"Close Encounters" !!!  That was the movie title that escaped me!   I knew it started with an "E" though.  I can't remember any of the movie except for the part about the huge decending space ship towards the end.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi