29. E.T.
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(55 points, 4 lists of 24, highest ranking: #5 Mrs. Dick Courier, Johnny Unusual)
Release date: June 11 1982
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
From IMDB: A meek and alienated little boy finds a stranded extraterrestrial. He has to find the courage to defy the authorities to help the alien return to its home planet.
My take:
The most heartwarming tale of a young boy and his hideous wrinkled old friend that gets him drunk, high, fingers him, takes him out into the woods at all hours of the night, and nearly kills him.
What have we learned?
In the 80s you could like both football AND Star Wars.
In the 80s, you could be a skinny kids with hillbilly teeth and still be on the football team.
The FBI uses astronaut spacesuits to enter homes on earth.
How to fake being sick to get out of school. Thanks Speilberg!
Drunkenness is funny, even by a ten year old.
Alcoholism is transmissable through telepathy.
Advanced alien civilization will have evolved to have their vital organs light up when predators are around.
Hey, it's been riffed! By Cinester Theater:
http://www.rifftrax.com/iriffs/cinester-theater/cinester-theater-presents-et-extraterrestrialhttp://www.youtube.com/v/Pj5uD8nFguURemake: Make it a TV show. Have him living with the family, it'll be hilarious. Maybe give it a bit of an edge, make him like to eat cats or something.