Please don't get the Special edition.

Rating: 10/10 (9 May 2010)

My review is for the theatrical release. The special edition gets -800,000,000,000,000 in my scorebook. From the way ET gallops away from the UFO investigators at the beginning instead of gliding, from the cartoony-fake CGI facial expressions, to the infamous walky talkies scene, its inferior in a million ways. If I'm not mistaken if you want HD you're stuck with that crap edition. If you're showing it to your kids please just use the theatrical release which can be found on DVD. Not as good picture quality obviously but then you don't have to see a favorite of your childhood get maimed before your eyes. As for the new "special" effect, they look cartoony and faker than the old stuff which is funny because they're supposed to be in there because Spielberg thought the old stuff looked fake. Avatar these "special" effects ain't.