Super Sweet Movie Discussion Thread

Watched an 80s classic with our 7 y.o girls. I rarely sit through a whole movie with the kids, but E.T. was fabulous! Just a few scenes when the government agents were hunting poor E.T. that got them a little scared, so parental guidance definitely needed at points. They were enthralled by the story and got really excited by the flying bike scenes. Mum was equally enthralled. :-) One both parent and child can enjoy!

 
Serenity said:
Watched an 80s classic with our 7 y.o girls. I rarely sit through a whole movie with the kids, but E.T. was fabulous! Just a few scenes when the government agents were hunting poor E.T. that got them a little scared, so parental guidance definitely needed at points. They were enthralled by the story and got really excited by the flying bike scenes. Mum was equally enthralled. :-) One both parent and child can enjoy!

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A classic!
 
Serenity said:
Watched an 80s classic with our 7 y.o girls. I rarely sit through a whole movie with the kids, but E.T. was fabulous! Just a few scenes when the government agents were hunting poor E.T. that got them a little scared, so parental guidance definitely needed at points. They were enthralled by the story and got really excited by the flying bike scenes. Mum was equally enthralled. :-) One both parent and child can enjoy!

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Good movie. But this reminds me how much I sometimes despise Hollywood and their ilk.

At the end of the original movie when ET and Elliot fly over the agents on the bike, they are carrying guns.

On the re-releases, Spielberg CGI’d the guns into walkie-talkies. Please

Same thing with the “Han shot first” debate in Star Wars. In the original 1977 version, Han shoots Greedo dead. In the 90’s Lucas went in after the fact and CGI’d Greedo shooting (first) from across a bar table and missing; then Han shoots back and kills Greedo.

Double please.
 
AWP said:
What half-wit takes a movie about Norse gods and a genetically mutated human being fighting in space serious?
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a half-wit that doesn't understand the reasoning for the word serious.. also referencing the load of reviews lauding the movie for that exactly.
 
Ooh-Rah said:
Good movie. But this reminds me how much I sometimes despise Hollywood and their ilk.

At the end of the original movie when ET and Elliot fly over the agents on the bike, they are carrying guns.

On the re-releases, Spielberg CGI’d the guns into walkie-talkies. Please

Same thing with the “Han shot first” debate in Star Wars. In the original 1977 version, Han shoots Greedo dead. In the 90’s Lucas went in after the fact and CGI’d Greedo shooting (first) from across a bar table and missing; then Han shoots back and kills Greedo.

Double please.
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It was the original 80s E.T. version that we were served on cable, so no walkie talkies. A quick google says Spielberg regretted his changes and went back to recommending the original. The charm of these old movies for me is the retro vibe, the puppetry, and the simple messages that I feel still resonate with children today. And as a parent, the most disturbing thing wasn’t the guns, the penis breath or the terrorist reference, it was the mother leaving 10 year old Elliot home alone!

As for George Lucas and his tinkering...My read, once you got me looking into it more closely, was it’s less a Hollywood thing and more like a George Lucas thing... Spielberg was at least repentant. Apparently, Lucas made it difficult to get the originals too.
 

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