Maudlin tripe

Rating: 1/10 (26 January 2007)

When ET first came out, I was at a nihilistic punky point in my life and thought it was absolute dreck. The woman who brought me to the film was seeing for her third time, and she was having orgasms of pure bliss, and expecting me to feel the same way. I was diplomatic, after all, I wanted to get laid, but it was a real chore to feign the slightest emotion over a squashed head alien and his foul-mouthed child protector.
Years later, after the film had made many top ten greatest movies of all time lists, and at a point where I was more "sensitive", I went back and re-watched the movie, trying to see what all the fuss was about.
Lord, I really tried, but for the life of me, I just don't get how people have swallowed Spielberg's hook. Don't get me wrong, Spielberg is the world class manipulator of our feelings towards his movies, and I have taken his drug many times and liked it, but ET just sucks.