Movie Review #TBT: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

We watched Close Encounters of the Third Kind with the kids because we would like them to watch all of Steven Spielberg’s movies.

He did not disappoint.

The kids were enthralled with everything that happened. We did not watch the extended version (although we did watch the extended spaceship scene later on youtube) but the kids really enjoyed it.

There is something about Spielberg’s character development that just hooks you to the story. You want to know what’s going to happen to these characters.

Neither of the children were scared, except maybe the scene where they take the little boy, and then it wasn’t all that bad, either. Somehow they knew the little boy would be all right.

Because they were a little disappointed by the last scene with the spaceship – they wanted to see more of what was inside – we decided to watch the extended scene. I don’t remember being disappointed the first time I saw it, nor did the kids knew about an extended scene, but the first thing they did when the movie was over was to point out how they thought the end would be the inside of the spaceship in detail.

I highly recommend this movie, it is a great introduction to good sci-fi movies and the kids will be glued to the screen.

Common Sense Media recommends this movie for kids 8 and up.

cheers!