Close encounters: Textual analysis on opening scene.First things first what do I think.In fact, there is not that much I can say about the movie. The acting is generally competent

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Close encounters: Textual analysis on opening scene.


First things first what do I think.

In fact, there is not that much I can say about the movie. The acting is generally competent, and often good, but is never brilliant. The production values are always high, but the film's sets, costumes, and images are never inspired by any noticeable aesthetic sensitivity, but even though I was never particularly moved by the crises of the movie's characters or by the developments of its story, I did enjoy watching it Spielberg does tell an entertaining tale that is capable of holding the viewer's interest throughout its duration. I will even go so far as to say that the director is at his best when he is making simple adventure films like this, Jaws, and the Indiana Jones movies.

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Unfortunately, while it may not be as irritating as much of what the director would later produce, the movie still does have its weaknesses. For one thing, as is almost always the case with Spielberg's films, Close Encounters is flashy and pedestrian. The special effects are genuinely impressive and well utilized, but they are not particularly inventive. His space monsters, for instance, are merely the pale naked children with big bald heads, big black eyes, and little lipless mouths described by countless wild-eyed abductees. Perhaps I am being unnecessarily contrary, but I would actually have appreciated something different, something a little ...

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