E.T. The Extraterrestrial

Intro : Maybe he's not that smart. Maybe he's like a worker bee who only knows how to push buttons or something.

They say it is a classic, an all time great and is also one among the Top 10 Sci-Fi movies ever made (AFI List). But having said all this, I never had a chance to watch ET; I would have been an infant when the movie hit the theatres. I wanted to watch this movie for a long time having heard so much about it.

The AVI of ET was not working with GoM, hence I downloaded VLC with Codec’s to watch this movie. And Finally I did manage to watch the movie 28 years from its original release date. But to my disappointment ET, the movie merely felt like a prequel to Koi Mil Gaya, with a squirmy little thing in the name of alien roaming around the house. Jadoo seems to be a better Alien when compared to ET after watching the movie.

Why should a Genius like Spielberg make the Aliens look so ghastly, ET will be able to win the Gold Medal for the ugliest thing to ever hit the screens, hands down. ET looked like a cross of the Vodafone Pug Doggy, a Chimpanzee and a frog. I cant imagine the mental character of the kids who would love such a thing even though it is an Alien. There should be a parental advice not to show this movie to the kids but that was missing in the movie.

The Movie doesn’t have any special storyline as such… An Alien comes from Mars or god knows where, makes buddy with kids and then leaves to its original place…

If we carefully see all the movies, made for kids, the Climax will always put all the characters back to their original places where they belong restoring order(Except for UP, which was a real classic movie). Following that logic even Drew Barrymore would have guessed that ET will anyway finally make it to Mars or for that matter even Pandora from where he could be from.

So the climax is guessable, now what about the narrative – ET comes – Learns English – Makes Friends – Drinks – Parties – Goes Sick – Dies – and is reborn again without any logic – Says goodbye and leaves…

So what’s the big deal then… Everey thing is back in its original position restoring order.

The Narrative clearly lacks strength and logic. I agree with the fact that we are watching something that created a whole genre of new age Sci-Fi movies, during its time of release. I too agree that Sci-Fi movies have a lesser shelf life when compared to the rest of the genres. But ET is clearly one such Sci-Fi movie which has passed its Expiry date.

Review Summary
One Liner: Who said ET is Sci-Fi, it is a kids fantasy movie.
What should I do: Watch it once at least for the hype.
My Score: 4 / 10.