best movie ever
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Madonna-whore — 13 years ago(November 20, 2012 07:40 AM)
I recently downloaded The Beach Boys' discography and when I heard "I get around" I immedately remembered this movie! And then I saw it on amazon, however it's not on bluray, still might buy it tho, good memories.
WHAT THE FVCK IS A BIEBER????
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captainamerica-5 — 17 years ago(October 05, 2008 10:16 PM)
I wouldn't go quite as far as "bestmovieever!", as there have been many-a-movies made since that would definately surpass this in terms of storyline, acting, and overall quality
However, I think the people who would appreciate this film most were those whom were around in the 80's especially 80's kids (myself included). When the film came out, I was around the kid's age, so I could somewhat relate to the film.
Being thrown into the modern year 1986 from 1978 which seemed a distance off even back then, really put the film in a certain time-period trying to seem 'new' with pop-culture refrences to what's "new" or "modern" in 1986 including music videos, Twisted Sister, toys like Transformers, and other stuff that now-a-days seem extremely dated.
Those of us who watched the movie back in the 80's when it was first released can understand it, and even more-so now vs those who are watching it for the first time from a later generation who really have knowledge of these fossil and ancient pop-culture refrences really can't appreciate the film quite as much (or at the very least on the same level).
I really enjoyed it, and never knew Paul Rebeuns was the voice of Max I was always wondering why, after he scanned David's brain, that he was doing these Pee-Wee Herman-imitation laughs but in fact weren't imitations! -
rudeboy8080 — 17 years ago(October 18, 2008 10:38 PM)
I've been a fan of Flight of the Navigator since 1988. Our teacher showed us a VHS copy and treated us to punch and cookies. I like the way the film mixes live puppets with early generation CGI. Alan Silvestri's energetic music score was superb, too. The kids in my class liked the scenes with the dogs trying to catch Frisbees. Best E.T. rip off ever!
I have a bare-bones DVD copy of FOTN. I hope they release a 2 disc special edition on DVD or Bluray(like they did with Tron). -
dadouulysse — 17 years ago(October 28, 2008 04:32 PM)
I have fond memories of this film. It's one of my favorite movies from my childhood. I think the morphing effects for the ship were superb and a precursor for T1000 and that thing from the Abyss maybe. I dunno
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john-1931 — 17 years ago(April 01, 2009 11:55 PM)
Well, I'm 62 and I still love this film. I've watched it many times since 1986.
Whenever I want to watch a film at 2 in the morning I riffle through my DVD collection, and if I haven't watched TFOTN for more than a year then I pull that out, crack open a can of beer, and settle back to enjoy it again.
The reason I'm visiting this board now is because I've done just that. Watched TFOFTN for about the 10th time and found it just as enjoyable as the first time. Magic. -
Red_Ice — 16 years ago(April 23, 2009 01:58 AM)
I was no more than 8 when I first saw this and didn't speak a word of English. Had to Google "an alien eats a boy's hat" to even find out the name of this movie. Hah. Now I'm 21 and is working in the film industry
This movie has something that I rarely see now: charm. It pretty much fails on all accounts of story strength and technical and/or artistic execution, but it has a lot of charm, making it one of the very few movies that I can recall from my childhood. The post-Fight Club (and a dozen other movies plus world events) days just isn't as warm and fuzzy as they used to be, eh? -
silversteeleproductions — 16 years ago(April 28, 2009 08:04 AM)
This was one of my favorite films when I was a kid, up there with Monster Squad and Harry and the Hendersons. Bought the DVD when it finally hit a few years ago, and I must say, much of my love has died over the years. It didn't hold that childhood charm for me anymore. But one day, maybe my kids will love it. (Still love those little collection of aliens on the ship though).
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SwalesFilm — 15 years ago(July 27, 2010 03:47 PM)
Disagree with last post. This is an excellent movie. When I was younger I could watch the same movies over and over. As I get older I tend not to do that anymore. You will find faults in any movie if you insist on looking for them.
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clacton0 — 15 years ago(March 17, 2011 04:40 AM)
Same here used to have this on VHS and watched it quite a lot as a kid.
I really don't see why its never on TV any more it used to be back in the 90s.
But at least its on DVD now.
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pimp4u — 14 years ago(September 14, 2011 01:24 PM)
When I was a youngster we used to walk into town and watch this on kinescope at the nickelodeon. 5 cents was a lot of money back then, but choosing between this movie and a loaf of bread was an easy choice. My Pa used to say, "You young whipper-snappers with your fancy doodad movie houses!" I don't think anybody in long pants would understand. I hope they show it at the 1904 World's Fair, when that gets here.