My favorite director is Steven Spielberg, and there are so many movies I could have chose. Jaws, Close Encounters, Schindler's List, Raiders of the Lost Ark, etc. I think though that E.T. best exemplifies why I like him so much. E.T. is a science fiction film that is different from almost every other of it's kind. There are a lot of alien invasion movies, and a lot government conspiracy movies, but this one is a totally different idea. E.T.'s people are not invading Earth, they are just visiting, and E.T. gets left behind by accident. It's the reverse of a future human mission to another planet perhaps.
E.T. then meets and becomes friends with young children. Children who are afraid at first, but won't call the police, or want to experiment on him. They like E.T. because he's different, and special and he later in the film he help them deal with the issues going on in their lives that they don't fully understand yet. The ending is different too. E.T. does get to go home, which is happy, but it's not a totally happy ending. Eliot loses his friend, and he has to deal with that.
E.T. is a film that is about wonder and the innocence of children. The film also doesn't talk down to the audience at all. The story is simple, and the message is clear without having to massage the points again and again. I wish more films were like E.T. Maybe, this would be a better world.
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