The Last Starfighter

One of my favourite movies as a kid. I probably watched this fifteen times... more than once is unusual for me.

Video games had to be good for something.

Show me one gamer around the time who didn´t dream at least once for something like this to happen to him.

One of my most fonded movies, i remember watching this as a kid and been blown away, pass the cheesy graphics and captivated by the story which leads me to spend a ton of quarters as a kid on the coin-up machines wishing for something similar

I always see this film as a kind of tribute to Roger Corman in style, with something more by way of budget. It's also just fun to watch.

The effects are certainly out dated with goofy villains. The humor is quite good though.

It works as a movie for those kids and teens of the 80’s who wished they’d be sent to space to help aliens. After seeing Star Wars lol. More than it being another Star Wars wannabe after that was a hit.

In many ways, “The Last Starfighter” reminded me of “Tron.” Especially in the sense that it is a science fiction film from the 80s with rather outdated effects, but which has its very own charm thanks to its timeless story and likeable characters. In any case, the movie still works pretty well today, with the plot being straightforward and easy to follow despite the weird aliens. It also has a satisfying ending. Added to this is the thoroughly effective humor, which lightens up the generally cheesy story from time to time. If you're a fan of the genre and 80s cinema, you should definitely have seen “The Last Starfighter.”

This movie has probably been an inspiration for future movies like Galaxy Quest or Ender’s Game. The story is OK, the acting is OK but the charm of this movie come namely from the fact that it is as 1980s as a movie can be. The characters, the props, the imagination of the future and of aliens and before all, the special effects, that are at times so bad that they are good again. All in all a good movie that should be watched with a nostalgic eye.

“Greetings Starfighters...” A science fiction classic, _The Last Starfighter_ delivers an imaginative, action-packed adventure. After breaking the record on the Starfighter arcade game at his trailer park, Alex Rogan is approached by the game’s creator and taken to a space-station on a distant planet where he learns that the arcade game was really an alien recruiting tool to find Starfighters to defend the Star League against an invasion force. Starring Lance Guest, Catherine Mary Stewart, and Robert Preston, the film has a good cast that delivers some pretty strong performances. And, as one of the first feature films to use CGI, the special effects are incredibly innovative and revolutionary for their time. The score by Craig Safan is also extraordinarily well-done, and is full of sweeping themes. Though it’s aged a bit, _The Last Starfighter_ is a fun and entertaining space odyssey.