Interesting movie.. tho there are some flaws.

What if he is NOT a ET?

I'm convinced that Rantés was human. A very special one, but human, with an alcoholic father, that possibly put him everyday, on a corner, for hours facing southeast.

Beatriz is either his sister or close friend, whom Rantes considered "santa" (saint)because she shared with him her candies.

By the way, he helped people because it was the "rational" thing to do, even if it seems "crazy" to the "sane" people. When he moved the plates (or thought he did), he also moved the glasses, so they could "escape".

"Why explain yourself being a species from outer space to a man who cannot comprehend it while you could just move an object telephaticly to prove it? "

You have several errors in your question.

1.) It's written "telepathically", not "telepathicly".

2.) You can't move anything 'telepathically', because 'telepathy' only allows COMMUNICATION or information streams/consciousnesses to be transferred, flowed, joined or/and such. The word you would need to use to make any sense is "telekinetically".

(I have heard the term 'psychokinesis', but that's slightly more limiting, because 'tele' can mean anything, even mechanical apparatuses, but 'psycho' is limited to the PSYCHE - what if you move with your soul, and not your psyche? Or your emotions? Or some kind of astral-etheric force that has nothing to do with psyche? Or .. well, you get the idea. Also, it reminds one of the movie "Psycho", and the insult "psycho", and also brings to mind the word "psychopath", so I don't think it has as neutral connotations. I mean, it's "telephone", not a "psychophone", although you usually need some kind of a psyche to use the apparatus.)

Otherwise, it's an excellent point, and the same thing I wondered.

I would also add, "Why come to a mental hospital and EXPECT NOT TO BE MEDICATED?" (or not expect to be medicated). Especially if you are completely aware of all human protocols and procedures, as he claimed?

Doesn't sound like a genius, to me.

Btw, did anyone notice how Rantes is almost 'Ramses' - you just take both N and T and change both to the previous letters. N becomes an M (it's right before N in the alphabet), and S becomes a T (S also right before T in the alphabet).

Ramses is an ancient name of pharaohs, and according to wikipedia, the meaning of the name is: ""Ra [is] the one who gave birth [to] him"."

Geez, we have another sun-worshipper. As if this world wasn't masonic enough already. Son of Sun? Sheesh.

Your list of flaws made me realize some other flaws as well.

I mean, he said that the best way to PROTECT their mission (from what?) was to speak honestly about it (WHAT??), because no one would believe them, and they would be locked up in a mental hospital, medicated to madness and then killed.

Ok, I added the last part, but isn't that what he is ESSENTIALLY saying?

Wouldn't the BEST WAY to protect the mission to just 'blend in', and appear to be 'normal' to everyone else, and never mention the mission? That way, no one would know the mission (how is explaining the mission honestly even protecting it? I mean, what about 'explaining the mission honestly' actually creates any kind of protection? How does that work?), and no one would know to attack them or whatever.

Just keep it secret, don't mention it to anyone, and behold; you need NOT be in a mental hospital! Wow, what freedom, just by that simple thing.

So his logic certainly wasn't logical, or his delusion "perfect" by any means.

Also, it's not 'rational' to help others, it's 'sympathetic', and you need to feel to do have motivation to do it. Of course technically you can help others without feeling anything, but that whole thing was quite odd anyway.

From all the UFO books I have ever read, the visiting E.T.s have always been shown to have lots of compassion, love and caring for the fellow man, even if the fellow man is an odd Terran half-animal that creates only war, pollution, destruction, murder, chaos and ignorance (the point about stupidity is quite good, though, because against it, even the gods are said to be powerless).

In any case, it's just another dull, depressing, grey and lifeless movie that shows the limitations of the terran denizens. They can't even grasp who or what they are, and yet they try to depict stories of visitors from other planets, who supposedly understand a lot more. It's very clichéic, and not very imaginative.

I have read better stories in comic books. There exists a plethora of good stories in sci-fi books, and the reality descriptions in UFO books is fascinating, no matter what your stance of their truth might be. If you read the texts that have allegedly been 'channeled' from E.T.s, you can find deeper wisdom and better understanding of the human nature, the human soul, and all the philosophy that was touched in this movie than the movie itself ever even knew what to do with.

My point is, that there are so many better E.T. visitor-stories out there, that there's no point in wasting time with this depressing and imaginationless, dull and mundane crap.

Don't try to take it so literally & logically. It's not that sort of movie.