To be excited by the music of John Williams is to be excited by the movies he scores

[Naïve Old Fart 6,637]

I personally associate E.T. indifference with paedophilia and racial hatred.

For almost 30 years, "E.T." was in my top 3 films (and scores) of all-time, but I have simply grown out of it, to the extent that neither score nor film is anywhere my top 20. I understand and appreciate that "E.T." is a magnificent piece of work, that goes far beyond being a simple story about friendship. The fact is that "E.T." no longer moves me. I have found alternate ways of getting my cinematic rocks off.

No. John Williams is not very good in scoring bad movies.

"Jane Eyre", "The Missouri Breaks", "The Fury", "Dracula", "Hook", "Jaws 2", "Earthquake", and "The Lost World" all boast scores which are superior to the films for which they were composed.

It all depends on what you call a "bad" movie.

[Thor 5,273]

Since Spielberg is my favourite director, there's obviously SOME correlation going on there.

But Williams has scored his fair share of turds too -- or films that I don't like/connect to -- so there's not a 1-1 relationship either.

[Quintus 5,391]

I personally associate E.T. indifference with paedophilia and racial hatred.

For almost 30 years, "E.T." was in my top 3 films (and scores) of all-time, but I have simply grown out of it, to the extent that neither score nor film is anywhere my top 20. I understand and appreciate that "E.T." is a magnificent piece of work, that goes far beyond being a simple story about friendship. The fact is that "E.T." no longer moves me. I have found alternate ways of getting my cinematic rocks off.

That's fair enough and I can kind of see where you're coming from. I just hope it doesn't ever happen to me. Not with E.T.!

[Ollie 859]

I still get teary eyed when I listen to the final 5 minutes of E.T.'s Adventure On Earth, or whatever the hell it's called now.

[Quintus 5,391]

I believe its latest title is "ET Fucks Off Home".

[Omen II 1,088]

I believe its latest title is "ET Fucks Off Home".

Priceless!

[Trumpeteer 243]

I answered "Yes," as I was thinking the question meant "Do you get excited by an upcoming movie because it has a John Williams score?"

I always get excited when I find out JW is writing the score to a movie. I'm not a fan of Tintin, but I'll see it opening weekend because I'm anxious to hear the music and its relation to the film.

That said, many films he scores turn out to be complete duds, and I'm disappointed that I wasted so much energy being excited. "Crystal Skull" comes immediately to mind.

[Wojo 2,442]

I'm disappointed that I actually bought War of the Worlds. Fortunately, I was able to get a few nickels for trading that DVD back in.

[Datameister 1,394]

I received it as a gift. Probably never would have bought it on my own, but I don't regret having it at no cost.