dncorp
Like Classic The Day The Earth Stood Still 1951, Starman 1984 provides Humanity with some Hope of a reasonable Future, Equality, No Wars, Long Lives, No Greed, No Diseases nor Sickness.+The 1977 Voyager 2 space probe; Intelligent Life Invited to Earth.+U.S. Air Force shoots down friendly Starman Alien Spacecraft +Starman creates Jenny's deceased husband from a strand of hair. 1984 this idea of Cloning was ahead of those times. +Starman resurrected a dead deer. +U.S. Government pursues Starman and Jenny.+Jenny critically shot, Starman heals Jenny. +Starman uses force field to protect Jenny. +Jenny is infertile. Starman makes her fertile again.+Jenny and Starman's "Son will possess all of the Starman's knowledge". Does this automatically make Starman's Son (Main Character of Stan Lee's Guardians of the Galaxy 2) Evil since birth (and therefore no Main Character of Stan Lee's Guardians of the Galaxy). +NSA ordered Army to capture Starman Dead or Alive, for Starman to be cut apart (dissected). NASA's SETI Scientist Sherman then helps Starman to evade Capture. +At anytime Starman with his Advanced Technology could have wiped out his Enemies.
Robert J. Maxwell
A morality tale with a definite Spielbergian touch. Jeff Bridges is an alien who assume the form of Karen Allen's late husband. Bridges has been brought down by accident from his UFO and must be picked up by the mother ship at Crater National Monument in Arizona. The problem is that he's crash landed somewhere in Wisconsin, so he must more or less kidnap Allen and have her accompany him to the rendezvous site, with the police and the U. S. Army hot on their trail.As a kind of extraterrestrial anthropologist, Bridges must learn the speech and customs of his host country little by little. This leads to the expected but amusing sequences of his learning how to eat in a diner, how to give someone the finger, how to punch back when he's hit, and so forth.Of course Bridges comes to acquire all "the feelings" of her late husband's body, the one he's appropriated, and -- well, I guess I don't have to draw you a picture of what happens after that.It's a feel-good movie with lots of smiles and warmth. The holes in the plot may be the size of the crater in Crater National Monument but who cares? Majestic organ chords strike resonant notes in the viewers' cockles. The clutter of junk at the bottom of the crater -- left a hundred years ago by diggers who thought the meteor might be made of precious metal -- is carefully avoided in all the shots so as to promote the feeling of a pristine natural feature. He's as innocent as a new-born babe which, in a cultural sense, he is. But for no particular reason, the agents of social control are in hot pursuit. They seem to hate him. They're led by a major suit, the reliable and familiar Richard Jaekel, whose character's name is George Fox. I don't know if it was intentional -- probably not -- but in the old military phonetic alphabet "George" stood for the letter "G", and "Fox" stood for "F". "George Fox" was an offhand and polite way of telling someone to get lost.
The-Social-Introvert
This romantic road trip film took me by surprise, and is celluloid proof that Carpenter could make a Sci-fi film that doesn't scare the poop out of kids. The plot involves an alien, played by Jeff Bridges, taking the form of Karen Allen's dead husband and asking her to drive him across state to his spaceship. Bridges is marvellous in his role as the curious and likable alien – a well- deserved Oscar nomination was given to him. In fact, he's the only actor in a John Carpenter movie to be nominated for an Oscar. Bridges takes the role as an occasion to give us some sweetly affecting characterisation and it showcases his charm and precision as an actor. Though on paper this looks like a very sill movie, it turns out to be of the most touching and funny love stories from the 80's. Carpenter purists may look down upon this film for its family- friendly appeal and PG rating but he showed real maturity in Starman by keeping an emphasising on close human emotions rather than shocks and special effects. As a lot of alien films do, Starman asks questions about our nature as human beings and our impact on planet Earth. It does so in a way, however, without getting preachy. It's moving, in fact, as is the romance. And this is coming from a guy who generally despises romantic films. Best Scene: Like most Carpenter films, Starman has a memorable ending. In this case, the film closes on Allen's face, full of wonder, as she looks up at the mothership taking Bridges home. It is accompanied by a poignant score which Carpenter, a rarity for him, wisely did not compose. Another thing I like about the ending is that it does not allow itself to get bogged down in politics – for all we know the government may have shot her a minute after the credits started rolling, or she may have become a drunk hobo 20 years down the line and jumped off of a bridge. But we don't need to know that.
utgard14
An alien comes to Earth (Wisconsin, specifically) and takes the form of a widow's late husband. The "starman" enlists her help getting him to Arizona to rendezvous with an alien spacecraft. Along the way she begins to develop feelings for him. Meanwhile the government, aware that an alien has arrived on Earth, is anxious to find and capture it.One of director John Carpenter's most mainstream efforts but that doesn't mean it's a bad one. It's a movie that obviously owes a lot to E.T. The basic formula of the two films is very similar. Jeff Bridges is great in the lead role. He was nominated for an Oscar for this. The only time a Carpenter movie got an Oscar nod. Karen Allen is also quite good. She and Bridges have a nice chemistry together. The often underrated Charles Martin Smith is another plus. It's an enjoyable film but probably more so for your average moviegoer than critical sci-fi buffs. I like it a lot and don't feel like it gets enough love from other Carpenter fans. Maybe it's lacking many of those Carpenter touches we love but it's still a good movie. This later inspired a short-lived TV series but the less said about that, the better.
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