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     .Clos’eEncounters is fantaStic, but not much else 
     
    
   
   
    
     by'l‘anya (bad 
     
    
   
   
    
     It is only natural that 
     
    
   
   
    
     those go to see "Close, 
     
     Encounters Of 'me 'Ihird 
     
     Kind" are immediately 
     
     tempted to compare it 
     
    

    
     ' with "Star Wars", which 
     
     has been declared the 
     
     biggest box-office suc— 
     
     cess of all time. But 
     
    
   
   
    
     the difference is quickly 
     
    
   
   
    
     made apparent as soon as 
     
     the movie opens. "Close 
     
     Encounters" is literally 
     
     more down to earth, and 
     
    

    
     though it includes some 
     
    

    
     spectacular special ef-- 
     
    

    
     fects, it is not nearly 
     
    

    
     so overwhehning as is 
     
    
   
   
    
     the various individuals 
     
     who witnessed them, ’ 
     
     leaves them struggling 
     
     to discover and mder-' 
     
     stand what exactly is 
     
     going on. A landing is 
     
     predicted by scientists 
     
     who then try to prepare 
     
     for the arrival of the _ 
     
     U.F.O.'s and possible 
     
     commnication with them. 
     
     There is roan for doubt 
     
     in the manner in which 
     
     certain things occur and : 
     
     appear in the movie, like 
     
     the shape of the space— 
     
     ship, or the form of the 
     
     aliens-for instance. But ' 
     
     then it's hard case to. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     CLOSE ENCOUNTERS 
     
    
   
   
    
     OF THE THRD KIND 
     
    
   
   
    
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     "Stars Wars"‘. 
     
    

    
     / "Stars Wars"was a more 
     
     fantasized ~tale with _ 
     
     Rabin Hood-like Charact- 
     
     ers set in a futuristic, 
     
     world full of heroism and 
     
    

    
     - romance;whereas "C.E." 
     
     deals with real people 
     
     who have very real re”— 
     
     actions to an occurence 
     
     that one never thinks 
     
     could actually happen to 
     
     them. ' 
     
    

    
     The story is about the 
     
     sighting of a group'of U. 
     
    

    
     F.O.'  which appear to 
     
    

    
     be sending signals of 
     
    

    
     . conmunication. 'Ihe ef-~ 
     
     fect those encounters 
     
    

    
     have on the lives of 
     
    
   
   
    
     argue since ‘no one act- 
     
     ually knows what they 
     
     should look like. 
     
    

    
     Afew basic reinforce- 
     
     ments are added just for 
     
     good measure. For example 
     
     the spaceships and three 
     
     police cars do a chase 
     
     sequence that we‘ve all 
     
     seen a hundred times. ‘ 
     
     Also, near the end the 
     
     little boy, who was ab— 
     
     ducted earlier by the 
     
     aliens, comes erning out 
     
     of the spaceship, the 
     
     music swells, and he 
     
     rushes into the arms of 
     
     teary-eyed mother. 
     
    
   
   
    
     'Ihe'entire ending would - 
     
    
   
   
    
     " have been greatly improved 
     
     if the thundering back- 
     
     ground ansic had been 0 
     
     omitted. You'd have 
     
     thought it was God who 
     
     was about to descend. 
     
    

    
     Toe way it was overdone 
     
     MS to detract from 
     
     the credibility of what 
     
     is supposed to be hap—~ 
     
     pening. 
     
    

    
     "C.E." includes some fine 
     
     acting as well as some 
     
     clever touches of humor. 
     
     Richard Dreyfuss, in the 
     
     fole of Roy Neary, portrays 
     
     someone who can be a comi— 
     
     calclcwn or a serious lead— 
     
     er. Alfisog believable is the 
     
    
   
   
    
     character Jillian Guiler, 
     
     (Melinda Dillion) , who 
     
     lives alone with her 3- 
     
     year-old son. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The hype which has sur- 
     
     rounded "Close Encounters" 
     
     since well before its re— 
     
     lease, has certainly built 
     
     up the expectations of 
     
    
   
   
    
     those who go to see it, and 
     
     few are disappointed. It ' 
     
     is an intelligent film 
     
    

    
     and a nice switch from all 
     
     the usual cop and detective 
     
     movies. You' 11 find your— 
     
     self checking the sky as 
     
     you leave the theatre. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Sunday Night 1 
     
      Movie: * ~ 
     
     -MARCH 12 
     
    
   
   
    
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