A movie that would never be made today—because its theme integrates the virtue of independence, friendship and defiance—was released in America’s movie theaters 40 years ago today. I saw the motion picture, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, for the first time years after its debut.
The film marks an achievement for director Steven Spielberg, whose film career later took a turn for the worse (his West Side Story remake is bad). Universal Studios, now run by a state-favored utility, released E.T., which was written by the late Melissa Mathison.
Have you seen Leonard Peikoff’s favorite movie? Read my review (available on my website) here.
I never knew it was Peikoff's favorite movie. It's one of mine, too. I haven't watched it in a long time, but your review makes me want to see it again, maybe tonight. The kind of movie I always thought we'd get from Steven Spielberg when I saw it the first time - boy, was that wrong. What fun, what a sense of wonder, and so totally unlike virtually all the 'alien-invasion' movies that came before it.
I never knew it was Peikoff's favorite movie. It's one of mine, too. I haven't watched it in a long time, but your review makes me want to see it again, maybe tonight. The kind of movie I always thought we'd get from Steven Spielberg when I saw it the first time - boy, was that wrong. What fun, what a sense of wonder, and so totally unlike virtually all the 'alien-invasion' movies that came before it.