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Flight of the Navigator : 3 of 5
9.13.2004 5:58 PM \| Link	Disney recently released a ton of their old movies on DVD, so I added them to my Netflix queue not too long ago. Today I watched Flight of the Navigator, a fairly entertaining movie from the mid-80's, with pretty weird special effects and an even weirder plot. It starts out really bad - terrible acting by two brothers and their parents, but suddenly the story kicks in and things get interesting. The old other brother David goes into the woods, falls into a pit, and when he climbs out, it's eight years later! Of course, this has to do with an alien abduction - David has traveled at light speed and his brain is full of star charts (so he's now the "navigator"). The scenes in the ship are pretty cool, since the ship is kind of alive - when it transfers David's mind to get the star charts, it becomes kind of human (and the voice is Pee Wee Herman)! Even though there are a few exciting scenes, I couldn't really get into the emotions of the characters, but it was still fun to watch, especially the long sequence of him flying home, listening to the Beach Boys and singing along (definitely much better than the terrible 80s score!). Labels: dvds


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