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Is E.T. the most emotionally effective movie ever made?
Posted on 11/6/22 at 7:07 pm
Posted on 11/6/22 at 7:07 pm
I don't know anyone with a soul who isn't a complete blubbering mess as the end of that film.
It came out 40 years ago and still hits you like freight train for the final act, but especially the last 15 mins.
I don't know how he took an ugly inanimate puppet and manipulated the emotions of everyone who ever saw it so vastly, but Spielberg did it ( with a gigantic assist from John Williams) and I don't know if it has or will ever be matched.
It came out 40 years ago and still hits you like freight train for the final act, but especially the last 15 mins.
I don't know how he took an ugly inanimate puppet and manipulated the emotions of everyone who ever saw it so vastly, but Spielberg did it ( with a gigantic assist from John Williams) and I don't know if it has or will ever be matched.
This post was edited on 11/6/22 at 7:09 pm
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Posted on 11/6/22 at 7:14 pm to Jack Ruby
Do people on the internet ever ask questions they want answered "No"?
Posted on 11/6/22 at 7:17 pm to Jack Ruby
Old Yeller
This post was edited on 11/6/22 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 11/6/22 at 7:23 pm to CU_Tigers4life
quote:You typed 0ld Yeller instead of Old Yeller
0ld Yeller
DID YOU THINK I WOULDN'T NOTICE???
Posted on 11/6/22 at 7:26 pm to Jack Ruby
I distinctly remember sitting in a theatre as a little kid watching ET and being confused that so many adults were crying. I thought crying was something you did when you were hurt or someone died.
Posted on 11/6/22 at 7:30 pm to Kafka
quote:
You typed 0ld Yeller instead of Old Yeller
DID YOU THINK I WOULDN'T NOTICE???
Made you look
Posted on 11/6/22 at 7:36 pm to Jack Ruby
It’s overrated. Way overrated.
Posted on 11/6/22 at 7:38 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:
Is E.T. the most emotionally effective movie ever made?
This post was edited on 11/6/22 at 7:39 pm
Posted on 11/6/22 at 7:42 pm to Jack Ruby
I got choked up on E.T., but I know, for me, it's because I tend to mirror the emotions of male characters who are sad, crying or grieving.
I don't feel the slightest sympathy or empathy when I see an actress crying anymore. I think Julia Roberts' over-the-top snot-filled ugly cry in Steel Magnolia was the nail-in-the-cofin & cured me of any sad-girl empathy.
If a male actor is mourning the loss of his father/mother, brother/sister, good friend, wife/gf or dog, I tend to get the feels. Whereas, sh*t like Rose crying over losing Jack just makes me yell, "B*tch you could've made room!"
I don't feel the slightest sympathy or empathy when I see an actress crying anymore. I think Julia Roberts' over-the-top snot-filled ugly cry in Steel Magnolia was the nail-in-the-cofin & cured me of any sad-girl empathy.
If a male actor is mourning the loss of his father/mother, brother/sister, good friend, wife/gf or dog, I tend to get the feels. Whereas, sh*t like Rose crying over losing Jack just makes me yell, "B*tch you could've made room!"
Posted on 11/6/22 at 8:37 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:
I don't know anyone with a soul who isn't a complete blubbering mess as the end of that film.
Pops Midnight (RIP) cried like a baby at the end of The Champ and was unaffected by E.T.
Your answer here is The Champ, my brother.
(ETA: or the other big performer in early part of this thread, Old Yeller is right up there with The Champ.)
This post was edited on 11/6/22 at 8:39 pm
Posted on 11/6/22 at 8:42 pm to Jack Ruby
If it was a new release, tunnel-vision right wingers on this board would post a YouTube link to a neckbeard talking about it making white males into villains.
I guess Starman would get the same complaint.
I guess Starman would get the same complaint.
Posted on 11/6/22 at 9:00 pm to chinese58
I'm 48 & never/will never see it. Drives my wife nuts.
Posted on 11/6/22 at 9:17 pm to Jack Ruby
Posted on 11/6/22 at 9:27 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:
Is E.T. the most emotionally effective movie ever made?
Posted on 11/6/22 at 9:49 pm to CU_Tigers4life
“ Lucky for us, son, but it weren’t lucky for Old Yeller “.
Posted on 11/6/22 at 10:24 pm to Jack Ruby
in this scene, when this line is spoken, it's just like any other line in the movie....
but when those trumpets drop
HO
LEE
shite
but when those trumpets drop
HO
LEE
shite
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:36 pm to Jack Ruby
It’s the best movie ever made when it comes to connecting you to your childhood self. I just break down in tears at the ending. Not sure if it’s the most emotionally effective movie ever made, but no movie pulls off childhood innocence and ignorance as does E.T. The film is a masterpiece.
EDIT: And the fact Henry Thomas portraying Elliott didn’t get a Best Actor nomination, when he outright probably should have won it that year, is a travesty. Has to be one of the biggest Oscar snubs of all time, certainly in nominations. It’s probably the greatest child performance of all time.
EDIT: And the fact Henry Thomas portraying Elliott didn’t get a Best Actor nomination, when he outright probably should have won it that year, is a travesty. Has to be one of the biggest Oscar snubs of all time, certainly in nominations. It’s probably the greatest child performance of all time.
This post was edited on 11/6/22 at 11:43 pm
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:51 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:
I don't know how he took an ugly inanimate puppet and manipulated the emotions of everyone who ever saw it so vastly, but Spielberg did it
I’ll tell you how he did it. Unlike almost every other film, Spielberg filmed the movie chronologically to get the best performances out of his actors so they bond with one another and the alien. It cost an arm and a leg to do it, but it was the obvious correct decision and really paid off. E.T. is Spielberg’s best directed film. No one else could have shot that movie that way.
This post was edited on 11/6/22 at 11:53 pm
Posted on 11/7/22 at 12:12 am to OMLandshark
quote:
And the fact Henry Thomas portraying Elliott didn’t get a Best Actor nomination, when he outright probably should have won it that year, is a travesty. Has to be one of the biggest Oscar snubs of all time, certainly in nominations. It’s p
I remember seeing either his audition or screen test, he stood there in front of those people and made himself completely break down, they were just like "holy frick kid, you got it"
Posted on 11/7/22 at 12:16 am to OMLandshark
I want to know about the tech that actually made ETs pupils dilate like they did.
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