Overdue #3 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982).
Edward Westman writes: "A review for a classic movie often writes itself and with a film as fondly remembered as E.T, it’s easy to cover old ground. Luckily in the case of this particular gem in Spielberg’s catalogue we have Super 8 to compare, J.J. Abrams has cited E.T. among other Spielberg classics from the late 70’s and 80’s, Super 8 itself is considered an ‘homage’ to Spielberg’s work from that period (incidentally executive produced by Spielberg, we won’t judge though). But Super 8 spends only spends so much time in demonstrating its devotion to those movies, Abrams falls prey to his own cinematic fixations (obnoxious lens flares, generic conspiracy sub-plots and worryingly dull creature design by Neville Page) and his obligation to the requirements of contemporary science fiction cinema e.g. aliens equal action."
