Rewatched E.T. with Fer for the first time, and only this time the religious Christian symbolism was so obvious to me.
–I will believe in you, everyday.
Cries Elliott while ET is dying to save him. A being coming from another world, that establishes a deep bond with us (in the flesh of Elliott, with whom we all relate to), that dies for us and then resurrects, only to go back in ascension, leaving us forever touched by his love and compassion.
Yes, surely an allegory that the authors never consciously tried to achieve, but resulted anyway.