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I'll Forever Be Glad That Steven Spielberg Refused To Make A Sequel To His Classic $797M Sci-Fi Movie
I completely agree with his decision.
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Steven Spielberg is best known for transforming the landscape of cinema through groundbreaking blockbuster movies such as Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Jurassic Park. Heâs also garnered critical acclaim for historical films like Schindlerâs List, Saving Private Ryan, and Bridge of Spies. Yet beyond his innovative action-adventure thrillers and later achievements in historical realism, one movie more than any other gets to the heart of Spielberg as a filmmaker. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is the only one of his truly great works of cinema with autobiographical aspects to it, and itâs this factor that helps the movie resonate with me.
Spielberg has openly admitted that E.T. was about the moment during his childhood when his parents got divorced. The filmâs protagonist, Elliott, represents the young Spielberg, the son of a newly single mother, in desperate need of a friend to fill the void left by his absent father. That friend arrives in the improbable form E.T., an alien whoâs landed on Earth by mistake. However, his stay is only meant to be a temporary exception to humanityâs isolation from extraterrestrial life, which is why a sequel to the movie would undermine its emotional impact. Thankfully, Steven Spielberg agrees that E.T.âs perfect as it is.
E.T. Is Still One Of My Favorite Steven Spielberg MoviesIt Tugs At The Heartstrings Like Few Other Films CanIâll never forget the first time I was captivated by the arrival of E.T. in Elliottâs life, and moved by the mutual warmth and humor that forged their unlikely bond. I was 10 years old, the same age as Elliott, when I first watched the movie, and too old to cry at sad endings, I thought. Yet I found myself fighting back the tears when E.T. and Elliott both pointed to their hearts and said, âOuch,â before embracing each other, as E.T.âs journey back to his home planet awaited him.
E.T.'s ending shows Spielberg at his very best, because it combines two kinds of magic only cinema can show us in visual terms.
To this day, I get a lump in my throat when I watch this scene, which shows Spielberg at his very best, because it combines two kinds of magic only cinema can show us in visual terms. Thereâs the magic of science fiction, which opens up otherwise unimaginable possibilities for kids like Elliott who feel lonely and alienated by the world around them. But thereâs also the magic of love, a powerful emotion unconditionally craved but almost always only expressed conditionally in the real world.
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Elliott and E.T. have built such a strong friendship that they feel the kind of heartache only love can cause when itâs time to say one of the saddest goodbyes in movie history. That Spielberg is able to render this powerful sentiment on screen in the context of a sci-fi story about an alien is testament to his ability as a filmmaker and storyteller. For this reason, if I had to choose a Spielberg movie to watch any day of the week, E.T. would still be right up there.
Why Steven Spielberg Didn't Make A Sequel To E.T.He Considered It, But Thought He'd Be Doing The Original Movie HarmSteven Spielberg did enlist E.T.âs screenwriter Melissa Mathison to co-write a treatment with him for a sequel to the movie, which was provisionally titled E.T. II: Nocturnal Fears. This sequel was going to be about Elliott getting kidnapped by evil aliens, and calling on E.T. to rescue him. Spielberg soon scrapped the idea, however, because he felt a sequel wasnât going to add anything to the original E.T.
As the director said in 2009, âWe had nowhere to take it except to go home with him.â (via The New Zealand Herald) Famously, E.T. asks Elliott to come with him onto the spaceship in the movieâs final scene, but Elliott refuses, cutting off that avenue for the development of another story set in space.
Spielberg worried that a sequel would take something away from the original movie. âI think a sequel to E.T. would do nothing but rob the original of its virginity,â he told the American Film Institute in 2012. âPeople only remember the latest episode, while the pilot tarnishes.â He rightly assumed that any sequel to his masterpiece would only diminish its stature.
Why An E.T. Sequel Might Have Ruined The Magic Of The First MovieIt Would Lessen The Movie's Emotional ImpactThe emotional power of E.T.âs finale, in which Elliott says goodbye to his extraterrestrial friend, is predicated on the idea that theyâre never going to see each other again. Spielberg making a sequel to the movie would necessarily change this aspect of the original story, as a second film would surely have to involve both E.T. and Elliott as well. At least, thatâs what the treatment for E.T. II: Nocturnal Fears involved. Luckily, Spielberg changed his mind and rejected this E.T. sequel before it got past the ideation stage.
RelatedSteven Spielberg Directed The Highest Grossing Movie Ever 42 Years Ago Before He Broke The Record AgainIn 1982, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was the top-grossing movie, but that was topped by none other than Steven Spielberg's other film, Jurassic Park.
Whatâs more, the magical moment in which Elliott discovers E.T. for the first time can never be replicated in any sequel. Some things are best left alone, as the multiple revivals of Spielbergâs Indiana Jones franchise have surely proven. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is ultimately too close to home for Steven Spielberg to revisit its story in another movie. The original is even better for his decision, and we should applaud his refusal to give in to the temptation of turning the biggest commercial success of its day into a multi-billion dollar franchise.
Your RatingE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Release Date June 11, 1982 Runtime 1h 55m Director Steven Spielberg Writers Melissa Mathison Franchise(s) E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialDrew Barrymore
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