Wow, this movie really touched me
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thenativechris — 15 years ago(January 06, 2011 05:14 PM)
I am glad someone enjoyed just as much as I did. I watched this movie when was I about 12 and thought it was just another movie. But now that I am 21 years of age I can finally see how great and amazing this movie is. By far one of the best film I've seen.
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Starcauld — 15 years ago(January 09, 2011 12:32 AM)
Thought about a new thread but I'll post it here
I recently watched "Easy A," and about 20 min in I thought I recognized the background music during a scene.
Yes, it was a slight remix of the main Starman theme! Some light drums added, mainly, but very, very recognizable.
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LightningLad — 15 years ago(January 13, 2011 09:45 PM)
Yes, I think that ending shot is absolutely perfect - Karen Allen is really great in the movie, so naturalistic. It's amazing to me to make a fantastical sci-fi movie that manages to evoke more genuine human emotion than so many films that have nothing fantastical going on in them.
I also really like the music - it is very eighties, but there's nothing intrinsically wrong with that, and it's not overpowering.
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digitalboy72 — 14 years ago(March 22, 2012 07:06 PM)
It's always great to see people revisit the film but it really brings a smile to my face when someone just watches it for the first time and loves it as much as the fans do.
"Candy CANES?? Are you mocking me?"- Dr. Gregory House
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Mickey77 — 14 years ago(March 24, 2012 01:39 PM)
Both leads in this movie are sensational - believable and heartbreaking.
I'll also give a shout-out for the always under-rated Charles Martin Smith who is just great in a career best role.
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OldFriendOfTheChristys — 10 years ago(April 13, 2015 05:54 AM)
No matter how much I try not too I weep every time I see this movie. It touches me so deeply I get misty if I hear the music! Damn good movie!
I re-watched it this morning - I knew it was going to be on so I set my DVR to record it - and was an emotional wreck. The deer scene is of course a tearjerker, but there are so many more. Starman emerging from the flames carrying Jenny. The way he touches her lips before he departs. The way the camera stays on Jenny and then fades to black. John Carpenter is such an underrated director, and this is perhaps his most underrated film. -
jim_marks25 — 12 years ago(March 23, 2014 11:43 AM)
I have a lot of fond memories of this movie. I remember about a year after it came out I was home sick from school and my mom and I watched it on HBO. I've seen it a couple of times since then and it always leaves an impression.
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lorenzb-2 — 11 years ago(October 25, 2014 08:19 PM)
I watched this film in 1986 with the girl I've loved the most in my life. At the part where Jenny is going to leave Starman and take the bus back home, then changes her mind, my girlfriend said: "She's going to stay with him." Whenever I see that part I always break down. Very emotional film.
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residentevil6901 — 11 years ago(February 02, 2015 08:20 PM)
This came out when I was 11 and I really liked it then, I became a fan of Jeff Bridges because of the movie Tron so I made sure to always check out his movies. This movie now has different meaning to me, it reminds me of the 80's and being a kid but now that I have my own kids it makes me feel emotional thinking about how lucky I am to have them. When he leaves her at the end it's cool knowing he gave her a son and that she got to spend some more time with her husband and able to say goodbye. Even though he wasn't her husband he is the closet thing she could get to him obviously. It makes me feel appreciative of the life I have and the family I get to spend a lot of time with. If I ever feel like I am being too selfish about something I will watch this movie and it puts me back in my place. Lol
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Banshee57 — 11 years ago(March 31, 2015 03:50 PM)
I only ever have seen this wonderful film twice. Once was on VHS some years ago after obtaining the soundtrack in the 1990s( I collect film scores) but I've always been a devout John Carpenter Fan as well as Jeff and Karen respectively.
Anyway, I enjoyed the film but time moved on, and so did I.
Recently I was lucky to catch the film play on the big screen on a mint original 35mm projction and I tell you this film had me misty-eyed for the ENTIRE ride. Hadn't seen it since the only other time I'd watched it about 10 years prior, and I was a mess. Once the "define love" moment in the restaurant happened, it was a MAJOR emotional ride from there on in, especially the finale. It's one of the most beautiful films ever made.
Karen and Jeff were so amazing here. John Carpenter treaded new boundaries that are far beyond the normal Class-A horror he usually produced.
When will you ever learn, this feeling is all you can discern?