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Close encounters of the third kind......watching it.....forget lots of it. Still really enjoying it. (Original Post) a kennedy Jul 2024 OP
Close Encounters Maninacan Jul 2024 #1
here amerikat Jul 2024 #2
Thank you......I copied it and am posting.... a kennedy Jul 2024 #8
A "close encounter of the first kind" is... GReedDiamond Jul 2024 #3
Shut up.....GReedDiamond....you were in line on Hollywood Blvd??? a kennedy Jul 2024 #5
Yeah, back then I lived in a studio apartment... GReedDiamond Jul 2024 #7
This posting is much better then what I posted. Thanks. a kennedy Jul 2024 #9
That was the first film I saw that made me realize that Aristus Jul 2024 #4
My favorite movie. I love everything about it. I livetohike Jul 2024 #6
play the five tones . kick that mule . what are they saying to each other ? this is the first day of school son. AllaN01Bear Jul 2024 #10

Maninacan

(43 posts)
1. Close Encounters
Sat Jul 6, 2024, 07:55 PM
Jul 2024

I like the interrogation scene with the general showing the pie plate photo. Now everything is caught on camera

a kennedy

(32,232 posts)
8. Thank you......I copied it and am posting....
Mon Jul 8, 2024, 04:17 PM
Jul 2024

The First Kind: You spot something in the sky and it leaves no evidence.

The Second Kind: A UFO leaves some physical trace: burns on the ground or broken branches.

The Third Kind: You make contact with a U.F.O, you see some alien pilot aboard one or other life form.

GReedDiamond

(5,377 posts)
3. A "close encounter of the first kind" is...
Sat Jul 6, 2024, 08:02 PM
Jul 2024

...a visual sighting of a ufo/uap.

The 2nd kind is finding physical evidence of something having been present, such as the ground being disturbed by "landing gear," or heightened levels of radiation above normal levels.

3rd kind is direct contact with the "aliens."

Got the movie on now, too.

I stood in line on Hollywood Blvd back in 1977 to see the first screening of it on opening day.

a kennedy

(32,232 posts)
5. Shut up.....GReedDiamond....you were in line on Hollywood Blvd???
Sat Jul 6, 2024, 08:18 PM
Jul 2024

First off I absolutely love your name…..and telling me the one, and two encounters….. ?️ 🥰 😘

GReedDiamond

(5,377 posts)
7. Yeah, back then I lived in a studio apartment...
Sat Jul 6, 2024, 08:37 PM
Jul 2024

...on the corner of Whitley at Hollywood Blvd, directly across the street from Frederick's of Hollywood.

If/when I ever get my GReedDiamond animated logo done:

Two massive hands in space, approach planet earth, enclosing it between both palms.
When the palms are opened, earth has been transformed into a giant diamond floating in space...

I will post it to YouTube and let you know.

Aristus

(68,521 posts)
4. That was the first film I saw that made me realize that
Sat Jul 6, 2024, 08:06 PM
Jul 2024

adults don’t always know what’s going on, and that they don’t always have all the answers. That adults can be afraid and confused and uncertain.

I was amazed (come on, I was nine) that Roy formed such a close relationship with a woman who was not his wife. He and Jillian gave each other the strength to figure out what was going on, and help each other understand the magnitude of what was happening.

The clincher is when the score played “When You Wish Upon A Star” at the end. Telling me that grownups too have dreams and fantasies and desires and emotional needs.

Anyway, eye-opening movie for a kid.

livetohike

(23,018 posts)
6. My favorite movie. I love everything about it. I
Sat Jul 6, 2024, 08:20 PM
Jul 2024

don’t even know how many times that I have seen it over the years.

AllaN01Bear

(23,192 posts)
10. play the five tones . kick that mule . what are they saying to each other ? this is the first day of school son.
Mon Jul 8, 2024, 06:27 PM
Jul 2024

done from memory and no internet help.

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