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Oh, it's worth a watch. The intro sequence (no spoilers, but when you get to the dog scene, you'll know what I mean) is just great, and there's a handful of classic lines I quote to this day. (Sarah Jessica Parker and the Coke question! No VFX needed, it's solid gold on its own merit.)

I honestly don't know how the film holds up today, especially from the eyes of a grown-up watching it for the first time. The overall narrative may or may not earn its keep, I guess. But all those VFX shots were in service of a larger story, and if nothing else I think you'll appreciate them more in context.




Flight of the Navigator wasn’t a good movie then or now. It is an excellent focus for childlike wonder, however.


It’s enjoyable, but the writers basically had a really good idea for the start of a movie and then no idea of how it should develop from there.


Somehow that puts me in mind of Explorers (1985).


the alien comedy monolog was hilarious to me as a kid, but I haven't watched Explorers in probably about 30 years.


Seems fair.

I recall Paul Rubens, jokes about Twisted Sister, morphing spaceships, time travel, Fort Lauderdale Florida (which seemed impossibly alien to this midwesterner), and a lot of pop culture references.




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