19 December 2010

Men with walkie talkies

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

(1982)
Yup, another Jesus movie, complete with postresurrection appearance at the mouth of a tomblike van shrouded and with sacred heart glowing, then an acension before which Mary falls to her knees.

But I actually think of this as one of the best Wizard of Oz movies since The Wizard of Oz. It is also doubtless the first film I ever took my (not quite 6 then) daughter to that included the expressions "douchebag" and "penis-breath." Come to think of it, it was also the first film I took my (then 66 and 63) parents to that included those expressions. Somehow we all survived.

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