wkb@inmet.UUCP (07/17/84)
#N:inmet:6500049:000:1176 inmet!wkb Jul 10 10:34:00 1984 The Last Starfighter was a decent movie but it definitely wasn't great. The special effects are good but they look a little TOO computer generated. Here are a few faults that bothered me: The bad guys weren't evil enough. They were certainly ugly but I could care less who controlled the universe. The "good guys" also seemed neutral too me. There wasn't enough action. The climactic battle only lasted 5 minutes. With all the build up, I was disappointed with how short the space fighting was (with only one good part.) Maybe with the high cost of the computer generated scenes they ran out of money. A too obvious Star Wars rip-off: the Darth Vader-like escape from the ship by the big bad guy (setting up (on no) a sequel.) Grig, the alien navigator, reminded me too much of Roddy McDowell's ape character. He had the same expressions and the exact same alien cuteness. He just wasn't an original idea for a character. In spite of all this, I enjoyed parts of The Last Starfighter. I just don't think it belongs in the same category (or even the same sentence) as Star Wars. Warren Berger ...cca!ima!inmet!wkb ...decvax!harpo!inmet!wkb