TheWolf's Movie Review of The Last Starfighter

Rating of
3.5/4

The Last Starfighter

Good Sci-Fi flick for everyone
TheWolf - wrote on 08/03/07

This movie is one that I grew up on. It was a great Sci-Fi flick for kids that loved playing video games in the era before the high end graphics of todays games. While this movie did great for those of us that grew up in that time, it unfortunately is too dated for most of todays kids to get into in the same way. A kid from a trailer park is recruited to fight in an intergalactic battle against an evil madman and his unstoppable armada in a star fight to the death. And he doesn't want the job. I really got into this one it's totally enjoyable. There is a lot of humor and action mixed quite well.
TLS was one of the first films to use wholly computer generated imagery, and the technology has allowed the filmmakers to create fleets of ships in perfect clarity. Maybe a little too perfect. When I watch the film, I can tell that a lot of the ships being created are nothing more than something dreamt up on a computer. They look too crystallised. But maybe that's the point. Since the film is grounded in the surroundings of a video game, what we see resembles one. And it has to be said, some of the space battles are quite dazzling on the eyes.
If you are looking for a Star Wars style movie, or even just something that the family can watch, this one would be a good choice.

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