The Close Encounters Of The Third Kind BD review thread - Blu-ray Forum

johnno1986 · 10-09-2007, 12:30 AM

G'day all,

This BD looks awesome. It's released in Australia on the 14th of November. Can't wait. Here is a link to the info: http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/795596

darkpoet25 · 10-09-2007, 12:39 AM

Yeah this was a great movie, one of my all time favorites. I believe it comes out here in the states at the same time. I will have to get this, as for right now it's the only Speilberg in high def and it's a BD exclusive.

Caligula · 10-09-2007, 12:51 AM

I defintely will buy this disc, I could not believe that my wife has never seen it before!! I was like WTF?? its a famous movie.... Once when i buy it, she will have to sit down and watch with me ON BLU-RAY!

TruBlu2 · 10-09-2007, 01:14 AM

I will be buying this release. I like Spielberg very much and glad to see this on Blu-ray.

Hopefully it will lead to more.

darkpoet25 · 10-09-2007, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Caligula

I defintely will buy this disc, I could not believe that my wife has never seen it before!! I was like WTF?? its a famous movie.... Once when i buy it, she will have to sit down and watch with me ON BLU-RAY!

Make sure she watches all three versions too.

Joe Cain · 10-09-2007, 05:19 AM

I didn't see this when it came out. I was 8; if it wasn't Star Wars, it was dead to me. But you couldn't avoid the music. And I can very clearly remember standing in a theatre lobby that holiday season, looking up at the freestanding display of the road and the horizon, and thinking it looked quite an ominous film; I don't think I learned otherwise until I was in my 20s. Looking forward to this BD.

swifty7 · 10-09-2007, 06:39 AM

this title is what pushed me to go Blu.

quetzalcoatl · 10-09-2007, 07:05 AM

This is one of those I cannot wait for. It will be a great selling catalog title and might get some studios to open up abit more.

Seretur · 11-07-2007, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Cain

I didn't see this when it came out. I was 8; if it wasn't Star Wars, it was dead to me. But you couldn't avoid the music. And I can very clearly remember standing in a theatre lobby that holiday season, looking up at the freestanding display of the road and the horizon, and thinking it looked quite an ominous film; I don't think I learned otherwise until I was in my 20s. Looking forward to this BD.

You know, it is a very ominous film. What else would you call a story about a guy who willingly abandons his job, his wife and his children in pursuit of what borders on maniacal obsession?

Such a story would be unthinkable in our family-centric age. And yet Spielberg makes you root for Roy Neary so deftly that you don't even think about it while you watch the film. I spun the DVD recently, though, and I was amazed at how skillfully he portrayed the dissolution of the family. That's a dark core smack dab in the middle of this story, and if you forget the overwhelmingly transcendent ending for a minute, it's one of Spielberg's most harrowing dramas.

Of course, with the ending, it turns into Spielberg's sole Hero's Journey-type story.

I'm sure he'll talk a lot about it in his introduction, perhaps even more than about the UFOs.

GregBlu5 · 11-07-2007, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Seretur

You know, it is a very ominous film. What else would you call a story about a guy who willingly abandons his job, his wife and his children in pursuit of what borders on maniacal obsession?

Such a story would be unthinkable in our family-centric age. And yet Spielberg makes you root for Roy Neary so deftly that you don't even think about it while you watch the film. I spun the DVD recently, though, and I was amazed at how skillfully he portrayed the dissolution of the family. That's a dark core smack dab in the middle of this story, and if you forget the overwhelmingly transcendent ending for a minute, it's one of Spielberg's most harrowing dramas.

Of course, with the ending, it turns into Spielberg's sole Hero's Journey-type story.

I'm sure he'll talk a lot about it in his introduction, perhaps even more than about the UFOs.

I read that the journey you speak of was an actual reflection of Spielberg's personal life--where he had done much the same in his own singular pursuit to become a film maker.

I had forgotten, until I read it several months ago, that the disturbing bathroom scene, and afterwards with the wife and the kids all screaming, was added to the second version of the film and was not in the first theatrical release.

It is one of the few new scenes that, because it's so disturbing (I believe many families have moments like this in their collective past--mine sure did), that I really am uncomfortable with, watching any version with that sequence in it.

-Greg

Dalsk · 01-04-2011, 10:32 AM

I'd like to buy this Ultimate Edition, but the French version is no longer sold, just the 2 BDs.
Can everybody confirm that if I'm buying the set on amazon.com, it will be the set with the poster and the booklet?
Thanks

XRA · 01-04-2011, 11:14 AM

Darn, backordered at BB.com, guess I could physically go check.

Wings80 · 01-04-2011, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by XRA

Darn, backordered at BB.com, guess I could physically go check.

You can always click on find a store enter a zip code and it will tell you if the title is in stock at BB stores in the area.

Robert Siegel · 01-15-2012, 09:27 PM

The new Silver Screen column is up, covering Close Encounters of the Third Kind. See the Blu-ray.com front page top news. Interviews, behind-the-scenes, rare posters. Hope you all enjoy it!

MattGuyOR · 01-17-2012, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Robert Siegel

The new Silver Screen column is up, covering Close Encounters of the Third Kind. See the Blu-ray.com front page top news. Interviews, behind-the-scenes, rare posters. Hope you all enjoy it!

It was excellent! I sure hope to make one of the rolling roadshow screenings at Devil's Tower one day. That would be incredible.

David Dangelico · 01-17-2012, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Robert Siegel

The new Silver Screen column is up, covering Close Encounters of the Third Kind. See the Blu-ray.com front page top news. Interviews, behind-the-scenes, rare posters. Hope you all enjoy it!

That was excellent! Super informative and well-researched! I enjoyed it quite a bit. Some of those foreign posters were a hoot!

MykeHavoc · 01-25-2012, 10:17 PM

Just grabbed this from the Best Buy trade and save promo. I haven't watched it in many years, so which version would everyone say is the definitive cut to view first?

shogun123 · 10-29-2012, 09:50 PM

Is this the still digipack version in the US?

snakemaster7 · 10-29-2012, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by shogun123

Is this the still digipack version in the US?

Care to rephrase?

Drewbee87 · 12-29-2012, 12:57 AM

I know, old thread. But I ordered the Anniversary edition from MovieMars on Amazon for my Dad. Anyone else order from them?

10-09-2007, 12:30 AM	#1
johnno1986 Active Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Blu-ray collection:478	"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" Blu-ray G'day all, This BD looks awesome. It's released in Australia on the 14th of November. Can't wait. Here is a link to the info: http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/795596

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10-09-2007, 12:39 AM	#2
darkpoet25 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Indianapolis, IN Home Theater Gallery:45 4K collection:50 Blu-ray collection:297 Blu-ray reviews: 4	Yeah this was a great movie, one of my all time favorites. I believe it comes out here in the states at the same time. I will have to get this, as for right now it's the only Speilberg in high def and it's a BD exclusive.

10-09-2007, 12:51 AM	#3
Caligula Banned Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Philadelphia Trading Score:1	I defintely will buy this disc, I could not believe that my wife has never seen it before!! I was like WTF?? its a famous movie.... Once when i buy it, she will have to sit down and watch with me ON BLU-RAY!

10-09-2007, 01:14 AM	#4
TruBlu2 Senior Member Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray reviews:1	I will be buying this release. I like Spielberg very much and glad to see this on Blu-ray. Hopefully it will lead to more.

10-09-2007, 05:19 AM	#6
Joe Cain Power Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:The Tragic City Blu-ray collection:79	I didn't see this when it came out. I was 8; if it wasn't Star Wars, it was dead to me. But you couldn't avoid the music. And I can very clearly remember standing in a theatre lobby that holiday season, looking up at the freestanding display of the road and the horizon, and thinking it looked quite an ominous film; I don't think I learned otherwise until I was in my 20s. Looking forward to this BD.

10-09-2007, 06:39 AM	#7
swifty7 Special Member Member since:Sep 2007 Trading Score:3	this title is what pushed me to go Blu.

10-09-2007, 07:05 AM	#8
quetzalcoatl Special Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Grants Pass, OR	This is one of those I cannot wait for. It will be a great selling catalog title and might get some studios to open up abit more.

01-04-2011, 10:32 AM	#11
Dalsk Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2010 Location:Paris, France Home Theater Gallery:19 4K collection:217 Blu-ray collection:1169	I'd like to buy this Ultimate Edition, but the French version is no longer sold, just the 2 BDs. Can everybody confirm that if I'm buying the set on amazon.com, it will be the set with the poster and the booklet? Thanks

01-04-2011, 11:14 AM	#12
XRA Active Member Member since:Dec 2010	Darn, backordered at BB.com, guess I could physically go check.

01-15-2012, 09:27 PM	#14
Robert Siegel Power Member Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray collection:2296 Blu-ray reviews: 65 Trading Score:7	The new Silver Screen column is up, covering Close Encounters of the Third Kind. See the Blu-ray.com front page top news. Interviews, behind-the-scenes, rare posters. Hope you all enjoy it!

01-25-2012, 10:17 PM	#17
MykeHavoc Blu-ray Guru Member since:Nov 2011 Location:Nashua, NH Blu-ray collection:397 DVD collection:772 Digital collection:4 Trading Score:1	Just grabbed this from the Best Buy trade and save promo. I haven't watched it in many years, so which version would everyone say is the definitive cut to view first?

10-29-2012, 09:50 PM	#18
shogun123 Banned Member since:Sep 2011 Location:Scotland Blu-ray collection:15 Trading Score:1	Is this the still digipack version in the US?

12-29-2012, 12:57 AM	#20
Drewbee87 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:266 Trading Score:7	I know, old thread. But I ordered the Anniversary edition from MovieMars on Amazon for my Dad. Anyone else order from them?

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