E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

ET is a timeless classic for the family. Bought this because the copy i had was on VHS and the tracking was wearing out pretty bad. This BD version is really nice, with a good crisp video and audio quality. Great to pop out and watch with the family on movie nights.

ET the extra terrestrial is one of the all time greatest movies in my book besides Jaws. The fact that they are restoring this movie from it's original film elements makes me want to praise Steven Spielberg. I am so happy that the original film version of this movie will live on and hopefully push the 2002 crap version into a deep dark hole where it will never see the lights of day.Hopefully somebody will burn that hole and turn it into a gaping crater with no parts of the 2002 version left. I remember when I was a kid a couple of years ago and my Uncle brought a whole box of old Vhs tapes to my house for us to watch. I watched it so many times the film wore out and I had to dump it. Ever since then I wanted a new better looking original upscaled print of the 1982 version. Go to hell 2002 version. Sorry for my language for a few of you out there who don't like hearing swear words. But, anyway this film is a masterpiece. It racked up ticket sales for the rest of the summer and became the biggest box office hit of its time. Until Jurassic Park came out 11 years later. Here is some trivia; Mars candy company was originaly asked to put there M&Ms candy into the movie for promotional reasons, but they declined that offer and the hershey candy company got to put in there candy called Reeses's Pieces. There sales shot up by 65 percent. I bet who ever declined for the Mars company was banging there heads for years to come after that. I cannot wait for this blu ray release. I want October to come right now! I love this movie to much to wait until then.For a restored picture and sound and hours of bonus features this blu ray sure looks like it will fly off shelves and be talked about for a while. I feel the same way about the jaws blu ray coming out on August 14th. ET the extra terrestrial is a masterpiece that will live on for many generations!

I LOVE THIS FILM! I remember when this film came out in the theater and my kids had to see it so, of course, Mom and Dad took said kids to see said film. I loved it, the kids loved it but old sourpuss Mom didn't like it. Don't ask me why, I haven't any idea. But the kids really loved it. A couple of weeks later I took my son with me to the mall to J.C. Penney to get some new tires installed on my car. It was gonna take a couple of hours so I thought about what to do in the interim. I asked what time it was (I didn't have a watch on for some reason) and the store clerk told me and I figured we could catch the movie again. I quick walked to the theater on the other side of the mall with my little guy behind trying to keep up and asking me "Where are we goin' Dad?, Where are we goin" Dad?" and me saying "You'll see when we get there, come on hurry up now!" Got to the theater in time, got tickets, walked down the long hall, had the guy take the tickets and give us the stubs and got in line for some snacks (popcorn, drinks, candy etc.). My son looks up at me and asks "Are we goin' to see a movie?" I said "Yeah! I thought you might like to see E.T. again!" With that he jumped up and I picked him up in my arms and hugged him! Some guy looked at me like I was some sick pervert. I looked at him and said "Hey! He's my son!" I will never forget my son's face that time. You will never see happiness like that in your life! It was amazing! I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT! God works in mysterious ways! But I thank him for that day!

What is there to say about one of the most popular films ever made? To keep things brief, E.T. deserves the praise. In many ways, it is the ultimate kids movie. Spielberg and Co. could turn even the most cynical viewer viewer into a teary-eyed baby by the end of this film. It perfectly captures the essence of childhood, the wonder, the shenanigans, the laughs, the hardships, the love, and it does so with such a fun and effortless quality. The story flows and excites and doesn't let up until the final goodbye. In terms of sheer storytelling, E.T. is flawless. It hits all the right beats and cements its content with memorable shots and set pieces that have become a part of the American subconscious. It is arguable that the film is a little too polished and calculated when it comes to story structure, but it's predictable nature is overshadowed by it's genuine heart. E.T. was beautifully shot by Spielberg, expertly melding together the subject matter with shots that belong in a film 101 textbook. The score by John Williams is soaring, dark, and cheesy, everything that the film needed it to be. The performances are all fantastic, especially Henry Thomas as Elliott. His bonding and love for the horrid-looking alien is what makes the film what it is. Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and Dee Wallace round out the great family cast. Simply put, this movie is nothing less than iconic. It's dark, fun, captivating, and one of Spielberg's best.

It looks like the finest 35mm print of E.T. you've ever seen, with Allen Daviau's cinematography of images straight from Steven Spielberg's imagination and heart lush and crystal-clear. John Williams' out-of-this-world music is astronomically, extraordinarily spectacular! On the sound track, there is the occasional added sound-effect...a cricket here, a bird chirp there, the pizza guy (Get it? Huh?) driving off down the street exactly in surround left after delivery, the sound of the gas-guzzling government van's engine running when we're inside with Keys, who is listening to Elliott and Michael discuss "What WOULD make a radar?" for E.T. to phone home...subtle touches that add just a little more atmosphere to completely immerse you in the story we've grown to know and love! Watching this classic cinematic gem brought me right back to 1982, to a time when my family (I'm the oldest of 3, formerly 4, siblings; my younger brother, sadly, died of cancer in 2007) was intact and together...when my brother and I used to ride BMX bikes, like the boys in the film...and when our sisters were little, like Gertie. Pure delight. Pure Spielberg! Thanks a million, Steven, for going back to the 1982 version...the print that shows the government guys carrying GUNS (yes, government agents carry guns, and, pray tell, perish the thought, sometimes have to use them; they would certainly be brandishing firearms during something so monumentally earth-shattering and such a potential threat to national security as a visit from an extra-terrestrial!), that shows E.T. in all his superbly-operated anamatronic rubber puppet glory, for allowing us to hear Mom telling Michael "You are not going (for Halloween) as a TERRORIST!" comment, and Michael saying, uncensored, in his shoulder pads, at the fridge, "...nothin' but hell-shIt!"

I'm glad this exists. It took long enough. The 2002 DVD edition had a terribly designed case and went out of print in 2004 or somewhere around there...I did buy one from a media (CD/DVD) library club whose name will go unmentioned to prevent the ire of Amazon Inc., but I for some reason sold it...I've gotten more rational about which items I sell and why I sell them, but there's still some "soul searching" to go...I don't watch the same movie over and over and over again, so if owning a DVD collection isn't morally wrong, I always need to set forth criteria for which DVDs to own. I don't believe personal taste can be a defense for some of the junk that production companies put out. However, I also agree that many people just don't know quality when they see it. I HEART HUCKABEES (2004) was a good movie, but so many preconceived notions were shattered and instead of people going with the flow, they became confused and dismissed the film. It was more dramatic than comedic, so those who were expecting a laughter inducing 90 minutes can't be expected to endorse the film...some people don't have time to watch a movie they've already seen merely for the sake of giving other people an accurate and fair account of their experience with the film. So, where does E.T. fit in after I've bought and re-sold it several times? Well, I haven't watched it in a long time. During the early-mid 2000s (I was born in '83), I got a lot of satisfaction watching this movie, repeatedly. I like the wooded areas shown in the film and housing complex etc...it somewhat reminds me of my time in Ft. Ord, California. It's got a very unique look and feel to it. I've spent over half of my life so far in southeast Missouri, and I sometimes feel like I'm dreaming when I recall some of the landscapes I walked on or near during my time in Monterrey County, California. I also like the quiet-ness of many scenes in the film. Some of the scenes are deliberately noisy, but in a sentimental way, meant to express the nature of having lots of company and enjoying it. You get the sense that Elliot, the protagonist, is kind of a loner, or at least feels like one... Storywise, there isn't a whole lot to say. The summary on any of the home video editions may be inaccurate, but that's what happens when trying to cram a 2 hr movie into two paragraphs using the English language. Especially when most English speaking folk have very little knowledge of their own dictionary. The gist is there though. Amazon might have one posted on this product page. One thing I've been hitting the roof over is the change in the cover-art graphics that took place in 1996 and stayed that way until this digibook blu ray/dvd combo pack was released in June of 2013. It was originally a BestBuy exclusive, but no longer. I don't know when or if I'll ever enjoy this film again. As I started to indicate, there's not a whole lot to gain by watching it after seeing 20 times, give or take, and for an analytical person like myself, it's hard to really put one's finger on why this film comes off as being so damn good. It's pretty much a children's film, meant to be watched with parents (hence the PG rating), but adults can find themselves lost in it if they aren't foul people with no hope of salvation. This fact alone makes it a marked achievement as a work of art. As product, that just depends on how much that fact impresses you (or doesn't).

I had to get for my collection. Such a wonderful story.

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