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on 6/28/2009
What an extremely tough choice.
on 7/20/2009
E.T. wins by nostalgia.
on 7/31/2009
In the end Close Encounters just has better performances and more to say.
on 8/19/2009
this is not an easy choice. Encounters wins by a nose
on 10/3/2009
And I choose 'E.T.' by a hair. 'Close Encounters' might have more to say but I find 'E.T.' more enjoyable.
on 10/21/2009
Have to go with E.T.
on 7/25/2010
E.T. in a rout.
on 9/26/2010
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on 10/28/2010
Wow.....two from the Master......have to go Close Encounters
on 1/10/2011
Wow, tough choice. Which one woud I watch more often, if I had both on DVD?
on 3/14/2011
How the fuck am I going to choose?
on 11/3/2011
they are both sooo good. i cant figure out how to choose!
I didn't like Close Encounters at all. To me, all the lead character does is whine and iscolate himself from his family until he figures out what that unidentifyed object flying over his house was. He didn't give me any other reason to sympathize. I'm choosing E.T. It made me cry, not just tear, and no movie has ever done that to me.
on 11/15/2011
Close Encounters is fantastic, but E.T. is just damn magical and because of the pure enjoyment and memories I have of that film, it's pretty hard to beat.
What I really appreciate about both of these films is the sense of wonder. Life from beyond this planet should be a source of joy and excitement, not fear. On those lines I have to go with Close Encounters. Although E.T. demonstrates as much, if not more marvel at alien life, Spielberg resorts to the old cliche of a conspiratorial, antagonistic government agency, instead of the more nuanced and interesting social response in Close Encounters.
on 8/16/2012
E.T. wins by a landslide.
When I was 5 I loved E.T. But that quickly vanished as I grew older. Close Encounters stands the test of time...
on 9/18/2012
Soooo hard!!!
^ you might wanna get that checked out by a doctor or something.
on 11/9/2012
Generally speaking, I find that Spielberg does much better when he is handling subjects with less gravitas. This isn't exclusively true, as I think SVP and Schindler's List are both excellent WWII movies, among the best, but as Spielberg films go, Jaws and Jurassic Park are my favourites. But this philosophy is the reason why I think E.T. is a supremely better film than Close Encounters. CE might be the more ambitious or the more "intellectual" of the two, but E.T. has better performances IMO (I like Richard Dreyfuss in most things he does, but he isn't even remotely sympathetic as a protagonist in CE, and just comes off as insane rather than special, whereas the three children in E.T. between them put in the best child performances in any film that I have ever seen; charming and entertaining whilst also being believable, as opposed to annoying or cooky, which is what most directors go for in children). For this reason, plus the nostalgia, E.T. wins.
on 12/29/2012
I'm going with E.T.
on 6/25/2013
E.T by a wide margin.
on 7/9/2013
Close Encounters was more interesting.
on 8/3/2013
E.t. Is the greatest lim of all time
E.t. Is way better!
on 9/18/2013
Close Encounters is the greater achievement in cinema. Everything about that movie is so amazing and it just sucks you into it's world.
on 9/25/2013
...You know which one wasn't boring? Don't get me wrong, Close Encounters of the Third Kind has some good bits (the ending in particular is great), but honestly, it wastes too much time doing nothing. Well, at least nothing important or interesting. E.T. is a bit overlong, but it has an excellent score, likeable characters and a wonderful sense of adventure. Definitely one of Spielberg's best.
on 10/13/2013
Two of Spielberg's finest works. E.T. has the very slight edge.
on 12/22/2014
I grew up on E.T., but I find that Close Encounters executed its story better.
on 2/22/2015
E.T. has infinitely more charm. Close Encounters drags in way too many places.
Close Encounters in the better Spielberg film
on 10/25/2018
Close Encounters for me.
on 4/16/2020
Close Encounters by far is the superior film.
on 5/13/2021
There is no competition here, Close Encounters is the best and far superior movie, one of the first movie I ever saw in cinema (1979). Yes, I'm that old.
on 7/21/2021
I loved Close Encounters, that ending was so touching. And it wouldn’t be without all the excellent character development before it. But I just gotta go with ET. It’s just so heartwarming yet tense. And it’s ending always gets me teared up. Both are great but ET takes this.
on 9/21/2022
Both movies are great but E.T. wins because of the emotional depth, the script and the music. But don't get me wrong I loved Close Encounters. It had an amazing third act.
on 10/31/2023
ET !!! ET is one of the best movies about friendship
