I was awestruck that the halfway point of this film is E.T. half dead in a drainage ditch. I immediately locked the fuck in. Him dying in a hospital bed next to his child friend is so fucking crazy. I still have a headache due to how much it made me laugh. Can't just have a whimsical fun movie where cute kids teach him human stuff, he's gotta be operated upon in sterile rooms by scary old men. Notwithstanding his…

I liked this but I was kinda bothered by how idiotic the extreme right was portrayed. I feel like it's kind of a double edged criticism, because it's constantly being proven right that insanely racist people in positions of power are fucking stupid. And perhaps nuance is something we can't afford in case stupid people watching would pretend the message wasn't clear/political. But it feels like it's kinda talking down to people who do get it (like me, a smartie).…