10 Hated Movie Scenes Directors REGRET Not Cutting

10. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Should Have Kept The Mothership Hidden

Steven Spielberg is the most successful director of all time, and his movies have made more than any other. His impressive rise to fame began with Jaws in '75 and shot sky-high with 1977's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. That movie cemented his place in the industry, but it wasn't perfect, as far as he was concerned.

One of the best aspects of Close Encounters is that the aliens remain obscure for most of the film. It isn't until the end that they are seen in any way, and Spielberg shot one scene shows the inside of the ship in detail. However he hates that he filmed the scene, as it destroyed the allure of the alien mystery for the audience, and cut it from the theatrical release.

As far as the technical representation of the mothership and its interior, the work was phenomenal. This was done at a time before CGI, and the special effects artistry is astounding. Unfortunately, it's also something director Stephen Spielberg absolutely hated filming, and he would have preferred it not to be in the movie.

Sadly, the scene was shoehorned in to the Special Edition Director's Cut released in 1980 by Columbia Pictures, much to the dismay of the director (ironic consider this was supposedly a "director's cut".)

In a 1997 documentary, The Making of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Spielberg said he should never have shown the inside of the ship.