Many people would call this one of their favourite movies. I would not.
My first reaction to watching E.T was:
No one told me he dies.... </3
I don't think I would like this movie if I were a child. I was definitely creeped out by the little E.T and I can imagine I would be petrified as a child. The movie itself was okay but I wouldn't call it my favourite. I watched up until he died...I was so disappointed that a children's movie would have the little thing die, so I went out. When I came home I thought I would give it another shot. I finished watching the movie and found out he does come back to life which makes the movie slightly better. I also think that the movie would have been more awesome if Elliott went home with E.T, I seriously thought he would go home with him. I would have if I were him. It doesn't look like he's got much going on at home. Personally my favourite thing about E.T is his neck, his long giraffe like neck.
(Question: How many of you understood everything in the movie when you first saw it? I was confused as an adult. Am I just dumb or?? I did not understand at the beginning when there were these peeps searching for E.T what they wanted him for- I thought they were studying him and he escaped and they were just looking for him and they'd give up. Then I didn't understand why E.T was dying. Did Elliott not feed him right, did he need more than Reese's Pieces and beer or better tasting beer? I also thought he missed his alien planet just. I thought he just wanted to make a phone call to his blood. I didn't know he wanted to get the heck outta there. I also didn't understand why his heart started glowing at the end... maybe I was just not cut out to understand sci fi. E.T would have had to spell it out for me and say a little more than just E.T phone home. I'd tell him he is home...)
After the movie, I did a tonnnn of googling about it. I wanted to know who the who played E.T's voice, if it was a computer generated thing or animatronic? I found out a lot of cool things that made me like the movie more. Firstly, it being a movie made in 1982 E.T looks quite real...
The internet told me that E.T's voice was played by a woman who was a long time smoker and it was crazy to find out she was only paid around $350 bucks (I wonder if she could ask for more now??) I was pretty sure that E.T was animated and not real but Wikipedia says he's a costume. There was a lot of work apparently put into his costume- I think he's worth a millie. Then I was shocked when I found out who played E.T- 2 midgets and a kid born without legs/feet.... WOAH didn't see that coming. There are some scenes where E.T is wobbling, stumbling and falling and the kid without legs played those parts walking on his hands giving E.T a more realistic look.
All in all the research made me enjoy and appreciate the movie more- for a movie made in 1982, E.T was ahead of his time looking so dang real. E.T was a big hit at the box office too, it was released twice making more than a billion dollars total. E.T was number one in sales until Jurassic Park.
I googled for images of E.T to put up on my blog and this has to be my favourite:
Photo Credit: www.camp666.com
You know he's popular when he takes awkward family photos with MJ...
MJ and ET creepy
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