Is it just me?

Rating: 5/10 (6 October 2002)

Am I the only person on the planet who thought that E.T. was an evil, ugly, scarily deformed little freak? This film terrified me as a child and, whilst I might not have understood all the films messages, I knew I was the only one in that room who was too scared to move. It's like a kids horror film; just as you think he's dead, the evil-goblin comes back to life. Not that Spielberg is not a good filmmaker, oh contraire. He used that pot plant as a superb fear-inducing plot device as he did Jaw's dorsal fin and the whole wobbly-water thing in Jurassic Park.
Okay, my feelings about this film have been generated from a bad experience, but one thing really, really bugs me about this film. Evolution. E.T.'s species is a super-intelligent race that has mastered space travel and is exploring the universe. So why haven't they got legs? Look out E.T! A reasonably aggressive animal is chasing you! Oh too late, you've fallen over. I cannot believe that anywhere in the galaxy could a species evolve without any basic self-survival abilities (E.g. Walking, eating, shame). Put some clothes on you demonic pixie!
For me, this film rates along side Child's Play and those Leprechaun films. Thank god a sequal was never made. I don't think I could take it.