The only things worth living for are innocence and magic

Rating: 10/10 (13 October 2002)

E.T. is about innocence and it is about magic. It's about being Elliot. It's about being a child. It's about innocence. This isn't a realist film, this isnt' supposed to realistic at all. It's a fantasy of child who need someone in his life to connect with, to love. It's a wonderful film, it captures a sense of what could be, of a state that we all long for, where things are simple, where we can still dream.
There are some who pan the movie. There are some who hate steven spielberg films, and they'll give it a bad review. Well, let them have kubrick's baby. Let them take their copy of 2001 in one hand and Rashomon in the other, and as they understand the aesthetic of a great film as art, and just let them go. They don't what E.T. is about, they're too cynical and spiteful to enjoy something this pure.
E.T. is about dreaming, about a childlike sence of wonder. It's a beautiful film, and so many have embraced it because they can connect to it in some sense. I'm sorry that people don't get that, or are too cynical to even try to understand it. The rest of us can watch it become a timeless class, can show it to our kids, and even as we get older, may we still be inspired by innocence and magic.