Reply #6: Oh, I know there's more to it. . .

[Journeyman]

I saw the flick on Friday.

It is true, your one post only touches on a small fraction of the film, but combined with other posts it begins to create a cumulative impression of the entire film for those who haven't seen it.

From personal experience, I didn't see E.T. when it was released. My daughter had just been born and there were more important things to do than catch a flick. But everyone insisted on telling me about just one scene, so that by the time I did see the movie (some years later, when my daughter was old enough to enjoy it with me), I knew the entire story -- I just didn't know its order! Oh, yeah, here's the bit about ______. Yeah, here's where _________. I'll bet _______ happens next.

In a sense, it's quite hilarious, especially so as I watched that flick. But ever since, I've avoided giving away too much of a plot and any specific scenes for fear that years down the line I'll ruin someone's late night tv viewing. Even now, I went back and edited my comments about E.T. so in case you've never seen it you won't have to compare my version against the original.