Sean Fennessey

I wrote my notes. They don't make them like this anymore. That's why you're you. We say this sometimes with the rewatchables. They don't make them like this anymore. The pace is just not like it would be made now. The actors, the patience that he has with the wide shots where now they would have just CGI'd shit. But I watched with my wife and daughter last night, the second time in a week.

And my daughter was like, did they put those stars in? And I'm like, no, they couldn't really do that back then. I think they were just caught lightning in a bottle with Muncie, Indiana in this house. And just everything about it, just everything the way it moves and watching Dreyfuss just lose his mind over the course of 90 minutes. And you stand aside somehow.

And my daughter was like, did they put those stars in? And I'm like, no, they couldn't really do that back then. I think they were just caught lightning in a bottle with Muncie, Indiana in this house. And just everything about it, just everything the way it moves and watching Dreyfuss just lose his mind over the course of 90 minutes. And you stand aside somehow.

And my daughter was like, did they put those stars in? And I'm like, no, they couldn't really do that back then. I think they were just caught lightning in a bottle with Muncie, Indiana in this house. And just everything about it, just everything the way it moves and watching Dreyfuss just lose his mind over the course of 90 minutes. And you stand aside somehow.

And then the last 20 minutes is unbelievable. It's like the ultimate payoff where they go over the mountain and then they look and Melinda Dillon's face kind of does the jaw drop. And then it's like, wait, what's going on here? It ties into a bunch of 70s shit that we'll talk to. But it's just such a cool, constructive movie.

And then the last 20 minutes is unbelievable. It's like the ultimate payoff where they go over the mountain and then they look and Melinda Dillon's face kind of does the jaw drop. And then it's like, wait, what's going on here? It ties into a bunch of 70s shit that we'll talk to. But it's just such a cool, constructive movie.

And then the last 20 minutes is unbelievable. It's like the ultimate payoff where they go over the mountain and then they look and Melinda Dillon's face kind of does the jaw drop. And then it's like, wait, what's going on here? It ties into a bunch of 70s shit that we'll talk to. But it's just such a cool, constructive movie.

This wasn't like Star Wars. This was kind of its own thing. And the cachet of it was that the guy from Jaws made it. That's the only thing I remember. But it tapped into all this UFO stuff that my experience with UFOs, and I think everybody's was up until this time, was aliens were potentially evil. They're coming to get us. They're going to invade us.

This wasn't like Star Wars. This was kind of its own thing. And the cachet of it was that the guy from Jaws made it. That's the only thing I remember. But it tapped into all this UFO stuff that my experience with UFOs, and I think everybody's was up until this time, was aliens were potentially evil. They're coming to get us. They're going to invade us.

This wasn't like Star Wars. This was kind of its own thing. And the cachet of it was that the guy from Jaws made it. That's the only thing I remember. But it tapped into all this UFO stuff that my experience with UFOs, and I think everybody's was up until this time, was aliens were potentially evil. They're coming to get us. They're going to invade us.

That was like all the programming from the radio stuff in the 30s and 40s. The movie shows in the 50s and 60s. And it was all like, watch out, they're coming. And this movie just flipped it. And they're like, what if they're not coming? What if they're just really interested in finding out more about us? Which now seems like the easiest flip to make, but back then was like a crazy movie.

That was like all the programming from the radio stuff in the 30s and 40s. The movie shows in the 50s and 60s. And it was all like, watch out, they're coming. And this movie just flipped it. And they're like, what if they're not coming? What if they're just really interested in finding out more about us? Which now seems like the easiest flip to make, but back then was like a crazy movie.

That was like all the programming from the radio stuff in the 30s and 40s. The movie shows in the 50s and 60s. And it was all like, watch out, they're coming. And this movie just flipped it. And they're like, what if they're not coming? What if they're just really interested in finding out more about us? Which now seems like the easiest flip to make, but back then was like a crazy movie.

Well, but think about 20 years later, we're in Armageddon Independence Day mode, where it's like, the aliens are coming, they're gonna fucking get us again. Yeah. And that's kind of the generational response to whatever was going on here, where it was way more hope in outer space, I think.

Well, but think about 20 years later, we're in Armageddon Independence Day mode, where it's like, the aliens are coming, they're gonna fucking get us again. Yeah. And that's kind of the generational response to whatever was going on here, where it was way more hope in outer space, I think.

Well, but think about 20 years later, we're in Armageddon Independence Day mode, where it's like, the aliens are coming, they're gonna fucking get us again. Yeah. And that's kind of the generational response to whatever was going on here, where it was way more hope in outer space, I think.

Well, you talk about the paranoid seventies. which we've discussed in the past here, but this is a whole genre that I love, by the way. This should be a 2B category. Conversation, All the President's Men, Parallax View, Three Days of the Condor, Cap Corp 1, China Syndrome, Invasion of the Body Snatchers. All of it's a response to Watergate and Vietnam and not trusting government.

Well, you talk about the paranoid seventies. which we've discussed in the past here, but this is a whole genre that I love, by the way. This should be a 2B category. Conversation, All the President's Men, Parallax View, Three Days of the Condor, Cap Corp 1, China Syndrome, Invasion of the Body Snatchers. All of it's a response to Watergate and Vietnam and not trusting government.

Well, you talk about the paranoid seventies. which we've discussed in the past here, but this is a whole genre that I love, by the way. This should be a 2B category. Conversation, All the President's Men, Parallax View, Three Days of the Condor, Cap Corp 1, China Syndrome, Invasion of the Body Snatchers. All of it's a response to Watergate and Vietnam and not trusting government.

By the way, there's 20 more movies, but those are the headliners. So it feels like this is part of that era.