E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 1982
	Director: Steven Spielberg (Jaws, Jurassic Park)
	Actors: Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote (Sphere), Drew Barrymore (Scream, Charlie's Angels 1-2)
	Country: USA
	Genre: SF, Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 23.04.2013, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: How a little boy meets a harmless extra-terrestrial stranded on Earth.
Review: After Jaws, I wanted to see this other classic movie recently released in a Blu-ray edition supervised by its director Steven Spielberg. The image and sound quality are indeed very good and probably true to Spielberg's original vision. So good that it is easy to see the defects in the optical and puppet visual effects! But it looks like the director knew it even at the time, as he reveals his main character (E.T.) very slowly, bits by bits, and often back-lit so that the defects are not obvious. This is well done and contributes to the special atmosphere of the film. Actually the movie may have been completely different if photo-realistic CGIs had been available at the time. Now about the story and emotion... well it is not the same as when I saw it as a kid. Watching it again now and in this pristine edition made me appreciate some details I had completely forgotten, it is still a very good movie, an important part in Spielberg's carreer, but now I appreciate it at a different level than what kids do. This may be nostalgy.
Rating: 7 /10