# E.T.: Was this ever considered a good movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-t-was-this-ever-considered-a-good-movie/449778 "2008-05-18T19:07:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-t-was-this-ever-considered-a-good-movie/449778/101 "2008-05-20T00:05:37Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] 😕 It’s completely different. [/QUOTE] It appears that **lissener** has been putting up massive strawmen again. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-t-was-this-ever-considered-a-good-movie/449778/102 "2008-05-20T00:09:30Z")
There were some two dozen product placements in E.T., which was surely a record at that point. So there’s something. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-t-was-this-ever-considered-a-good-movie/449778/103 "2008-05-20T00:17:56Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] There were some two dozen product placements in E.T., which was surely a record at that point. So there’s something. [/QUOTE] Well that’s a first I will concede. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-t-was-this-ever-considered-a-good-movie/449778/104 "2008-05-20T02:07:58Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] Oh and the aliens in Close Encounters were pretty friendly, if a little weird. [/QUOTE] I call them Space Hippies. “Ooh, I can see the music! Groovy!” ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-t-was-this-ever-considered-a-good-movie/449778/105 "2008-05-20T02:08:44Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] You’re conflating two different things: the responses of critics, and the responses of the members of the Motion Picture Academy. The 1953 _War of the Worlds_ won the Academy Award for its special effects, and was nominated for its editing and sound. _E.T._ was nominated for Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, and Editing; and won for Original Music Score, Sound, and Special Effects. [/QUOTE] Never taken seriously as a movie. SciFi suffers from that. Many of the most powerful money makers will never get respect for that reason. Aim it at kids and it will never get respect. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-t-was-this-ever-considered-a-good-movie/449778/106 "2008-05-20T03:03:05Z")
Yes, I guess being nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award, and making #25 in AFI list of the 100 Greatest American Movies of all time (voted by 1,500 critics, scholars, and filmmakers) indicates it was never taken seriously as a movie. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-t-was-this-ever-considered-a-good-movie/449778/107 "2008-05-20T14:14:37Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] There were some two dozen product placements in E.T., which was surely a record at that point. So there’s something. [/QUOTE] In “Iron Man” we lost count at about 35. In the first half hour. ET may have blazed a trail but boy howdy, has that virus ever spread fast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-t-was-this-ever-considered-a-good-movie/449778.md?page=5)