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Still Blows Me Away to this Day, 7 May 2004
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squeezebox from United States
E.T. is one of my all time favorite movies. This movie blew me out of my
seat as a kid, and still kills me every time I watch it. Only four or
five
movies have made me cry, much less sob uncontrollably. When I returned
from
seeing E.T. for the first time, I couldn't talk for the rest of the day.
I
laid in my bed and cried for about five hours.
The movie still makes tears well up in my eyes and gives me a lump in my
throat. I still find it profoundly moving. It's heart-breakingly sad,
yet
phenomenally uplifting at the same time. I had no idea a movie could be
so
powerful when I saw this in the movies for the first time when I was
eleven.
There are a few movies that actually changed the course of my life. THE
GODFATHER PART I and II, TOMMY, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and ERASERHEAD
all
pushed me in the direction of becoming a filmmaker, but it was E.T., at
that
impressionable age, that made me want to create. Man, if I could some day
make something that extraordinary, I would be complete.
What I think makes E.T. so powerful for me know, is the heart-wrenching
way
it has of making me long to be a kid again. I refuse to ever completely
grow up, and my memories are my own, but man does this movie make me wish
I
was eleven again, when riding my bike was a pleasure, Matchbox cars were
the
greatest thing in the world, Halloween was a night of mystery and creepy
fun
I looked forward to all year, going to the movies was an adventure, and
looking up at the stars could be a mind-blowing experience.
E.T. keeps those feeling alive for me. So do a lot of other things, but
E.T. is the champ. As much as my cynical adult side may want to slap
Steven
Spielberg around sometimes, I would happily give him a hug for his
timeless
gift to the world, E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL.
If you can find it check out the now out of print DVD. Just DON'T watch
the
"restored" version, unless you want the movie to be ruined. Those
technical
rapists known as CGI artists have mauled the movie with completely
unnecessary special effects and completely destroyed the illusion that
E.T.
is alive, ironically, by trying to make him look more realistic. They
fail
miserably.
Apparently, Spielberg and company thought E.T. looked better with a phony
cartoon face and exaggerated facial expressions. The scene at the
beginning
when E.T. flees in terror from the UFO investigators is also ruined. In
the
original version, E.T. glides along the ground in an eerily otherworldy
manner, and it looked great. Now, he actually runs as though he's leaping
over little hurtles, and it looks absurd.
Oh, well. They can do what they want. I feel that some things are
sacred.
STAR WARS, for example. But E.T. was perfect...PERFECT... the way it was.
Why can't people leave well enough alone?
Regardless, I love E.T. I love Spielberg for making it. So much so, that
I
even forgive him for ruining it.
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