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Summary: BE GOOD.....
Review: ....and go see this movie!!! I saw the re-release yesterday afternoon. LOVED IT!!!! One of the most wonderful movies ever to cross the big screen. I first saw ET twenty years ago (oh, I was so young then) and loved it then too. It will make you laugh and shed a tear or two. Truly heart-warming in every way. It doesn't matter if you are 5 or 105, it is a delight for everyone. Do yourself a favor...see this movie..turn on your heartlight now!
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Summary: You Can't Go Home Again, Even if You Phone First
Review: Last night we saw the 20th Anniversary edition of ET: The Extraterrestrial. The first thought which occured to me was what primative lives we endured back then. We had no CD players, no DVD, no home computers. Just broadcast TV and that absurd, clunky analog record player which was so prominent in Elliot's room.And then of course there was how twenty years of popular culture have changed our additudes. Twenty years which have included fare such as the X Files (not to mention Waco and Ruby Ridge) have rendered those evil government agents which frightened us so much back then somewhat less than scary now. We know what real evil, government agents are capable of and those clowns weren't them. Now if Speilberg had digitally inserted the Cigarette Smoking Man from the X-Files, instead of digitally removing their guns, things would be different. But another thing, so far not mentioned in other media, is the famous OR scene, where the scary doctors are working over ET while Elliot is screaming, "Stop! You're killing him! YOU'RE KILLING HIM!" Back them most of us remember being frightened and scared along with Elliot. But now, after watching a lot of episodes of ER, we all had a vaugue understanding of the medical jargon the doctors were using. They weren't trying to kill ET. They were trying to help. Yep, blood gasses look bad. Need to start defibing. And for God's sake, someone take that hysterical kid out of here. Nope, I guess you can't go home again.
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Summary: Let's all wait on line for a 20 year old movie
Review: E.T is a great film and everything but my review is not about that it's about how disturbing other movies have gotten that movie theatres are jammed packed for a 20 year old release and everything else out right now really stinks so we all have to result to movies from the past. We are practically living in the past now Why? Hollywood start writing up some better scripts so Humans do not have to watch 20 year old movies in the theatre.
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Summary: WOW Great RE RELEASE
Review: WOW just went to see the re release this weekend of ET and well let me just say it was very cool I have to say when I heard it was going to be released in the theaters with extra footage i said to myself have to see that. I had a great time seeing the movie again. It felt as if i were a kid again. The theater was very packed where i went the movie was sold out and there was not a dry eye in the house at the end of the movie. I was very amazed at what spielberg did with ETs costume and all of that stuff he redid. I have to say when this is done in theaters across the globe i will have to get this on DVD to fufill my dreams of owning ET. This by far was amazing their was stuff in their that i had no idea that i saw in the first release of the movie. Their was a scene in the beginning of the movie where ET was getting out of his ship and they showed the inside of ETs mothership. They also had a scene where the people that are coming to get him chase him until their is no other way of getting him. But all in all i had a great time in the movie. Referring to the Theatrical Release
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Summary: Still one of the greatest movies EVER MADE!
Review: According to some of the reviews of the remastered edition, the new scenes have ruined the movie. But hey, as long as they don't make a remake of this one, "I'll Be Here" (all pun intended). I own the very first copy of this movie, from when it was released back in '82. I don't know who's it was, but I could not stop watching it. Shockingly, the picture quality is still sharp. When this movie is released on DVD (hopefully by the end of this summer), there will be 2 discs, the first featuring the special edition and the second the original theatrical version. Hopefully there will be a third disc offered that contains the ENTIRE music score from the movie. Maybe some informative special features will be offered. Hopefully. I will review the SE when I see it on Sunday.
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Summary: Oh, Please!!
Review: For all you people who have been dissing E.T. all together, I would like to tell you what you can do with your opinions....But I digress. I was about 3 when the original came out and it has been one of the movies I will NEVER forget!! I even remember begging my mother to buy me the E.T. cereal. Now that it is back, I am thrilled. I have two younger siblings that are 10 and 12 years younger than myself. I am so happy that they will have the opportunity to experience this movie. But, I have to say that it saddens me that movie producers feel the urge to change this movie to make it "politically correct." Maybe the guns are bad for kids to see, but they see it in every action movie their parents let them watch EVERY DAY!! I agree with previous ratings that say the movie should be left alone. And please, make the original available (and affordable) AT LEAST to the people who would like to see the REAL thing.
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Summary: Oh, Please!!
Review: ....I was about 3 when the original came out and it has been one of the movies I will NEVER forget!!...Now that it is back, I am thrilled...I have to say that it saddens me that movie producers feel the urge to change this movie to make it "politically correct." Maybe the guns are bad for kids to see, but they see it in every action movie their parents let them watch EVERY DAY!! I agree...that...the movie should be left alone. And please, make the original available (and affordable) AT LEAST to the people who would like to see the REAL thing.
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Summary: The Greatest movie of all time
Review: Wow i have to say in my book ET was the best movie i have seen as a kid. I saw this as a very young kid when i was 8 maybe i saw this film and i loved every minute of this movie. In a nutshell ET was looking for a companion to live with for a while and he had no one to go to but elliot this 10 year old boy being played by Henry Thomas. He goes and finds ET invites him into his home and goes ahead and keeps him until his people come back to the planet and gets him. After about maybe a few months ET gets home sick and he wants to go home after the fact halloween comes up and he is going with elliot to the forest and he starts to get sick and begins to get very ill. The hospital scene is very saddening ET gets very ill to the point he is going to die with out medical attention. The house is turned into a makeshift hospital and that is where ET and elliot are going to get better however ET is beginning to die on elliot and he goes into cardiac arrest and dies right their on the table and is about ready to go on to be packed in ice to go to the morgue. However somehow he regains consciousness and goes on to live and leaves for home. In the end his people come back to get him and ET says his goodbyes to everyone especially elliot which was kind of touching in the end. I was crying like a baby in the end i was happy for him to finally find the people he needed to find and begin to make his journey home to his home planet. This year they are going to finally make a remake of the movie which will include scenes that where not in the original movie and that should be very interesting. All in all the movie is very cool you should go see it in theaters when the remake comes out and enjoy it with your children.
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Summary: Have seen the re-release
Review: I saw the 20th anniversary edition last night and we have nothing to fear. It is still the same fantastic movie. There were just some minor changes that are hardly noticable and the new scenes are enjoyable. The CGI they used to touch up some scenes is effective and is blended almost unnoticibly with the rest of the movie. When I finally own this on DVD I will still probably watch the original more often than this edition, but that is for nostolgic reasons more than estetics. Have no fear, Speilberg has not ruined E.T. ...P>Go see E.T. though, it is great to see it again on the big screen. Take a kid as I will my nephews and watch them enjoy it as we did.
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Summary: Okay, NOW all the film purists can calm down.........
Review: For all of you who are complaining about the edits and "tweaking" of several elements in this film, you can relax now. In the 20th Anniversary TV special broadcast on NBC, Spielberg himself, said that when the Special Edition is released on DVD, it will contain BOTH the revised edition that is coming soon to theaters, AND the original 1982 version. At least he's giving us a choice.
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