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I liked this one a lot. It captures very well the feeling of the original movie while giving a nostalgic effect that isn't cheap or boring. It was very beautiful to see Elliott and E. T. reuniting and sharing new memories together with their families.

I never thought I'd cry to a commercial, but here we are. It's E. T., man. How can you not be emotional about the little guy reuniting with his friend Elliott?

(8.0/10)

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Director: Lance Acord Written by: Jeff Goodby (co-chairman), Jim Elliott (executive creative director), Tristan Graham (creative director), Ricardo Uribe (associate creative director), Robin Garton and Guy Olson Cinematography: Lance Acord Editing: Kirk Baxter Production Design: Jennifer Fisher Art Direction: Jo Carkner, Felipe Lima (creative director), Eduardo Quadra (associative creative director) Set Decoration: Niki Kendall.

*Version watched: 35mm scan.

A beautiful music video that to me, gains more and more value with each day that passes. Today I was on Twitter, reading some of the things people were saying about animation on a thread. One guy said something about AI and its advantages, and according to him, the fact that rotoscope can now be done in minutes rather than hours or days, made AI infinitely better than human effort.

That's the era we're living in. I think that the value of music videos like this is intangible and extremely important, because it reminds us of who we were back in the 80s, 90s and even 2000s, when the value of time and work was drastically different than it is today. Effort and hard work are values that are disappearing slowly with the advance of new technologies.

A-ha has one of the most iconic videos of all time in here, with 2B views on YouTube. That is Thriller territory there. The song is also one of the most recognizable and beautiful pieces of music ever made, and it is funny to me that some Norwegian band managed to have such a big hit.

This music video represents simpler times, but also, times where effort and hard work meant something. This type of technique nowadays would be done effortlessly with the help of technology, but back in the day, it was impactful because it was a crazy task to tackle. Maybe today, it'll be just one more viral music video who people forget after a week passes. That's the sad state of the music and video industry today.

(9.0/10)

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Director: Steve Barron Music by: a-ha (Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket and Pål Waaktaar) Cinematography: Oliver Stapleton Editing: Richard Simpson and Edgardo Vinarao Animation Directors: Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger.

Not my cup of tea. Uninspired and boring imo. I can see why it might've been such a big thing back in the day, when editing this type of things was much more difficult than it is today.

While Apocalypse Now is fun and a masterpiece, as it usually occurs with parodies, this is uninteresting, uninspired and just not funny enough to maintain 8 minutes of my expectations high enough to be glued to the screen or whatever.

I also hate when they grab cute little characters like Pooh and turn them into something they're not for laughing purposes, unless there's an actual artistic intent behind it.

(1.0/10)

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Director: Todd Graham.