E.T. (1982)
This is it: this is the movie that made people realise that extra-terrestrials aren't always out for destruction, let alone pretending we're the walking buffet of the universe. I mean: we are, but after a slew of movies that only depicted alien creatures as being malevolent, this was a nice change of pace. And who better to direct something fuzzy and heartwarming than Steven Spielberg? But one note of warning: when you can't stand Spielberg at his schmalziest (and this is getting close to that), then you will find this horrendous. Then again, this is also a classic and rightfully so. No mystery here, as the movie opens with the alien creatures scurrying about in a forest collecting plantlife. Yes, the first visitors to Earth are botanists. Go figure. One of the team wanders off, attracted to the lights of the city below and when government agents close in on the ship, it has to leave this one behind. Our little friend is of course distraught and heads over to a nearby ho...
