This is the only movie on the list that I had seen it in the theatre when it was originally released. (Yes, I am THAT old.) So I wasn't sure how I would feel about it watching it 28 years later.
This film, at least for me, held up well. I don't know if it is because the first time I saw it, I was probably around Elliot's age (the protagonist of the film). Or because the story is somewhat timeless. Either way, I definitely got caught up in it...and yes, I cried at the end. (I am a sap.) It could also have been the fact that when I watched it this time, I had just returned from a trip in Europe, where I was stranded and couldn't get home because of the volcanic ash cloud. So I could actually relate to poor E.T. (although unlike him, I could phone home.)
The line "E.T. phone home." comes in at number 15 on AFI's top 100 Movie Quotes. This movie also spawned a whole thing around Reese's Pieces. As I recall.
Bottom line, this is a cute, feel good movie.
One word to describe "E.T.": Sweet.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
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