I was doing a little browsing of Elle Fanning on IMDB. She had done a bunch of acting prior to this movie and according to IMDB, she was paid $1.5 million for this movie. Wow!
I’ve never thought we were asked to care about the alien like ET. Even when the deputy sheriff’s son, joe, is trying to find the creature, it’s because he’s trying to rescue Alice. We were given reason to understand why the alien is so pissed off, he suffered decades of abuse at the hands of...
We’ll have to agree to disagree. Near the end we see that the creature eats people. Not very ETish. Nor does the movie ever approach the terror of Alien. All IMHO.
This is a favorite film of mine. It’s biggest strength is the kids. They come across as real kids. Elle Fanning is great. I’m not sure what parts have not aged well.