You want to make a classic film with aliens? Lets make E.T 2 but expensive!

Rating: 7/10 (14 August 2018)

Abrams and Spielberg fused (kinda) their styles to give us the film that might bring us back to the 80's, also known as definitely not super expensive CGI effects time!... By using super expensive CGI effects.
Lets start with the horrible this time, because the good outweights it: The story is definitely not for kids unlike E.T. (Where the film borrows a lot by the way: including the alien wants to go home), and it has crude violence that has nothing to do with anything. The effects are extremely distracting most of the time because they collide with the 80's themed scenario (specially the lens flares. Seriously, stop it. It looks horrible and even hurts), including the collision of a train that basicly transforms the movie into a Michael Bay erection helper for about 5 minutes, that adds nothing, could have been completely left out or shortened in the worst case. Later we got another explotion fest that lasts for 10 minutes, was even more unnecesary and went into pointlessness quickly. It was just artificial drama for the sake of it. Nothing was compelled, or added. Pointless.
The plot was amazing. Spielberg took the horrible ET 2 script (this exists. Basicly ET tortures children and later becomes litteral god) and got it reviewed. The biology teacher plot point was handfisted but it works marvels. The ending was heartwarming, but absolutely dumb how everyone (including soldiers that, lets remember, want the alien captured) just look at the alien leaving as if it was ET... again.
The scenography is so good, so incredibly good. I have actually not a complaint: It looks perfect. The photography was marvelous too.
The dialog was pretty credible. It had terrible moments, but they are so sparce they do not affect the movie. The audio was amazing. The music was great.
Lots of love were into this film... too bad the bad was annoying enough to affect the overall experience. Watch this. And watch the credit scene. It is gold.