IMDb voters be damned! It's not even one of the top 250 movies, its one of the top 5.

Rating: 10/10 (26 August 2011)

I said that it was hard to top Jaws and Close encounters, but Spielberg topped it with Raiders of the lost ark. Raiders of the lost ark is a hard film to top. But if you know Steven Spielberg, he can do it. And he did. With his follow up to Raiders of the lost ark. Raiders of the lost ark is somewhere on my top ten, but E.T. is somewhere in my top five.
E.T. is a beautiful film. Spielberg's previous films were all just fantastic, but E.T. was something else. E.T. is a deeply moving motion picture with a huge heart. It had a heart so huge that it did something to me that most films never do. It did to me what 2009's Up did to me. It got a tear out of me. Actually, a few. I know its pathetic but its such a touching film. Not only is it a touching movie, it taps into the child inside of you.
Elliot(Henry Thomas) is a lonely boy. And one night he discovers an alien.He names him E.T. He takes care of the alien for a while, along with his brother and sister(a very young Drew Barrymore). But E.T. becomes closest to Elliot. The two have a friendship so strong that after a bit of time they sort of become a part of each other. When E.T. gets sick, Elliot does too. So the only way for it to stop is to get E.T. back to his ship. But not without the authorities trying to hunt him down.
When I saw J.J. Abraham's Super 8 a few months ago, it brought me back to E.T. and how much I loved it, and that is the main reason why Super 8 was such an excellent film. But it doesn't live up to E.T. E.T.'s special effects, for its time, were marvelous. John William's music is part of what brought the tears to my eyes. The music in E.T. just tugs on your heart strings.
I may be wrong, and, please tell me that I am, but I believe that E.T. isn't on the Top 250. Now, why? How could this not make the list? E.T. is such a beautiful film. Elliot's love for E.T. is the main touching thing about it. Elliot, his brother and Sister's love for E.T. is moving. Just the whole film is marvelous. The viewers on IMDb must change the list once again, and put E.T. on it. It's the best film Spielberg has ever done. Maybe he can top it some day, but thats going to be hard.
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