Firstly, let me start by saying, yes, I have seen this about million times before... but its a classic! and I love this movie, so I thought I'd watch it again.
I always remember being scared of the very beginning of the movie, when Elliott first sees ET and they both scream and run away. When I was younger, the suspense of that part always seemed to scare the bejeezas out of me... and even now, I know its coming, and I'm no longer afraid of it, yet I still seem to hold my breath, go firgure. Henry Thomas (Elliott) played the role of a lonely boy who befriends a friendly alien, and did it so well that it had me quivering with tears as they said goodbye. Now I have seen this movie at least 25 times, and yet, every time I watch it, I always have tears streaming down my cheeks. I think the part that made my heart rench the most was at the end of the film as Elliott and ET are saying goodbye in the field and his mother Mary (Dee Wallace), fell to her knees as she watched in awe beside the scientist. Not to mention the adorable Drew Barreymore, who makes viewers smile everytime she walks on screen in her two high pigtails and her naive eyes.
E.T a film where you seem to become so engrossed in the story and the characters, that even now in 2010, 28 years after it was released, you don't notice outdated visual effects or the now very mechanical alien, dubbed ET. E.T is a film that I dont think I would ever get tired of watching. It DEFINATELY deserves to be in the top 100 and Steven Speilberg is a genius who seems to be able to project a seeminly ordinary idea into a work or art.
Hats off to you Speilberg!!
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Classic movie to start the search with! It is one of my fav's as well Flick Chick :)
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for the next review.
You should check out Calamity Jane. Old school western musical, but fun to watch.
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