I grew up in socal around this era in the suburbs backed up to the mountains just like the neighborhood in the movie. Me and my friends rode our bikes everywhere. Just seeing them on their bikes in the neighborhood is extremely nostalgic for me. It's worth mentioning that the music score is one of the best of all time. I have no idea the final scene was filmed with the score in mind. One of the most magical movies ever created.
The thing I’ve always loved is when ET tells Elliot “I’ll be right here” he points to his head, as if reminding him that these few days and their time together will be something to cherish in his memories, and that as long as he remembers ET, ET will still be with him. It’s an important message for anyone we’ve lost, like Elliot losing his dad.
I can't even watch this review without crying. Elliot and I were 'born' in the same year, so you can imagine the impact it had on me as a kid when it first came out. It's the first film I saw more than once in the theatre. Then I got the album, and later the VHS, DVD, BluRay etc. This year on a trip to California I spent an afternoon visiting the film locations in North Los Angeles. So yes, for me this is the best film ever made.
Watching behind the scenes moments of Spielberg working with kid actors is always heartwarming. He always treats them with respect and works with both their abilities and limitations.
A few years ago, myself, my parents, and an old family friend got to see ET with a live orchestra. It was incredible to revisit the film and highlight Williams’ amazing score. I was deeply impressed at how well it all held up. Truly a timeless and beautiful film!
i was coming here to leave the exact same comment!! Thank you Eric... this channel is incredible! Please keep doing more and more of my childhood favorites! Something so special about remembering how innocent I also used to be 💖
I was weirded out when the person at the entrance asked for me and my brother’s names, but then felt so surprised and happy when ET thanked us for helping him.
I was fourteen in 1982 when this came out and it pulled the heart strings pretty hard. I saw it ten times in the theatre that year between the summer and Christmas. I had the trading bubble gum cards, the toy finger that lit up, the book and the soundtrack on vinyl which I still have. It came back to the theatre in 1985 and saw it again. Back to the future was the hit in summer of 85. In 1985, I saw E.T., Back to the future and ghostbusters which also came back to theatres in 85. It was a great experience.
Erik, I swear I'm going to be tearing up all month long with how beautifully you break down these Spielberg movies, lol I've had an interesting relationship with this movie. As a kid I watched it multiple times, mainly as it kept being shown on T.V. (even thought I know I had the VHS). But as an adult, I think I gave in to an incorrect mentality that I should "leave this movie behind in my childhood" and the funny thing is, I'm not even sure why. I did see the 2002 re-release in theaters. CGI E.T. was fun but probably unnecessary. Honestly I didn't even notice the 'guns to walk-talkies' thing until after I heard people talking about it. But I'm glad that Spielberg changed it back so now that's the version I'll be seeking out. Being a kid of the 80s, I had forgotten how representative this movie is of my childhood (especially that Halloween scene). Maybe being a father now has changed how I view things I mistakenly thought I should leave in childhood as now I can share those things with my own son in hopes it will help him understand his father, like Spielberg sought to understand his own father. Thank you, Erik, for reminding me why this was an important movie from my childhood!
At least Steven Spielberg realized and owned up to his mistake in recent interviews. They put the guns back in for the later anniversary edition releases of the movie. I had to double check my 'E. T." Blu-Ray, it's the 2012 release, so it's the proper, original, non-sanitized version.
This was the first movie I saw in a movie theater! I went with my parents and sat on top of my mom’s purse so I could see over the adults in front of me. I remember freaking out and crying when the men in hazmat suits took over the house and ET died, and my parents frantically calming me down saying, “look at the plant! He’s going to be ok!!” I still cry every time the plant comes back to life.
Something about the lighting in the movie makes it feel more like a dream or a fairy tale... The shadows, bright lights and fog makes the screen bright and dreamy... Really beautiful cinematography there ❤
I will be honest, this movie scarred me A LOT as a kid. I have never been able to watch it as an adult. I think it's the whole thing with ET dying and the house all covered in tubes and Elliott's emotionality. I still feel like it would be overwhelming.
The ending always hurt me so much. I was an orphan, and have never to this day felt a place anywhere in the world. Seeing ET leave Elliot behind at the end hurt me so much. Still can’t watch the end without having a full breakdown
I was 6 when ET came out, saw it twice in the theater and once at the drive in, and it has always been one of my top 10 movies. I carried an ET doll for 3 years, and had an ET lunchbox that I used until it fell apart. Reeses Pieces even became my favorite candy for years because of the movie. I love this movie still as a 48 year old man, watch it a couple times a year. Thank you for making this, several things I didn't know about this great film.
I actually got to be the kid in the bike during a Universal Studios Hollywood ET experience during the Tram Tour. It was so much fun! My dad faked us out by switching the VHS when we weren't looking when we first got this movie at home. We thought we were going to watch Alice in Wonderland and he switched it to ET.
Erik, I'll tell you how I felt after watching the movie. I cried like a baby, this is peak cinema. Music was the main cause for emotional rollercoaster.
Thanks for such a sweet deep dive EriK. This film is special to me too! Such an important film for me as a kid! As an adult, the music really takes me back. When that score kicks in as Elliot flies across the moon.. so moving and nostaglic. The pairing of John Williams and Spielberg is genius. Music is so imperative in the quality of film and TV projects...something we're seeing now with the new season of Loki...fantastic.
I haven't re-watched it as an adult yet, but I loved it as a kid. I loved riding my bike, loved Reese's Pieces, and loved the ride too at Universal Studios (Hollywood) as others have expressed. I'll never forget way E.T. was able to say my name at the end of the ride.
Omg, I loved watching this. Erik, why you got me crying? I saw this movie 8 times in the movie theater, and I cried each and every time. My 8 y.o. is very happy & sad right now.
4:36 I do like that change of camera perspective and the reason behind it makes sense! Instead of just trying something new and it looking silly you literally see and understand their point of view
4:27 Voss got me hyped for another video while I’m diving deep into this one 👏🏽 love this channel and I saw something like this happening and used to think why doesn’t Voss do his own thing as well, and here we go
My strongest connection to this movie is the ride at Universal Studios. It was the only vacation my family ever took in my childhood. I got ET in my basket, and in 1994, the effects were borderline miraculous. I recently revisited it in 2018, and I swear the ride still holds up.
@onewen Yes! That too! The whole thing was just magic. Especially when you're young. The kids I saw on the ride a few years ago were enjoying it just as much now.
@ThatSirius I didn't know that! I'm so glad they didn't shut it down because the ride is great. It still holds up. That might be nostalgia talking, but I really think it does.
It's the only original ride left in Universal Studios! Everyone who goes to that park should be sure to ride it at least once, so the numbers stay up and they won't have an excuse to close it and replace it with something more recent.
@DeepDiveNR are you still planning on doing a deep dive on Lost? Would love to see it! I recently curated a series re-watch with the family and it was a really rewarding experience
I remember watching this movie for the first time when E.T. was re-released in theaters back in 2002 (that was also when I saw Jurassic Park 3 around that time). This movie surprised me, even seeing Drew Barrymore as a child shocked me. I remember crying my eyes out when E.T. died, and then came back. I remember quoting E.T. for years, because it moved me. - *"E.T. phone home"* - *"Elliott"* - *"Ouch"* - *"Be good"* - *"I'll be right here"* Watching that movie made me a Spielberg fan for life. Watching that "sequel" commercial back in 2015, with Henry Thomas back as Elliott with a family of his own, actually made me want an actual follow-up. Of course, who wasn't in awe of the bike scene growing up???
When I first saw ET as a kid, he terrified me lmao. But watching it now, as a 27 year old, it fills me with joy. This movie feels like the realization of every kids dream. The heart and imagination that was put into this film stands the test of time. And I think John Williams’ score here is his best score. I always get chills on the ending when the music swells as everyone watches ET and his family leave earth.
This is my favorite movie of all times. Is so perfect. I can't avoid crying like a baby from the first note of Williams at the beginning to the very end. This is pure magic.
I first watched ET at my neighbor's house. We were extremely close when we were young, although we had slowly grown apart over the years but in a natural-feeling way. I always think of him and his family when I watch this movie!
Amazing breakdown, Erik and team! Thank you for bringing back those feelings of aww, excitement, and wonder that I had when I first watched this movie. It's an all-time favorite, and I can't wait til I can share this with my son.
One of my all time favorites and the first movie that I cried watching. In school we had a creative writing assignment to rewrite the end of a movie and I chose ET, writing it so that Elliott climbed aboard the craft and went to ETs planet with him. I got a different perspective on why these aliens were collecting plants during an interview with Stephen Spielberg, he said ET is a plant.
This was the only movie i bought the sound track too and listened to it when felling down but mostly to go to sleep to i still have the original VHS and its because the music matched the emotions i was feeling at each scene the trumpets at the end always makes me want to take a deep breath and smile
My first (and second) time seeing this movie was in the theaters. My parents had just divorced. And while I was fortunate that they both decided to stay civilized about their separation for the sack of my sister and I, they both (separately) took us to see this in the theaters. I wasn’t common for us to see a movie in the theaters twice back then. This was the first time for us. And I have to say, something about both of them taking us to see that, made us feel like everything was going to be alright. And it was. I’ll always connect seeing ET with that.
I barely remember getting the cassette when I was 2. From what I was told, a family member thought I would like it. Since then I would watch this movie loads of times. So much that the cassette tape actually tore itself in the VCR. I remember the original VHS tape was green. Thankfully DVD and Blu-Ray have come along to preserve this timeless classic for future generations.
I watched this movie a lot when I was a kid and silly me always thought that Keys was secretly Elliot's father from the way he acted near the end of the movie 😅
I've watch a lot of your deep dives and your description of summer and coming of age made me emotional (in a good way). I love what you are doing, continue the great work!
ET is a classic, I was eight years old when it came out in theaters, it was a huge part of growing up for a lot of people, for me there was another movie completely overshadowed by ET that came out the same year that left a much deeper impression, with many similarities to ET, a space traveler marooned on earth who attempts to become friends with humans while being hunted by others and their adventures along the way. I think about that movie often and the impact it has on my life today, I will never forget, *The Thing*
I remember as a child when I saw the trailer for ET, he scared me. I avoided the movie for a long time because of it. But then, when I was in school, I had to study a film and I chose ET. I’m really glad that I did
E.T was the first movie in theaters that I ever saw...I remember walking to the theater with my brother and mom (it was less than a mile away). We stopped at a small convenience store after the movie and got a couple packs of E.T trading cards. I still have them. I am going in October to meet the cast of this movie (minus Drew) in Richmond and being able to take my son with me after all this time is going to really be amazing, as he loves the movie also.
When I was like 7 I was terrified of e.t. But as I grew older and watched the movie again I realized that it’s a great movie and the bond that they had was so powerful. Me and my dad love watching it.
My son is named Elliot after this, my favorite movie since I can remember watching movies!! 💜 But it took until now for me to realize the title card is in purple and now I'm convinced that's why my favorite color has always been purple, why I love Reese's pieces and Peter pan 😮🫠
This movie was one of my first I my grandma took me too and have so many memories. I ugly cried as I do today because of innocence- this year marks 30 years since she passed away and having that movie is an innocence I remember.
When ET came out, it was not advertised. In the theater I used, it was put in one of the smaller rooms rather than the giant screen. It took 2-3 weeks before they put it on the big theater.
I was real young when I first saw this, so I don’t really remember my first experience with it. But when they came out with Independence Day, they ran an ad that looked like an actual news segment that the aliens in the movie were really coming to earth. And I remember getting scared and asking my dad if that was really happening. But this deep dive really helped me reconnect to how I felt as a kid when I had this movie available to watch.
i don't really remember my feelings during the movie, but i remember my sister's vividly. she was BAWLING when ET died, and laughing through the tears when he came back to life. An absolutely indelible memory.
You know, I'm 50 years old. I haven't seen E.T. in a while, buy dammit if you didn't make me tear up again from some of the heartfelt scenes. Damn you DD... damn you!
Last spring i took a college course about all of the movies released Summer 1982, so your series here is just perfectly timed for me. All of these are fresh on my brain 😂
This made me tear up, just like the movie did. By the way, I watched The Fablemans because of you and it was sooo good! Everyone should watch it, it’s just a great film, and I’d never heard of it before you brought it up. Thank you!
Ugh! Watched this in the theater when I was 8 with my 13 yr old older brother. I couldn't help projecting my brother and my relationship onto Elliot and Michael. First time I remember crying watching a movie. Vividly remember the scene when Michael finds ET in the canal, This 8 yr old was balling 😢
ET is my favorite movie. a couple of years ago i was talking with some coworkers and we came with 2 conclusions. I think The Asogians might be force sensitive but may have vowed never to join the Jedi Order because of their peaceful nature since you never see one in the Jedi Temples. OR, only ET was strong enough with the Force where he could have become a Jedi had he had some training and all the other ones in his species can communicate telepathically.
My first movie as a kid that I remember being an experience before I saw it.. I had et chocolates and a Callander, drawing books and toys. And watched it many times since. My own children have seen it, and I always found myself watching there reactions as the movie played out. One of the best! Note… After he pulled off CEOTTK! Before this is again a great tribute to the filmmakers amazing filmography.
So my father had seen this in a small single screen theatre in India in 82/83 when the movie had come out. It was a limited release and he was a fan of close encounters. Then 20 years later the 20th Anniversary of ET he had taken me in an IMAX theatre to see it. it was mind blowing.. the connect of ET and Elliot, the special effects, especially bike flying scene ( with elloit over the moon) was a dream. When I visited the Madam Tussads Wax Musem in London about 10 years later, I went by the ET exhibit and sat on the bike with ET in the basket.. it was rather drem come true. I've been a fan of the SCI FI world that Steven Speilberg has built , Saw READY PLAYER one also the moment it released.
I saw this movie as a kid with my (divorced) dad. I remember thinking it was slow. I fell asleep. I perhaps caught bits and pieces of it over the years. I of course loved the music. I just re-watched it again at the drive in with my family (spouse and kids). WOW, what a movie. I laughed a ton, and also cried at the death and resurrection scenes. It's quite something to watch it again after many years, as an adult and parent...and a Gen Xer. (The mom left her kids at home! GASP!!!) My next viewing won't be as long this time. Side-note: Mr. Rod Bennett of the "Popcorn Cathedral", said once in a lecture in 1998 that E.T.'s resurrection scene, whether Spielberg meant it or not, had quite the Christian imagery; what with the smoke billowing out, E.T. in a white gown, and his heart glowing (reminiscent of the Sacred Heart). That always stuck with me. Hmmm....
It’s cool how at first in the Gertie screaming scene it whip pans from her popping through the door to ETs jump scare scream. And then after that it shows her scream. Just cool how Spielberg didn’t show ET as the monster at first, ET was the horror movie protagonist analog at first.
I had to be taken out of the theatre when we went to see ET because he scared me! Apparently, I screamed and started crying, haha! I didn't really watch it much growing up. Then, a few years ago, my parents got my husband a copy of the blu ray for Christmas. HIs only experience of the movie was a low quality VHS. We were blown away by how GORGEOUS this movie is, haha! I now have more respect and fondness for it, especially the score.
ET is one of my all time favourite movies, my Mum took me to see it when I was 8 years old. Now, over 40 years later I still cry every time. Even just seeing the clip of the last scene got me!! Thank you Erik for a fantastic deep dive.
I was 10.5 when this came out & though we didn't have a lot of money to spare for non-essentials, my mom & I had seen a preview for ET & decided that was going to be our splurge that month. We went to the nearby theater & caught the last show before matinee prices ended & evening prices took effect @4pm, so like 2:30-3:00. We even bought popcorn there rather than make it @ home cheaper & sneak it in in ziploc bags. We both loved it & talked about it for days! Definitely the right choice. I can't even remember what other movies were coming out that month or what my other fun option had been that month. (As I really loved books I often opted for a used book or 2 from the bookstore over an outing, because you can read them over & over.) The only other movie that impacted me that much (as a kid anyway) was when Star Wars came out a little before my 6th birthday, & though we were even tighter on money at that time my mom found out that 1 theater in our city extended its showings & kept it on for 2 more weeks. I remember eating @ home right before we went & mom snuck in some cheap can sodas in her purse. I can still remember the opening, reading along (mom helped with the biggest words, but I actually read most of it). I was so enthralled the whole movie, & that was the instant that all the fairy tales & Dr Seuss read to me melded with all the westerns I watched with my dad & I have been a scifi lover since. By the time ET came out I had watched so many Star Trek reruns with my mom & read quite a lot. Every scifi book my mom had in the house, including The Martian Chronicles, & whatever I could convince mom to get from the library. Until I was 11, when she finally gave up, she kept trying to keep me from certain things because she was worried violent stuff might give me nightmares. But I literally never got nightmares, even when watching monster movies at friends' houses. Once she gave in I got to read even more, like all her Stephen King books & history-based fiction, & so on. Why did she give in? Cause she figured out my reading level had jumped so high I no longer even needed to ask her to explain anything or look certain words up in the dictionary. Not the fact that I watched westerns & wrestling with my dad since 4-5 or that I'd fully understood what s*x was since I was 7 because of reading through encyclopedias for high schoolers after done with the ones for little kids. Nope. It was that it hit her I really wasn't gonna bug her for explanations but I was gonna bug her for more reading material. 😂 Well, mom, you created this monster that loves to devour scifi & adventure stories! After that she didn't censor any reading material. If she brought it home from the library I could read it too & she didn't even blink @ all the books I borrowed from the school library.
It wasn’t until just recently that I had come to realize that after many years, I consider E.T. to be my favorite film of all time. In addition, I’d like to think that Elliott and Pretty Girl, as she’s credited as, would get together at some point, as I always thought that it was kinda odd that the kiss scene between them was never mentioned again after it occurred in the film, or Pretty Girl even appearing again after that scene, as I’d like to think that she was present among the crowd of people outside of the Taylor’s household when it was quarantined.
In elementary and middle school, I always liked to watch this when I stayed home sick, because of seeing Elliot do the same (even when he wasn't actually sick). My family unfortunately has the edited version of the movie with the walkie talkies. But I think an obvious answer for why Spielberg made the edit was because it wasn't long after 9/11, and he must've wanted something a little less violent and threatening
I think it may have had more to do with the international market. I remember reading that ET was criticized in some northern European country -- maybe it was Holland -- for making the adults seem so villainous.
I grew up in socal around this era in the suburbs backed up to the mountains just like the neighborhood in the movie. Me and my friends rode our bikes everywhere. Just seeing them on their bikes in the neighborhood is extremely nostalgic for me. It's worth mentioning that the music score is one of the best of all time. I have no idea the final scene was filmed with the score in mind. One of the most magical movies ever created.
The thing I’ve always loved is when ET tells Elliot “I’ll be right here” he points to his head, as if reminding him that these few days and their time together will be something to cherish in his memories, and that as long as he remembers ET, ET will still be with him. It’s an important message for anyone we’ve lost, like Elliot losing his dad.
😢 didn’t connect the dad loss too. Well said.
I always cried at the end of E.T. when he says that. 😢
I just bought the fanhome e.t. anyone done that? Experience?
@@heffr001 same 😢
I can't even watch this review without crying. Elliot and I were 'born' in the same year, so you can imagine the impact it had on me as a kid when it first came out. It's the first film I saw more than once in the theatre. Then I got the album, and later the VHS, DVD, BluRay etc. This year on a trip to California I spent an afternoon visiting the film locations in North Los Angeles. So yes, for me this is the best film ever made.
Watching behind the scenes moments of Spielberg working with kid actors is always heartwarming. He always treats them with respect and works with both their abilities and limitations.
A few years ago, myself, my parents, and an old family friend got to see ET with a live orchestra. It was incredible to revisit the film and highlight Williams’ amazing score. I was deeply impressed at how well it all held up. Truly a timeless and beautiful film!
I love Erik and the editors breaking down these original classics for us. This is an amazing channel ❤
Glad they covered replacing all the guns with walkie talkies hahaha south park made so much fun of that
i was coming here to leave the exact same comment!! Thank you Eric... this channel is incredible! Please keep doing more and more of my childhood favorites! Something so special about remembering how innocent I also used to be 💖
You're an amazing channel
@@KaladinVegapunkwhen/how?
The ride at Universal Florida is crazily accurate to this movie. Haven't seen the full movie, but the parts I've seen, are good.
We went there on our honeymoon. We'll always have that special memory of ET saying our names at the end.
Awesome ride!
I’ve also never seen the full movie 😅 (the humans scared me too much in my youth) but always made it a point to take my family on the ride 😊
I was weirded out when the person at the entrance asked for me and my brother’s names, but then felt so surprised and happy when ET thanked us for helping him.
Please watch the full movie. It’s pretty rad. Cheers!
I was fourteen in 1982 when this came out and it pulled the heart strings pretty hard. I saw it ten times in the theatre that year between the summer and Christmas. I had the trading bubble gum cards, the toy finger that lit up, the book and the soundtrack on vinyl which I still have. It came back to the theatre in 1985 and saw it again. Back to the future was the hit in summer of 85. In 1985, I saw E.T., Back to the future and ghostbusters which also came back to theatres in 85. It was a great experience.
Does this mean you're 54? I did the math
I had to google E.T toy finger and it's everything I imagined. 😂
@@Skiller131Wow, basic subtraction. Congrats lol. But you still asked for validation?
Erik, I swear I'm going to be tearing up all month long with how beautifully you break down these Spielberg movies, lol
I've had an interesting relationship with this movie. As a kid I watched it multiple times, mainly as it kept being shown on T.V. (even thought I know I had the VHS). But as an adult, I think I gave in to an incorrect mentality that I should "leave this movie behind in my childhood" and the funny thing is, I'm not even sure why.
I did see the 2002 re-release in theaters. CGI E.T. was fun but probably unnecessary. Honestly I didn't even notice the 'guns to walk-talkies' thing until after I heard people talking about it. But I'm glad that Spielberg changed it back so now that's the version I'll be seeking out.
Being a kid of the 80s, I had forgotten how representative this movie is of my childhood (especially that Halloween scene). Maybe being a father now has changed how I view things I mistakenly thought I should leave in childhood as now I can share those things with my own son in hopes it will help him understand his father, like Spielberg sought to understand his own father.
Thank you, Erik, for reminding me why this was an important movie from my childhood!
At least Steven Spielberg realized and owned up to his mistake in recent interviews. They put the guns back in for the later anniversary edition releases of the movie. I had to double check my 'E. T." Blu-Ray, it's the 2012 release, so it's the proper, original, non-sanitized version.
This was the first film I remember seeing in the cinema. It was magical.
This was the first movie I saw in a movie theater! I went with my parents and sat on top of my mom’s purse so I could see over the adults in front of me. I remember freaking out and crying when the men in hazmat suits took over the house and ET died, and my parents frantically calming me down saying, “look at the plant! He’s going to be ok!!” I still cry every time the plant comes back to life.
I always get emotional watchn those scenes too!
Something about the lighting in the movie makes it feel more like a dream or a fairy tale... The shadows, bright lights and fog makes the screen bright and dreamy... Really beautiful cinematography there ❤
It still makes me want to play D&D. It’s the ceiling lamp..
As I watch this movie over and over again I cry every time I watch it
I remember leaving the theater, and as I was walking up the aisle, there were people still sitting with tears in their eyes.
I will be honest, this movie scarred me A LOT as a kid. I have never been able to watch it as an adult. I think it's the whole thing with ET dying and the house all covered in tubes and Elliott's emotionality. I still feel like it would be overwhelming.
The ending always hurt me so much. I was an orphan, and have never to this day felt a place anywhere in the world. Seeing ET leave Elliot behind at the end hurt me so much. Still can’t watch the end without having a full breakdown
Same. I can’t watch it because of that scene.
ET is my all time fav movie and even videos essays about it make me cry
I was 6 when ET came out, saw it twice in the theater and once at the drive in, and it has always been one of my top 10 movies. I carried an ET doll for 3 years, and had an ET lunchbox that I used until it fell apart. Reeses Pieces even became my favorite candy for years because of the movie. I love this movie still as a 48 year old man, watch it a couple times a year. Thank you for making this, several things I didn't know about this great film.
I actually got to be the kid in the bike during a Universal Studios Hollywood ET experience during the Tram Tour. It was so much fun!
My dad faked us out by switching the VHS when we weren't looking when we first got this movie at home. We thought we were going to watch Alice in Wonderland and he switched it to ET.
Erik, I'll tell you how I felt after watching the movie. I cried like a baby, this is peak cinema. Music was the main cause for emotional rollercoaster.
Thanks for such a sweet deep dive EriK. This film is special to me too! Such an important film for me as a kid! As an adult, the music really takes me back. When that score kicks in as Elliot flies across the moon.. so moving and nostaglic. The pairing of John Williams and Spielberg is genius. Music is so imperative in the quality of film and TV projects...something we're seeing now with the new season of Loki...fantastic.
I haven't re-watched it as an adult yet, but I loved it as a kid. I loved riding my bike, loved Reese's Pieces, and loved the ride too at Universal Studios (Hollywood) as others have expressed. I'll never forget way E.T. was able to say my name at the end of the ride.
Omg, I loved watching this. Erik, why you got me crying? I saw this movie 8 times in the movie theater, and I cried each and every time. My 8 y.o. is very happy & sad right now.
4:36 I do like that change of camera perspective and the reason behind it makes sense! Instead of just trying something new and it looking silly you literally see and understand their point of view
4:27 Voss got me hyped for another video while I’m diving deep into this one 👏🏽 love this channel and I saw something like this happening and used to think why doesn’t Voss do his own thing as well, and here we go
My strongest connection to this movie is the ride at Universal Studios. It was the only vacation my family ever took in my childhood. I got ET in my basket, and in 1994, the effects were borderline miraculous. I recently revisited it in 2018, and I swear the ride still holds up.
The ride is how I identify with this film. Universal wanted to shut it down a few years ago and people made the ride busy again.
YESSSSSS!!! absolutely same here!! 🙋🏻♀and my name at the end 😭😭
@onewen Yes! That too! The whole thing was just magic. Especially when you're young. The kids I saw on the ride a few years ago were enjoying it just as much now.
@ThatSirius I didn't know that! I'm so glad they didn't shut it down because the ride is great. It still holds up. That might be nostalgia talking, but I really think it does.
It's the only original ride left in Universal Studios! Everyone who goes to that park should be sure to ride it at least once, so the numbers stay up and they won't have an excuse to close it and replace it with something more recent.
There is a “magic” in the bike chase scene that literally brought me to tears when I most recently watched this movie.
@DeepDiveNR are you still planning on doing a deep dive on Lost? Would love to see it! I recently curated a series re-watch with the family and it was a really rewarding experience
I would love that. Watched it a couple years ago and it was great. At least in the beginning. cant say I loved the end.
I remember watching this movie for the first time when E.T. was re-released in theaters back in 2002 (that was also when I saw Jurassic Park 3 around that time).
This movie surprised me, even seeing Drew Barrymore as a child shocked me. I remember crying my eyes out when E.T. died, and then came back.
I remember quoting E.T. for years, because it moved me.
- *"E.T. phone home"*
- *"Elliott"*
- *"Ouch"*
- *"Be good"*
- *"I'll be right here"*
Watching that movie made me a Spielberg fan for life. Watching that "sequel" commercial back in 2015, with Henry Thomas back as Elliott with a family of his own, actually made me want an actual follow-up.
Of course, who wasn't in awe of the bike scene growing up???
When I first saw ET as a kid, he terrified me lmao. But watching it now, as a 27 year old, it fills me with joy. This movie feels like the realization of every kids dream. The heart and imagination that was put into this film stands the test of time. And I think John Williams’ score here is his best score. I always get chills on the ending when the music swells as everyone watches ET and his family leave earth.
This is my favorite movie of all times. Is so perfect. I can't avoid crying like a baby from the first note of Williams at the beginning to the very end. This is pure magic.
I first watched ET at my neighbor's house. We were extremely close when we were young, although we had slowly grown apart over the years but in a natural-feeling way. I always think of him and his family when I watch this movie!
I never got to watch this movie. But just the clips are making me cry. What a beautiful film. 😢😢😢
Amazing breakdown, Erik and team! Thank you for bringing back those feelings of aww, excitement, and wonder that I had when I first watched this movie. It's an all-time favorite, and I can't wait til I can share this with my son.
these have to be my absolute favorite videos. i love this channel and all the movies you've dived deep on. thank you voss
The first time I saw this in the theater, when it came to the scene where ET comes back to life, everyone in the theater clapped and cheered.
One of my all time favorites and the first movie that I cried watching. In school we had a creative writing assignment to rewrite the end of a movie and I chose ET, writing it so that Elliott climbed aboard the craft and went to ETs planet with him. I got a different perspective on why these aliens were collecting plants during an interview with Stephen Spielberg, he said ET is a plant.
This was the only movie i bought the sound track too and listened to it when felling down but mostly to go to sleep to i still have the original VHS and its because the music matched the emotions i was feeling at each scene the trumpets at the end always makes me want to take a deep breath and smile
My first (and second) time seeing this movie was in the theaters. My parents had just divorced. And while I was fortunate that they both decided to stay civilized about their separation for the sack of my sister and I, they both (separately) took us to see this in the theaters. I wasn’t common for us to see a movie in the theaters twice back then. This was the first time for us.
And I have to say, something about both of them taking us to see that, made us feel like everything was going to be alright. And it was. I’ll always connect seeing ET with that.
This movie was one of my favs as a good growing up in the 90s. It always makes me feel happy
This breakdown is making me cry, good job Voss
I barely remember getting the cassette when I was 2. From what I was told, a family member thought I would like it. Since then I would watch this movie loads of times. So much that the cassette tape actually tore itself in the VCR. I remember the original VHS tape was green. Thankfully DVD and Blu-Ray have come along to preserve this timeless classic for future generations.
I watched this movie a lot when I was a kid and silly me always thought that Keys was secretly Elliot's father from the way he acted near the end of the movie 😅
E.T. is one of the first movies I can remember watching. Thankfully, it's one of those that's held up when I rewatched it as an adult.
I've watch a lot of your deep dives and your description of summer and coming of age made me emotional (in a good way). I love what you are doing, continue the great work!
Still scarred by the river and death scenes. Absolute nightmare fuel for me as a kid. Shining? Nope. Jason or Freddy? Nope. It was freaking E.T.
What an emotional ride, Voss! Best breakdown yet.
ET is a classic, I was eight years old when it came out in theaters, it was a huge part of growing up for a lot of people, for me there was another movie completely overshadowed by ET that came out the same year that left a much deeper impression, with many similarities to ET, a space traveler marooned on earth who attempts to become friends with humans while being hunted by others and their adventures along the way. I think about that movie often and the impact it has on my life today, I will never forget,
*The Thing*
You are very good at this video essay thing Erik, this one almost made me tear up. I'm going to show ET to my kids now.
I remember as a child when I saw the trailer for ET, he scared me. I avoided the movie for a long time because of it. But then, when I was in school, I had to study a film and I chose ET. I’m really glad that I did
I was 11'years old when I saw the movie in theaters. I cried so hard near the end of movie, I promised to never see the again (in full).
End of Gen X here, ET was the first movie I saw at the cinema
Shotguns to Walkie Talkies in 2002...One number...911.
I'm glad he came to his senses. Great work as always.
The CGI in the 2002 one is so horrible 😭
E.T had such a charm with his big dented head and wrinkles, BUT THEN THEY GAVE HIM *BOTOX*
E.T was the first movie in theaters that I ever saw...I remember walking to the theater with my brother and mom (it was less than a mile away). We stopped at a small convenience store after the movie and got a couple packs of E.T trading cards. I still have them. I am going in October to meet the cast of this movie (minus Drew) in Richmond and being able to take my son with me after all this time is going to really be amazing, as he loves the movie also.
When I was like 7 I was terrified of e.t. But as I grew older and watched the movie again I realized that it’s a great movie and the bond that they had was so powerful. Me and my dad love watching it.
My son is named Elliot after this, my favorite movie since I can remember watching movies!! 💜 But it took until now for me to realize the title card is in purple and now I'm convinced that's why my favorite color has always been purple, why I love Reese's pieces and Peter pan 😮🫠
I can’t believe it you’re the first person that’s ever mention me and my boys for doing the stunts in the bike chase
John Williams is one of the best composers of our time.
This movie was one of my first I my grandma took me too and have so many memories. I ugly cried as I do today because of innocence- this year marks 30 years since she passed away and having that movie is an innocence I remember.
Seems I can't even watch a Deep Dive of E.T. without crying! I was 8 when it came out, and my heart still breaks!
Am I the only one who thinks E.T. looks terrifying ?? As a kid in the late 80's, I was scared of E.T.'s design, but I watched the VHS many times !!
3:23 aww wow I absolutely loveeee this 👏🏽 they wouldn’t really do that these days but they should more often
I love this so much. Keep up the good work EA VOSS. This was my favorite movie growing up the 80’s
When ET came out, it was not advertised. In the theater I used, it was put in one of the smaller rooms rather than the giant screen. It took 2-3 weeks before they put it on the big theater.
I was real young when I first saw this, so I don’t really remember my first experience with it. But when they came out with Independence Day, they ran an ad that looked like an actual news segment that the aliens in the movie were really coming to earth. And I remember getting scared and asking my dad if that was really happening. But this deep dive really helped me reconnect to how I felt as a kid when I had this movie available to watch.
Classic Flick that is a truly timeless. Henry deserved a oscar nomination.
i don't really remember my feelings during the movie, but i remember my sister's vividly. she was BAWLING when ET died, and laughing through the tears when he came back to life. An absolutely indelible memory.
Brother this video is awesome. I can’t wait till spooky season comes around again for the re watch 😎
I always thought the reason ET gets sick is because the entire time he’s on Earth all he eats is candy and beer
You know, I'm 50 years old. I haven't seen E.T. in a while, buy dammit if you didn't make me tear up again from some of the heartfelt scenes. Damn you DD... damn you!
One of the best movies ever made.
Last spring i took a college course about all of the movies released Summer 1982, so your series here is just perfectly timed for me. All of these are fresh on my brain 😂
This made me tear up, just like the movie did. By the way, I watched The Fablemans because of you and it was sooo good! Everyone should watch it, it’s just a great film, and I’d never heard of it before you brought it up. Thank you!
Ugh! Watched this in the theater when I was 8 with my 13 yr old older brother. I couldn't help projecting my brother and my relationship onto Elliot and Michael. First time I remember crying watching a movie. Vividly remember the scene when Michael finds ET in the canal, This 8 yr old was balling 😢
ET is my favorite movie. a couple of years ago i was talking with some coworkers and we came with 2 conclusions. I think The Asogians might be force sensitive but may have vowed never to join the Jedi Order because of their peaceful nature since you never see one in the Jedi Temples. OR, only ET was strong enough with the Force where he could have become a Jedi had he had some training and all the other ones in his species can communicate telepathically.
Love this film and score. Can’t have one without the other.
My first movie as a kid that I remember being an experience before I saw it..
I had et chocolates and a Callander, drawing books and toys.
And watched it many times since.
My own children have seen it, and I always found myself watching there reactions as the movie played out.
One of the best!
Note…
After he pulled off CEOTTK! Before this is again a great tribute to the filmmakers amazing filmography.
You are SO good at this and I APPRECIATE you SO MUCH!
So my father had seen this in a small single screen theatre in India in 82/83 when the movie had come out. It was a limited release and he was a fan of close encounters. Then 20 years later the 20th Anniversary of ET he had taken me in an IMAX theatre to see it. it was mind blowing.. the connect of ET and Elliot, the special effects, especially bike flying scene ( with elloit over the moon) was a dream. When I visited the Madam Tussads Wax Musem in London about 10 years later, I went by the ET exhibit and sat on the bike with ET in the basket.. it was rather drem come true. I've been a fan of the SCI FI world that Steven Speilberg has built , Saw READY PLAYER one also the moment it released.
My favorite movie of all time! My first movie in a theater! I cried just watching this breakdown-as I do every single time I rewatch this movie! ❤️
I saw this movie as a kid with my (divorced) dad. I remember thinking it was slow. I fell asleep. I perhaps caught bits and pieces of it over the years. I of course loved the music. I just re-watched it again at the drive in with my family (spouse and kids). WOW, what a movie. I laughed a ton, and also cried at the death and resurrection scenes. It's quite something to watch it again after many years, as an adult and parent...and a Gen Xer. (The mom left her kids at home! GASP!!!) My next viewing won't be as long this time. Side-note: Mr. Rod Bennett of the "Popcorn Cathedral", said once in a lecture in 1998 that E.T.'s resurrection scene, whether Spielberg meant it or not, had quite the Christian imagery; what with the smoke billowing out, E.T. in a white gown, and his heart glowing (reminiscent of the Sacred Heart). That always stuck with me. Hmmm....
Such a classic! This movie today is still why if I ever see Reese's Piece I buy them but it is getting rarer and rarer.
ZODIAC DEEPDIVE?! Yes please! I’d love to see Erik branch out into Fincher and maybe some none nerdy movies 😄
When will we get more movies like this!? 😭😭
That ET sequel commercial was beautiful
Love the Spielberg breakdowns Erik! Maybe the Edgar Wright films next??
@@DeepDiveNR Perfect Films! Scott Pilgrim and Baby Driver too!
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Yessss baby driver is so underrated!
I remember watching this movie for the first time last Christmas i watched it with my mom and loving it
It’s cool how at first in the Gertie screaming scene it whip pans from her popping through the door to ETs jump scare scream. And then after that it shows her scream. Just cool how Spielberg didn’t show ET as the monster at first, ET was the horror movie protagonist analog at first.
To this day, when I say goodbye to mi kids I always tell them to “Beee, Gooood…” 😊. Thanks for all you do Erik! You are awesome
I had to be taken out of the theatre when we went to see ET because he scared me! Apparently, I screamed and started crying, haha! I didn't really watch it much growing up. Then, a few years ago, my parents got my husband a copy of the blu ray for Christmas. HIs only experience of the movie was a low quality VHS. We were blown away by how GORGEOUS this movie is, haha! I now have more respect and fondness for it, especially the score.
ET is one of my all time favourite movies, my Mum took me to see it when I was 8 years old. Now, over 40 years later I still cry every time. Even just seeing the clip of the last scene got me!!
Thank you Erik for a fantastic deep dive.
I loved this movie growing up. Still do. Thank you Erik for such an amazing deep dive 😢😢😢 (I’m not crying you’re crying)
The wifi at my house is named ET_Phone_Home
I was 10.5 when this came out & though we didn't have a lot of money to spare for non-essentials, my mom & I had seen a preview for ET & decided that was going to be our splurge that month. We went to the nearby theater & caught the last show before matinee prices ended & evening prices took effect @4pm, so like 2:30-3:00. We even bought popcorn there rather than make it @ home cheaper & sneak it in in ziploc bags. We both loved it & talked about it for days! Definitely the right choice. I can't even remember what other movies were coming out that month or what my other fun option had been that month. (As I really loved books I often opted for a used book or 2 from the bookstore over an outing, because you can read them over & over.)
The only other movie that impacted me that much (as a kid anyway) was when Star Wars came out a little before my 6th birthday, & though we were even tighter on money at that time my mom found out that 1 theater in our city extended its showings & kept it on for 2 more weeks. I remember eating @ home right before we went & mom snuck in some cheap can sodas in her purse. I can still remember the opening, reading along (mom helped with the biggest words, but I actually read most of it). I was so enthralled the whole movie, & that was the instant that all the fairy tales & Dr Seuss read to me melded with all the westerns I watched with my dad & I have been a scifi lover since. By the time ET came out I had watched so many Star Trek reruns with my mom & read quite a lot. Every scifi book my mom had in the house, including The Martian Chronicles, & whatever I could convince mom to get from the library. Until I was 11, when she finally gave up, she kept trying to keep me from certain things because she was worried violent stuff might give me nightmares. But I literally never got nightmares, even when watching monster movies at friends' houses. Once she gave in I got to read even more, like all her Stephen King books & history-based fiction, & so on. Why did she give in? Cause she figured out my reading level had jumped so high I no longer even needed to ask her to explain anything or look certain words up in the dictionary. Not the fact that I watched westerns & wrestling with my dad since 4-5 or that I'd fully understood what s*x was since I was 7 because of reading through encyclopedias for high schoolers after done with the ones for little kids. Nope. It was that it hit her I really wasn't gonna bug her for explanations but I was gonna bug her for more reading material. 😂 Well, mom, you created this monster that loves to devour scifi & adventure stories! After that she didn't censor any reading material. If she brought it home from the library I could read it too & she didn't even blink @ all the books I borrowed from the school library.
It wasn’t until just recently that I had come to realize that after many years, I consider E.T. to be my favorite film of all time.
In addition, I’d like to think that Elliott and Pretty Girl, as she’s credited as, would get together at some point, as I always thought that it was kinda odd that the kiss scene between them was never mentioned again after it occurred in the film, or Pretty Girl even appearing again after that scene, as I’d like to think that she was present among the crowd of people outside of the Taylor’s household when it was quarantined.
In elementary and middle school, I always liked to watch this when I stayed home sick, because of seeing Elliot do the same (even when he wasn't actually sick). My family unfortunately has the edited version of the movie with the walkie talkies. But I think an obvious answer for why Spielberg made the edit was because it wasn't long after 9/11, and he must've wanted something a little less violent and threatening
I think it may have had more to do with the international market. I remember reading that ET was criticized in some northern European country -- maybe it was Holland -- for making the adults seem so villainous.
Who else became emotional when the commercial came out with ET visiting an adult Elliott?
Love these Deep Dives! Give me the same vibes as The Movies That Made Us
I just watched ET for the first time the other day, one would say I was "PROFOUNDLY MOVED" and your celebration of the movie was perfect.