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Close Encounters of the Third Kind has the emotional range of a fridge magnet.
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1977 · Sci-Fi / Drama
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
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1977
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PLOT SUMMARY
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
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r/criticalkino · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 4.2k points
The cinematography in Close Encounters of the Third Kind is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Rewatched Close Encounters of the Third Kind last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/criticalkino · u/ExpositionDump🔥 2.0k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
Look, I wanted to love Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/boxoffice · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 2.8k points
Unpopular opinion: Close Encounters of the Third Kind is the most overrated film of the decade
Just got out of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/TrueFilm · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 4.0k points
Hot Take: Close Encounters of the Third Kind's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Director clearly thought Close Encounters of the Third Kind was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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