Unrealistic

Rating: Null/10 (7 October 2002)

I see that many people here have praised ET to the heavens, and maybe rightly so, but I'm particularly cynical when we have films that contain two of the most dangerous groups in society: children and aliens.
Now is it just me, or are kids really nasty little things? If so, then why is it that it's always kids that discover kindly aliens, monsters, robots or beings of pure energy, that adults always want to destroy or at least slice open? Just once I'd like to see an adult find a nice, kind caring monster and then have to protect it from a hoard of marauding children. Don't believe that would happen? Try dressing up as a Teletubbie and spend a day shopping at a mall, then you'll see.
Also, I'm not sure what kind of advanced alien species ET was from, but whoever was flying that ship was a bit of a moron and in serious trouble. Let's face it, in today's litigious society, where you can get sued for serving hot coffee, imagine the kind of lawsuit ET would have had against the tour firm he was travelling with! Plus, why did he have to call home, wouldn't his wife, girlfriend (or boyfriend) have raised the alarm when he didn't come back? But that kind of trouble pales in comparison to the amount of explaining he'd have to do:
`I'm sorry honey, you see I got lost and the guys left without me and I couldn't find a phone anywhere. So there I am, naked, hanging out with these kids when. Honey? Honey?'