This is purely a fan question, but critique-based comments are also welcome! I am just curious as to how many folks were taken by this movie like I was. Simply put . . . did you love it?

Where did this movie fit in the appreciation spectrum for you: Hate - like - love - don't care?

I am asking because for reasons I cannot explain, this movie had an impact on me and I wonder who else felt the same. Thanks for your input.

I think I watched it too young, don't remember much apart from a mountain made of mashed potato.

It's a sci-fi film full of optimism so when I first saw it as a kid I absolutely loved it. I still love the movie but as an adult I see it from a different perspective. In addition to the optimism, I also see an innocence and naivete but those are strengths and not weaknesses of the film.

I loved it and still do! One of my favorite Sci Fi's of all time.

Please put into the like+++ category for CE3K.

I am not a big fan of Spielberg's works but I do like this film alot for having a premise of benign/friendly alien encounter compared to many hollywood films with the aliens as enemies.

DId you get the BR collector edition? If not it is worth it for having the multiple releases of CE3K (wish Lucas had taken note of this and the Blade runner release).

Francois Truffaut is too cool as a director and as an actor in this film.

My parents took me to see it at the drive-in. It had a big impact on me. It has humor, scifi and drama all in one. But sadly I think sense the early 1990's its fading a little as a classic. But for those of use that were 10 years old or older and remember the 70's it will live on.

Didja know it was a book, too? Written by Mr. Spielberg himself? It's a great read. Follows the movie very faithfully, although I'm not entirely certain which came first, or if they were parallel projects.

I saw it back in the 70's myself and have loved it ever since. It was a tremendous achievement in filmmaking and stands out even today as an amazing piece of sci-fi cinematography. As far as I'm concerned, it is a timeless classic that should live on forever.

Huh, I had no idea Spielberg wrote one. I didn't think he was much of a writer since the vast majority of his movies had screenplays written by other people.

I'll bet it was actually ghost written, like SW was even though it says Lucas was the author.

I bought the 25th anniversary collector's edition DVD and the 30th anniversary BD set. I am a fan.

I also bought the original soundtrack and the 25th anniversary soundtrack that was extended. I'm a fan of that too!




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