So I think it’s fair to say that Steven Spielberg is one of the greatest directors of all time. Jaws and Jurrasic Park would vindicate even Michael Bay. Seeing Close Encounters in it’s 45th Anniversary re-release in a AMC Dolby Prime Theater was certainly an experience… that I’d recommend for children.
Steven has always showcased a childish mind and a confectioner’s tool set that makes it possible to see Captain Hook play baseball, but seldom offers audiences a type of philosophical complexity or intellectually challenging plot, the likes of Chris Nolan. He’s a kids director and it’s never more obvious than in this film.
Ultimately the performances decent from Richard Dreyfus (Jaws) and Francois Truffaut (Nouvelle Vague) and the set pieces are exciting. But the plot is very shallow, and the ideas of faith it puts forth are a bit remedial and redundant. There’s a hollowness at the root of it’s youthful wonder, a void that never gets filled. I found myself checking my phone several times during the Devil’s Tower final sequence, itching to leave. (Could partially blame John Williams for providing a beautiful score that feels too derivative of his other collaborations with Spielberg.)
At the end of the day, sometimes you go out to see a classic film that rests on it’s laurels that it falls flat when examined outside of it’s historical context. Sadly the case here in my opinion.
Submitted September 05, 2017 at 11:26AM by DrakesYodels http://ift.tt/2vISYs0
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