E. T. (1982) ♡ MOVIE REACTION - FIRST TIME WATCHING!

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[@Kardashev1]

You have the wrong title in the description. Great reaction though!

[@donaldjackson4456]

Fyi no such thing as as green screens in the 80s lol. Real sets or miniatures.

[@LovelyBeachCoast-us1ec]

20:14 to answer your question kamilla yes🥺

[@martinrayner6466]

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[@Centane]

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[@misscee6629]

You asked about my reaction to first seeing ET for the first time. Well, it went like this. I let out a loud scream, hid under my dad's seat in the cinema. He coaxed me out. And I had to watch the rest of the movie sitting next to my dad, hanging on for dear life. But to this day, it's my favourite childhood movie. When my dad died. I had a tattoo that says "I'll Be Right Here" done. It's the last thing ET says to Elliott. The tattoo is in memory of my dad because he stayed right there next to me in the cinema watching it because he knew I was scared. RIP Dad x

[@losmosquitos1108]

My god, how old were you then? I remember the kids back then loving it right from the beginning. 🫢

[@misscee6629]

@@losmosquitos1108 I was 5

[@bernardoaguilargt3763]

I'm 48 now. Imagine the shock of watching this movie at that kid's age. I distinctly recall my whole family sitting in the steps because the theater was packed. Unforgettable movie going experience.

[@WillFlyTheLightingGuy]

I’m 43 now (born in 81), and I vaguely remember watching this in a theater. So apparently it either stayed in theaters for a really long time, or made another run in theaters just a few years later. Either way, it’s a real testament to how popular this movie was.

[@BM-hb2mr]

I'm 50 and I sat at theater for 9 hours to watch this movie waiting to get a package of reeses pieces and watch this movie I couldn't wait

[@jasonward1470]

52. I get you guys.

[@menolikey_]

Never saw it in theater but it was the first vhs I was ever given. ET and Top Gun were all we had for a long time so I can quote both to this day.

[@ottocarson]

Same. I think all we saw this movie as kids have a positive vision about extraterrestrial life.

[@seffthemayda]

i love how E.T.'s race was added to the Galactic Senate in The Phantom Menace it made the E.T. recognizing Yoda scene better

[@Stuffthatsfunny1]

Lucas and Spielberg are best friends and confirmed thst ET said home when he saw yoda because their planets are near to each other

[@firstenforemost]

I find that addition incredibly stupid and pointless.

[@DavidWaissMagoIlusionista]

E.T. is a Jedi...

[@franZisPaOlo]

E.T. the Asogian Jedi 😊 if you know, you know.......!

[@MichaelJohnsonAzgard]

​@@firstenforemostI bet you're no fun at parties.

[@mikealvarez2322]

This was my late wife's favorite movie. I haven't seen it since she passed away 34 years ago. Thank you for finally giving me the fortitude to watch it again.😢😊❤

[@Mr-gg8ek]

I was 7 when this came out. Never have so many children - and adults - simultaneously cried together. It was a unique experience.

[@odemusvonkilhausen]

The Annabelle is a Raggedy Anne doll that was a popular toy in the past. She was one half of the duo, Raggedy Anne & Andy.

[@3DJapan]

Yeah I haven't seen the Annabelle movie but from what I have seen the doll looks totally different.

[@odemusvonkilhausen]

@3DJapan The doll in the movie is completely different, but the "real" one is a Raggedy Anne doll.

[@logann7942]

Literally every child had one or both of those dolls in the 80s.

[@diarrheagondola]

@@logann7942 Some of us had the ripoffs: My Buddy and Kid Sister.

[@mckrackin5324]

@@3DJapan Anabelle is based on a real story and the real life doll is a Raggedy Anne.

[@axr7149]

Interesting fact: Even though this film won 4 Oscars, it lost Picture and Director to GANDHI (directed by Richard Attenborough). Attenborough felt so bad beating Spielberg that he agreed to appear in JURASSIC PARK as John Hammond to make it up to him.

[@robertjewell9727]

I was a counselor at a psychiatric school and rehab center for children and I took my kids to see this and they absolutely loved it. It was great therapy for them, but to be honest we all just had a great time and sometimes that's way better therapy than all that psychiatric twaddle anyway.

[@yoda9188]

I still cry when I watch this. This was the last movie I saw with my grandpa. I’m 46 years old and I remember sitting on his lap snuggling with him in the theater. Great memories with this movie

[@Gestrid]

A couple interesting facts: Elliot's actor's dog had recently died when he auditioned for the role. And that was what he was thinking about as he was asked to cry during the audition. And Gertie's actor was actually made to believe ET was actually real. Spielberg had people at the ready on the animatronic's controls even when they weren't filming because Gertie's actor loved to interact with him. So, when he "died", that was her real, raw reaction.

[@darylnelms1654]

Now you need to watch Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Another Steven Spielberg masterpiece.

[@drdavid1963]

I saw this as a kid when it came out and no one knew what ET looked like before seeing it in the cinema. No pictures were published of ET or anything. So what Elliott experienced we all experienced. Still a classic.

[@FrancisXLord]

Actually have a couple of magazines of the time with articles speculating about the upcoming film they can get very little information on, both with the same shots of torchlights being shone into the sky. One article goes on a total rant about the lack of detail in the promotional images provided by Universal Pictures. It's quite a funny read.

[@footofjuniper8212]

I was 12 when this came out. It was the first movie I saw multiple times in the theater, and I cried each time (and this time). It was such an unbelievably huge phenomenon.

[@arctan2010]

The filmmakers wanted to use M&M’s as the candy to lure ET with but they were turned down by the Mars company. They then went to Hershey’s for their Reese’s Pieces, which saw a huge surge in popularity and sales.

[@firstenforemost]

The novelization still used M&Ms

[@Cbcw76]

I know advertisers need to be careful of product placement in their favorite mindset (porno's) but, y'know, the absolute MORONS who refuse a Spielburg film hopefully were fired and sent back to their foul-minded caves. We're MORE lucky that we haven't had an endless stream of TRUMAN-SHOW templates instead-!! I can't imagine the meeting where M&Ms backed out. "Oh no, we can't have our products mentioned in a Spielburg film!!" Good grief.

[@dabe1971]

Yep. When Mars Inc were approached for permission to use them they refused believing kids would be scared by ET. Hershey however jumped at the chance and so Reeses were chosen - and the film catapulted the product sales to record levels as a result. Turning the opportunity down is generally accepted to be one of the worst business decisions ever made.

[@izzonj]

And thus, product placement was born!

[@andoncroft]

Funny you say that, coz here in Australia I was very young when I first saw this at the theatre. When the movie was over we all left the theatre and all us kids lined up at the glass doors, each of us kids got an E.T. doll whose eyes light up lol, and inside the E.T. doll was M&Ms hahaha. Coincidence? 😉

[@RM-306]

Classic movie. A prime example of 80s movie magic that can't be replicated.

[@EdgyNumber1]

THIS. Those old boys took their inspiration from the classics of the first generation of cinema, Spielberg and Lucas were in the thick of the second generation.... of course, the third generation squandered everything and thats how we got JJ Abrams 🤮

[@andoncroft]

Yep rh best movie George Lucas ever made 😂

[@RM-306]

@@andoncroft did Lucas have a lot to do with E T? That would be cool. I think George is a genius.

[@andoncroft]

@@RM-306 I was joking lol

[@andoncroft]

@@RM-306 But I AM shocked nobody remembers th famous line, E.T. phone home, listen to the line ana tell me if it sounds off?

[@arctan2010]

Did you recognize the little girl? It’s Drew Barrymore.

[@fiddiehacked]

Her best performance. ❤

[@6LVRDRGN]

Drew is hilarious in this movie!

[@andoncroft]

Didn't the famous movie line sound off to you? Or you always remember E.T. home phone?

[@galiantus1354]

"Why am I scared? ... Why am I saying run? What if it's evil?" You know Steven Spielberg's camera and John Williams' music are something special when the audience is feeling scared on behalf of an alien they are uneasy of and haven't even really seen yet.

[@StaticBlaster]

36:36 I resonate deeply with that sentiment, especially since my cousin Joi (Joilene) passed away on April 6, 2024, at the young age of 25. It's truly devastating, leaving me feeling emotionally numb and uncertain about how to process my emotions, similar to what Elliot is experiencing.

[@Jordashian93]

There are no words to describe how beautiful this movie is.

[@Holy_Wraith]

Believe it or not, Xfinity made a short movie/commercial called E.T. Reunion, it actually has Henry Thomas playing Elliot grown up, it would have been a beautiful movie if was an actual movie. Check it out, you might actually like it too.

[@ChrisReise]

28:05 There's a popular theory that E.T. is actually a Jedi....think about it, he can levitate objects, when he saw that Yoda costume, he kept repeating "home home home home", and in "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" during a Galactic Senate meeting, there were a group of aliens sitting together that were the same species as E.T.

[@theCommentDevil]

I saw this as a little kid in the theaters and that scene where they are sick and they take ET away traumatized me

[@LaaszloKiss]

I'm 49 and ET was the very first movie I've ever seen in my life in a cinema. As a little kid I was simply mesmerized by the visuals and the whole story and I believe my love for sci-fi was born right there in that movie theatre.

[@Blaiyan]

The year i was born. As a kid you just think everything came out the year you found out about it. It was still big for us in elementary. They use to show it for neo geo.

[@christopherhamlet734]

I took a friend and her little girl to see the 20th anniversary of this movie and she was about seven or eight but she cried so hard after the movie she was so emotionally and involved into it so I’ll never forget that😃

[@2Sheds30619]

I was fortunate to first see this at the UK royal premier in Leicester Square (with Charles and Di, the then Prince and Princess of Wales). The front page headlines in the papers next morning said "Di weeps for ET"!

[@blueeyedcowboy8291]

Watched this in the theater at 7 yrs old, and the thing I remember most (other than the introduction of Reese's Pieces!) is that it was the first movie I ever saw that made me feel so many different emotions. Fear, Joy, Sadness, Wonder, Excitement, Anger, etc. My mom took me and my older brother and she was in tears when we left. I didn't understand why until later in life.

[@andoncroft]

I'm now 50 almost an old geezer, well and actual old geezer to a 7 year old 😏 I vividly remember that FAMOUS lime was E.T. phone home, didn't it sound different to you???

[@battlebrand3]

The bike scene is iconic and my absolute favorite.

[@Holy_Wraith]

Go watch E.T. Reunion short movie/commercial by Xfinity, I won't spoil it but, you'll see.

[@howardbalaban7051]

E.T. flying on the bikes for the first time is pure movie magic. E.T. making ALL the bikes fly at the end is a forever chills-inducing moment and the first time I don't get chills watching that scene, with the epic John Williams score accompanying it, is the time I know my time on this world is coming to an end.

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

Something I learned recently is that the line "I don't like his feet" was created by Drew Barrymore, who said it during rehearsal. Steven Spielberg liked it so much that he asked her to say it again during filming. He mentioned that she came up with a lot of the lines in the movie.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

Alligators in the sewers.

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

@@oliverbrownlow5615 My source is the KZbin video uploaded by @TheDrewBarrymoreShow, titled "Steven Spielberg Reveals His Reaction to Drew's Playboy Spread Years After E.T. Made Her Famous." Spielberg talks about it at the 6:29 timestamp.

[@woodedlane]

Drew Barrymore - a true credit to the Barrymore history of acting excellence. She apparently tested for Poltergeist but Spielberg thought this movie was better for her. Boy was he right. Such a great movie.

[@NoriMori1992]

From TV Tropes (spoilers for the novelization): In The Book of the Film by William Kotzwinkle, E.T. is given more of a backstory. He's a ten million year old member of a low-grade Hive Mind, essentially a sentient drone: In some ways his intelligence is very simple and childlike, in others, very sophisticated, as befitting field crew. When he is cut off from his group mind, his body, not equipped to handle isolation, begins to break down, hastened by Earth's very high gravity. His telepathic bond with Elliott slows the process, but also makes him an accidental Power Parasite, draining Elliott. When his ship gets in range, he automatically reconnects with the network, which immediately halts the decay and heals him.

[@danielmillward9947]

I always thought they were botanists and flourists seeding and collecting new plants

[@javimu111]

Summer of '82. I was out of the country and it opened in the U.S. My siblings and dad told me they saw it that first weekend. I think I saw it two weekends later when I was back in the U.S. It was OUTSTANDING. Audience Reaction was boisterous: when E.T. made Elliot fly; when E.T. made all the boys fly towards the end. Laughter throughout all the funny moments ("Give me a break!", etc.). Huge ovation at the end. I went back the following week and probably saw it 4 more times during that release. Saw it again at its re-release in Summer of '85, three years later. This is one of the all-time GREAT Movies of any Genre by the GREAT Spielberg. Period.

[@briangreen9677]

I saw this in theaters when it came out. My parents heard that it was going to be different from anything they'd seen before and it certainly was. I still remember the audible gasps of the entire theater as ET was dying. When they did the flying scene the entire theater cheered. It was an awesome experience. I'm glad you finally got a chance to see it.

[@JamesASharp]

This film is a classic that'll live forever. Great reaction! 👍🏿

[@djyanno]

This movie was so huge at the time. That became my favorite movie, I was 6. The worst part is that once it was out of theater, we could not watch it anywhere until 1989 when they released the VHS. It took my 7 years to rewatch what was my favorite movie. I knew how ET looked before seeing the movie because it was everywhere on the news and newspaper and always loved the look. Had several posters in my room.

[@firstenforemost]

E.T. came out on video Oct. 88, and had been re-released in theaters in '85.

[@djyanno]

@@firstenforemost was not re released where I am from

[@georgezee5173]

When Elliot's mom says "he hates Mexico" she's talking about their estranged father. She's pointing out the fact that he'd rather go to a place he hates just to be with his new lover, which means, unlike with her (Elliot's mom), he's now up to "better" himself, and that thought is hurting her.

[@nicknogueira7424]

I was born in 1992 i grew up watching this and watch it with my son now! Your not alone, as a kid I was creeped out in the beginning of the movie by ET but its intentional. And It was funny as hell how concerned you where about the Pizza 😂

[@StaticBlaster]

lol. I was traumatized by this movie for years actually until I forced myself to confront my fear again while I was in middle school. I forced myself to watch this movie over and over until it no longer scared me and now it's my favorite movie of all time.

[@carl_anderson9315]

Even for an 8 year old me back then, I knew I was watching something… special, different, almost magical.

[@evcass69]

I saw it summer of 82 as a child. My parents went to see a different movie and instead of waiting for the next ET showtime to begin, I went in the current showing early. I walked in right as they were trying to resuscitate ET. I balled in both movies but didn't find him scary.

[@gregall2178]

To see Henry Thomas all grown up, check out Legends Of The Fall (with Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins) or 11:14, with lots of familiar faces... including George Luz (Rick Gomez) 🙂

[@StaticBlaster]

or Gangs of New York directed by Scorsese.

[@stromghouls]

i am an old fart, so yes i have seen it in cinema. as a matter of fact, it was my first movie ever at the cinema. i was 9 years old.

[@yadarehey1130]

Just means that, while you are old, you’re not so old you’re farting dust. No judgement. I’m “old” too.

[@ThePloppy]

I was also 9 years old when I saw this in the indoor theater. But previously I'd seen "The Blues Brothers", "Superman, The Movie" and "Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back" at the same theater. They all came out pretty much around the same time. It was the first indoor theater in my town. Before that, I saw a lot of classic movies at the outdoor drive-ins, like "Grease", "Smokey and the Bandit" and "Rocky". Good times!

[@Stogie2112]

“E.T. The Extraterrestrial” was like an unofficial sequel to “Close Encounters of The Third Kind”. Both films are all-time classics.

[@Stubbies2003]

Yeah you clearly see borrowed bits like the Close Encounters trashed kitchen with refrigerator stuff all over versus the E.T. trash can contents dropped all over.

[@firstenforemost]

No, it wasn't any sort of sequel, official or unofficial. It was a follow-up by Speilberg and it's genesis began with him thinking about what if an alien from CE3K had been left behind.

[@Stogie2112]

@@firstenforemost .... You contradict yourself. 1. You dismiss the notion that E.T. is like a sequel to Close Encounters. 2. You then give a strong reason for why E.T. can be seen as a sequel. The aliens from Close Encounters left behind one of their crew, who then met Elliot and his family. That's a pretty good sequel!

[@WillFlyTheLightingGuy]

I’m sure everyone is telling you this, but the little girl is Drew Barrymore. The reason she cried so fast at the end while saying goodbye is because Drew actually thought ET was real. Spielberg and the film crew were careful to make sure she never saw any of the ET puppets just lying around, and would make ET interact with her even when cameras weren’t rolling. So when Gertie was saying goodbye to ET, Drew was actually saying goodbye to him and was genuinely sad that he had to leave.

[@mattkevlarlarock5469]

saw this as a kid in the theater. it's so beautifully done. even after all these years, it's still in my top 10.

[@wbj2000]

I saw this movie as a kid in a full screen theater. I was blown away. This movie moved Spielberg into a new stratosphere.

[@808maxstone]

Hi Kamilla. I actually saw this movie in the theater when it was released. It was very popular. The theaters were full of families excited to see it. The part when we thought E.T. died got me as a kid. Glad you liked it. There have been many movies over the years that have had an E.T. reference in them, maybe you will spot them from now on. Take care

[@Ryan_Christopher]

I saw this when I was like 9. And it took like 10 years before they made it a Ride in Universal Studios Hollywood. By then I was employed there and went back in after one of my early shifts just to ride it a couple of times in the evening. Such a magical experience to walk in that forest "again," and fly over the Feds and the town on a BMX bike.

[@johnmaynardable]

I was 23 y.o. when this movie came out. I went to see it at a Saturday morning sneak preview I got in line behind a bunch of very young and loud kids. They continued to be loud when we got into the theater. They continued to be loud when the coming attractions were run. Once the actual movie started the kids immediately quieted down and turned out to be the best audience to watch this movie with. I love this film.

[@TrentRushton]

As a kid who grew up in the 80s my personal favorites are "Better Off Dead" great comedy, then "Legend" "Lady Hawk" in the fantasy genre, and "The Last Starfighter" for Sci Fi

[@terrylandess6072]

Ladyhawke is a great 'chic-flick' that guys will like but we see few reactions to it.

[@rayvanhorn1534]

Omigosh, “Better Off Dead”!😅

[@j.scottbrown8602]

Harvey was saying goodbye to ET. Love your reactions. 😊

[@dan_hitchman007]

One of the main doctors at the end of the film, the one with the dark, bushy beard, is director Francis Ford Coppola ("Apocalypse Now," the "Godfather" saga, etc.). A young Drew Barrymore got attached to the E.T. animatronic puppet and treated it like a real life person. When Spielberg filmed the scene with E.T. dying, she burst out crying and that's what you see on film.

[@JCG52577]

Worms, frogs, and fetal pigs is what I dissected in 8th, 9th, and 10th grades respectively.

[@johnalden5821]

Starfish, frogs and rats. Some things you don't forget. . .

[@shilohauraable]

We dissected worms & frogs. But we didn't have to kill the frogs . They were already dead & in formaldehyde. I remember it well. 🙄

[@smavtmb2196]

This movie was in theaters a full year due to its popularity. I was 7 in 82 and tried to see this about 1 month after its release with my Dad, but I was very so sad it sold out. As did my other movie option. Disney's (The Secret of Nimh) animated movie. It's also worth a reaction by the way. Sadly somehow I didn't see E.T until 1988 on VHS cassette.

[@DanJackson1977]

That "Annabelle" doll is called Raggedy Ann (or Andy). They were VERY popular back in the day. They even had their own animated movie in the 1970s. They're supposed to be a patchwork doll.

[@StaticBlaster]

Yep. My Aunt Rita loved this doll. She passed away four years ago.

[@dabe1971]

The soundtrack is the real star here. This is, in my opinion, John Williams finest creation and that's some body of work to pick from ! The whole 'Adventures on Earth' suite from the beginning of the final escape and chase leading to that final rainbow stanza is PERFECT. It never, ever fails to reduce this 50+ year old guy to tears. Wonderful work from the Maestro of Maestros and he knew it because it was one of the rare occasions where Williams actually asked Spielberg to hear what he had composed without the footage. Why ? Because he couldn't match the visuals with the score as per usual but he knew he had something special. Spielberg agreed and once he'd heard it he took the movie back and re-edited the final scene to match the score.

[@mickesmanymovies]

I've posted this comment once before, a long time ago. But it's just so funny... I saw this for the first time while on vacation with my mom and sister in London. I was 10, my sister was 8. Mom basically took us to the movies one night because after a week and a half in London she was a bit tired, and kind of figured it would be two hours of relaxation while us kids were watching the movie. As Elliot was looking for whatever it was that was making noise in the back yard (pretty early on in the movie) and he suddenly shines his torch right on E.T., and E.T.'s neck stretches out and he shrieks - my sister completely lost it and started screaming! She eventually calmed down, but was sitting in my mom's lap for the rest of the movie. I wasn't causing much fuss, but as the story reached its finale and everyone says goodbye to E.T. I became absolutely heartbroken and started crying my eyes out (which of course led to my sister crying aswell). Poor mom, who just wanted to relax even for a few hours, spent the entire movie comforting one child - and left the theatre with TWO inconsolable children! 😂

[@Holy_Wraith]

E.T. Reunion short movie/commercial by Xfinity might be a tear jerker too, Henry Thomas actually played Elliot grown up.

[@erictraylor4857]

This was the first movie I saw in theaters when I was 5 years old and it is my initials of my first and last name and I actually had to endure some harmful remarks about that over the years but I loved this movie and I did cry back then when first saw it, love your reactions. Amazing job

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

I'm not sure it's ever spoken in the movie, but Elliott's full name is supposed to be Elliott Taylor.

[@charlyacevedo1775]

In 1982,when this movie was released,i was 9 years old. I went with my parents and my brother to the movies and one of the things that stuck with me,besides the fact that we love the movie,was that it was the first time i saw my mother cry. From 1982 to 1997,when Titanic was released,it was the highest-grossing movie in history.

[@Denissp]

I’m 45… the first time that I went to a cinema was to watch E.T… I still remember. I never felt scared about E.T, but I cried a lot when he was sick and when he left back home. I cried again watching your video…thanks

[@dustinjones8887]

I was 10 when this came out. I saw at the theater. It was a huge cultural splash. I got an E.T. t-shirt with his picture on it, and still have a picture taken of me with it on. I remember Spielberg had some issues with licensing it to cable tv and rentals, so it disappeared for decades. I don't think I saw it again until the 90's or 2000's.

[@lordinvex1406]

I’m 48 now and this movie is still my all time favorite sci-fi movie. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@enurtsold3296]

As a kid, I actually finished the E.T. Atari game. I figured out what the symbols in the game meant 🤣 4:20 Not green screen, but matte paintings 🤔 4:50 Dungeons & Dragons was big back then 👾 18:48 That pretty little girl will be the bod at Baywatch 😁 For awhile, until the Titanic, E.T. was the highest grossing movie ever 🤗

[@jasnycal]

They did a Christmas commercial in America few years ago, when they unite. Should check it out.

[@StaticBlaster]

Indeed, the E.T. mini-sequel commercial was broadcast on television nearly five years ago. It's hard to believe so much time has passed, coinciding with my family's trip to the U.K. in November 2019.

[@MikeB12800]

Saw this when I was 3 in the theater!! ET scared the crap outta me. Then my two older sisters stuck ET stickers all over our toy room. I called it the ET room. Anyway, once I got older I realized what a brilliant movie it is. I love ET now!❤😊

[@GabrielFlores-h1e]

I saw this movie in theaters when I was 7. Great memories for me ❤

[@andoncroft]

Many 7 year olds here, I was about 6 or 7 when I see it aswell

[@justindenney-hall5875]

For those who are curious the two movies within the movie are "This Island Earth" (1955) and "The Quiet Man" (1952).

[@christophero1969]

Yes, in the U.S., in the 1980's and before, we dissected live frogs.

[@chrislaustin]

Not at my school, we had dead squids, and some of us got to cut it open with left handed scissors ✂ to boot, I might as well have torn it open with my hands.

[@nathanciszewski4875]

We dissected baby pigs and cats in my high school in the late 90s.

[@3DJapan]

​@@nathanciszewski4875I left high school early for college so I don't know if we would have done that. I've heard of pig fetuses but I think I would be opposed to cats. I grew up with cats until into my 40s.

[@dylanschoon9371]

In 2007, while in 10th grade, we went to a local farm for a "field trip" for Anatomy and Physiology class. We watched a family behead the chicken of our choosing, which we then were able to go into their house where the mother and 2 daughters were we could observe the cleaning process. plucking, gutting, and washing them. We got to take the ones that were beheaded for us back home where our assignment over the next few weeks was to boil said chicken down to the bone, separate and clean them all, then reassemble the cleaned skeleton using whatever we could figure would hold it together. It was worth 1/3 of our final grade. The other 2/3 were quizzes throughout the semester/ year and the final exam. Oh, what fun times! 😅

[@pmh2390]

yes we sure do in the early 2000 at around middle school I even went to science camp and we dissected frogs as an activity in high school we did dissected frogs in science class but my brother who was five years ahead of me was in AP classes they got to dissected fish, pigs, and goats he even brought home the goats brain in a pasta sauce jar in formaldehyde to show to our mother and kept it for years on his shelf in his bedroom

[@seanmc1351]

im 60 years old, can remember the time of the video recorder, this was the very first prirate video i saw on the video recorder, just before pirate videos were becoming more common,

[@andoncroft]

So you don't remember the line E.T. phone home??? If you remember E.T. phone home, listen to that lime again tell me if it's sounds off to you

[@seanmc1351]

@@andoncroft no idea what you on about

[@fernandomendez2709]

The teacher we hear in the school scene is Harrison Ford. Apparently it was a favor because the screenwriter of the movie, Melissa Matheson was his girlfriend or wife.

[@darrylades6472]

Hi I'm Darryl in Chicago. Saw this at 11 years old. Yes, alot of emotions. Scary first, then laughter, especially at the drunk scenes. Sad at the end. All around one of my fave movies of all time.

[@thebl4ckd0g]

As a kid of the 80's, E.T. was a HUGE part of my childhood. I absolutely loved the movie, and was obsessed with eating Reese's Pieces after it came out. I felt a kinship with Elliot even at a young age, bc I was a geeky kid, into Star Wars, didn't have a lot of friends growing up till I was at least 9 or 10. So finding an alien in my back yard would have been pretty cool.

[@dtnetlurker]

I remember going to the theater to see this with my Mom and Dad when it was originally released. It was one of my very first films that I got to see in the Theater. I absolutely loved it. I even had an E.T. poster. I remember the toys being rather pricy for what you got. I was only able to get the smaller figurine but I wanted the larger stuffed vinyl E.T. It looked amazing but it was pretty expensive. They also sold a toy ship that held a mini E.T. and it was cool as well. This film never fails to get me to cry. It is such a pure and innocent film about friendship. They don't make films like this anymore. One of the greatest films ever made.

[@neilsimon467]

Hate to make people my age feel old but not only is Drew Barrymore in this as Gertie as has been mentioned earlier, but the girl in the classroom Elliot kisses is Erika Eleniak who ended up in Baywatch and Under Siege among others.

[@DannyCheek]

and as "Ellie May" in the 1990s movie version of "The Beverly Hillbillies".

[@daniellmarcussen2599]

I saw it in the cinema when it came out. I was 7 years old and cried like mad. Now I'm 49 and I'm still crying.

[@danhalstead705]

I'm 48 and was Elliot's age when I saw this in the theater with my dad. The first third is filmed like a horror movie and I was terrified. But to this day it's my favorite movie. My best friend moved away the next summer and his gift to me was an E.T. soap saying "I'll be Right Here" that I still treasure. Also if you ever watch it again, notice how much of the story is told through music alone. And what little dialogue there is is usually just to set the scene, not to move the plot. Once you notice it, you'll realize the whole movie is as much symphony as it is cinema. And you'll never see it the same way again.

[@0sM1093]

I must have been about 7 or 8 years old when I saw this movie, and I don't remember being scared _of_ E.T., I remember being scared _for_ E.T. It's really incredible, I haven't seen this movie in decades, but during that scene when the men are chasing E.T. through the woods, I felt the same sense of empathy and dread that I did when I was a child.

[@IvanSergio1984]

I think E.T. Is my favorite movie ever!

[@StaticBlaster]

Mine too.

[@goyhoipolloi]

I was 10 when this was released and we LOVED ET! It was a huge hit and there was so much ET merchandise out there. I had a long sleeved shirt, a puzzle, and the movie soundtrack. Most of us bawled our eyes out when ET died and then again when he said goodbye. Most of the time we laughed at the fun. Most of my friends and I agreed we wanted an ET friend as well. My friends and I all rode our bikes around and we wished we had an ET to make us fly. We pretended we could fly and we all imitated ET's voice. I still can. Actually I can do quite as few impersonations to this day, and I'm now an old man, but ET was a favorite and I learned it during the time the movie was so big. Then I bought the novel of the movie with my allowance and read it at the age of 10. That's where I learned that the aliens were peaceful botanists and they traveled through space collecting plant life from all the planets they visited and their ship was created to house them all and they studied and cared for them. That's visually represented in the movie of course but a ten year old boy wouldn't know what a botanist was and I didn't understand why they were interested in plants until I read the book. John Williams' score for this movie, like all his movies, was EPIC and it's still quite moving and beautiful after all these decades. A brilliant composition for a wonderful movie.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

Was that book called "The Green Planet" or something like that? I think I may still have it on a shelf somewhere...

[@firstenforemost]

TL;DR (Preachy much?)

[@ChirumboloFilm]

In high school biology class in the 80’s we dissected earthworms, frogs, and baby piglets. I don’t know if they still do that now, but it’s hard to forget what we were taught when we were learning so hands on.

[@Doctor1297]

Another fun reaction, Centane! 😄 This one was truly... out of this world! 😏

[@JustinJaymz]

I was 8 when this came out and got to see it a couple of times in theaters. I remember having an E.T. action figure, where he had a little Speak and Spell and if you moved a switch on this back his neck would extend. And I remember having an E.T. finger that you could put on and when you touched the tip of it to something it would light up.

[@fidel2xl]

Good reaction, Centane. Adjusted for inflation, E.T. is actually the 4th highest box-office grossing movie of all time. The top 3 movies of all time are: 'Gone With The Wind' (1939), 'Star Wars Ep IV - A New Hope' (1977), and 'The Sound of Music' (1965). Btw, regarding your question about schools in the USA dissecting live frogs --- well, I know you're from Europe, and I've travelled throughout that region, but I realize that many Europeans misunderstand the USA, so I'll explain. Unlike most other nations in which there is a uniformity in the system of those countries (for instance, in England their Parliament creates the laws, and those laws are uniform throughout the nation. And every school in England follow the same carriculum etc). Same goes for Sweden, and Norway, and Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain etc etc etc. However, in the USA each of the 50 states can be seen as their own country with their own state Constitution, state flag, state President ('Governor), state legislature, state laws etc etc. And even within each state, the counties, cities, and townships within each of those 50 states would also have their own local bylaws and mayors etc. So, the education system and carriculum in the state of California may e far FAR different than the education system and school carriculum in the state of Texas, or Ohio, or New York etc. That's why if a foreigner asks 50 Americans each from the 50 states a question about the system in America, those 50 Americans may give the foreigner 50 different responses. That is the best way that I can explain it. So, to answer your question --- it depends on what state school system and/or what city or town within state school system. Because some school districts may allow for frog dissecting in biology class, while some districts school system may not allow for it. So it depends on what part of the USA.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

That said, I suspect that dissection of live frogs that had to be killed in elementary school was exceedingly rare in the U.S., even in 1982, if it was done anywhere at all. I had a science class where we did a frog dissection in middle school, but the frogs were given to us already dead.

[@davidkent5626]

39:27 "This is Star Wars music" That is the genius of John Williams. He also did the music for The Patriot, Saving Private Ryan, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Schindler's List and a lot more.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

John Williams also wrote the theme for the *Lost in Space* tv series, and arranged and conducted the music for the film version of *Fiddler on the Roof* (1971).

[@davidkent5626]

@@oliverbrownlow5615 I was mainly trying to think of which movies she reacted to. Fiddler on the roof is the one piece of work that is not my favorite. He also did an Olympics theme and one of the longer NBC themes.

[@christopherwatters6813]

Great reaction video! When I saw E.T. in the theatre I was seven years old and I admit I found him a little bit scary at first but I warmed up to him quickly. It was the first time I cried at a movie.

[@nickperkins8477]

I was four years old on vacation in Texas. This was the first movie I ever saw in a theater, and one of my very favorites, to this day.

[@The_Dudester]

Kamilla, there is a 7 minute sequel and it is so excellent.

[@3DJapan]

There is? I heard about the book sequel but never a film.

[@mealburglar]

@@3DJapan Maybe talking about..the tv commercial where E.T. comes back.

[@chrisk7736]

They filmed all scenes in their actual order, unlike other productions, so that they would get genuine reactions from the child actors. Also they made sure that the kids wouldn't see the puppet or the animatronics of E. T. on the set, so that they could connect to him. Because of this the tears in the goodbye scene are as real as they can be.

[@dabe1971]

Not quite. Drew Barrymore used to talk to the ET prop during breaks in filming and this was noticed by the puppeteer crew who arranged with each other to make sure that someone was available to work him so as to maintain the illusion and her connection to her friend. ❤

[@MRLuckyE85]

I wasn't mature enough to get over the way they set him up to be unknown and scary, so I was always creeped out. My older sister, on the other hand, loved him and had a stuffy of E.T. that was ugly as sin. I always hated that stuffy, lol. I got over it though. It's a great and heartwarming movie.

[@lesgrice4419]

First time? Thjere were 8 grown adults in the cinema sitting next to each other, all friends, and we were all suppressing sobs! And now someones peeling onions!

[@wraithby]

The scene where E.T. is drunk and watching TV and Elliott feels E.T.'s emotions: the kissing scene is from one of Spielberg's favorite films. It's The Quiet Man from the early 1950s, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. I was 21 when E.T. came out, but I was into university social life and didn't see it until renting it from the video store in the early 90s.

[@greenpeasuit]

Young Drew Barrymore was so adorable. You can see more of her in Firestarter.

[@ChrisReise]

19:50 Fun fact: That blonde girl who keeps looking over at Elliot is Erika Eleniak, who went on to play Shawnie in "Baywatch"

[@JustinJaymz]

And the teacher in the scene, whose face we never see, is an uncredited Harrison Ford.

[@stephenulmer3781]

We mostly went to drive ins to watch movies when i was growing up and the drive in was packed with people to see this movie. It was quite popular. Gremlins and Ghostbusters were others that filled the theatres

[@Capohanf1]

Back then it was NOT an Annabel but a Ragity Ann Doll, there was also a Ragity Andy Doll and both were favorites of children since at least the 1940ies.

[@michaelvincent4280]

One of the finest soundtracks that makes you smile.

[@GRIGA01]

Getting through this movie without a single comment about how stellar John Williams music is, is criminal

[@alansorensen5903]

In any other year, ET would have won the best picture Oscar. Even Gandi producer/director Richard Attenborough, of Jurassic Park fame, said he thought his epic masterpiece would be eclipsed by ET. ET is great, but Gandhi is the greatest, an absolute must-see.

[@saneLucid]

It's hard to understand these days, but Spielberg and Lucas wrote the visual to much of my childhood From Star Wars to Raiders of the Lost Ark to Jaws. Williams wrote the score. It was an ELECTRIC experience to sit in a theater with the latest/greatest sound system and the biggest screen and watch that creative gang churn out hit after hit after hit. Every summer, every new movie was singular in it's stature as a piece of art. Spielberg and Williams specifically played key roles in the formative years of Americans.

[@tcatlette4842]

I saw this when it was first released. Originally, there was a scene when ET is taking apart the Speak N Spell, and Elliot starts drawing complex diagrams all over his desk, then the classroom chalkboard and walls. He is dragged to the principal's office, where the principal is droning on and on lecturing him, and Elliot levitates right in front of him, but the principal doesn't notice. Those two parts were removed from all future releases and home media. I hated that, because I loved those scenes.