermuda Triangle, no one really knows what happened. The lead pilot was radioing in and the radio went dead. Many theories as to what happened from Aliens to Warm Hole. There was a Government project known as Project Blue Book which you can google for the 10,000 page report that was released due to the freedom of information act.The lead person for Project Blue Book was Dr. J. Allen Hynek who was an American astronomer who has a cameo in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

@samantha_schmitt

3 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you for sharing that! I have some reading to do :)

@Brian25091

3 жыл бұрын

@@samantha_schmitt Lol you're welcome.

I’ve probably seen at least 50 times all the way through and it wasn’t until a recent viewing that I spotted the Farrah Fawcett poster on the side of that desk or cabinet when the science guys were figuring out the coordinates with the globe, we all had that poster it was huge when it came out !

@SueSnellLives

3 жыл бұрын

I've also seen this movie dozens of times and I think this is the first time I spotted Carl Weathers/Apollo Creed as one of the military guys near Devils Tower!

@thunderstruck5484

3 жыл бұрын

@@SueSnellLives I need to watch again now thanks!

@workonesabs

2 жыл бұрын

...also notice a O'Neill cylinder of Rory's house early on in the film. (An idea for a spaceship which is similar to the Babylon 5 vessel.

I honestly believe Spielberg peaked with this movie. His other work is great, but this is spectacular, in emotion, in scale, in imagination, in wonder, in hope, in life affirmation, in every way you can think! 😁 My guess is, it's going to always be one of the best sci-fi movies ever made! 👽

Love that you watched this...one of my faves... Back then you really had to see it in a large screen theater with a banging sound system...the experience was incredible

Alien, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) are my favorite Sci-Fi movies of the 70's

Totally traumatised me as a child. Also Richard Dreyfus has bipolar, so his breakdown in the movie is a really good depiction of mania and psychosis which I myself have experienced.

Another great classic blast from the past. Great reactions and comments! I look forward every weekend to view your videos. Your chemistry and reactions are very entertaining and I enjoy all the smart trivia from your subscribers.

The scene where the lights are coming through the blinds is the moment that I knew I wanted to devote my life to lighting.

When the mothership is coming over the tower if you look closely there's a little R2-D2 model in the surface detail (it's upside down). It's a tip of the hat to his good friend George Lucas!

@justinplayfair4638

3 жыл бұрын

The modelmakers really went to town on planting in-jokes on the mothership. Somewhere there's Vader's TIE fighter, and entire cemetery, and Mickey and Minnie Mouse in a very unusual position. Edited to add - And taco chips...the modelmakers had a taco chip fight while building it. There's still taco chips inside...

@robertserrato3596

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting fact, I'm going to play it again see if I see it.

@spaceactivistarchive4180

3 жыл бұрын

@@justinplayfair4638 And a mail box and all other sorts of stuff. Go to the Smithsonian and see what else you can find on the original model. Might want to bring a flashlight. Last time I saw it the display case was not well lit.

@justinplayfair4638

3 жыл бұрын

@@spaceactivistarchive4180 I think it's in the gift shop now? I'm pretty sure someone recently mentioned it had been moved. I've NEVER been to the Smithsonian but really want to go sometime. Someone needs to make up a complete list of all the in-jokes on it. Thanks for the info Space Activist Archive!

@justinplayfair4638

3 жыл бұрын

A new Sense of Scale video interviews the Close Encounters modelmakers, who show pictures of the model in-jokes. Also goes behind the scenes on the mothership interior seen in the special edition: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nJl2l7mRpLrcdbA.html

This guy is going to have so much child support to pay when he gets back. Greatest Explorer or greatest deadbeat dad ever?

@wipeout2098

3 жыл бұрын

The police should also still want to arrest the aliens for all the laws they've broken. :D

@itsandy88

3 жыл бұрын

Kids will be so confused when he turns up the same age in 2020 👀😂

@TheBigTamale

3 жыл бұрын

@@itsandy88 😂 Like Interstellar!

@desiv1170

3 жыл бұрын

It's funny. Spielberg hadn't had any kids when he made this and said if he had it wouldn't have been the same. I'm guessing the character wouldn't have had kids to just abandon... ;-)

@NeilTudorArt

3 жыл бұрын

It was the '70's...lol

Funny bit about the "Conversation" between the mother ship and the humans was the last phrase the mother ship did was the theme from "Jaws" a half step higher. John Williams composed the music for both films.

John Williams, the film's composer, was working on the Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope soundtrack when he was called by Steven Spielberg just to create the five notes that represent communication between humans and aliens. After finishing composing the Star Wars soundtrack, Williams returned to finish the score for Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Both tracks competed for the Oscar for Best Original Score, but John Williams ended up winning for Star Wars.

A masterpiece. Imagine seeing this on opening in 1977

@RideAcrossTheRiver

2 жыл бұрын

I did.

Spielberg played on expectations knowing most people expect aliens to be destructive or colonizing. Humanitarian Spielberg wanted people to get out of that mode and think of the possibility that "visitors" were not the enemy. Think about going back to 1956 and watching EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS.

You guys are just great. The best thing about you is the fact that you both are so genuine. Thanks so much.

At 22:50 the Jaws theme the few bars played. LOL

The first time I saw this film was at an outdoor viewing at Devil's Tower in Wyoming. The tower was right behind the screen. It was sublime.

@samantha_schmitt

3 жыл бұрын

Woah!! That had to be the best way to watch this film

I still think this is one of the best films ever made. It looks stunning and it's 1977.

Flight 19 is the cornerstone of the Bermuda Triangle mystery. The five planes disappeared on December 5, 1945 while on a training mission out of Fort Lauderdale Naval Air Station. One of the planes that was sent out on the search also disappeared. The most accepted explanation was that the flight leader became disoriented and the planes ditched at sea one by one as they ran out of fuel. The missing search plane was thought to have exploded in mid-air (the type of plane was known as a 'flying gas tank'). To the best of my knowledge, no wreckage from any of the planes was confirmed as found.

It's a film purely and simply about the question.... "Are we alone in this universe? And if not, then what?" It presents a story which is hopeful and idealistic, a story not trying to show the realistic and the expected chain of events were this to realistically happen, but a narrative which makes us think deeper about the idea about what it means to "not be alone", for there to be more life, more hope out there in the wider universe, for us to put away our pre-conceived notions of fear - to dare to think bigger and more hopefully. It's a great film in its execution and message, and while it may be very simple for a feature length film, the unique point it makes and how it answers its central question - "Are we alone in this universe?" - is both powerful and hopeful. Great reactions!