Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Well, of course it's a 1 compared to the Wrath of Ricardo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Overblown and with too many notes."Your work is ingenius…it’s quality work….and there are simply too many notes…that’s all, just cut a few, and it’ll be perfect." For me, I can't praise the E.T score enough. Dark moodyness, Playfullness, Full on Bombast, 1940s movie sweeping romance. Well done Mr Williams. Hurrah, and may ye live long and prosper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,367 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 I wonder if new generations are as enchanted by the film and the score as the public once was in 1982. I feel that ET, as a film, has lost a lot of attention. People simply don't mention it anymore. It doesn't appear on lists, not even in IMDB's top 250.Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 It still tends to be shown quite a lot here in the UK as a Sunday 'family movie'. I of course don't know how people in other houses and of the new generation are responding to it, but I would guess they are responding in the same way we did. The themes (as in script) in the movie are timeless and everyone can relate to them. Then again there are movies from the 70s that have such themes in them too but are not shown anymore by the TV channels because they are considered 'dated' in their eyes. It's a shame, and one day eventually E.T as a movie may dissapear into obscurity as new movies with similar themes take over. But for the moment I think it's still alive and well for the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Easily *****, one of his very best works and also one of the best soundtracks ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,770 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 This is one of those Williams scores that I've never given full and righteous attention to but will someday.And somehow, I feel compelled to say minus 1 star just to contradict Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 I wonder if new generations are as enchanted by the film and the score as the public once was in 1982. I feel that ET, as a film, has lost a lot of attention. People simply don't mention it anymore.You're right. E.T. is fading.Sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,069 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Well at least we can thankfully say it was never cheapened with a sequel.And yes it is sad that this film seems to have disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 It was cheapened in 2002.Not as bad as a sequel though, but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 741 Posted July 22, 2008 Author Share Posted July 22, 2008 I watched the special edition of E.T. last week, but saw nothing that bothered me. But then I never did grow up with the film and I might never even have seen the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 There's nothing as awful in there as in the Star Wars Trilogy SEs, but I really disliked how fluid E.T. moved in the new bathroom scene. It just looked far more unnatural than the puppet (in nature, things don't move fluidly either, there's always a little jerk or off move somewhere). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,069 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 It was cheapened in 2002.Not as bad as a sequel though, but still.Yeah but Spielberg had enough sense to give us the original version as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Yet for some reason on region 2, it is only available in the 3-disc set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,069 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Yeah you still have to buy the 2002 version to get the original here as well, although it's only a 2 disc set.I splurged and bought the big box set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 They switched disc 2 and 3 here, so the original cut is on disc 3 and disc 2 contains all the bonus material. You'll be hard pressed to find the 3-disc still in stores here. Most just carry the single 20th AE disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Nice score, but except for the Main thematics, a lot of underscore. Most of the album just doesn't work for me. The music doesn't work for me in the movie neither. So IMO not up there with Jurassic Park, Sorcerer's Stone, Empire Strikes Back or Hook. Still 4 stars. Hope people can respect a different view on this classic score.4.5 stars for being absolutely amazing but sort of rubbing me the wrong way... I don't know; like Jurassic Park, I never quite got into it.Didn't read your post before I wrote mine but it's the same way for me. I have the LP, the 1996 edition and the 25th anniversary edition albums, and the piano solos and the full score, but it doesn't help in my case :-s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 5 stars. Can't really say anything that hasn't already been said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 only The Flying Theme concert version annoys me a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 what vile form of scum voted it a 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 what vile form of scum voted it a 1?That would be Don Corleone and his banjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Hitch must be destroyed, oh wait he died years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Don't mess with the italians.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 I spit on their linguine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,731 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Naturally 5 stars no more no less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 I wonder if new generations are as enchanted by the film and the score as the public once was in 1982. I feel that ET, as a film, has lost a lot of attention. People simply don't mention it anymore. It doesn't appear on lists, not even in IMDB's top 250.AlexIt was like number 5 on AFI's top 100 films, that was about a year ago I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,248 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 4 stars after I listened to Howard HANSON.. and I found out that many of the major motifs are "inspired" (well I guess it was a temp-track) by the nordic symphony of HH (Adventures on Earth) and the.. I think Requiem - Dies Irae (Over the Moon)Actually, the Hanson I've heard (and that includes the symphony) always left me quite cold. E.T. never did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 58 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 You can never tire of Hanson. Mmm bop. And for the record, I am NOT scum NOR Italian although Mother claims to have showered with over 1,000 Italian soldiers during WW2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 then you might be a bit of alfredo sauce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 58 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Hmmmm....hot, creamy, white and juicy. Anyone for seconds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I wonder if new generations are as enchanted by the film and the score as the public once was in 1982. I feel that ET, as a film, has lost a lot of attention. People simply don't mention it anymore. It doesn't appear on lists, not even in IMDB's top 250.AlexIt was like number 5 on AFI's top 100 films, that was about a year ago I think.AFI's Top 10 films are always the same save for like 1 new film differing ever year. Citizen Cane is always #1. There is always The Godfather, Wizard Of Oz, Gone With The Wind, and Casablanca. I seriously doubt E.T. was on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 58 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 It has to be a cult classic or a gay iconic movie to get into the AFI's Top 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,069 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I wonder if new generations are as enchanted by the film and the score as the public once was in 1982. I feel that ET, as a film, has lost a lot of attention. People simply don't mention it anymore. It doesn't appear on lists, not even in IMDB's top 250.AlexIt was like number 5 on AFI's top 100 films, that was about a year ago I think.AFI's Top 10 films are always the same save for like 1 new film differing ever year. Citizen Cane is always #1. There is always The Godfather, Wizard Of Oz, Gone With The Wind, and Casablanca. I seriously doubt E.T. was on there.E.T. has been around #25 for all the lists if I'm not mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I wonder if new generations are as enchanted by the film and the score as the public once was in 1982. I feel that ET, as a film, has lost a lot of attention. People simply don't mention it anymore. It doesn't appear on lists, not even in IMDB's top 250.AlexIt was like number 5 on AFI's top 100 films, that was about a year ago I think.AFI's Top 10 films are always the same save for like 1 new film differing ever year. Citizen Cane is always #1. There is always The Godfather, Wizard Of Oz, Gone With The Wind, and Casablanca. I seriously doubt E.T. was on there.I don't remember too much, but It's A Wonderful World was number 1, Schindler's List was number 2, and E.T. and Star Wars were somewhere in there, closer to 1 than to 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 ET is a better film and film score than Schindler's List, that movie is way overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,069 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 E.T. was #3 on the AFI's top 10 genre lists:http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/06/18/afi...enres-revealed/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 2001, better than Star Wars, E.T., and BTTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,069 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Better be careful with your words or you are gonna catch hell.Not from me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I've never liked AFI. Their lists are stupid. I've been going through all of them right now. Tootsie is apparently better than Saving Private Ryan and The Shawshank Redemption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Well it does have a witty script, and it's quite well made. I fell asleep during Shawshank. And SPR? Oh, come on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,367 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Shawshank is nice and warm but it's one of those films that are quite boring to talk about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 2001, better than Star Wars, E.T., and BTTF?Hell yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,248 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 And why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 2001, better than Star Wars, E.T., and BTTF?Hell yes!I agree. I was kinda surprised to see Star Wars within the Top 20. It's just a pop culture classic, not really a superb film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 8O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 2001, better than Star Wars, E.T., and BTTF?Hell yes!I agree. I was kinda surprised to see Star Wars within the Top 20. It's just a pop culture classic, not really a superb film.you're an idiot for saying that.Star Wars is a superb film in virtually everyway.and no 2001 is not a better film than Star Wars, or ET, but better than BTTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 2001, better than Star Wars, E.T., and BTTF?Hell yes!I agree. I was kinda surprised to see Star Wars within the Top 20. It's just a pop culture classic, not really a superb film.you're an idiot for saying that.May as well add that to your signature. I already hear it way too often from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,069 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Contrary to to the elitists, Star Wars does belong in top 10 lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 2001, better than Star Wars, E.T., and BTTF?Hell yes!I agree. I was kinda surprised to see Star Wars within the Top 20. It's just a pop culture classic, not really a superb film.you're an idiot for saying that.May as well add that to your signature. I already hear it way too often from you.I'd tell anyone the same thing if they said Star Wars wasn't a superb film. Contrary to what is believed by many here, it is the best of the Star Wars family of films Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Aside from score and special effects, I don't see the brilliance of it. I definitely would not include it in my Top 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 how sad for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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