It's been years since I've seen it. Empathy as in telepathy. Duh — cde. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Director Steven Spielberg describes the bond between E. T and Eliot as a "double rescue". Improve this answer. Meat Trademark 7, 2 2 gold badges 52 52 silver badges 79 79 bronze badges. Mark Proctor Mark Proctor 21 3 3 bronze badges. Featured on Meta. Police vehicles are made for circumstances in which high-speed pursuit is necessary, yet when it comes to bicycles powered by the legs of skinny adolescents, they somehow fall short of their purpose.
Now, I would at least be willing to believe that the cops are purposefully pulling back as to considerately avoid hitting the children in front of them or, better yet, that E. However, regardless of these explanations, I think that the van that Michael takes to bring E.
Despite his initial wishes to keep him for himself, Elliott makes it his responsibility to help E. He helps him construct a device to contact his family using a few common household items, which is impressively effective in relaying the message as it results in the heartwarming resolution in which the interspecies friends depart in the same location he first landed on our planet.
I actually have no reason to nitpick the method of contact, but the necessity for contact I do. We know from the very beginning of the film that E. Yet, I think it would be safe to assume that his absence would have not gone unnoticed for too long and, therefore, they should have been able to realize that he must be at the last planet they landed on before he disappeared.
While first getting acquainted with his new otherworldly house guest, Elliott gives E. At one point, he even shows him a few of his more prized possession: Star Wars action figures. Spielberg is able to capture suburban life with an authentic setting and family, while simultaneously throwing a supernatural sci-fi adventure into the mix. At the center of the plot is a coming-of-age story revolving around the protagonist, Elliott, who is dealing with many conflicts that children experience when they are growing up.
Spielberg displays a link between reality and the supernatural, using a mystical, but realistic capturing environment, in order to present these childhood conflicts, as well as the means to cope with them, in his film. The story follows a young boy named Elliott as he discovers an alien, who he later names E.
Children get completely engrossed in a movie especially one as enchanting as E. During the film's trick-or-treating scene, Elliot gets E. From E. On one level, it's funny because E. On another, it suggests that E. Audiences learn so much about Elliot over the course of E. He's about 11 years old, loves red-hooded sweatshirts, lives in the suburbs, has two siblings, his parents are divorced, and he can connect telepathically with an alien.
As for that alien, it has a glowing finger and a light-up heart, wishes to go home, loves Reese's Pieces, can effectively hide amidst a pile of stuffed animals, can bring plants back to life, and can make bikes fly past government agents wielding guns or, if it's the E.
And that's about all we know about Elliot and E. One thing that becomes clear upon viewing with jaded, nitpicky, adult eyes: neither Elliot's last name, nor E. Elliot and all the other kids call their magical alien visitor "E. They can live in each other's minds, but a simple name exchange never occurs? One of the most endearing scenes in E. The gentle, telekinetic alien at the heart of E.
Yep — to a kid's eye, this seems like a cute and organic moment, because candy is extremely important to children, and they understand that sugar is a universal language that can unite even interplanetary species.
To an even remotely savvy or cynical adult, however, E. It's a wonder E. It's one of the most spectacular and satisfying moments in movie history. As Elliot, his brother, and his brother's friends race their bikes to get a weakened E.
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