E.T. : The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - "E.T. Phone Home"

Rating: 10/10 (6 December 2011)

One of Steven Spielberg's finest sci-fi masterpieces since "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" tells the story of a boy named Elliot, alienated by the people around him, until he meets a lonely, and forgotten alien, tracked down by government agents. Naming the alien "E.T.", Elliot and his brother and sister secretly raise this alien, and they learn that E.T. is creating a way to get back home to the Green Planet. The story then leads into an unlikely friendship between Elliot and E.T., that really makes the movie for what it is. Now, as you probably know, I'm a huge science fiction freak, and I extremely enjoy this movie. It's a loving tale of friendship and hope. Steven Spielberg once again does another brilliant directing job, and brings another instant classic. The special effects are like no other, since the E.T. alien is now an iconic figure. The performances by the young cast is surely the main subject of the movie. The sound effects are visual, the special effects are unique, and E.T. is a character that has such an imaginative taste and detail, and it's so wonderful to watch him on screen. "E.T." is one of those movies where you can watch it over and over again, and you always have fun watching it. This is one of my all-time favorite movies, and one of my all-time favorites from Spielberg. "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial", in my review, "a wonderful science-fiction masterpiece of friendship".