Rating: 
Summary: buy this. do not see the new version.
Review: i myself am rushing to find a version of this movie before the revised version is the only thing available. unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a letterboxed version of the original in either VHS or DVD. this video seems to be the best alternative.
i have to concur with the customer from seattle. spielberg's movie will suffer, and suffer bigtime, from his intended changes. it's not the digital technology i'm worried about, but the thematic problems: to replace the rifles with walkie-talkies is a grave mistake, that will likely ruin one of the greatest scenes in movie history. the guns, the closeup of e.t. & elliot's eyes, and john williams' score as they take off all combine to send chills down every viewers spine (even, admittedly, after 20 viewings.) the children have been chased for 10 minutes at that point, and the only way to preserve the incredible climax of that take-off is to escalate the threat aimed at them. walkie-talkies? ooh, i'm shaking in my boots...
Rating: 
Summary: "Not that bad"
Review: E.T. is a very touching movie about an alien from outer space who forms a friendship with a 10 year old boy. As they start knowing about each other's planet, they realize that their is danger in their way for some kind of cop force is looking for this alien. The boy, Elliott, tries to get E.T. back to his planet. The only way to do this is to call the aliens and confirm with them. There is a very good scene in the end where E.T. goes back to its planetE.T. is a good movie but some parts are incredibly boring and irritatible. The last 40 minutes of the movie are pretty good but the rest is too logical. I already knew what would happen from the beginning of the movie to the end. Henry Thomas acts okay and so does Drew Barrymore. Others act bad and others act good. When I see those puny actors and actresses, I just fast-forward. Some scenes in the movie are very long and I just couldn't stand watching them all over and over. Besides, I think in about another 50 years, the movie will be remembered but no one will want to watch it. Steven Spielberg's movies will be remembered but I don't think E.T. will be as popular as "Jaws" , "Jurassic Park" or "Saving Private Ryan" The script is also pretty good. The plot is too. Well, I can't really suggest that you buy E.T. :The Extraterrestrial but you should rent it or see it in theaters. Overall: 3 stars. A very heart-warming and family movie.
Rating:
Summary: ...Unbelievable - make it cheaper - quick!!!!
Review: You are probably like me, rushing to get an untampered-with copy of E.T. before the bastardized version hits the screens this summer. I am distraught that movie makers can go back and ruin classics by digitally adding "new" footage that adds no merit to the movie, or editing out shotguns in the effort to appear more politically correct for the masses. This is yet another classic film, like the ruined "Star Wars", that is one that we will all wish that we could get our hands on in it's originally released state. Please release this classic film in it's unblemished state at a price that we can afford. The digital age has done nothing to enhance these movies, it only takes away from the beauty of the special effects that were available at the time, and are therefore superior efforts than that we see today. The realism that was accomplished by the special effects available at the time is what makes this film a classic. The added computer animation cheapens the efforts of all the geniuses that worked so hard to make that movie and the character of E.T. real to us in the first place. Tampering with the film, adding new and un-needed footage, altering the film as it originally appeared cheapens the experience for us all. I am saddened that my children will not be able to see this classic film as it originally was screened, and as I originally experienced it as a child in the movie theaters.
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Summary: Dr Scifi, or How PC Started Worrying and Stopped the Bombard
Review: (The above means the censors cutting this sci-fi movie, because political correctness supporters worried about it being scary to small children and stopped the the bombarding complaints by coming up with this inferior hacked up version) Now, don't get me wrong, I love the original ET, but I can't fill up my loving for the original on this digitally tweaked version. It's confirmed. Speilberg decided to listen to the censors and come up with this. Since the new scenes have a digital E.T., they slapped a digital one over the original in the scenes from the real version so they would blend more together. Why would they wanna do that? Just get out the the original minature for the new scenes, I doubt it'd be destroyed after 20 years. That's also a problem with CGI, it just feels soft and flat (check comparsions for Apcalypse Now's helicopter raid and a HCR in a modern movie that uses CGI for raids, or the LOTR version from '78 and the new one with the Black Rider in the woods scene). Here are all the tweaks I know of:
1) Since the new scenes have a digital E.T., they slapped a digital one over the original in the scenes from the real version so they would blend more together (aforementioned)
2) The guns on the agents are replaced with walkie talkies or removed altogether (I'm pretty sure all kids would know that was an empty threat, or at least I did when I was younger)
3) Two or more instances of "lavicious" dialouge, one for the speak of a supposed terrorist (this what happens when terrorism has recently happened and they say "terrorist" or refrenses to it).
That's all I know of but I'm sure there's more.
Rating:
Summary: booo hiss
Review: Like bell-bottom jeans and Giga Pets, E.T. was a fad for a year or so but the fad was over before it started. E.T. toys, E.T. cookies, E.T. Cheezits? E.T. wasn't a big box-office smash twetny years ago, so why on earth do they think waiting twenty years will make the slightest difference? I suppose maybe it's the nostalgia but let's face it, E.T. isn't very loveable. E.T. is the ugliest thing I've ever seen in my life. I mean, they've got E.T. Chips Ahoy cookies and everything else, they sure do market this stuff to death. Harry Potter probably made more money than E.T. did and is more famous than E.T. w/o even trying.
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Summary: What A Great Movie
Review: This Movie is a great movie for all ages!!! Everyone lover E. T, iF your 1 or 101. Everyone loves it when it came out 20 years ago, and everyone will relive the magic again when it comes out. If you don't have this Film, GET IT!!! This is one of the greatest films and you need to get this!
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Summary: Mr. Spielberg(review from E.T.-Garry Hixon)
Review: I hope the one thats coming to theaters fares better than the last one in 1983! It was a good movie, but it was fairly corny, it came at a time when I think people wanted more close encounters type stuff, E.T. was a really great movie, and I hope 2002 will be known as the year they re-released everything and it worked-Bravo Steven Spielberg, and I hope the American theater going public will enjoy this popcorn movie, as much as I did in 1983, and god bless Drew Barrymore, and the rest of the old cast-Gar!(E>T>)
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Summary: HEART WORMING
Review: An alien creature, E.T., is mistakenly left behind on Earth. When a young boy, Elliott (Henry Thomas), finds E.T. and hides him in his home, both their worlds are changed forever. E.T. teaches Elliott and his two siblings (Drew Barrymore and Robert MacNaughton), whose parents have recently separated, about caring and love while the children protect E.T. from the malevolent world of grown-ups. Elliott and E.T. become so close that they share emotions; as E.T. becomes ill, so does Elliott. The children end up going on a fabulous adventure trying to help E.T. find a way back to his home planet.
Rating: 
Summary: Enjoyable family fare
Review: It's true that Stephen Spielberg is able to weave a story better than virtually any other director in Hollywood. From "Jaws" to "Saving Private Ryan," Spielberg has always had an eye for the kinds of details that keep moviegoers piling in to watch his films. "E.T.," of course, was his first super-blockbuster, and it features a cast of interesting characters - including the alien himself - which make this movie worth watching. However, I'm not one of the many who rank this among the best movies of all time. "E.T." was intriguing for its day, and it was an unparalleled blockbuster when it was released. It is to me, though, simply a very entertaining movie and one which merits seeing from time-to-time. And if you absolutely loved it the first time you saw it in the theater, consider adding it to your collection. Otherwise, "E.T." makes a great weekend rental at Blockbuster.
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Summary: I must have movie
Review: I have loved this movie from the first time I saw it to my most resent viewing with my children, ages 4 and 5. This movie is one of the best sci-fi movies that really makes me feel that there are others out there. My children loved the movie and wanted me to find one to buy. I can't wait to add it to our collection of movies.
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