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From: keithr@hercules.UUCP (Keith Rule)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: The Last Starfighter (non-spoiler)
Message-ID: <243@hercules.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 14-Jul-84 01:54:27 EDT
Article-I.D.: hercules.243
Posted: Sat Jul 14 01:54:27 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 11-Jul-84 07:15:30 EDT
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    I saw a sneak preview (the whole thing, not a trailer) of the
    movie the "Last Star Fighter" on Saturday July 7th. I was very
    entertained by this movie. It is a movie that both an adult and
    a child would enjoy. So parents take your kiddies to see this
    movie (instead of GREMLINS).

    The story is about a guy, Alex, who lives in a trailer park with his
    mother and younger brother Lewis. His girl friend, Maggie, also 
    lives in the park with her grandmother. He feels trapped in the
    life he has. He wants to make something of himself but, is held back
    by circumstances beyond his control. He's an ordinary guy who feels 
    there is more to life than polishing your pickup truck.
   
    He does have one unusual talent, which is that he is the best at 
    a video game called "Starfighter" (expect to see this one the the 
    arcades soon, Atari was listed in the credits). From here the story 
    takes off. 

    There are some dazzling COMPUTER GRAPHICS in this movie. After the
    box office failure of TRON I thought it would be some time before
    I saw another movie with ALOT of computer graphics. The credits
    listed several SOFTWARE folks and a CRAY X-MP computer.

    Robert Preston plays Centari, who is an alien with a very hot car.
    Barbara Bosson (who also plays the ex-wife of the Captain on 
    Hillstreet Blues) plays Alex's mother. The performances of all
    the actors and actresses are believable.
    

    One minor warning to parents, this movie does contain some violence,
    however it is very similar to the type of violence in the first 
    STAR WARS movie. If you'd let your kids see STAR WARS then you can
    feel safe taking them to this one.

    This movie is worth the $4.50 I paid to see it. And I might even
    be willing to pay 4.50 to see it again. 
    
 

    Keith Rule
    tektronix!teklds!hercules!keithr