Spot on! I actually forgot about the gun/WT switch out in ET. I watched it with my son (his first time seeing it at 6 yrs old) a couple years back and kind of was watching through his eyes, so I still got the wonder and emotion etc.
I’ll echo your thoughts on Saving Private Ryan onto Schindler’s List and Amistad as well - incredibly powerful films, designed to reinforce our deep brainwashing and ignorance of true history.
Spot on! I actually forgot about the gun/WT switch out in ET. I watched it with my son (his first time seeing it at 6 yrs old) a couple years back and kind of was watching through his eyes, so I still got the wonder and emotion etc.
I’ll echo your thoughts on Saving Private Ryan onto Schindler’s List and Amistad as well - incredibly powerful films, designed to reinforce our deep brainwashing and ignorance of true history.