Enjoy it for what it is.

Rating: 7/10 (25 October 2011)

If you dive deeper into the reviews for this film, you'll find an extraneous amount of people who like to bash this film for the comparisons to E.T.. While I do agree, that there are some minimal comparisons, it is not the same movie, by any means. If you drop the idea that this was produced by Spielberg, you can take into account; the throwbacks to classic Sci-fi/Horror films of the 50's. It's like a B-movie with a larger budget, if that makes sense. The atmosphere is dramatic and brooding, and the lingering tension is just riveting. With that said, the creature is nothing special to look forward to(typical Abrams), and the recurring archetypes are sort of gimmicky, but it still holds up brilliantly, nonetheless. Is it campy? Sure. But it's a fantastic specimen of a tribute that immerses you within the imaginative, yet classically submissive setting of the classic Science Fiction theater. So, the complaining about E.T. should stop sometime soon, because this film is great.