tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post5075749852882852097..comments2024-02-18T08:45:16.295-08:00Comments on The Film Connoisseur: Flight of the Navigator (1986)Franco Macabrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-67699909707567896482013-05-01T05:19:47.776-07:002013-05-01T05:19:47.776-07:00I agree with you though, Flight of the Navigator d...I agree with you though, Flight of the Navigator does have a paper thin plot. It hints at some complications, but they are eschewed in favor of showing the kid having fun flying the ship and Paul Reubens verbal comedy. <br /><br />Yeah, The Golden Child was just a lot of filler, nothing of any weight to it. It felt forced and pointless to me. But more on The Golden Child on my review for it! Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-33983382372571027832013-05-01T02:23:57.291-07:002013-05-01T02:23:57.291-07:00True, but Disney also did Return to Oz - one of th...True, but Disney also did Return to Oz - one of the most depressing kids films of all time (and I love it!)<br /><br />I just feel that the "flight" part of the film was the weakest bit of the story. I still enjoy the film just wish that part was a bit better integrated.<br /><br />Oh, also got to agree with your earlier comment. The Golden Child. Horrendous movie.<br /><br />Jack Thursbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101157160144955486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-47178067300089222432013-04-30T13:56:33.865-07:002013-04-30T13:56:33.865-07:00Yeah, I doubt that Disney wanted this one to be bl...Yeah, I doubt that Disney wanted this one to be bleak or depressing, after all it is a family film by Disney, of course it's going to turn into a feel good movie about a kid flying a spaceship as he sings "I get around" by The Beach Boys. :) It's a film about a kid who wants to reconnect with his family, so he goes against all odds to do so, I liked that about it. But I guess you have to be in a certain mindset to see a family film like this one. Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-14346930581278511672013-04-30T05:19:42.905-07:002013-04-30T05:19:42.905-07:00First half of this film is great. I love how bleak...First half of this film is great. I love how bleak and depressing it is with the military doing all those tests on David. <br /><br />After he jumps in the space craft I kind of lose interest. I feels like it turns into a completely different film both tonally and storywise.Jack Thursbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101157160144955486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-10847373522232967942013-04-23T13:03:37.295-07:002013-04-23T13:03:37.295-07:00Yeah, that would the "class one maneuver"...Yeah, that would the "class one maneuver" that Max pulls off at one point. <br /><br />I still have some more 80's movies to review, they will be coming in the next couple of weeks, till the end of this month, then it's back to "normal" film connoisseur mode, which means reviews and articles on everything and anything. Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-84119087444045866072013-04-23T12:53:59.049-07:002013-04-23T12:53:59.049-07:00I seriously have to watch this again. I must have ...I seriously have to watch this again. I must have watched it like fifteen times during my youth. I remember really liking that little alien guy who hangs on the kid's finger... and also how the ship morphs shapes before going super fast. Cool stuff.<br /><br />Keep up the 80's posts man!DrunkethWizerdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925215482421450517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-88009703183679061302013-04-23T09:39:43.565-07:002013-04-23T09:39:43.565-07:00Ha, ha, ha, I've bee meaning to check out Shor...Ha, ha, ha, I've bee meaning to check out Short Circuit and Short Circuit 2 again, haven't seen those in aaaaages! I remember them fondly though. <br /><br />Agree, some movies I just can't go back to, for example, The Golden Child starring Eddie Murphy, wow, that's a royal piece of crap, I couldn't take how crappy it was. So much so I wasn't even able to muster up a review for it. Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-2025583874786734202013-04-23T09:04:58.423-07:002013-04-23T09:04:58.423-07:00Glad to see it has aged well, at least thematicall...Glad to see it has aged well, at least thematically. SO many movies when I re-watch today I'm just like, yeah, I can't go back. I'm looking at you SHORT CIRCUIT.<br /><br />Great review, as always.Kev D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13557162668726460610noreply@blogger.com